Plumbers' Supply Company

What Plumbers' Supply Company does

Plumbers' Supply Company is a private wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, and air conditioning (HVAC) supplies, headquartered in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Founded in 1922, the company has an operating history exceeding 100 years and, per disclosed firmographics, currently employs between 251 and 500 people. Its functional role is conventional wholesale distribution: procuring plumbing, heating, and HVAC products from manufacturers and reselling them to trade customers such as contractors, builders, and mechanical service firms.

The company's business model follows standard wholesale distribution mechanics — buying inventory in bulk and earning margin on resale — but the input data does not disclose pricing structure, credit terms, product-line breadth, customer segmentation, geographic coverage beyond its New Bedford base, or ownership/governance composition. Its only stated digital presence is its corporate website at plumberssupplyco.com. No information on management team, technology stack, partnerships, or financial performance was available in the source material.

The disclosure is thin enough that scale, competitive positioning, and strategic intent cannot be fully assessed from the supplied data. What is verifiable is the company's longevity, its narrow but durable industry focus, its private status, and a mid-market employee footprint that suggests a regional rather than national wholesale operation, with adjacent upside bands possible if multi-branch coverage or specialty product mix exists beyond what is documented.

Name

Plumbers' Supply Company

Website

https://plumberssupplyco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Plumbers' Supply Company is a private wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, and HVAC supplies, founded in 1922 and headquartered in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The company serves trade customers such as contractors and builders and operates with 251-500 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plumbing and HVAC Wholesale Distribution

NAICS

Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (4237), Warm Air Heating and Air-Conditioning Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (42373)

SIC

Wholesale-Hardware & Plumbing & Heating Equipment & Supplies (5070)

akta.pro primary industry

Plumbing Parts & Supplies Retail (Pipes, Valves, Fittings) (CRAIADAD)

Keywords

• Plumbing supplies wholesale
• HVAC distribution
• Heating equipment wholesale
• Plumbing wholesale distributor
• HVAC supplies distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

New Bedford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

Plumbers' Supply Company is a wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, and air conditioning supplies. Founded in 1922 and headquartered in New Bedford, United States, the company supplies trade contractors and related professionals with plumbing, heating, and HVAC products through its distribution operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plumbing Supplies Distribution
• Heating Supplies Distribution
• Air Conditioning Supplies Distribution

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Direct peers

• Ferguson Enterprises: Largest US wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, and HVAC supplies and publicly listed on NYSE (FERG). Directly comparable product mix and trade-customer base, though operating at substantially greater national scale.
• Hajoca Corporation: Privately held US wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, and cooling supplies operating through more than 400 locations nationwide. Closely comparable product specialization, contractor customer base, and decentralized operating model.
• F.W. Webb Company: Wholesale distributor of plumbing, heating, cooling, and industrial supplies primarily serving the Northeast US from Massachusetts. Closely comparable product mix, regional trade-customer focus, and operating scale to Plumbers' Supply Company, with direct geographic overlap.
• Winsupply: Wholesale distribution company with strong presence in plumbing, HVAC, and industrial supplies, operating through a decentralized network of locally owned companies. Similar mid-market wholesale model serving trade contractors and showing how the regional-roll-up model can scale.
• Morrison Supply Company: Wholesale distributor of plumbing, HVAC, and industrial supplies headquartered in Texas with operations across the Southwest. Similar mid-sized regional focus, comparable founding-era vintage (1935), and overlapping trade-customer relationships.
• Johnstone Supply: Wholesale distributor of HVACR equipment and parts operating through a cooperative network of independently owned stores across the US. Directly comparable HVAC distribution focus and trade-customer base, with a distinct cooperative ownership structure.
• Watsco Inc. Largest US distributor of air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration products, publicly listed on NYSE (WSO). Direct peer on the HVAC side of the business with comparable trade customers and supplier relationships.

Broad incumbents

• HD Supply (Home Depot Pro): Large national distributor of maintenance, repair, and operations products including plumbing, HVAC, and industrial categories, now part of The Home Depot. Broader portfolio across multiple trades, but with directly overlapping contractor and facility-manager customer base.

Regional players

• Reece Group: Australia and New Zealand's largest plumbing, bathroom, and HVAC supplies distributor with growing US presence through the MORSCO acquisition. Closely comparable wholesale distribution business model and product mix, though primarily operating in different geographies.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights4 records

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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