STARK Group is one of the largest retailers and distributors of building materials for the professional segment in Europe with approx.

Following an expansion of the company, organizationally as well as geographically, the group was – in 1918 – listed on the stock exchange and 1918 and changed its name to Det Danske Trælastkompagni.

By the time of 2004 Danske Trælast was the parent company of a huge group that besides the four Nordic subsidiaries was responsible for 75 timberyards in Denmark.

A year later – in 2018 – the Group was sold to the American Private Equity fund Lone Star.

Earlier on, STARK Group was owned by the American private equity firm Lone Star Funds.

On January 8, 2021 CVC Capital Partners announced their complete acquisition of STARK Group.