About Earle Paints and our stores

George and Ruby Earle saw the paint industry differently than most paint retailers.

Earle Paints once employed many local painters and painted signs and houses across Queensland. They now concentrate on supplying paint to local contractors and the DIY market.

The Earle Paints story began back in 1936 when its founders George and Ruby Earle moved to Maryborough and opened Maryborough Signs. World War 2 put an end to this but George reopened the business in 1942. 1949 saw the business expand to a retail outlet when stocks were introduced and George with his wife Ruby took over the paint and wholesale portion of local company Corsers, this also secured work for Corsers staff. It was these staff and the forward thinking of George and his family that laid the foundations for the business as it is today.

George and Ruby saw the paint industry differently than most other paint retailers and were innovators with colour and how they took colour to the customer. In fact they were one of the first stores in Queensland to have a colour centre in store to help co-ordinate the best use of colour for the whole house. This was also the case with actually going to the customer’s home to do colour schemes that take advantage of the houses features to enhance the individual personality of the home and its owner.

The success of this store soon rolled out to other cities, in 1959 George’s son Ray opened his first store in Bundaberg with his brother Les who then went on to open a store in Rockhampton. Ray then sold the Bundaberg shop in 1965 to concentrate on the growth of the business. Since then Ray, Les and their families have opened stores in Hervey Bay, Yeppoon, North Rockhampton, Kingaroy, Emerald, Gladstone and another in North Rockhampton called The Decorators Paint Place. Most recently in 2006 the family purchased a store at Underwood in Brisbane.

Ray’s family Ken, Wayne and Melissa along with Les’ family Paul and Brett have put their stamp on the business by bringing fresh ideas and new technology with the aid of computers and industry resources. All though the faces have changed and the business has grown the fundamentals of caring friendly service, quality up to date advice and a complete range of everything needed for the professionals and do-it-your-self painters are the cornerstones that keep Earle Paints at the forefront of Paint Retailers in Queensland.

More information:

• Gladstone
• Hervey Bay
• Kingaroy and the South Burnett
• Maryborough and the North Burnett
• Underwood South Brisbane