20th century Beacon was established in 1928 in
Charlestown,
Massachusetts, as Beacon Sales Company. By 1953, the company had outgrown its building in Charlestown, and built a new facility in nearby Somerville. In the 1970s, the company expanded to
Worcester, Massachusetts and
Lewiston, Maine. In 1998, Beacon, in an attempt to acquire successful distributors, purchased its first regional brand, Quality Roofing Supply, a
Pennsylvania based roofing distributor. From 1999 to 2000, Beacon continued its purchase of regional roofing distributors by acquiring Best Distributing (
North Carolina), Groupe Bedard and Exeltherm Supply (
Canada), The Roof Center (
Maryland and
Virginia) and West End Lumber (
Texas).
21st century By 2002, Beacon had surpassed $500 million in revenue. Early in fiscal 2004, Robert R. Buck joined the company and succeed Andrew Logie as president and CEO. To obtain money to grow the company, Beacon went public with an
initial public offering on the
NASDAQ stock exchange, on September 23, 2004. In 2005,
The Wall Street Journal ranked Beacon as the sixth-fastest-growing new stock issue behind
Google. The company continued to acquire successful distributors across North America and drive organic growth in existing operations. Within three months of the IPO, Beacon acquired Atlanta-based JGA Corp., which had sales of $74 million. In October 2005, Beacon's made its largest acquisition by purchasing Shelter Distribution, a
midwestern distributor with sales of $313 million and 50 branches. Other additions in 2005 and 2006 included Mississippi Roofing, Alabama Roofing, Pacific Supply,
Minnesota’s Roof Depot and RSM Supply in
Arkansas,
Missouri and
Oklahoma. Sales surpassed $850 million in fiscal 2005 and $1.5 billion in fiscal 2006. In April 2007, Beacon acquired North Coast Commercial Roofing Systems based in
Twinsburg, Ohio, which had sales in excess of $250 million. This strategic acquisition moved Beacon into three new states—Ohio, New York and West Virginia. At this point, operations now encompassed 172 branches in 37 states and 3 Canadian provinces. In October 2007, Beacon announced the appointment of Paul M. Isabella as president and chief operating officer. At the end of 2010, Robert Buck relinquished the title of CEO to Paul Isabella while retaining the title of chairman of the board. Today, Buck remains actively involved with the investment community, acquisitions and monitoring organizational structure and leadership. In fiscal 2011, Beacon increased sales by 12.9% to a record $1.82 billion. A few weeks later, the company announced the opening of their 200th location in
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. On July 1, 2012, Beacon acquired Southern California based Structural Materials Co. The acquisition more than doubled the size of the company's market penetration in the Southern California region. Shortly after fiscal 2013 began, the company acquired McClure-Johnston Co. which expanded the company's footprint in the Pennsylvania region. In 2014, Beacon again expanded its operations again by acquiring Wholesale Roofing Supply based out of
Dallas, Texas, All Weather Products based out of
Vancouver, and Applicators Sales & Service in
New England. In October 2023, Beacon announced three new locations on the west coast in
Salinas, California,
Fredrick, Colorado, and
Sequin, Texas. Beacon also acquired Garvin Construction in October. In April 2024, Beacon acquired General Siding Supply, headquartered in Omaha, NE. In March 2025, Beacon agreed to be acquired by QXO, Inc. for $11 billion in an all-cash deal. Following the conclusion of the transaction, Beacon was delisted from the NASDAQ on April 29, 2025. == Integrations ==