Kanoo Group of Companies is one of the largest independent, family owned company in the Gulf region. Established in Bahrain in 1890 by Haji Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo, it has grown from its early trading and shipping business to become one of the most diversified and highly regarded business houses in the Gulf region and beyond. Kanoo operates extensively in the GCC countries since the early 1960's. Kanoo Group of Companies is greatly respected for the ability to combine traditional values with a global vision and has always been linked to the progress and development of the entire region.

Kanoo Group of Companies is a diversified business conglomerate with business activities across the world's most dynamic industries from Shipping, Travel, Holidays, Machinery, Oil & Gas, Power & Industrial Projects to Exhibition Services, Courier Services, Logistics, Specialty Chemicals and Business Centers and other retail and commercial activities.

In addition, Kanoo Group of Companies has a remarkable history in forming joint ventures with world class companies serving the service and industrial sectors such as AXA Insurance, Maersk, BASF, Akzo Nobel, Serco Kanoo and others.

The Kanoo Legend is a multigenerational history of energy, productiveness, success and above all the shared satisfaction of making a difference in Gulf region through philanthropy and serving the community in all possible means.

Kanoo takes pride in its past and looks forward with confidence to the future with a renewed commitment to maintain and enhance the services and products offered to its business partners.

Haji Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo took over the small family business in 1890 in Bahrain and established one of the most successful and trusted family businesses in the region today. The Kanoo family expanded its business in the early 1930s to Saudi Arabia and in the early 1960s to Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah.

In due time and particularly during the height of the oil boom, the Kanoo family business grew from its early trading and shipping business to become one of the most diversified and highly regarded business houses in the Gulf region and beyond.

The traditional values that underlined the Kanoo family and the guidance of the late Ahmed Ali Kanoo had a great role in involving Kanoo Group of Companies in the business and social fabric of the UAE.

Haji Yusuf was the first local Arab shipping and travel agent competing with long established British companies at the beginnings of the twentieth century and managed to steer the family business through two World Wars and several economic depressions successfully and smoothly.

The Kanoo name and corporate signature are among the most recognized names and symbols in the Gulf region. With over a century invested in the brand values and continued delivery against customers and principals needs and expectations the Kanoo name has become a byword for trust, reliability and quality.

For over 110years the Kanoo Family has always been associated with the progress and development of the entire region. The Kanoo Legend is a multi-generation history of energy, productiveness, success and above all the shared satisfaction of making a difference in the world through philanthropy.

The pursuit of quality and excellence in business has been a key factor in the success, growth and stability of Kanoo Group of Companies of companies for over a century. The values that underlined the Kanoo family members’ lifestyle, attitudes and aspirations have had a great influence in their corporate policies and goals.

Throughout Kanoo’s history of growth and diversification emphasis has focused upon retaining traditional business values which remain at the center of their relationships with customers and partners. Together with a global vision that adopts advanced business efficiency and management models.