Ferguson Announces Two Acquisitions
April 16 2025 - 6:45AM
Business Wire
Strengthens its Commercial and Fire &
Fabrication businesses through bolt-on geographic and capability
acquisitions
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: FERG; LSE: FERG) announces the
closing of two acquisitions: Independent Pipe & Supply Corp.
and National Fire Equipment Ltd. and National Fire Fabrication
Ltd.
Independent Pipe & Supply
Corp.
Headquartered in Canton, MA, Independent Pipe
& Supply is a distributor of pipe, valves and other products
serving the commercial / mechanical professional. The company has
eight locations across the Northeast, operating in Vermont, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York.
The acquisition of Independent Pipe & Supply strengthens
Ferguson’s existing footprint and fabrication capabilities in the
New England area.
National Fire Equipment Ltd. and National
Fire Fabrication Ltd.
Headquartered in Toronto, ON, National Fire
is a market leader of fire and fabrication products and services,
with seven locations across eastern and western Canada, including
two fabrication facilities, serving the fire protection
professional. National Fire enables the expansion of Ferguson's
Fire & Fabrication customer group strategy in Canada and
enhances National Fire’s product offering to its customers.
National Fire’s business operations will be integrated into
Ferguson’s subsidiary in Canada, Wolseley Canada.
Independent Pipe & Supply closed on March 31, 2025, and
National Fire closed on April 14, 2025.
“Acquisitions continue to be a key driver of our overall growth
strategy, complementing our organic growth,” said Ferguson CEO
Kevin Murphy. “The acquisition of Independent Pipe & Supply and
National Fire will allow us to better leverage our scale locally,
expanding our commercial plumbing and mechanical contracting
footprint in the Northeast and our fire and fabrication business
into Canada. Both acquisitions add talented associates and valuable
customer relationships to our business that help drive future
growth.”
Ferguson has a proven track record of successful acquisitions
and has completed approximately 50 acquisitions in the last five
years. The large, fragmented markets in which Ferguson operates
comprise 10,000+ small to medium ($10-300 million revenue)
independent companies across Ferguson’s nine customer groups in
North America.
About Ferguson
Ferguson (NYSE: FERG; LSE: FERG) is the largest value-added
distributor serving the specialized professional in our $340B
residential and non-residential North American construction market.
We help make our customers’ complex projects simple, successful and
sustainable by providing expertise and a wide range of products and
services from plumbing, HVAC, appliances, and lighting to PVF,
water and wastewater solutions, and more. Headquartered in Newport
News, Va., Ferguson has sales of $29.6 billion (FY’24) and
approximately 35,000 associates in nearly 1,800 locations. For more
information, please visit corporate.ferguson.com.
Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements
Certain information in this announcement is forward-looking
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995, and involves risks, assumptions and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements cover all matters which are not historical facts and
speak only as of the date on which they are made. Forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as “will,” “expect,” “continue,” or other
variations or comparable terminology. Many factors could cause our
plans to differ materially from those in such forward-looking
statements, including, but not limited to: risks related to the
ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisitions,
including the possibility that the expected benefits will not be
realized or will not be realized within the expected time period;
the risk that the businesses will not be integrated successfully;
weakness in the economy, market trends, uncertainty and other
conditions in the markets in which we operate, and other factors
beyond our control, including disruption in the financial markets
and any macroeconomic or other consequences of political unrest,
disputes or war; failure to rapidly identify or effectively respond
to direct and/or end customers’ wants, expectations or trends,
including costs and potential problems associated with new or
upgraded information technology systems or our ability to timely
deploy new omni-channel capabilities; decreased demand for our
products as a result of operating in highly competitive industries
and the impact of declines in the residential and non-residential
markets; changes in competition, including as a result of market
consolidation or competitors responding more quickly to emerging
technologies (such as generative artificial intelligence);
unsuccessful execution of our operational strategies; fluctuations
in product prices (e.g., commodity-priced materials,
inflation/deflation) and foreign currency; and other risks and
uncertainties set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2024
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on
September 25, 2024 and in other filings we make with the SEC in the
future.
Forward-looking statements regarding past trends or activities
should not be taken as a representation that such trends or
activities will continue in the future. Other than in accordance
with our legal or regulatory obligations, we undertake no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
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Investor Inquiries Brian Lantz Vice President, IR and
Communications +1 224 285 2410 Brian.lantz@ferguson.com
Pete Kennedy Director, Investor Relations +1 757 603 0111
Peter.kennedy@ferguson.com
Media Inquiries Christine Dwyer Senior Director,
Communications and Public Relations +1 757 469 5813
Christine.dwyer@ferguson.com
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