The Bidvest Group Ltd. is an investment holding company, which engages in the subsidiaries operating in the services, trading, and distribution industries. It operates through the Business Services, and Trading and Distribution segments. The Business Services segment offers corporate outsourced services including cleaning and hygiene. The Trading and Distribution segment supplies and manufactures office products and services, branded household and pharmaceutical products. The company was founded by Mervyn Chipkin and Brian Joffe in 1988 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.