You may not know that we are a privately owned American company
founded in Philadelphia in 1858. Our parent company, Hajoca,
is named by combining the names of the founders, Haines, Jones, and
Cadbury. Hajoca is one of the largest private wholesale
distributor of plumbing, heating, waterworks, industrial supplies
and pool supplies, with approximately 350 locations in the U.S.
Gorman Company, as you know us, was founded in 1939, and was
purchased by Hajoca in 1991. We currently operate from 37
locations in the state of Florida.
As a privately held decentralized company, we are not subject to
the demands of Wall Street shareholders. We use our size to
negotiate the lowest pricing on the best products from the best
manufacturers, but we make our business decisions at the local
level based on local market conditions. We set pricing
locally, choose which brands and products to stock locally, and
choose appropriate levels of inventory to stock locally. We
rely on our customers to educate us on the needs of the
market. If there is something you need that we do not stock,
or if there is a price we need to compete with, please let us
know. Most of the time, we can stock any item that you
require or find a source to special order it. We will
meet or beat any price in the market, so please do not hesitate to
tell us if we are out of line.
Gorman Company operates under a profit sharing model at each
location. You can be assured that the business you give us
each day will personally impact our local employees and local
economy, not some unknown shareholders in far-away places. We have
a vested interest in being the best supplier that we can be in
order to earn as much of your business as we can. We need you
to be successful in your business for us to be successful in
ours. In order for us to grow as a company, we must grow with
our customers.