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R.A. Townsend Co.

specialty distribution · hardware_plumbing_hvac_wholesale

Alpena, MI

Since those humble beginnings in Alpena, Michigan, our company has grown from a local coal distributor to one of the larger and more successful distributors of plumbing, heating and air conditioning products throughout Michigan.

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Data as of Sep 12, 2026 (this record's last observation) from Filings; Announcements. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 1:02 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 0
Dated events: 2
On other graphs: 0
Observed: n/a to Sep 12, 2026
23 observations

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

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Vertical: specialty distributionderived
NAICS: 423700
Plan participants: 62Form 5500
Active participants: 49
Plans: 1
Founded: 1925
Ownership type: family owned
Record status: filing

Relationships

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Dated events

Occurred
Jan 1, 1977
Next generation transition
Tom Townsend, grandson of the founder, joined R. A. Townsend Company in a leadership role in 1977 and serves today as President (year only known)
DFX's own graphobserved 7 days ago
Occurred
Jan 1, 1947
Next generation transition
Russell A. Townsend Jr. assumed leadership of the company in 1947 after his father's disabling heart attack (year only known)
DFX's own graphobserved 7 days ago

Provenance

Graph: Independent Sponsors
Canonical id: dfx:isi:d3c8b38d-3c01-4cbd-81e2-0231b5b7acd5
First observed: n/a
Last observed: Sep 12, 2026 6 days ago
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.