By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics LBM openings, closures, and acquisitions YTD 2025. Black dots: QXO's acquisition of Beacon...

DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes 84 Lumber James Petty Operations Manager Summerville, SC ABC Supply Kyle Hancock OSR ABC...

By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics Cover of the 2025 Construction Supply 150 Over half of America’s most important sellers of...

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LBM facilities acquired (blue pins), that have or will open (green pins) or that have closed (red pins) YTD 2025. Source: Webb Analytics...

DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes 84 Lumber Sam Harris Multi-Family Project Manager 84 Lumber John Pierce Warehouse Manager...

A record number of lumberyard executives and supporters from the East Coast urged their members of Congress on April 8 to pass...

Roughly 50 members of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association fanned out across Capitol Hill on April 2, urging...

By Craig Webb Dan Starr’s predominately sweet talk was laced with a bit of vinegar when he described what True Value was like before Do...

Google-generated AI image By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics Convention season for LBM is the time when experts analyze current...

LBM acquisitions (blue pins), actual or planned openings (green), and closures (red) YTD 2025. Not shown: A store opening in Alaska....

DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes 84 Lumber Jared Edwards Sales Rep 84 Lumber Jesse Rutledge Sales Rep A&M Supply Elizabeth...

By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics President Trump's executive order seeking to expand U.S. lumber production adds new wrinkles to...

Left: Booths at Orgill's spring market seek to win customers from True Value and Ace. Right: Home Depot and Builders FirstSource booths...

By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics Heidi Ellsworth of Roofers Coffee Shop talks with attorney Trent Cotney about dealing with ICE...

by Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics Created using Google AI How best to describe the crazy, uncertain, jolting-headline-every-minute...

LBM facilities acquired (blue pins), that have opened or will open this year (green pins) or that have closed (red pins) YTD 2025....

DEALERS Company Individual Title Location/Notes 84 Lumber Kevin Diksa OSR 84 Lumber Stephen Smithers Sales Manager A-1 Industries Ronnie...

By Craig Webb, President, Webb Analytics LBM and hardware people were almost totally absent among the 40,000 people from 100+ countries...