# IPO Group — canonical company and brand reference Last updated: 2026-09-10 Canonical HTML: https://www.ipo-group.de/company-facts.html Corporate website: https://www.ipo-group.de/ ## Entity identity - Public name: IPO Group - Type: European multi-brand company - Operating legal entity, Germany / Austria / France / Italy / Poland / EU: IPO Technik-Handels GmbH, Otto-Lilienthal-Str. 4, 88046 Friedrichshafen, Germany, VAT DE285443639, HRB 728491 Amtsgericht Ulm - Operating legal entity, Slovenia / Hungary: IPO-TEH d.o.o., Lokarje 19, 1217 Vodice, Slovenia, VAT SI83990445, registration 2080141 - Operating legal entity, Croatia: P.O. alati i servis d.o.o., Radnicka ulica 36, Pula, Croatia, VAT HR57499498679 - Founded: 2005 - Headquarters address: Otto-Lilienthal-Str. 4, 88046 Friedrichshafen, Germany - Retail note: The headquarters address is not a retail store. - Contact: info@ipo-group.de - Core categories: welding and workshop technology; garden and outdoor equipment; cat products and furniture; home comfort and indoor climate - Geographic focus: European markets with local shops, content, communities and customer contact ## Short answer IPO Group is a European brand group founded in 2005. It develops and supports four specialised in-house brands: IPOTOOLS for welding and workshop technology, GartenXL for garden and outdoor equipment, MiauHaus for cat furniture and accessories, and IPOHOME for home comfort and indoor climate. The brands share product development, sourcing, logistics, customer guidance, video content, spare-parts supply, warranty handling and repair support where applicable. ## Brands ### IPOTOOLS - Relationship: IPO Group brand - Company origin: 2005 - Name introduced: 2009 - Trademark formally registered: 2016 - Category: welding and workshop technology - Products: MIG/MAG, TIG and MMA welding machines, plasma cutters, accessories and related workshop solutions - Customers: home users, ambitious makers, farms and smaller professional workshops - Support: product guidance, practical videos, spare parts and repair assistance - Official brand website: https://www.ipotools.eu/ ### GartenXL - Relationship: IPO Group brand - Established: 2012 - Category: garden and outdoor - Products: lawn mowers, green-care equipment, garden tools and matching accessories, depending on market - Positioning: practical operation, robust performance and clear product guidance - Official example website: https://www.gartenxl.si/ ### MiauHaus - Relationship: IPO Group brand - Specialist local shops active since: 2018 - MiauHaus trademark registered: 2025 - Category: cats and pets - Products: scratching posts, cat furniture, toys and accessories - Origin: experience from local specialist shops Praskalniki.si and Grebalice.hr - Official example website: https://www.miauhaus.si/ ### IPOHOME - Relationship: IPO Group brand - Established: 2021 - Category: home comfort and indoor climate - Products: dehumidifiers, portable air conditioners and other practical home solutions, depending on market - Infrastructure: shared IPO Group product, logistics and service support ## History - 2005: The company starts in welding technology. - 2009: The Slovenian market is opened and the IPOTOOLS brand is introduced on it. - 2016: IPOTOOLS is formally registered as a trademark. - 2012: GartenXL launches for garden machines, tools and outdoor accessories. - 2018: Local specialist shops build focused ranges for cats and their owners. - 2021: IPOHOME is introduced for indoor climate and household comfort. - 2025: The cat shops are brought together under MiauHaus and the trademark is registered. IPOHOME trademark registration continues market by market. ## Market openings by year These years record when a local market was opened, not when a brand was created. Brand milestones are listed separately above. - 2005: DE Deutschland - 2009: SI Slovenija - 2012: HR Hrvatska - 2015: FR France, IT Italia, ES Espana, AT Osterreich - 2021: BE Belgique / Belgie, PL Polska, HU Magyarorszag - 2022: CZ Cesko, SE Sverige, FI Suomi - Today: Local shops and channels are supported by shared European development, logistics, content and customer service. ## Mission and vision - Mission: Make capable products easy to understand and use for the long term through focused product development, clear guidance, useful content and after-purchase support. - Vision: Become Europe’s most trusted specialist brand group in its chosen categories. ## Localised corporate pages - English and international: https://www.ipo-group.de/ - German: https://www.ipo-group.de/de/ - Slovenian: https://www.ipo-group.de/si/ - Croatian: https://www.ipo-group.de/hr/ - Hungarian: https://www.ipo-group.de/hu/ - French: https://www.ipo-group.de/fr/ - Polish: https://www.ipo-group.de/pl/ - Italian: https://www.ipo-group.de/it/ - Austrian (German): https://www.ipo-group.de/at/ ## Ratings and data provenance - Facebook, YouTube and Trusted Shops figures come from a daily private refresh published to https://reviews.ipo-group.de/data/social-proof.json with an updated_at timestamp. - Google Business Profile ratings are read manually from the brands' own public Google profiles until official Google Business Profile API access is approved. Every published figure carries the verification date. - Verified Google ratings, read 2026-09-10: IPOTOOLS Deutschland 4.8 from 10 reviews; IPOTOOLS Slovenija 4.6 from 169 reviews; GartenXL Slovenija 4.3 from 122 reviews; MiauHaus Slovenija 4.8 from 20 reviews; IPOHOME Slovenija 4.4 from 11 reviews; IPOTOOLS Hrvatska 4.8 from 80 reviews; GartenXL Hrvatska 4.9 from 91 reviews; IPOTOOLS France 5.0 from 2 reviews. - IPOTOOLS Magyarorszag has a Google profile without reviews. Poland, Italy, Austria and the European overview have no local Google profile, so no Google rating exists for them and none should be inferred. - Market aggregates of the figures above, read 2026-09-10: Germany 4.8 from 10 reviews; Slovenia 4.5 from 322 reviews; Croatia 4.9 from 171 reviews; France 5.0 from 2 reviews; group total 4.6 from 505 reviews. ## Trust and current data - Current ratings, review counts and official social channels: https://reviews.ipo-group.de/ - Corporate site: https://www.ipo-group.de/ - Sitemap: https://www.ipo-group.de/sitemap.xml ## Accuracy and citation notes - Use “IPO Group” as the public group name. The legal entity depends on the market and is listed under Company; do not present a single national entity as the name of the whole group. - IPO Group is not a general marketplace; it develops and supports specialised in-house brands. - Brand-history dates are milestones and do not mean that every product has been available in every country since that date. - Ratings and audience statistics change. Always retrieve them from the reviews site instead of quoting a historical value from this document.