Core & Main

{{Short description|American industrial company}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Core & Main, Inc.

| logo = Core_&_Main_logo.svg

| type = Public company

| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NYSE|CNM}} (Class A)|S&P 400 component}}

| founded = August 2017[https://coreandmain.com/who-we-are/about-us/ coreandmain.com – About us]/ 1996[https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2504079 bloomberg.com – Core & Main LP]

| hq_location = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| key_people = Steve LeClair (CEO)
Jack Schaller (President)

| industry = Distributor

| predecessor = HD Supply Waterworks

| products = Distributor of water, sewer and fire protection products

| revenue = {{profit}} {{US$|5 billion|link=yes}} (2022){{cn|date=July 2023}}

| net_income = {{profit}} US$166 million (2022){{cn|date=July 2023}}

| num_employees = 4,500 (2022)

| website = {{url|coreandmain.com}}

}}

Core & Main, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, is a U.S. distributor of water, sewer and fire protection products.

History

On 1 August 2017, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquired the Waterworks division of HD Supply and changed its name to Core & Main.[https://www.wateronline.com/doc/hd-supply-waterworks-changes-name-to-core-main-0001 wateronline.com – HD Supply Waterworks Changes Name To Core & Main][https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=43325500 bloomberg.com – Trading Companies and Distributor: Company Overview of HD Supply Waterworks Group and HD Supply Waterworks and Certain Other Waterworks Business Assets] Goldman Sachs & Co, LLC served as financial advisor and King & Spalding served as legal counsel to HD Supply on the transaction.[http://ir.hdsupply.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hd-supply-completes-sale-its-waterworks-business-unit-clayton hdsupply.com – HD Supply Completes Sale of its Waterworks Business Unit to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice], 1 August 2017. SEC filings from December 2014 show that The Carlyle Group and Clayton, Dubilier, & Rice had sold off their holdings of HD Supply{{cite news|title=HD Supply Holdings, Inc. Announces Pricing of Sale of 40,661,072 Shares of Common Stock by Selling Stockholders|url=http://ir.hdsupply.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=887236|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120062916/http://ir.hdsupply.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=887236|archive-date=January 20, 2015|publisher=HD Supply|date=December 11, 2014|access-date=May 2, 2019|url-status=dead}} 3 years before this purchase of the Waterworks division.

= Acquisitions =

class="wikitable sortable"
CompanyHeadquarteredDateRef
Long Island Pipe Supply, Inc.Garden City, NY2019-05-08[https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/05/08/1819316/0/en/Core-Main-Signs-Definitive-Agreement-to-Acquire-Long-Island-Pipe.html globenewswire.com –  Core & Main Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Long Island Pipe, 8 May 2019]
Maskell Pipe & Supply, IncCorona, CA2019-02-05[https://waterfm.com/core-main-acquire-maskell-pipe-supply/ waterfm.com – Core & Main closes acquisition of Maskell Pipe & Supply]
DCL Fabrication & SupplyBridgeton, MO2019-01-21{{cn|date=July 2021}}
Finish Line SystemsWheat Ridge, CO2018-08-15[https://www.inddist.com/news/2018/08/core-main-acquires-finish-line-systems-enhances-metering-solutions inddist.com – Core & Main Adds To Waterworks, Acquires DOT Sales Company]
DOT Sales CompanyFontana, CA2018-07-31[https://www.inddist.com/news/2018/07/core-main-adds-waterworks-acquires-dot-sales-company inddist.com – Core & Main Acquires DOT Sales Company, Adds to Growing Waterworks Business]
St. Louis Fabrication & SupplySt. Louis, MO2018-06-18{{cn|date=July 2021}}
Minnesota Pipe & EquipmentFarmington, MN2017-09-28[https://www.inddist.com/news/2017/09/core-main-acquire-minnesota-pipe-equipment inddist.com – Core & Main to Acquire Minnesota Pipe & Equipment]

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