Portfolio

Nation’s Best currently owns and operates sixty-four locations (one of which is a Transload, or reload location) in eighteen states with over 1,200 associates. We are committed to identifying and acquiring best-in-class independent home improvement stores across the United States to ensure their continued relevance as vibrant community resources.
As part of Nation’s Best’s acquisition model, our companies continue to operate under their existing brands and their leadership teams continue overseeing the businesses alongside the Nation’s Best management team. Our goal is for our companies to continue offering the same exceptional service to their loyal customers, while Nation’s Best provides the strategic and financial resources necessary to support their continued profitable growth.

Burns Do It Center

Clovis, MN

South Texas Hardware

Castroville, Lytle & Somerset, TX

Huntington Lumber

Hazlehurst, MS

Big Bear Hardware

Big Bear Hardware serves La Vernia, TX.

Reece’s Building Supply

Narrows, VA

Gambles Hardware

Gambles Hardware – Hotchkiss, Colorado

Timberline Builders Supply

Walden, CO

Malone Home Center

Greenville, KY

Pilot Lumber

Bellevue, KY Alexandria, KY

Adams Building Supplies

Founded in 1917, this fourth generation two-location business caters to the high-end custom home builder segment with a heavy mix of premium lumber and building material products.

Cain Hardware & Lumber

Cain Hardware & Lumber – Started in 1974, Cain Hardware & Lumber has become a one-stop destination with a fully stocked lumberyard, a strong hardlines assortment, and the region’s largest paint store.

B&S Hardware & Lumber

B&S has two locations serving Gilmer, TX and Pittsburg, TX with a strong mix of hardware, lumber, and building materials tailored to their markets’ needs.

Patrick Building Supply & Rental

Patrick Building Supply, has provided building supplies to their Stuart community and over 7 counties across 2 states for over 13 years.

Mountain View Home & Hardware

A sister store to Patrick Building Supply serving the King, NC community.

East Texas Hardware

East Texas Hardware has been officially in business since November 2005 and takes pride in Kilgore and shopping local in order to grow the community and make it a better place to work, play, and live.

Forslund Building Supply

The third-generation family-owned business was founded as a sawmill, with a small retail sales office, by Carl and Lillian Forslund in 1950, and has expanded to multiple locations servicing Western Upper Michigan and Northern Wisconsin over the past seventy years and counting.

Palmetto Home Center

Palmetto Home Center has two locations in Summerville and Walterboro, South Carolina.

East Texas Lumber

East Texas Lumber Has Proudly Served the Kilgore and Tyler, TX area Since 1934.

Advanced Window Systems

AWS has been providing residential windows and exterior doors to home owners and contractors for both new construction and replacement for over 20 years.

Calaveras Lumber

The Fullaway Family has seen a lot of changes and growth in this business and community since Wilbur Fullaway, started in 1976. Calaveras Lumber values the opportunity to serve their community, customers, and employees.

Sonora Lumber

The Fullaway Family has seen a lot of changes and growth in this business and community since Wilbur Fullaway, started in 1976. Sonora Lumber values  the opportunity to serve their community, customers, and employees.

Sparr Building & Farm Supply

The Sparr Building & Farm Supply story started in Ocala, Florida in 1947 and grew to two location in 1999. Today, Sparr has 4 locations and provides quality farm products with genuine service. Sparr Building and Farm Supply recognizes that without the loyal customers from the communities they are so proud to be a part of, their success and continued growth would not be possible.

Weiss Lumber

Founded 50 years ago in Perryville, AR, Weiss Lumber provides the largest assortment of lumber and building materials in the Fourche La Fave River Valley for homeowners and contractors alike.

Crafty Beaver

Crafty Beaver started in Chicago, IL in 1934 and has since expanded to 3 locations around Chicago and Skokie. Crafty Beaver focuses on hardware, lumber, lawn & garden, and building supplies and prides themselves on the most friendly, personalized customer service around.

BTU Do It Center

BTU Do It Center was founded in 1984 in Las Vegas, New Mexico. BTU Do It Center is a full-service lumber yard and hardware store specializing in contractor and DIY projects. The company has been the recipient of the Governor’s VIVA award (Vision, Investment, Vitality, and Action) from the New Mexico Association of Commerce and Industry as well as recipient of Las Vegas “Business of the Year” on multiple occasions. With great products, great customer service, and competitive pricing, BTU has built a large customer loyalty in the community of Las Vegas. For more information on BTU Do It Best please visit their website.

Connolly’s Do it Best

With now 5 locations across Fort Wayne, IN, Connolly’s Do it Best Hardware & Rental has been a staple in the Fort Wayne market proudly serving the local community since 1981. Through affiliation with Do it Best Corp., small, local home improvement stores like Connolly’s Do it Best Hardware & Rental can offer lower prices, making it easier for them to compete with national “big box” chains.

Caron Building Center

In May of 1974 Maurice Caron purchased Berlin’s oldest lumber company by the name of Buber Lumber which had been in operation since 1907. Since that time Caron Building Center has continued to expand its operation and showroom area. Caron Building Centers attitude toward business has revolved around the appreciation of people both as valued customers and employees and will continue to do so to maintain its company’s success.

Groom & Sons’

Groom & Sons’ was founded in 1948 and is a four-location retail hardware, home center and contractor lumber yard, with locations in East Dallas, Mabank, Athens and West Tawakoni, Texas. Groom & Sons’ initial hardware store continued to grow over the years and through four additions is now a 40,000 square foot store with a separate 40,000 square foot warehouse, including 5-acre lumber yard. For more information on Groom & Sons’ please visit their website.

Hall’s Hardware

Hall’s Hardware has proudly been serving Santa Rosa County and the surrounding area, near the tourist destination of Pensacola Beach, Florida, since 1960, and is known for being a fully stocked hardware store with an old-fashioned general store feel. Hall’s Hardware’s success is driven by their extensive variety of hardware items, while also offering many niche categories such as clothing, pet supplies, candles, gifts, and many more, drawing in the local community, as well as tourists from all corners of the world. Hall’s Hardware also has lawn & garden products, as well as a small lumberyard servicing area contractors and do-it-yourselfers. For more information on Hall’s Hardware please visit their website.

Hipp Modern Builder Supply

Hipp Modern Builder Supply has been serving the Mountain View, AR community for decades focusing on the “do-it-yourselfer’s.” Located in the foot of the Ozarks, Hipp Modern Builder Supply is a full service lumber and hardware store.

Hometown Building Centers

Hometown Building Centers was founded in 1990 and currently has four locations serving the North Texas Market of Dallas-Fort Worth and surrounding areas. Hometown Building Centers’ locations each contain state-of-the-art lumberyards, as well as fully stocked hardware stores, with the Bridgeport and Springtown locations also featuring design centers. The company services a diverse customer base of homebuilders, contractors, and do-it-yourselfers. For more information on Hometown Building Centers please visit their website.

Lambert Lumber

Lambert Lumber and Home Center was founded in 1996 and is based in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. Lambert services some of the strongest clients in Broken Bow providing them with a comprehensive suite of products catered for do-it-yourselfers, contractors, and builders. As part of Lambert’s full-service lumber and design center offerings, the company can help customers design a home or cabin from the ground up by walking them through the entire design process, from creating the plans to providing them everything needed for construction, from foundation to roof. For more information on Lambert Lumber please visit their website.

Panhandle Lumber & Supply

Started in 1994, Panhandle Lumber & Supply has expanded to become the leader in barn and deck kits in the Bonifay, FL Area. Panhandle Lumer & Supply focuses on serving their communities lumber & hardware needs while keeping the customer at the heart of their business.

Ron’s Lumber

Starting in 1992 as a small lumber yard, Ron’s has grown to be a staple of the Howe, OK Community. On September 6, 2011 Ron’s Discount Lumber moved into its new home, a 50,000 square building that houses a wide variety items. While Ron’s still carries the nails and screws customers asked for back in 1992, they also have everything you would need for any home remodeling or do-it-yourself projects. Ron’s is more than just a typical hardware store. Beginning with the first customer requesting lumber, nails and screws Ron’s has grown into a complete hardware and home center business.

Simms Lumber

Simms Lumber has two locations located west of the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas metroplex. Simms Lumber has been serving the Weatherford, TX, and surrounding communities for over 100 years and is a “go-to” supplier for the professional builder community. Since 2005 Simms Lumber has also operated a warehouse for hire, better known as a transload or reload, in Cresson, TX, under the tradename “MetroWest” transload. The service area of MetroWest is approximately 400 miles, where shippers of heavy bulk products, such as lumber or steel, find freight cost more economical by using rail rather than truck transportation. For more information on Simms Lumber’s store please visit this website. For more information on Simms Lumber’s MetroWest transload operation please visit this website.

Woodland Building Center

Woodland Building Center has been serving the Springerville, Arizona community since 1985.