materials retail founded 1930 ; 86 years ago 1930 headquarters hillsboro oregon usa 45 33 39 n 122 54 32 w 45.5607 n 122.909 w 45.5607 ; 122.909 coordinates 45 33 39 n 122 54 32 w 45.5607 n 122.909 w 45.5607 ; 122.909 number of locations 38 stores products building material lumber revenue 372.7 million 2007 number of employees 740 website parr lumber parr lumber company inc. is a lumber and building supplies dealer based in oregon . 1 the hillsboro oregon based company has 38 locations in oregon and washington and is the 18th largest residential building supplies dealer in the united states . 2 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit parr lumber started in 1930 when dwight parr purchased a lumberyard in vancouver washington . 3 4 by 1998 the company had grown to 13 stores with annual revenue of 243 million in sales . 5 in 1999 parr lumber purchased six lumber yards from copeland lumber to bring the total number of stores to 19 . 5 the company started a special ladies night program in 2003 that focuses on helping female customers with home improvement training . 4 some of parr s locations are represented by the teamsters union . in 2004 the company and the union fought a public relations campaign over the negotiations for a new contract . 6 by 2005 parr had grown to 31 locations and annual revenues of 417 million . 7 this made them the 19th largest residential construction supplier in the country . 7 in 2006 they were also among the 25 fastest growing residential construction suppliers in the nation 7 and the company received an award from the university of oregon s college of education for their partnerships with schools . 8 in 2007 parr had grown to 38 locations with 372.7 million in sales while employing 740 people . 9 this made them the 14th largest professional sales dealer in the united states by revenue . 9 in 2009 parr closed its locations in woodland washington madras and redmond during the home building downturn due to the housing bubble . 10 jim boyer was named as president of the company in april 2013 while ceo david hamill was expected to retire at the end of 2013 . 2 operations edit store in forest grove oregon headquarters in hillsboro oregon the privately owned building supplies company based in hillsboro employs 740 people . 9 11 parr has operations in oregon washington and arizona . 2 the primary market segment for the company is contractors . references edit kish matthew . housing hit . portland business journal august 24 2007 . a b c goldfield robert may 20 2013 . parr lumber names president . portland business journal . retrieved 21 may 2013 . the history of parr lumber . parr lumber . retrieved 2007 02 03 . a b rich susan . parr is on par as one of the last great oregon companies . northwest renovation . retrieved on november 7 2007 . a b caulfield john june 7 1999 . copeland progresses in liquidation of yards . company business and marketing . home channel news . retrieved 2007 02 03 . hunsberger bret . teamsters push fight into high profile . the oregonian may 20 2004 . a b c wood chris may 1 2006 . new era the 2006 prosales 100 . pro sales magazine . retrieved 2007 02 03 . university awards . university of oregon accessed november 7 2007 . a b c carlo andy may 1 2008 . the 2008 prosales 100 pdf . prosales magazine . hanley wood . retrieved 2008 09 10 . hsuan amy january 21 2010 . parr lumber executives spin off marketing firm . the oregonian . retrieved 22 january 2010 . lumber company inc. american city business journals . retrieved on february 27 2008 . external links edit home channel news energy trust of oregon parr begins stocking recycled plastic timbers beaverton valley time v t e oregon based companies nyse listed greenbrier companies lithia motors nike nw natural portland general electric nasdaq listed columbia sportswear electro scientific industries erickson inc. fei flir lattice mentor graphics radisys rentrak schnitzer steel umpqua holdings private companies a dec banfield consumer cellular esco franz bakery hoffman construction infocus kindercare education laika leupold & stevens les schwab the old spaghetti factory parr lumber plaid pantry reser s fine foods roseburg forest products shari s vigor industrial other bi mart tillamook creamery western family foods list of companies based in oregon retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title parr lumber & oldid 742918420 categories companies based in hillsboro oregonprivately held companies based in oregoneconomy of the northwestern united stateshardware stores of the united statescompanies established in 19301930 establishments in washington state hidden categories coordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction 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