The Home Depot Pro

The Home Depot Pro
	The Home Depot Pro headquarters in Jacksonville.
Formerly	Interline Brands
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Wholesale; Distribution; Retail
Founded	Wilmar Industries; 1978; Interline Brands, Inc.; 2000; The Home Depot Pro; 2018
Headquarters	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Area served	United States and Canada
Products	Plumbing, electrical, security hardware, HVAC, janitorial & sanitary products
Number of employees	4,300
Parent	The Home Depot
Subsidiaries	The Home Depot Multifamily; The Home Depot Pro Specialty Trades; The Home Depot Pro Institutional; U.S. Lock
Website	homedepotpro.com

The Home Depot Pro, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, is a wholesale distributor and direct marketer of maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) products for non-industrial businesses in the United States. The Home Depot Pro distributes products such as HVAC, janitorial supplies, plumbing supplies, and security supplies.

The Home Depot Pro was established in 1978 formerly known as Wilmar Industries, founded by William S. Green. In 2000, Wilmar acquired Barnett together forming the company Interline Brands. Gradually, Interline Brands diversified their customer base through the acquisitions of Sexauer, Trayco, Barnett, U.S. Lock, Leran Gas Products, Maintenance USA, Hardware Express, and janitorial supply distributors AmSan, Clean Source and Jan Pak. In 2015, Interline Brands merged five of its janitorial brands into one unified brand called Supply Works.^[1]^[2]^[3] On July 22, 2015, The Home Depot acquired Interline Brands for $1.6 billion. Interline Brands was rebranded in 2018 as The Home Depot Pro. The former brand names of Interline Brands were renamed to The Home Depot Pro Multifamily, The Home Depot Pro Speciality Trades, and The Home Depot Pro Institutional.^[4]

^ Funk, Dale: "Interline Brands Files for IPO" Electrical Wholesaling, July 1, 2004
^ "Interline Brands, Inc." Hoovers Business Intelligence, Company overview
^ "Company Profile". Interline Brands. Interline Brands. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
^ Bray, Chad (July 22, 2015). "Home Depot to Buy Interline Brands for $1.6 Billion in Cash". New York Times. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

[1] Funk, Dale: "Interline Brands Files for IPO" Electrical Wholesaling, July 1, 2004

[HOOVER-2] "Interline Brands, Inc." Hoovers Business Intelligence, Company overview

[3] "Company Profile". Interline Brands. Interline Brands. Retrieved June 24, 2015.

[New_York_Times-4] Bray, Chad (July 22, 2015). "Home Depot to Buy Interline Brands for $1.6 Billion in Cash". New York Times. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

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