Ferguson Employee Pipeline (2024)

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Who owns Ferguson plumbing? ›

Ferguson plc

Ferguson Enterprises / Parent organization

As of July 31, 2023, the U.S. business operated 1,549 branches and 10 national distribution centers serving all 50 states with approximately 32,000 associates.

Ferguson, LLC, headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, United States, is the largest U.S. distributor of plumbing supplies (under the brand name ProFlo), PVF, waterworks and fire and fabrication products.

Wokingham, United Kingdom

Ferguson Enterprises / Headquarters

Kevin Murphy, Chief Executive Officer

Kevin joined Ferguson in 1999 as an operations manager following the acquisition of his family's business, Midwest Pipe and Supply. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, he held a number of leadership positions in the Group's Waterworks division.

Net sales are derived primarily from the sale of a broad range of products and solutions.

According to Ferguson's latest financial reports the company's current revenue (TTM ) is $29.52 B. In 2023 the company made a revenue of $29.35 B a decrease over the revenue in the year 2022 that were of $30.01 B. The revenue is the total amount of income that a company generates by the sale of goods or services.

WOKINGHAM, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ferguson plc (NYSE: FERG; LSE: FERG) announces the closing of four acquisitions: Southwest Geo-Solutions, Inc., AVCO Supply, Inc., GAR Engineering and Safe Step Tubs of Minnesota, Inc. In total, the company has closed on eight acquisitions this fiscal year, ending July 31, 2024.

Adjusted Operating Profit*

Adjusted operating profit between 2018 and 2022: 2018: $1,420 million. 2019: $1,539 million. 2020: $1,587 million.

What is the largest plumbing wholesaler in the United States? The largest plumbing wholesaler in the US is Ferguson Enterprises.

How many Ferguson locations are there? ›

With 1,750+ locations spread across the U.S.and Canada, we are a North American business.

Diller Wierman is the oldest plumbing company found in the United States. And not only has it been in business since 1779, it is run today by the founder's great-great-great-great-grandson, Michael Bargelt with the help on his son, Matthew, who hold the PM title for “most generations of shoes to fill.”

Company Announcements

Ferguson plc today announces that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Columbia Pipe & Supply Co. ("Columbia Pipe").

Ferguson Enterprises (Ferguson) begins as the dream of three entrepreneurs—Charles Ferguson, Ralph Lenz and Johnny Smither.

Wolseley Acquires Ferguson

In the 1980s, Wolseley-Hughes Limited, a U.K-based company with a rich and diverse history dating back to the 1880s, expands its businesses in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

The Ferguson Australia Group is 100% Australian owned and operated by the Ferguson family who are based in South Australia.

Wolseley continued to expand buying both manufacturing and distribution businesses. In 1982, it entered the market in the United States by acquiring Ferguson Enterprises, a distributor of plumbing supplies, with around fifty branches on the East Coast of the United States.

US-based specialist trade distributor, Ferguson, has recently signed an agreement to acquire Columbia Pipe & Supply, an independent distributor headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.