National Tyre & Wheel Ltd (ASX:NTD)

National Tyre & Wheel is Australia’s largest independent tyre and wheel distributor, specialising in importing tyres and distributing them throughout Australia. NTD’s business model has included buying other independent distributors in the hope of ‘rolling them up’ into what is now the leading independent brand. NTD’s roots trace back to Terry Smith and Exclusive Tyres, which was the original and exclusive importer of Cooper & Micky Thompson tyres. It has operations around Australia, New Zealand and even South Africa.