Floor & Decor announced it is acquiringSpartan Surfaces, a commercial flooring specifying distribution company headquartered in Bel Air, Maryland, for consideration of up to $90 million. Spartan Surfaces will operate as a subsidiary of Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc., and will continue to be led by the Spartan Surfaces senior management team. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of fiscal 2021.
Tom Taylor, Floor & Decor’s Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We have seen strong growth in our commercial business over the last several years by providing a simplified, reliable and lower cost solution for commercial projects that leverages our merchandise sourcing and supply chain infrastructure. The addressable commercial market is large at an estimated $13 billion, and we believe Spartan Surfaces is the right strategic partner to enable us to incrementally accelerate our commercial flooring growth plans through their scalable specifying and consultative selling business model that primarily serves the architectural and design community. Just as we’ve revolutionized how hard surface flooring is purchased in retail, we see multiple sources of potential value creation by collectively leveraging each company’s core strengths, and we are excited about supporting Spartan Surfaces’ accelerated growth plans.”