The Home Depot
The Home Depot, Inc.
Symbol: HD
2455 Paces Ferry Road NW
Atlanta, GA 30339
United States
Phone: 770-433-8211
Fax: 770-431-2685
Web Site:
http://www.homedepot.com
BUSINESS SUMMARY
The Home Depot, Inc. operates as a home improvement retailer primarily in the United
States, Canada, and Mexico. It operates The Home Depot stores, which sell building
materials, home improvement supplies, and lawn and garden products to do-it-yourself
customers, do-it-for-me customers, home improvement contractors, tradespeople, and
building maintenance professionals. The company also operates The Home Depot and
EXPO Design Center stores that offer various installation services, which include
products, such as carpeting, flooring, cabinets, countertops, and water heaters primarily
to business-to-business customers, including home builders, professional contractors,
municipalities, and maintenance professionals; and provides professional installation of
various products through its in-home sales programs, such as generators and furnace,
and central air systems. In addition, its HD Supply stores distributes products, such as
infrastructure, including waterworks and utilities; construction, including construction
supply, lumber and building materials, electrical, plumbing/HVAC, and interiors;
maintenance, such as facilities maintenance and industrial PVF; and repair and
remodel. Further, the company offers credit purchase programs through third-party credit
providers to professional, do-it-yourself, and do-it-for-me customers. It also offers its
products through catalog and online sales businesses. As of June 20, 2007, the
company operated 1,800 stores in 49 states in the United States, as well as 133
overseas stores. The company was founded in 1978 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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