# Who does Lowe's Companies, Inc. pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/lowes · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-11T21:34:21.484387+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Stanley Black & Decker, The Sherwin-Williams Company, LG Electronics plus 1 undisclosed/aggregate relationship. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 4 cost edges, backed by 7 dated sources, 2 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-11).

### Artisan Design Group (high)
- metric: Contract value $1.3B · acquisition completed 2025-06-02 · Aggregate cash purchase price for Artisan Design Group
- note: Lowe's acquired Artisan Design Group for US$1.3 billion in cash in June 2025. The transaction added a channel serving homebuilders and property managers with design, distribution and installation of flooring, cabinets and countertops.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-03-23) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/60667/000006066726000029/low-20260130.htm: "completed the acquisition of ADG for an aggregate cash purchase price of $1.3 billion"
- [confirms] Lowe's (EN, ir, published 2025-08-20) https://corporate.lowes.com/newsroom/press-releases/lowes-reports-second-quarter-2025-sales-and-earnings-results-08-20-25: "invested $1.3 billion for the acquisition of ADG"
- [mentions] RetailStat (EN, analysis, published 2025-07-15) https://rs-api.retailstat.com/uploads/Home_Improvment_Quarterly_Sales_1_Q25_03839d31a6.pdf: "a significant step to increase its own penetration of Pro customer spending"

### 스탠리 블랙앤데커 (high)  → /stanley-black-decker.md
- metric: Revenue share 12 percent · FY2025 · Procurement relationship measured by Lowe's share of Stanley Black & Decker consolidated net sales
- note: Stanley Black & Decker identifies Lowe's as a major customer. Lowe's generated about 12% of the supplier's consolidated 2025 net sales, providing a counterparty-reported measure of the procurement relationship.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-24) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93556/000009355626000009/swk-20260103.htm: "Lowe's accounted for approximately 12% ... of consolidated net sales in 2025"

### 셔윈-윌리엄스 (mid)  → /sherwin-williams.md
- note: Lowe's serves as a key home-center partner for the Consumer Brands Group, distributes HGTV HOME products exclusively, and identifies Sherwin-Williams as a key supplier, while counterparty revenue is undisclosed.
- [confirms] Lowe's Companies, Inc. (EN, ir, published 2025-11-19) https://corporate.lowes.com/sites/lowes-corp/files/low-usq-transcript-2025-11-19.pdf: "This new primer is available only at Lowe's and Sherwin Williams locations, marking the first time that we have co-launched a product."
- [confirms] The Sherwin-Williams Company (EN, ir, published 2024-08-29) https://s2.q4cdn.com/918177852/files/doc_events/2024/Aug/CORRECTED-TRANSCRIPT-The-Sherwin-Williams-Co-SHW-US-Investor-Meeting-Financial-Community-29-August-2024-1-30-PM-ET.pdf: "HGTV HOME by Sherwin-Williams is exclusive to our strategic partner Lowe's."

### LG전자 (mid)  → /lg-electronics.md
- note: Lowe's sources premium washers and dryers from LG Electronics for sale in the United States. LG Electronics and The Korea Economic Daily each confirmed the start of supply in June 2025, but neither disclosed the procurement amount.
- [confirms] The Korea Economic Daily (KO, news, published 2025-06-24) https://www.hankyung.com/article/202506245312g: "LG Electronics said it began supplying Lowe's with LG Signature washers and dryers."
- [confirms] LG (KO, ir, published 2025-06-24) https://lg.co.kr/media/release/29082: "LG Electronics began supplying Lowe's with LG Signature 29-inch washers and dryers."

### CRH (mid)  → /crh.md
- note: Lowe's is supplied with building materials and outdoor-living products by CRH's Oldcastle APG and recognized OldCastle as a 2024 divisional vendor winner in both building products and hardlines, but did not disclose the transaction value.
- [mentions] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-02-18) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/849395/000162828026009043/crh-20251231.htm: "There are no material dependencies or concentrations of individual customers that require disclosure."
- [confirms] Lowe's Companies, Inc. (EN, ir, published 2024-10-01) https://corporate.lowes.com/newsroom/press-releases/lowes-announces-2024-vendor-partners-year-10-01-24: "OldCastle were also recognized as divisional winners in the building products category."

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