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Cartridge World
Company typePrivate
IndustryRetail
FoundedAdelaide, Australia (1992)
FounderBryan Stokes
Headquarters,
United States
Number of locations
1,400 stores
Area served
Worldwide
OwnerSuzhou GoldenGreen Technologies (SGT)
Websitewww.cartridgeworld.com

Cartridge World is a business specialising in retailing ink and toner cartridges for domestic and commercial computer printers. Cartridge World also franchises these outlets. The business model is to refill OEM printer cartridges and to sell the cartridges cheaper than the branded products. Empty cartridges are obtained by encouraging users to recycle them in-store or elsewhere.

Company overview

Cartridge World is the world’s largest franchise network specialising in printer supplies. The company also leases printers, offers printer servicing and other office supplies.

The website refers to national headquarters offices in Adelaide, Australia; Harrogate, England; Spring Grove, Illinois, USA; and Paris, France.

The company was founded in 1988 by Bryan Stokes as the "Australian Cartridge Company" in Adelaide and changed the name to Cartridge World in 1999. The first store was enfranchised in 1997 and in 2007, private equity fund Wolseley Private Equity purchased the business.

In Summer 2015, Cartridge World announced that Suzhou GoldenGreen Technologies (SGT) has become a shareholder of the Cartridge World group.

Global locations

More than 1,400 Cartridge World stores worldwide provide ink and toner cartridges, printers and related services.

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