The Wesfarmers-owned hardware chain Bunnings has acquired Australia’s largest tile retailer, Beaumont Tiles, ending 61 years of the group’s family ownership.

Bunnings managing director Mike Schneider said the group would run Beaumont Tiles as a standalone business, separate to its chain of Bunnings stores nationwide. Beaumont Tiles has 115 retail stores around Australia and also runs large distribution centres in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.