What TW Perry does

TW Perry is a privately-held, regional building materials distributor founded in 1911 and headquartered (historically in Chevy Chase, now Silver Spring, Maryland) in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The company operates seven retail locations across Maryland and Northern Virginia — Gaithersburg, Silver Spring, Annapolis, Baltimore, Hyattsville, Leesburg, and Springfield — stocking 28 major product categories ranging from framing lumber, engineered wood, cement products, drywall, and fasteners to decking, mouldings, doors and windows, paint, plumbing and electrical, power tools, hardware, rail systems, and outdoor products. In addition to stock SKUs, TW Perry offers custom millwork services including special-order doors, stairs and railings, engineered wood and trusses, window services, and architect services, which move the business up the value chain from commodity distribution into specification-driven supply.

The customer base is dual-segment: professional contractors (primary) handling construction, renovation, and custom millwork projects, and individual homeowners/DIY customers handling repairs and renovations. Distribution is conducted through physical retail yards, a toll-free phone sales line (1-888-897-3779), and an e-commerce storefront, with a Spanish-language version of the website suggesting outreach to Hispanic contractor and homeowner segments. Marketing is largely traditional — local store presence, trade association memberships, an events calendar, charitable outreach, and a moderate social media footprint across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.

TW Perry is independently owned with no disclosed parent company, no institutional investors, no venture or private equity capital, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no certifications or compliance disclosures in the source data. Headcount is 251–500 employees; leadership identified in the data is Jeff Klapka as Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The underlying technology is non-software — the business is a physical-asset distributor with a basic e-commerce catalog layer and no API, mobile app, or proprietary software platform.

Name

TW Perry

Legal name

TW Perry

Website

https://twperry.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1911

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

TW Perry is a privately-held, 110+ year old regional building materials distributor operating seven retail yards across Maryland and Northern Virginia, serving professional contractors and DIY homeowners with lumber, specialty building products, and custom millwork services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Materials Distribution

NAICS

Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers (42331), Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers (423310)

SIC

Wholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials (5030), Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers (5211)

akta.pro primary industry

Structural & Framing Components Retail (Trusses, Joists, Beams, Engineered Wood) (CRAIAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Doors, Windows & Millwork Retail (Interior/Exterior Doors, Windows, Moulding) (CRAIAEAI), Building Materials & Lumber Distribution (CRAOAFAD), Wood Mouldings, Millwork & Trim (IMADADAG)

Keywords

• Building materials supply
• Lumber distribution
• Custom millwork services
• Contractor supply house
• Doors and windows

Headquarters

HQ city

Chevy Chase

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Building Materials Sales: Traditional retail distribution of building materials including lumber, hardware, plumbing, electrical, paint, tools, and specialty building products through multiple retail locations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

TW Perry distributes a comprehensive assortment of building materials across 28 product categories — including framing lumber, engineered lumber, boards, cement products, drywall, fasteners, mouldings, hardware, paint, insulation, plumbing, electrical, doors and windows, decking, and rail systems — through seven retail locations and an e-commerce site serving the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC corridor. In parallel, the company provides custom millwork services (custom doors, stairs and railings, engineered wood and trusses, window services, and architect services) on a quote-based special-order basis primarily to professional contractors, with secondary sales to DIY homeowners.

Product overview

TW Perry is a building materials and lumber supplier offering a comprehensive portfolio of products organized into 28 major categories. The company operates as a traditional retail and special-order supplier, providing both stock items and custom millwork services. The product lineup spans fundamental construction materials (framing lumber, engineered lumber, fasteners, cement products) through finish materials (boards, mouldings, doors and windows) to specialty categories (decking, rail systems, power tools, hardware). Custom services include special-order millwork, custom doors, stairs and railings, engineered wood and trusses, window services, and architect services. The company sells through physical store locations and an e-commerce website, primarily serving professional contractors and DIY homeowners in the Maryland/Virginia/Washington DC area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Millwork Services Special-order custom millwork services including custom doors, stairs and railings, engineered wood and trusses, window services, and architect services; provided on a quote basis to professional contractors and homeowners undertaking renovation or new-construction projects.
• Building Materials Distribution Retail and e-commerce distribution of stock building materials — including framing lumber, engineered lumber, boards, cement products, drywall, fasteners, mouldings, hardware, paint, insulation, plumbing, electrical, doors and windows, decking, rail systems, hand and power tools, and outdoor products — sold through seven physical locations and a product-catalog website serving the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC corridor.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Home Depot Pro: National big-box retailer with a dedicated Pro contractor program selling lumber, building materials, millwork, doors, and tools — the dominant broad-incumbent competitive alternative for TW Perry's contractor and DIY customers.
• Builders FirstSource: Largest U.S. supplier of building products, manufactured components, and value-added services to the professional building industry — a much larger, public-market peer in the same LBM-dealer category as TW Perry.
• HD Supply Holdings: Large diversified distributor serving professional customers across maintenance, repair, and construction — broader portfolio than TW Perry, but the same professional-contractor channel and adjacent product categories (plumbing, electrical, hardware).
• Ferguson Enterprises: Largest U.S. distributor of plumbing, heating, cooling, and waterworks supplies; an adjacent-category incumbent given TW Perry's plumbing-and-electrical SKU breadth serving contractors.

Direct peers

• Lansing Building Products: U.S. distributor of exterior building products — including windows, doors, siding, and millwork — to professional contractors; directly comparable to TW Perry's special-order and millwork offerings.
• 84 Lumber: Privately held building materials retailer founded in 1956 with 250+ locations across the U.S., selling lumber, engineered wood, trusses, millwork, doors, windows, and serving both contractors and DIY customers — highly comparable to TW Perry's mix of structural components, millwork, and contractor-led sales.
• Foundation Building Materials: Specialty distributor of building products including insulation, roofing, gutters, stucco, and related categories; comparable to TW Perry's mix of general building and insulation offerings.
• ABC Supply Co. The largest U.S. wholesale distributor of roofing, siding, windows, and doors; a comparable specialty-distribution peer given TW Perry's millwork, doors/windows, and siding/insulation products serving professional contractors.
• BMC Stock Holdings: Major U.S. lumber and building materials dealer serving professional builders with structural components, millwork, windows, and trusses — a direct category peer to TW Perry's framing-lumber, engineered-wood, and custom-millwork mix.
• Allied Building Products: Specialty distributor of roofing, siding, windows, doors, and interior products (now part of Beacon Roofing Supply); a comparable specialty-distribution model serving professional contractors.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TW_PERRY
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCLN36ocneJx2w43JjX65t5w
• Facebookfacebook.com/TWPerry1911
• Instagraminstagram.com/tw_perry
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tw-perry

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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