Watsco Completes Acquisition of The Granite Group, Distributor of Plumbing and HVAC Products with $500 Million in Revenue Throughout the Northeast
Watsco is actively seeking additional acquisitions to expand its position in North American distribution.
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Watsco (NYSE: WSO) has completed its acquisition of The Granite Group, a plumbing and HVAC distributor with approximately $500 million in sales. The business serves seven Northeast states: New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York. The acquisition expands Watsco’s plumbing distribution presence by 82 locations.
The Granite Group will operate independently, with its existing management team continuing under Bill Condron. Watsco plans to support its growth with capital, scale and technology. This is Watsco’s second large acquisition completed in 2026. In June, it acquired Jackson Supply Company, an HVAC distributor with annualized sales of approximately $230 million across 25 Sunbelt locations. Watsco’s acquisition strategy includes motivating teams through long-term equity ownership.
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It reads the document as published, with the same rules for every company, and it does not look at what the market expected or at how the stock traded, so a point can be objectively good on a day the stock falls.
Rhea-AI Sentiment measures something else, the tone of the wording.
Hollow bars mark forward-looking points. How the balance works
Positive
- Moderate pointCompleted Granite Group acquisition adds a plumbing and HVAC business with approximately $500 million in sales.
- Moderate pointCompleted June Jackson Supply acquisition added an HVAC business with annualized sales of approximately $230 million.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Granite growth support is planned through Watsco’s capital, scale and technology.
- Minor point. Forward-looking: it has not happened yet and may not happen.Additional acquisitions are being actively sought to expand Watsco’s market share.
Negative
- None.
Key Figures
- Annual sales
- Approximately $500 million
- The Granite Group, across seven Northeast states
- Locations
- 82 locations
- The Granite Group’s distribution footprint
- Annual compounded sales growth
- 10%
- Since 2010
Previous Acquisition Reports
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Watsco agreed to acquire Granite, a distributor reporting approximately $500 million in annual sales.
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Expands Watsco’s Growing Presence in Plumbing Products Distribution by 82 Locations
MIAMI, Oct. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Watsco, Inc. (NYSE: WSO) announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of The Granite Group, a diversified distributor of plumbing and HVAC products with approximately
Founded in 1971 and headquartered in Concord, New Hampshire, The Granite Group is a third-generation, family-led distributor serving customers across seven states in New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York.
The Granite Group serves approximately 11,000 customers from 82 locations and offers approximately 29,000 SKUs sourced from over 450 vendors. The Granite Group has achieved a
Watsco’s partnership with The Granite Group adds scale, density, product diversification and deepens Watsco’s market position in the growing plumbing space – a large and fragmented market that represents compelling avenues for expansion.
The Granite Group will operate as an independent business and will continue to be led by its existing management team, under the leadership of Bill Condron, in keeping with Watsco’s long-standing and successful strategy of investing in great leadership teams and successful cultures.
Albert H. Nahmad, Watsco’s Chairman and CEO said: “The Granite Group is a legendary distributor in our industry with an entrepreneurial spirit that mirrors our own. They have embraced our ownership culture and we look forward to supporting their growth plan with our scale, capital and technology to build on their track record of success. We are pleased to become part of their family.”
Bill Condron, CEO of The Granite Group, commented: “The Granite Group and Watsco share similar cultures and think about the business in similar ways. We love the fact that The Granite Group will remain independent while gaining access to Watsco’s scale, capital, and the most advanced technology platforms in the industry. Our team is motivated to join and collaborate with Watsco’s community of great companies and leadership teams.”
Watsco’s Buy and Build Growth Strategy
The closing of The Granite Group acquisition marks the second, large acquisition completed by Watsco during 2026. In June, Watsco closed on the acquisition of Jackson Supply Company, a market-leading HVAC distributor with annualized sales of approximately
Watsco has acquired 74 businesses in the HVAC and plumbing markets since 1989, most of which were successful, multi-generation, family-owned businesses. Watsco’s buy and build strategy is as follows:
- Identify and partner with great distribution businesses.
- Support their leadership team and honor the culture and legacies they created.
- Ask for aggressive growth plans and help leadership achieve their ambitions.
- Motivate teams and build an ownership culture with long-term equity.
- Deploy the industry’s most comprehensive suite of customer-focused technologies.
- Solicit and collaborate on big ideas to foster a spirit of innovation and growth.
- Build a stronger Watsco because of our association with these companies.
Watsco is actively seeking additional opportunities to invest and grow through acquisitions to expand its relatively low market share of the estimated
About Watsco
Watsco is the largest distributor in the highly fragmented North American HVAC market. Since entering distribution in 1989, Watsco has achieved a
Watsco maintains a solid balance sheet, enabling sustained investments in growth, including the Company’s industry-leading technologies. Today, more than 70,000 contractors and technicians engage digitally, empowering them to adopt and integrate Watsco’s tools into their daily operations. The Company is also introducing AI-driven initiatives to leverage its extensive data assets and enrich the customer experience. The Company believes its technology ecosystem represents a durable and widening competitive advantage in its highly fragmented industry.
This document includes certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements may address, among other things, our expected financial and operational results and the related assumptions underlying our expected results. These forward-looking statements are distinguished by use of words such as “will,” “would,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” “designed,” “plan,” or “intend,” the negative of these terms, and similar references to future periods. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in economic, business, competitive market, new housing starts and completions, capital spending in commercial construction, consumer spending and debt levels, regulatory and other factors, including, without limitation, the effects of supplier concentration, competitive conditions within Watsco’s industry, the seasonal nature of sales of Watsco’s products, the ability of the Company to expand its business, insurance coverage risks and final GAAP adjustments. Detailed information about these factors and additional important factors can be found in the documents that Watsco files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements were made. Watsco assumes no obligation to update forward-looking information to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except as required by applicable law.
Barry S. Logan
Executive Vice President
(305) 714-4102
e-mail: blogan@watsco.com
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