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HTI-GRUPPE is a German specialist wholesaler for civil engineering and industrial technology, operating as a nationwide network of medium-sized partner companies under the GC-Gruppe.

Last updated September 29, 2026

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Overview

HTI-GRUPPE (Handel für Tiefbau und Industrietechnik) is a German specialist wholesale group serving the civil engineering and industrial technology sectors. It was founded on 1 July 1994 as HTI GmbH & Co. Handels KG to bundle the civil engineering activities of the GC-Gruppe into a dedicated network. Initially owned in equal parts by the GC-Gruppe and WV AG, it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of the GC-Gruppe since 2000. The group is organized as a cooperation of medium-sized, independently managed partner companies led by personally liable managing partners, which the company says guarantees long-term partnerships, reliability and a tailored product range. HTI operates as a full-range wholesaler (Vollsortimenter) for civil engineering and industrial technology, supplying products and logistics and digital services from a single source. Its assortment covers more than 150,000 articles, with around 20,000 items held in stock and more than 240,000 factory number sets. Product areas include supply and disposal, garden and landscape construction, rainwater management, sewage treatment technology, industrial technology, road and rail construction, broadband technology, renewable energies, and tools and work equipment. The group also offers a "Versorgung 2.0" range covering electricity and heat, as well as partner ranges in sanitation, heating, climate/ventilation, installation, electrical, roofing, water technology and photovoltaics/battery storage. With more than 60 logistics locations, HTI is networked throughout Germany and also operates in Austria, Bulgaria, Poland and Romania. The group reports more than 1,600 employees, including around 200 field sales staff, and describes itself as having been active in the market for 30 years and repeatedly recognized as a Top National Employer. Its customers are utilities, civil engineering and pipeline construction companies, and industrial enterprises. HTI serves planners, architects and other tendering bodies through its HTI ONLINE PLUS service platform and online shop, and offers digital tools such as the HTI DigitalBox and HTI FinanzBox, as well as the HTI PERSPEKTIV digital magazine. As part of the GC-Gruppe, a association of independent medium-sized wholesalers with around 100 companies and 800 locations in Germany plus further European operations, HTI adheres to the three-stage distribution channel of industry – wholesale – skilled trades. The group also founded the Initiative CO2, a network of around 100 partners focused on sustainable systems and solutions.

History

HTI-GRUPPE was founded on 1 July 1994 as HTI GmbH & Co. Handels KG, with the purpose of combining the civil engineering activities of the GC-Gruppe into a dedicated association. At its inception, the company was owned in equal shares by the GC-Gruppe and WV AG. In 2000, HTI became a wholly owned subsidiary of the GC-Gruppe, a association of independent medium-sized wholesalers that operates around 100 companies and 800 locations in Germany plus further companies in other European countries. Over the following decades, HTI expanded its network of regional partner companies. Today the group consists of 12 regional partner companies, each under the individual leadership of personally liable managing partners, and is networked through more than 60 logistics locations in Germany and Austria. Additional HTI-GRUPPE locations are in Bulgaria, Poland and Romania. The individual houses operate as full-range suppliers for civil engineering and industrial technology needs. Customers include utility companies, civil engineering and pipeline construction firms, and industrial enterprises. The group reports more than 1,600 employees, of whom around 200 are field sales staff, and states it has been active in the market for 30 years. It has been recognized as a Top National Employer from 2014 to 2019. HTI describes itself as the only full-range supplier (Vollsortimenter) delivering products as well as logistics and digital services nationwide, tailored and reliably from a single source. Its assortment comprises more than 150,000 articles, with around 20,000 items held in stock and more than 240,000 factory number sets; around 35 million articles are shipped from stock annually. HTI has also developed digital services for its customers, including the HTI ONLINE PLUS online shop and service platform for professionals in civil engineering and industrial technology as well as planners, architects and other tendering bodies; the HTI DigitalBox, a set of digital tools for more efficient work processes; the HTI FinanzBox, a service package developed with professional partners; and the HTI PERSPEKTIV digital magazine, published four times a year. The group also founded the Initiative CO2, a network of around 100 partners focused on sustainable systems and solutions, with partners including ACO Tiefbau Vertrieb GmbH, Albert Frey Dienstleistungs AG, AOVE GmbH, aquatherm GmbH, Bayerisches Zentrum für Angewandte Energieforschung e.V. and ENREGIS GmbH. Partner suppliers of the HTI-GRUPPE include aduxa, ENREGIS GmbH, Rehau, Tendux and Wavin.

  • HTI GmbH & Co. Handels KG founded to combine the civil engineering activities of the GC-Gruppe into a dedicated association; initially owned equally by GC-Gruppe and WV AG.

  • HTI becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of the GC-Gruppe.

  • HTI-GRUPPE recognized as Top National Employer.

  • HTI BÄR & OLLENROTH KG receives a special order for the new BVG e-bus depot at Säntisstraße in Berlin, supplying special drainage channels together with supplier Kortmann to executing firm Otto Kittel.

Products and positioning

Full-range specialist wholesaler for civil engineering and industrial technology, offering products, logistics and digital services from a single source through a nationwide network of medium-sized partner companies.

  • HTI ONLINE PLUS

    Online shop and information platform for professionals in civil engineering and industrial technology as well as planners, architects and other tendering bodies.

  • HTI DigitalBox

    Digital tools to make work processes more efficient.

  • HTI FinanzBox

    Service package for daily operational challenges, developed with professional partners and service providers.

  • HTI PERSPEKTIV

    Digital magazine published four times a year, covering industry topics, reference projects, product solutions and services.

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