Amart Furniture

Australian furniture retailer

Amart Furniture

Amart Furniture store in Beckenham

Formerly| Super Amart
Industry| Manufacturing and retailing
Founded| 1970; 55 years ago (1970) in Brisbane, Australia
Founder| John van Lieshout
Headquarters|

Rochedale, Brisbane

Australia

Number of locations

| 67 stores

Area served

| Australia
Products| Household furniture

Number of employees

| 1,000+ (2019)
Parent| Quadrant Private Equity
Website| amartfurniture.com.au

Amart Furniture (previously known as Super Amart) is an Australian founded furniture retailer with 68 stores Australia-wide.[1] Amart was founded by John van Lieshout in 1970 in Brisbane, Queensland.[2] Amart is currently majority owned by Australian private equity firm Quadrant Private Equity since 2016.

## History

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### Original ownership (1970-2006)

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The company's first retail store was opened in MacGregor, Brisbane in 1970.

### Ironbridge Capital (2006-2016)

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In 2006, John van Lieshout sold Super Amart to Ironbridge Capital for A$500 million.[2]

The current CEO of Amart Furniture is Lee Chadwick, who took the position in 2014.

### Quadrant Private Equity (Since 2016)

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Quadrant Private Equity gained ownership of the retailer in 2016 in a deal valued at around A$400 million.[3] Amart Furniture previously had its head office in Springwood, Brisbane[4] before moving to a new head office in Rochedale Brisbane.[5]

In June 2025, Amart announced it would acquire the Freedom business.[6]

## Operations

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### Current store formats

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#### Amart Furniture

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Amart Furniture has 67 stores in total, with 20 stores in Queensland, 20 stores in New South Wales, 13 stores in Victoria, 8 stores in Western Australia, 3 stores in South Australia,1 store in Tasmania, 1 store in the ACT and 1 store in Northern Territory.

### Defunct store formats

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#### Super Amart

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In 2017, Super Amart rebranded to Amart Furniture. which changed the company's name, logo and tag-line.[7]

## Sponsorship

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Amart Furniture are major sponsors of Ronald McDonald House charity[8] and were a major sponsor of Essendon Football Club from 2019 to 2023. [9]

## See also

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* Australia portal
* Companies portal

* Amart Sports
* Freedom Furniture

## References

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1. ^ "About Us At Amart Furniture - Learn More + Shop Online". www.amartfurniture.com.au. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
2. ^ a b "How the rich invest: John van Lieshout, the property billionaire who likes hybrids". Australian Financial Review. 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
3. ^ "Quadrant PE locks in $300m for Amart Group". Australian Financial Review. 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
4. ^ "Super Amart Head Office". Bris Aluminium. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
5. ^ goodman.com. "Amart Furniture customer story". au.goodman.com. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
6. ^ Gupta, Darshana (2025-06-15). "Freedom Furniture sold to Amart as Greenlit Brands continues divestment strategy". Inside Retail Australia. Retrieved 2025-06-16.
7. ^ "New logo and name for Amart Furniture by Next Thursday – Emre Aral – Information Designer". www.emrearal.com. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
8. ^ "Amart". RMHC. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
9. ^ "Essendon thanks Amart". Essendon Football Club. Retrieved 2023-11-12.

## External links

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* Official website