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Hoar Construction
Hoar Construction is a Privately held company, privately held construction company specializing in Commercial building, commercial, industrial, health care, government, cultural/entertainment, education, residential, hospitality, and retail/mixed use construction. Founded in 1940 by Friend Reed (F.R.) Hoar and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, the company is currently ranked as one of the top 200 contractors in the United States. In addition to its Birmingham headquarters, Hoar also has offices in Orlando, Florida, Orlando, Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville, Houston, Texas, Houston, Austin, Texas, Austin, Washington, DC, DC, and Atlanta. History The company initially specialized in the construction of churches throughout the Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Combined Statistical Area, Birmingham area. Richard Hoar joined his father's construction business in 1947, and F.R. Hoar and Son was established. After completing construction on 45 churches, F.R. Hoar and Son expanded its focus t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in the respective listed markets, but rather the company's stock is offered, owned, traded, exchanged privately, or Over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter. In the case of a closed corporation, there are a relatively small number of shareholders or company members. Related terms are closely-held corporation, unquoted company, and unlisted company. Though less visible than their public company, publicly traded counterparts, private companies have major importance in the world's economy. In 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for ($1.8 trillion) in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In 2005, using a substantially smaller pool size (22.7%) for comparison, the 339 companies on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |