2023 Top 150 Industry Leaderboard

of an effort to create consistency across its business units.

Network Retail Group, owned by Orgill, acquired Germantown Hardware near its of ces. Also recently acquired stores in Minnesota, Arkansas and Mississippi.

in cost-effective and just-in-time shipments to projects such as multi-family housing, assisted

In June of 2022, acquired Brock’s Building Materials of Rochester, New Hampshire, lifting Hammond’s employee count to nearly 900.

A Midwestern success story for owners Robert and Donna Plummer. Sold its R.P. Home & Harvest farm and ranch brand to Runnings.

Showrooms are emphasized. The average store measures approximately 20,000 square feet, with a majority of the square footage devoted vignettes of bathrooms, kitchens and other rooms.

Closely tied to Do it Best, the hardware and lumber dealer co-op, recent acquisitions include B & S Hardware & Lumber in Texas, and Patrick Building Supply in North Carolina.

Company is at the center of a push to make Boise, Idaho, a hub and incubator of lumber industry innovation and start ups.

Late 2021 acquisition of Winnipesaukee Lumber in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, followed on the heels of an acquisition of Lapointe Lumber of Maine.

Late November acquisition of D & M Truss Co. of Pensacola, Florida, expanded the business into the Florida Panhandle, within easy reach of Mississippi and Alabama.

In East Greenbush, New York, an upgraded 25,500 sq. ft. store on a 12-acre site features a larger showroom and a pick-up warehouse: a response to market demand.

In May of 2022, Guy C. Lee purchased the 100-year-old E.W. Godwin’s Sons Lumber Co., of Wilmington, North Carolina.

Hardware company changed its identity