Picou Builders Supply

What Picou Builders Supply does

Picou Builders Supply is a second-generation family-owned lumber and building materials retailer headquartered at 235 N Airline Hwy, Gonzales, Louisiana, with a secondary service presence in Thibodaux, LA. The company has operated continuously since 1954, building a regional footprint serving homeowners and residential contractors across Southern Louisiana. Its core product portfolio spans six categories — lumber (including long timbers up to 40 feet), roofing (Malarkey and Tamko shingles, metal panels), doors and windows, mouldings and millwork, foundation materials (rebar, concrete supplies, custom rebar fabrication), and hardware — supplemented by specialty items such as composite decking and iron doors. The business emphasizes breadth of in-stock inventory, special-order capabilities with weekly vendor deliveries, bilingual staff, and a free takeoffs service that reviews construction plans to estimate material costs.

The company operates as a conventional physical retail lumber yard rather than a technology-enabled platform. The underlying technology is a standard Hibu-built website (picoulumber.com) with product pages, a quote request form, a customer portal (portal.picoulumber.com) for returning accounts, and basic content marketing via a blog and social media presence. No proprietary software, AI/ML systems, or transactional e-commerce are disclosed. Order capture runs through phone, in-person showroom visits, and online quote forms, with quotes returned by the next business day. A company-owned delivery fleet supports same-day delivery for early orders, including the capability to transport long timbers up to 40 feet — described as a rarity in the regional market.

Revenue is generated through unit-based retail sales of building materials, with quote-based pricing (not publicly disclosed) and optional paid delivery services. The customer base is entirely SMB and individual residential — homeowners undertaking construction, remodeling, or DIY projects, and residential contractors — with no enterprise, commercial, or institutional accounts referenced. Customer concentration is low by construction (long-tail transactional), and revenue predictability is tied to local residential construction and remodeling demand in the Southern Louisiana market. There is no external investment, no parent company, and no public listing; ownership remains with the founding family.

Name

Picou Builders Supply

Legal name

Picou Builders Supply

Website

https://picoulumber.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Picou Builders Supply is a second-generation, family-owned lumber and building materials retailer in Gonzales, Louisiana, serving homeowners and residential contractors across Southern Louisiana since 1954 with lumber, roofing, doors, windows, mouldings, foundation materials, and hardware.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Materials Retail (Lumber & Building Supplies)

SIC

Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers (5211), Wholesale-Lumber, Plywood, Millwork & Wood Panels (5031)

akta.pro primary industry

Building Materials & Lumber Distribution (CRAOAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Interior Fit-Out (Multi-Family & High-End) (IMAFANAE), Outdoor Kitchens & Built-In BBQ Construction (HSAPALAE), Multi-Family Residential Construction (Apartments, Condos, Townhomes) (IMAFABAB)

Keywords

• Lumber supply
• Building materials retail
• Residential construction supplies
• Roofing materials
• Doors and windows

Headquarters

HQ city

Gonzales

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Building Materials Retail Sales: Picou Builders Supply generates revenue through retail sales of building materials including lumber, roofing, doors, windows, mouldings, foundation materials, and hardware. Sales are conducted in-person at their physical locations, via phone, and through quote requests. Products are sold as one-time transactions with optional delivery services. The company also offers special orders for unique or specific materials not in stock, with weekly vendor deliveries.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Picou Builders Supply is a family-owned building materials retailer that sells lumber (including long timbers up to 40 feet), roofing, doors, windows, mouldings, foundation materials, hardware, composite decking, and iron doors. The company serves homeowners and residential contractors in Southern Louisiana through its physical lumber yard in Gonzales, LA, a company-owned delivery fleet, special order services, and free material takeoffs (plan-based cost estimation).

Product overview

Picou Builders Supply is a second-generation family-owned building materials and supplies business operating since 1954. The company offers a unified product portfolio of building supplies organized into six core product categories: Lumber (including long timbers up to 40 feet, plywood, and specialized wood products), Roofing (Malarkey and Tamko shingles, metal panels), Doors and Windows, Mouldings/Millwork (interior trim), Foundation Materials (rebar, concrete, and related supplies), and Hardware. Additional specialty products include Composite Decking and Iron Doors. The company serves both homeowners and residential contractors in Southern Louisiana, offering special order capabilities, free material takeoffs, and delivery services through their own fleet of trucks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lumber

Quantifiable outcome

• Same-day delivery available for orders placed early enough
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ally Building SuppliesminorOthersAlly Building Supplies is mentioned as an associated brand or supplier relationship on the Picou Builders Supply About page. No specific details on the nature of the partnership are provided beyond this association.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Builders FirstSource: Largest U.S. supplier of building products, manufactured components, and construction services to professional homebuilders. Operates at significantly greater scale than Picou but competes for the same residential contractor demand.
• Boise Cascade: Vertically integrated manufacturer and distributor of engineered wood products and lumber with a building materials distribution segment. Comparable in product mix (plywood, OSB, LVL) but at much greater scale and with manufacturing exposure.
• Lowe's: Second-largest U.S. home improvement retailer with comparable building materials assortment to Picou (lumber, roofing, doors, windows) and an expanding Pro segment. Direct competitor for homeowner and small-contractor demand in the Gonzales market.
• Home Depot: Largest U.S. home improvement retailer with extensive building materials assortment and Pro Loyalty program. Competes with Picou for residential contractor volume and DIY homeowners, but at vastly greater scale and with national distribution.

Direct peers

• 84 Lumber: Privately held lumber and building materials retailer with company-operated stores and contractor delivery. Comparable in serving professional builders and remodelers with lumber, engineered wood, roofing, and millwork across a multi-state footprint.
• McCoy's Building Supply: Family-owned building materials retailer serving Texas, Oklahoma, and the Gulf South. Highly comparable to Picou in ownership structure, customer mix (homeowners and residential contractors), and product breadth across lumber, roofing, doors, and hardware.
• Carter Lumber: Family-owned building materials retailer serving the Midwest and Eastern U.S. with lumber, windows, doors, and millwork. Comparable in product breadth, professional customer focus, and company-operated delivery model.
• ABC Supply Co. The largest wholesale distributor of roofing, siding, windows, and building materials in North America. Operates a branch-based model serving residential contractors with delivery and credit, structurally comparable to Picou's contractor-focused go-to-market.
• Spahn & Rose Lumber Co. Independent, family-owned lumber and building materials dealer operating across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Closely comparable to Picou in ownership heritage, branch-based model, and contractor/homeowner customer mix.

Others

• LBM Advantage: Buying group and co-operative for independent lumber and building materials dealers. Not a direct competitor, but a relevant ecosystem participant for Picou given its independent dealer status and potential to leverage group purchasing, marketing, and technology resources.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PicouBuildersS

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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