Beacon Building Products

What Beacon Building Products does

Beacon Building Products, founded in 1928 and headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, was one of the largest publicly traded distributors of roofing, waterproofing, siding, and complementary building materials in North America, generating $9.8 billion in 2024 annual sales and employing between 5,001 and 10,000 people across the United States and Canada. The company served commercial contractors, roofing professionals, and builders through a branch-based direct distribution model, combining local service coverage with design services for commercial roofing projects and an expanding building envelope offering.

Beacon's product architecture spanned residential and commercial roofing, waterproofing solutions (anchored by Garvin Construction Products), siding (including All American Vinyl Siding Supply), architectural sheet metal (including Chicago Metal Supply & Fabrication), and general building materials, supplemented by the TRI-BUILT private label brand. Growth was driven primarily by a roll-up acquisition strategy under the Ambition 2025 plan, executing more than a dozen disclosed deals between 2023 and 2025, including the $67.2 million Midway Wholesale acquisition (2021) and tuck-ins across the Carolinas, California, the Northeast, the Midwest, and the Plains.

In April 2025, QXO, Inc. completed its approximately $11 billion acquisition of Beacon, taking the company private, delisting it from NASDAQ (ticker BECN), and consolidating its local and regional brands under the unified QXO brand. Under QXO ownership, the distribution platform has been augmented with AI-driven pricing and logistics optimization, a B2B e-commerce and mobile app layer, and API services for custom integrations, positioning the combined entity as the largest publicly traded roofing, waterproofing, and building products distributor in North America.

Name

Beacon Building Products

Legal name

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.

Website

https://beaconroofingsupply.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1928

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Beacon Building Products (now part of QXO) is a Fortune 500 North American distributor of roofing, waterproofing, siding, and building materials, serving commercial contractors and roofing professionals through an extensive branch network across the U.S. and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Materials Distribution

NAICS

Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers (42333)

SIC

Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers (5211)

akta.pro primary industry

Roofing Materials Retail (Shingles, Underlayment, Flashing) (CRAIAEAC)

Keywords

• Roofing materials distribution
• Building products wholesale
• Waterproofing products supply
• Commercial roofing supply
• Siding products distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Herndon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Building Products Distribution: Distribution of roofing, waterproofing, siding, and complementary building materials to commercial contractors and roofing professionals through a network of locations across North America.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Beacon Building Products is a specialty distributor of roofing, waterproofing, siding, insulation, windows, and complementary exterior building materials sold primarily to residential and commercial contractors, home builders, and roofing professionals. The company sources branded and private-label products (including its TRI-BUILT brand) from third-party manufacturers and distributes them through hundreds of branches across the U.S. and Canada, complemented by B2B e-commerce, a mobile app, and API integrations.

Product overview

Beacon Building Products (now part of QXO following its $11 billion acquisition in 2025) operates as a building products distributor offering a comprehensive portfolio of roofing, waterproofing, siding, and general building materials. The company's product architecture consists of multiple product categories organized under its main distribution platform, including residential and commercial roofing, waterproofing solutions, siding products, and building materials/supplies. Key brands include the TRI-BUILT sub-brand and various acquired regional suppliers. The distribution network has been expanded through strategic acquisitions including Chicago Metal Supply & Fabrication (architectural sheet metal), Roofers Mart of Southern California (roofing), Roofers Supply of Greenville (roofing), Garvin Construction Products (waterproofing), S&H Building Material Corporation (Long Island market), and All American Vinyl Siding Supply (siding). The company also integrated Midway Wholesale (acquired 2021), which operated 10 stores across Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. The current QXO platform consolidates local and regional brands under one unified brand with digital capabilities including API services, integration partnerships, and a mobile app.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TRI-BUILT: Private label brand of building products

Products and services

• TRI-BUILT

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Chicago Metal Supply & FabricationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 September 2024Acquisition of family-owned architectural sheet metal business based in Chicago. Expands metal solutions capabilities and integrates new product catalog options in the Chicago region as part of growth strategy.
• Roofers Mart of Southern CaliforniacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 July 2024Acquisition of Roofers Mart of Southern California, a roofing supplier in the Los Angeles market. Expands service offerings for commercial contractors, enhances product catalog and customer services, supporting goal of becoming top commercial roofing distributor in North America.
• Roofers Supply of GreenvillecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2024Acquisition of Roofers Supply of Greenville, SC, adding three locations in the Carolinas. Deal extends Beacon's service coverage and enhances design services for commercial roofers in the region as part of 2024 growth strategy.
• Garvin Construction ProductscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 October 2023Acquisition of waterproofing distributor based in Medford, MA. Expands waterproofing division and national building envelope capabilities, supporting contractors with resiliency solutions for new construction and restoration projects across the U.S.
• S&H Building Material CorporationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 September 2023Acquisition to expand service offerings in Long Island, part of strategy to grow through multiple acquisitions and new locations in 2023, supporting Ambition 2025 goal.
• All American Vinyl Siding SupplyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2023Acquisition to expand product offerings in vinyl siding supply.
• Midway WholesalecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2021Acquisition of Midway Wholesale for $67.2 million in November 2021. Company employed 170 people and generated $130 million in annual sales across 10 stores in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska at time of sale.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Peers

• QXO, Inc.

Direct peers

• Foundation Building Materials: Foundation Building Materials is a US distributor of building products including insulation, roofing, gypsum, and complementary categories, directly comparable to Beacon in serving commercial and residential contractors with a national footprint.
• Allied Building Products: Allied Building Products was a major roofing, siding, and interior building products distributor acquired by Beacon in 2017 for $2.6B; its product mix and contractor customer base mirror Beacon's commercial-roofing business.
• ABC Supply Co. ABC Supply is the largest US distributor of roofing, siding, windows, and exterior building products, serving residential and commercial contractors through a nationwide branch network—directly competing head-to-head with Beacon in roofing distribution.
• SRS Distribution: SRS Distribution is a privately held roofing and building products distributor serving residential and commercial contractors across the US, growing aggressively through acquisitions in the same roofing-distribution niche as Beacon.
• Lansing Building Products: Lansing distributes exterior building products—windows, siding, roofing, and rainware—to contractors and builders, overlapping with Beacon's commercial roofing and siding distribution offering.

Broad incumbents

• US LBM: US LBM is a leading national distributor of lumber, millwork, and building materials serving residential and commercial builders—comparable to Beacon in operating a branch-based building materials distribution model via acquisition-driven roll-up.
• HD Supply: HD Supply is a large multi-category distributor serving maintenance, repair, and construction professionals in North America—an incumbent with overlapping MRO and construction-customer relationships comparable to Beacon's contractor base.
• Boise Cascade: Boise Cascade manufactures and distributes engineered wood products, lumber, and building materials across North America, serving many of the same contractor and dealer customers as Beacon.
• Ferguson Enterprises: Ferguson is a large publicly traded distributor of plumbing, HVAC, and related building products serving contractors across North America—an analogous distribution-led business model at much broader scale than Beacon.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/beacon-building-products

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A25 records

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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