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Family Means Business Wylaco Supply Co.’s Commitment to Growth Starts at Home

At its Denver Location, Wylaco Supply Co. has a hardware building, lumberyard and more storage yards across the street.

F or over half a century, contractors, ranchers and other professionals across the plains have sought the knowledge and product availability at Wylaco Supply Co. Based in Denver with a branch in Gypsum, Colorado, the company is operated by chief financial officer Katie Black and her brother-in-law Frank Curry, who serves as general manager.

Division of Labor While there is some overlap in the industrial supply and construction customer bases the two Wylaco branches serve, the business also benefits from Gypsum being close to ranch operations, which allows them to extend their product mix into tack and feed supplies. The company’s rebar bending facility is also stationed in Gypsum; any jobs that come through the Denver branch are transferred there to be completed. In Denver, the property makes up almost an entire city block. It has its own trench shoring yard and multiple warehouses, in addition

The company was founded by Black’s father Terry Carpenter and two business partners in 1972. “My dad brought me into the business in 2016 after my brother moved onto another opportunity,” Black says. “I didn’t know exactly what my role would be then, but I’m a CPA, so I started working in the back end of the business.” Over nearly the last decade, the pair have continued the legacy of Wylaco Supply Co. and today are making strategic investments in inventory management, e-commerce and product mix to ensure it remains for another 50 years.

22 Fall 2024 • Hardlines Strategies