Jensen Distribution Services carries over 52,000 items in departments including household hardware, hand and power tools, electrical, plumbing, paint and sundries, outdoor living, housewares, automotive, and lawn & garden products.
The company merged with Wolverton and Byrd and moved to Spokane where it incorporated under the name Jensen-King-Byrd.
Jensen's sons, Alvin L. and J. Scott Jensen bought out King's interest in the company in 1925 and changed the name of the business to Jensen-Byrd Co. Jensen-Byrd Co. acquired the Spokane branch of Marshall Wells in 1958 and Pacific Marine Schwabacher in 1981.
[1] In January 2015, the company was purchased by Ace Hardware, and it was promptly merged with Emery-Waterhouse to form Emery-Jensen Distribution, LLC, a division of Ace Wholesale Holdings, LLC, with operations relocated from Spokane, Washington to Ace's headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois.
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