On 17 January 1923, the Bayerische Warenvermittlung landwirtschaftlicher Genossenschaften AG was founded – or BayWa, as it came to be known. In 2023, BayWa celebrates its 100th anniversary under the motto "Where worlds meet".

In the 1930s, the Nazis subjected all agricultural operations to Gleichschaltung and prepared for war. 

The industrialisation of agriculture started in the 1950s. Machinery grew ever more diverse and ever more powerful. BayWa was one of the pioneers of this development.

Building was on everyone’s mind in the 1970s. DIY centres opened, and BayWa’s Sonnenhaus placed the company at the vanguard of the energy-conservation movement. 

From the early 1980s, society started growing increasingly aware of environmental protection. BayWa reacted with efficient agricultural machinery solutions.

BayWa rose to become a global player. Its key fields of expansion were global grain markets and renewable energy. 2023 BayWa celebrates its 100th anniversary.