Welcome to the Brueder Schlau Group
We design the lives of your dreams
Our ambition is to create individual living spaces.
BEAUTIFUL LIVING IS OUR PASSION
As a family business in the fifth generation, we value tradition – and are open to new ideas.
MEETING THE CUSTOMERS' NEEDS
Our powerful brands
Hammer and Schlau are the core components of the Brueder Schlau Group.
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Brüder Schlau20.04.2022
Award-winning Training Company
The Brueder Schlau Group, with its successful Hammer and Schlau brands, is proud to be named BEST PLACE TO LEARN®. This seal of excellence was developed by AUBI-plus Ltd and is a promise of outstanding company-based training. It is awarded to companies that, in the course of a comprehensive survey, demonstrate quality criteria for providing excellent training to young people.
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Brüder Schlau24.03.2022
Mattresses and More for Emergency Shelters
Images of destruction from the war zone in Ukraine are currently reaching us on a daily basis. Several million people have already left the country and arrived in Germany, among other places. Refugees are being offered safe accommodation in Porta Westfalica and Bünde as well and the Brueder Schlau Group is providing support in the preparation of these emergency shelters.
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Brüder Schlau11.03.2022
Employment for Ukrainian refugees: We want to help!
Employers can post classified ads on the “Job Aid Ukraine” platform. The Ukrainians affected can look for a job there and potentially find one that suits them, which is great since good integration can only succeed with a perspective of employment.
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Hammer23.02.2022
Hammer Receives German Service Award 2022
Commendation: Hammer has been honoured with the German Service Award 2022 in the category of “House and Home – Consulting”. The renowned award was presented for the twelfth time by the German Institute for Service Quality (DISQ) and the news channel n-tv.
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Brüder Schlau18.02.2022
QUALIFYING WITH HIGH MARKS
All interns receive many exciting insights into the different sectors of the Brueder Schlau Group during their training. The knowledge acquired is evaluated at the end of the training period: studied diligently, many questions asked, all fingers crossed – exam successfully passed!
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Brüder Schlau24.01.2022
Aid for the Flood Victims
It was with great sadness that the Brueder Schlau Group of companies followed the reports and dreadful images of the destruction following the floods last summer. In order to provide help during this difficult time for many people, and as a sign of solidarity, the family-owned company is donating goods vouchers with a total value of 500,000 euros.
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Schlau01.12.2021
Schlau opens in Delmenhorst
We are steadily expanding our network of locations: Effective immediately, you can look forward to Brüder Schlau Group’s extensive range of products and diverse services as a crafts business and specialist retailer from Delmenhorst and the surrounding area. The modern Crafts Market in Delmenhorst was opened on 6 December 2021 at Brendelweg 23.
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Schlau10.12.2021
IN-HOUSE EXHIBITION 2022 CANCELLED
Preparations were well underway and anticipation was high: After the painful cancellation of our anniversary event in 2021, we intended to present new products and innovations in the areas of paints, wallpapers, floor coverings, tools, construction chemicals, external thermal insulation composite systems (ETICS) and accessories at our in-house exhibition in 2022 and celebrate the Brüder Schlau Group’s 100th birthday once again. Regrettably, however, the event planned for 4 to 6 March 2022 at the Bad Salzuflen Exhibition Centre will not take place.
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Schlau21.12.2021
Schlau is moving to Kiel
Remaining loyal to the region: Crafts businesses and specialist retailers from Kiel and the surrounding areas will still be able to rely on the Brüder Schlau Group’s extensive range of products and services – only now at a new location. The Crafts Market, Kiel has moved from Segeberger Landstraße 2 to Schwedendamm 9. The grand opening was celebrated there on the 15th of December, 2021.
Read moreBrüder Schlau
Award-winning Training Company
Brüder Schlau
Mattresses and More for Emergency Shelters
Brüder Schlau
Employment for Ukrainian refugees: We want to help!
Hammer
Hammer Receives German Service Award 2022
Brüder Schlau
QUALIFYING WITH HIGH MARKS
Brüder Schlau
Aid for the Flood Victims
Schlau
Schlau opens in Delmenhorst
Schlau
IN-HOUSE EXHIBITION 2022 CANCELLED
Schlau
Schlau is moving to Kiel
THIS IS THE BRUEDER SCHLAU GROUP
The counselling competence and expertise of our employees are of great significance in our corporate philosophy. The promotion of more than 6,000 of our employees throughout Germany is therefore of particular importance to us. We offer an interesting working environment as well as numerous added values. Our motto is: Satisfied employees pass on their commitment to the customers in the stores. As an excellent training company, we also invest in our own future.

- More than 6,000 employees
- More than 200 Hammer specialist stores
- More than 60 Schlau trade and craft stores
- BEST PLACE TO LEARN® - excellent awarded training company
Reliable logistics
YOU CAN COUNT ON US!
Three modern central warehouses
More than 50,000 sqm of storage space
More than 80 trucks
More than 30,000 warehouse items
Up to date: In order to ensure the reliable supply of goods to our wholesale customers and the Hammer specialist stores, we dispose of one of the most modern warehouse and logistics systems in Europe.

OUR HISTORY - OUR 101 YEARS OF SUCCESS STORY


1921

2022
When the brothers Theodor and Wilhelm Schlau founded a paint wholesaling business in Minden in 1921, they probably could hardly have envisaged the long tradition. In 2022, the family company proudly looks back on 101 years of history, 101 years of the most up-to-date products and innovations. We will continue to build on that!