Australia’s first family of paint

Founded in Ballarat in 1935, our business is borne out of Henry Haymes’ passion and his desire to provide Australians with the best quality paint they could buy. Since then, Haymes Paint has been passed through three generations of the Haymes family, with each building on that legacy.  

After 90 years, today Haymes Paint is a thriving wholly Australian-owned business with a nationwide presence, renowned and respected for the superior quality of its products. Our new, multi-million dollar state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Ballarat, where it all began 90 years ago, demonstrates our capacity for market leading innovation alongside our proud history of bring industry-changing products to market.  

As a 100 per cent, Australian owned family business, Haymes Paint is proud to connect with the communities where we operate and support other family-owned businesses – be it the local paint specialist, a hardware store stockist, or the professional trade painting contractors who make Haymes Paint part of their every day.   

Today, Haymes Paint has grown to become the largest family owned paint brand in Australia employing more than 400 team members across operations, including our nationwide network of Haymes Paint Shops, PaintRight stores and 350 independent stockists.