founded 1997 headquarters 7595 technology way 5th fl . denver co number of locations 423 january 2013 1 key people robert marchbank ceo products building materials and supplies revenue 3.6 billion 2012 2 owner builders firstsource inc. nasdaq bldr number of employees 9 223 2013 3 website www.probuild.com probuild holdings is one of the largest privately held diversified suppliers of lumber and building materials to professional builders and contractors in the united states . 4 5 6 7 contents 1 markets served 2 company history and acquisitions 3 company rankings 4 references 5 external links markets served edit probuild currently operates approximately 423 8 lumber and building product distributions manufacturing and assembly centers serving 45 u.s. states . company history and acquisitions edit in 1997 fidelity capital the business development arm of fidelity investments acquired the strober organization a supplier of building materials to professional builders and contractors in the northeast . 9 10 over the next nine years strober acquired additional regional brands extending its reach to the mid atlantic and southeast markets . by 2005 strober had become one of the largest professional building materials dealers in the united states . 11 in 2008 fidelity capital purchased lanoga corporation 12 which was at the time the nation s third largest professional building materials dealer . fidelity made the purchase through probuild holdings inc. a newly created entity that included the strober organization . the strober organization was the sixth largest professional building materials dealer in the u.s. at the time . 13 with the purchase of lanoga probuild s 2006 resources comprised over 420 locations in 38 states with more than 14 000 employees . 14 the subsequent acquisitions of hope lumber and supply 15 and other lumber suppliers made probuild the largest 16 professional building materials dealer in the united states by 2007 with more than 506 locations nationwide . following the downturn of the housing market in the united states in 2008 probuild consolidated a number of facilities and exited several markets 17 18 including chicago 19 and pittsburgh . 20 as was the case with much of the home building industry sales fell during the downturn . probuild reported just over 3 billion in sales in 2009 down from at 2006 peak of 6 billion . 21 by 2013 the company reported a 9 percent increase in sales from the prior year . 22 company rankings edit 2006 2010 probuild was ranked the largest professional oriented lumber and building materials dealer in the nation 23 by industry trade publication prosales magazine in the annual prosales 100 . the prosales 100 is a list of the nation s top professional oriented full line lumberyards and specialty dealers ranked by the dollar value of their sales to pros . in 2005 with the acquisition of lanoga corp. probuild was created making it the biggest full service lumberyard in the nation 24 and putting probuild at the top of the list for the next five years . 2011 2013 probuild was ranked no. 2 largest professional oriented lumber and building materials dealer in the nation 25 in the prosales 100 as a result of abc supply s acquisition in 2010 of former no. 4 ranked bradco supply . 26 the deal enabled abc supply to take the top spot with a 51.7 percent rise in overall sales in 2011 to 4.07 billion . 27 probuild was acquired by builders firstsource inc. nasdaq bldr on july 31 2015 . references edit 2013 prosales 100 prosales 100 company rankings 1991 2013 2013 prosales 100 about probuild probuild.com 2013 prosales 100 company rankings fidelity investments other businesses pro build holdings inc. company overview hoovers.com 2013 prosales 100 company rankings listing number of locations and states served 1 probuild company history 2 answers.com profile of the strober organization 2006 prosales 100 company rankings probuild newsroom press release announcing acquisition of lanoga corporation 3 2006 prosales 100 company rankings probuild press room press release announcing finalized purchase of lanoga corporation 4 probuild press room press release announcing purchase of hope lumber and supply 5 2007 prosales 100 company rankings probuild reveals plans to shut 12 facilities prosales magazine probuild id s most of the 20 yards it will close prosales magazine probuild to exit chicago market home channel news probuild withdrawing from some eastern markets home channel news probuild ceo our sales will fall to 3b this year prosales magazine 6 2013 prosales 100 prosales 100 company rankings 1991 2013 2011 prosales 100 prosales 100 company rankings 1991 2013 prnewswire release announcing abc supply acquisition of bradco supply 2011 prosales 100 external links edit official website probuild.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title probuild & oldid 743429783 categories privately held companies based in coloradocompanies based in denvercompanies established in 1997 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