Muru Office Supplies has its sights set on $100 million in turnover.over the next 10 years.

 

From a small business selling ink cartridges in 2012, Indigenous office supplies business Muru has moved into the big end of town with aspirations of turning over $100 million by 2030.

 

In a recent interview with Pro Bono News, Muru Office Supplies founder Mitchell Ross said the business “took off” when it secured a partnership with Complete Office Supplies and now numbers among its customers large corporate partners such as KPMG, Qantas, and Commonwealth Bank. 

 

Around 15 per cent of the company’s profits go into supporting education, employment, health and well-being causes. The total figure of community contributions is now more than $270,000.

 

Muru’s ongoing community partnerships include a play group in far-north Queensland and Indigi-Grow, a Sydney social enterprise specialising in education. 

 

Last financial year, the company also made a one-off $14,000 contribution to Mudgin-Gal, an Aboriginal support organisation. 

 

With COVID taking hold, Muru saw a spike in sales of toilet paper and hygiene products but as most offices moved into long-term working from home arrangements, the company had to rethink the way it supported its customers. 

 

“So it was a question of how do we make sure we can continue to be agile and adapt and support those customers,” he told PBN. 

 

“So there’s now a focus on winning more new business and new partnerships that help us support our customers now they are working from home a bit more. 

 

“I suppose longer term, I do have a bit of a goal of getting to $100 million in revenue by 2030,” he said. 

 

Photo: Muru’s Mitchell Ross (left) with Complete Office Supplies CEO Dom Lyone.