Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. vs Pool Corporation
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Rolling Meadows IL insurance brokerage (NYSE: AJG) ~$14B combined revenue; $13.45B AssuredPartners acquisition (industry largest), +10,900 employees, 400 offices, third largest global broker competing with Marsh McLennan.
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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is a Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based global insurance brokerage and risk management company — publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: AJG) as an S&P 500 Financials component — providing commercial property/casualty insurance brokerage, employee benefits consulting, and risk management services to businesses and organizations worldwide through approximately 58,000 employees following the completion of the AssuredPartners acquisition. The defining transaction of 2025 was Arthur J. Gallagher's closing of the $13.45 billion acquisition of AssuredPartners — the largest sale of a US insurance broker to a strategic acquirer in industry history — adding 10,900 employees, approximately $2.9 billion in pro forma revenues, and 400 offices across the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland, with particular middle-market strength in transportation, energy, healthcare, and government contracting. The AssuredPartners combination accelerates Gallagher's position as the third-largest insurance broker globally (behind Marsh & McLennan and Aon), with combined annual revenues exceeding $14 billion. CEO J. Patrick Gallagher Jr. has led the company's strategy of organic growth supplemented by a relentless acquisition program of regional and specialty insurance brokers — Gallagher has completed 40-50+ acquisitions per year in recent years — building a national and international distribution network that can cross-sell specialty insurance products across AssuredPartners' 400 acquired office locations. Gallagher's Risk Management Services division (claims adjusting and administration for self-insured corporations and government entities) provides a second business line that diversifies revenue from insurance brokerage commission and fee income.
Covington LA pool supplies wholesale distributor (NASDAQ: POOL) at $5.3B 2024 revenue (-4%); 440+ service centers, 6M+ US pool installed base maintenance, 200,000+ SKUs for pool builders competing with regional distributors.
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Pool Corporation is a Covington, Louisiana-based wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related outdoor living products — publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: POOL) as an S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary component — operating as the world's largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool and related outdoor products through a network of 440+ service centers across the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe, serving approximately 125,000 customers including pool builders, retailers, and service companies through approximately 6,400 employees. In fiscal year 2024, Pool Corporation reported annual net sales of $5.3 billion, a 4% decrease from 2023, with diluted EPS of $11.30, operating cash flow of $659.2 million, and an operating margin of 11.6% — reflecting softer discretionary spending in new pool construction while maintenance chemicals, equipment replacement, and repair parts sustained non-discretionary demand. Founded in 1993 through the consolidation of regional pool supply distributors, Pool Corporation (operating under the SCP Pool and Horizon Distributors brand names) built its distribution moat through a hub-and-spoke service center network that delivers products next-morning to pool builders and service companies in virtually every US market. CEO Peter Arvan has led the company's strategy of expanding into outdoor living products (patio furniture, landscaping equipment, irrigation) beyond the core pool supplies business.
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