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Hardware & Building Materials: Galle vs Matara

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Hardware & Building Materials listings

Our directory · 31 Oct 2026

Galle
15
Matara
18

Listings per 10,000 people

Listings ÷ DCS Census of Population and Housing 2024 population · 2024

Galle
0.14
Matara
0.21

Population

DCS Census of Population and Housing 2024 · 2024

Galle
1,097,372
Matara
837,889

Building material shops registered

DCS District Statistical Handbook 2025 · 2024

Galle
544
Matara
562

Opportunities (any status)

Our opportunities register · checked 30 Oct 2026

Galle
9
Matara
9

Whole sector; records open to any sector are not counted.

Supply-chain coverage

Supply-chain file (curated by Backend team) + our listings · 30 Oct 2026; listings 31 Oct 2026

Step GalleMatara
Cement, timber & metal makersupstream 51
Hardware & building materialsupstream 1518
Fuel & powerupstream 3236
Plant hire & haulageupstream none yetnone yet
Contractorscore 212201
Plumbing & electrical fit-outdownstream 63
Hotels & guest housesdownstream 836366
Factories & industrial zonesdownstream 61

"none yet" means no listings in our data for that step, a coverage gap rather than an absence. See the chain →

Listings by DS division

Our directory, by DS division · 31 Oct 2026

Galle

  • Galle 4 Gravets 3
  • Akmeemana 2
  • Bope-Poddala 2
  • Habaraduwa 2
  • Imaduwa 2
  • Ambalangoda 1
  • Bentota 1
  • Hikkaduwa 1
  • Rathgama 1

Matara

  • Kaburupitiya 8
  • Hakmana 4
  • Weligama 4
  • Kotapola 1
  • Matara Four Gravets 1