What McMunn & Yates does

McMunn & Yates is a privately held, family-owned Canadian building supplies retailer founded in 1971 in Dauphin, Manitoba, by Terry Yates and Stan and Gordon McMunn. The company operates 20+ physical retail locations across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Northwestern Ontario, supplying lumber, hardware, plumbing, electrical, flooring, decking, siding, roofing, tools, and seasonal products to two primary customer segments: homeowners undertaking DIY and renovation projects, and professional contractors and builders served through a dedicated Commercial Division with phone-in ordering, electronic billing, and account management.

The operating model integrates retail with several specialized manufacturing and service divisions: TIM-BR-FAB Industries (roof and floor trusses, pre-engineered wood products, plants in Dauphin and Oak Bluff), McMunn & Yates Post Frame Division (custom post-frame buildings), Steinbach Concrete Division (redi-mix concrete), Jenkins Flooring (flooring products and installation for residential, commercial, and institutional customers), and McMunn & Yates Furniture & Appliances (15,000 sq ft showroom in Yorkton, SK). Distribution is anchored by a 50,000 sq ft distribution center built in Headingley, Manitoba in 2008. The company also offers bundled package products (garage, shed, deck, fence, window, door, and complete home/cottage packages), free estimates, in-house design services including free 3D deck designs, and SmartFrame pre-fabricated wall panels. Revenue is generated predominantly through one-time product sales at retail and to commercial accounts, supplemented by professional design, installation, delivery, and yard services; pricing is individual product-based with no subscription model, supported by a price-matching policy, financing options, and the MY Make it better™ Rewards loyalty program.

The company is 100% Canadian-owned, has remained independent and free of institutional capital throughout its 55+ year history, and holds long-term membership in two buying groups — TIM-BR-MART (since 1972) and the Independent Lumber Dealers Cooperative (since 2002) — providing collective purchasing power. Growth has historically been executed through a disciplined roll-up strategy of acquiring smaller independent dealers in adjacent geographies (McDiarmid Lumber 2013, Weber's Building Centres 2011, North American Lumber 2018, Canadian Lumber 2023), supplemented by greenfield store openings and capital reinvestment in existing locations, including post-fire rebuilds in Thompson and Steinbach.

Name

McMunn & Yates

Legal name

McMunn and Yates

Website

https://mcmunnandyates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

McMunn & Yates is a privately held, family-owned Canadian building supplies retailer founded in 1971, operating 20+ stores across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Northwestern Ontario. It serves homeowners, DIY customers, and contractors with lumber, hardware, flooring, truss manufacturing, concrete, and design/installation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Materials Retail

NAICS

Building Material and Supplies Dealers (4441), Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers (42331), Hardware Merchant Wholesalers (423710)

SIC

Wholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials (5030), Wholesale-Lumber, Plywood, Millwork & Wood Panels (5031)

akta.pro primary industry

Building Materials & Home Improvement Distribution Centers (TLALAEAH)

Keywords

• Lumber building supplies
• Building materials retail
• Construction supply
• Contractor building supplies
• Home improvement retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Dauphin

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices21 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Retail Building Materials Sales: One-time product sales of building supplies including lumber, hardware, plumbing, electrical, flooring, decking, siding, roofing, tools, and seasonal items through physical retail locations and e-commerce platform.
2. Professional Services: Design services, free estimates, and installation services offered to customers. The company provides professional design assistance for flooring, kitchen, bath, and other building projects.
3. Delivery and Yard Services: Yard and delivery services including material delivery to job sites. Also offers gift cards and financing options through credit services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

McMunn & Yates is a Canadian building supplies retailer selling lumber, hardware, tools, plumbing, electrical, flooring, decking, roofing, siding, paint, and seasonal items through 20+ physical retail locations and an e-commerce platform. The company complements its retail operations with specialized divisions for roof and floor truss manufacturing, post-frame buildings, ready-mix concrete, flooring products and installation, and furniture and appliances. It also provides design services, free estimates, installation services, yard and delivery services, and dedicated contractor account management.

Product overview

McMunn & Yates is a Canadian building supplies retailer operating as a single unified retail platform with multiple specialized divisions. The core retail business offers building materials, lumber, hardware, tools, plumbing, electrical, flooring, decking, fencing, roofing, and seasonal products across stores in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Ontario. The company complements its retail operations with specialized divisions including TIM-BR-FAB Industries (roof and floor trusses manufacturing), a Post Frame Division (custom post-frame buildings), Steinbach Concrete Division (redi-mix concrete), Jenkins Flooring (flooring products and installation), and McMunn & Yates Furniture & Appliances. The company also offers bundled package products for garages, sheds, decks, fences, windows, doors, and complete home/cottage construction, along with professional services including design, installation, delivery, and a customer rewards program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jenkins, The Flooring People: Flooring products and expert sales assistance for residential and commercial projects including hospitals, schools, and restaurants
• Jenkins Flooring
• TIM-BR-FAB Industries
• McMunn & Yates Post Frame Division
• Steinbach Concrete Division
• McMunn & Yates Commercial Division
• McMunn & Yates Furniture & Appliances
• MY Make it better™ Rewards Program
• SmartFrame
• McMunn & Yates 100% Proudly Canadian

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Independent Lumber Dealers Cooperative (ILDC)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2002Buying group partnership joined in 2002 providing independent lumber dealers with collective purchasing and distribution advantages.
• TIM-BR-MARTcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1972Buying group partnership established in 1972 providing purchasing power and group buying benefits for building materials distribution.
• Jenkins FlooringcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily division specializing in flooring products and installation services. Serves home, cottage, office, commercial projects including hospitals, schools, and restaurants. Locations in Brandon and Dauphin.
• Yorkton Furniture & AppliancescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily division operating 15,000 sq ft showroom in Yorkton, SK serving Yorkton and surrounding areas for over 50 years.
• Steinbach ConcretecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFamily division providing reliable Redi Mix concrete service at competitive prices to Steinbach and surrounding areas. Handles various sized jobs including basement walls, floors, garage floors, footings, driveways and sidewalks.
• TIM-BR-FAB IndustriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerManufacturing division producing roof and floor trusses and pre-engineered wood products. Manufacturing plants in Dauphin, MB and Oak Bluff, MB serving Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Northwestern Ontario.
• McMunn & Yates Post Frame DivisioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal division manufacturing post-frame buildings available in fully customized range of styles and sizes. Delivers the strongest posts in the industry.
• BarkmanminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorManitoba-based manufacturer of concrete landscape products including Quarry Stone Edger, Keystone Compac, and Bridgewood Wall. Products featured in Made in Manitoba section.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Home Hardware Stores Limited: 100% Canadian-owned retailer cooperative of hardware and building materials stores. Highly comparable to M&Y as a domestically owned building materials retailer serving independent operators across Canada, with a similar mix of DIY consumers and contractor trade accounts.
• Castle Building Centres Group: Canadian buying group and merchant of lumber, hardware, and building materials serving independent retailers across Canada. Closely comparable to M&Y's model: family-owned independent retailers operating under a shared banner with centralized procurement, identical to the role TIM-BR-MART/ILDC play for M&Y.
• TIM-BR-MART: Canadian buying group partnership (M&Y joined in 1972). Comprises independent lumber and building material retailers—its member stores are direct competitors to M&Y's retail locations in overlapping geographies.
• Kent Building Supplies: Canadian building materials retailer with stores in Atlantic Canada and Ontario, part of the J.D. Irving group. Comparable to M&Y as a multi-store Canadian lumber/building materials chain serving both consumer DIY and contractor segments.
• Windsor Plywood: Western Canadian specialty building materials retailer focused on lumber, panel products, hardwood, and finishing materials. Comparable in product mix and Canadian regional retail footprint to M&Y's core offering.

Broad incumbents

• Home Depot Canada: Canadian arm of the U.S. big-box home improvement retailer with 180+ stores nationwide. Directly competes with M&Y on assortment, pricing, and BOPIS in markets where geographic overlap exists, but at vastly larger scale and broader portfolio.
• RONA inc. (Lowe's Canada): Canadian big-box building materials retailer (acquired by Lowe's in 2016, operated as a distinct banner). Direct competitor on price and SKU breadth across product categories overlapping with M&Y.
• Taiga Building Products: Canadian wholesale distributor of lumber, panels, and building products across Canada. Comparable to M&Y's distribution-center operations on the wholesale side, providing a view into larger-scale lumber distribution economics.
• Goodfellow Inc. Canadian wholesale distributor of lumber and building products with national reach. Adjacent comparable given M&Y's mix of retail and distribution operations (50,000 sq ft DC + truss + concrete + flooring divisions).

Regional players

• Patrick Morin: Family-owned Quebec-based lumber, hardware, and building materials retailer with 20+ locations. Highly comparable to M&Y in business model, family ownership, and product mix, but operates exclusively in Quebec rather than Western Canada.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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