Pearlman Group Acquires Excel Cleaning and Restoration Supplies

NORCROSS, Ga. – Pearlman Group, a leading hard-surfaces tooling and supplies distributor, acquired Kimelmac Inc. dba Excel Cleaning and Restoration Supplies (“Excel”) last month.

Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.

Founded in 1988, Excel is a distributor of professional cleaning, restoration, pressure washing, and janitorial equipment and supplies in the Southeast. In addition to equipment and supplies, Fort Myers, Fla.-based Excel offers consulting, training, and equipment repairs.

Matt and Julia Nelson, owners of Excel, along with the current management team and employees will continue to operate the company in partnership with the Pearlman team.

“We have been seeking to expand Pearlman into adjacent end markets and identified the restoration and professional cleaning markets as a top priority,” said Pearlman CEO Scott McLendon. “We were immediately impressed with Matt and his team of seasoned industry professionals and are excited to expand our capabilities into these markets in partnership with the Excel team.”

“Restoration and professional cleaning is a natural adjacency to Pearlman’s core markets, and we are excited to support the Pearlman team as they expand their product offering in these markets, continuing to build an industry-leading specialty distribution platform,” said Grant Jones, a managing director at The Stephens Group, which owns Pearlman in its investment portfolio.

“Excel is focused on delivering value to our customers, suppliers, and team members alike and we wanted a partner who shared this same commitment while maintaining the culture that makes Excel unique,” said Excel’s Matt Nelson, “We found this in Pearlman and The Stephens Group, and the team and I are excited about the growth opportunities for the combined business going forward.

“I am happy that we found a partner that can not only help take us to the next level but can do so while continuing to treat our customers with the level of support and service they are used to and deserve.”

Pearlman, through its primary brands, GranQuartz and Pearl Abrasive, is a multi-channel developer and distributor of supplies, tools and equipment used in the fabrication and maintenance of hard surfaces for residential, commercial, and industrial end-markets.

Pearlman’s GranQuartz division is the market-leading distributor serving over 8,000 stone fabricators, tile installers, and concrete and monument professionals. Pearl Abrasive is a leading developer and provider of high quality, branded abrasives and cutting tools to over 5,000 distributor customers in construction and industrial end-markets.

The Company’s products include an extensive offering of proprietary, exclusive, and national branded products with over 18,000 SKUs across multiple price points and applications.

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