building material
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s for the commercial and residential building markets, particularly roofing supplies.
Company history
Bradco Supply was founded in 1966 by Barry Segal, with a single warehouse in
Avenel, New Jersey
Avenel is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Woodbridge Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States.
In 2007,
Apollo Management
Apollo Global Management, Inc. is an American global private-equity firm. It provides investment management and invests in credit, private equity, and real assets. As of March 31, 2022, the company had $512 billion of assets under management, i ...
acquired a minority interest in Bradco Supply. The following year,
Advent International
Advent International is a global private equity firm focused on buyouts of companies in Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. The firm focuses on international buyouts, growth and strategic restructuring in five core ...
acquired a majority ownership in Bradco Supply. Also in 2008, founder Barry Segal retired.
In 2010, Bradco was acquired by
ABC Supply
ABC Supply Co., Inc. is a major, private American roofing supply company based in Beloit, Wisconsin. It also sells windows, gutters, and siding for residential and commercial buildings and is the largest roofing and vinyl siding wholesale dis ...
. In 2013, ABC repurchased all outstanding shares from minority stakeholders, including the stakes the investors had in Bradco.{{cite web, last=Tierney, first=Jim, date=May 13, 2010, title=ABC Supply Acquires Bradco Supply, url=http://multichannelmerchant.com/news/abc-supply-acquires-bradco-supply-13052010/, accessdate=2014-05-11