Beloit is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 36,657 people. Beloit is a principal city of the Janesville–Beloit metropolitan statistical area and is included in the Madison–Janesville–Beloit combined statistical area.
The Beloit Sky Carp are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the High-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins. They are located in Beloit, Wisconsin, and play their home games at ABC Supply Stadium. They previously played at Harry C. Pohlman Field from its opening in 1982 until moving into their current ballpark in August 2021.
Beloit College is a private liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin. Founded in 1846, when Wisconsin was still a territory, it is the state's oldest continuously operated college. It has an enrollment of roughly 1,000 undergraduate students.
Harry C. Pohlman Field is a baseball field located in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. The stadium was built in 1982 and holds 3,501 people. It was the home of the Beloit Snappers minor league baseball team of the Midwest League/High-A Central from its founding until July 18, 2021.
84 Lumber is an operated American building materials supply company. Founded in 1956 by Joseph Hardy, it derives its name from the unincorporated village of Eighty Four, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place 20 miles (32 km) south of Pittsburgh, where its headquarters are located. In 1992, Joe Hardy's daughter, Maggie Hardy, took over as president of the company. Within her first year as president, the company reached $1 billion in revenue for the first time in history.
Kenneth A. Hendricks was an American businessman who, along with Diane Hendricks, his business partner and wife, grew a shingle supply company ABC Supply into a $2.6 billion fortune and a spot on the Forbes 400 at the time of his death. Primarily associated with Beloit, Wisconsin, Hendricks lived in nearby Afton.
Andersen Corporation is an international window and door manufacturing enterprise employing 12,000 people at more than thirty manufacturing facilities, logistics centers, and company owned retail locations. Andersen is a private company headquartered in Bayport, Minnesota.
GAF is an American manufacturing company based in Parsippany, New Jersey. Operating as a subsidiary of Standard Industries, GAF is the leading roofing and waterproofing manufacturer in North America, with 30 locations across the U.S. GAF produces both commercial and residential roofing products, as well as pavement coatings. John Altmeyer is the company’s current CEO.
Grinnell Mutual is a property-casualty mutual insurance company and reinsurer based in Grinnell, Iowa, United States.
Afton is an unincorporated community in the Town of Rock, in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The town hall for the Town of Rock is in Afton.
Coloplast A/S is a Danish multinational company that develops, manufactures and markets medical devices and services related to ostomy, urology, continence, and wound care.
Bradco Supply was a distributor of building materials for the commercial and residential building markets, particularly roofing supplies.
Diane Marie Hendricks is an American billionaire, businesswoman, and film producer from Wisconsin. She is the widow of the late businessman Ken Hendricks.
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. is an American publicly traded company which sells residential and non-residential roofing products, as well as related building products in North America. As of December 31, 2023, the company has 533 locations throughout all 50 states in the U.S. and six Canadian provinces, and over 8,000 employees. In addition to roofing, local divisions may also sell windows, siding, decking, waterproofing and other external building products. The company is currently headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.
Hendricks Holding, Inc. (HHC) is a privately held conglomerate based in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States.
Crescent Electric Supply Company is an American distributor of electrical hardware. Crescent was founded in 1919 in Dubuque, Iowa, but is currently headquartered in East Dubuque, Illinois. One of the largest companies of its kind, Crescent Electric Supply was ranked by Forbes as the 435th largest privately held company in the United States in 2008.
ABC Supply Stadium is a baseball park in Beloit, Wisconsin. It is primarily to be used for baseball, and is the home field of the Beloit Sky Carp, the Midwest League affiliate of the Miami Marlins. It replaced Harry C. Pohlman Field as the home for the Sky Carp beginning on August 3, 2021. ABC Supply holds the naming rights to the stadium, although the terms and length of the deal have not been disclosed. ABC Supply is owned by Hendricks Properties, the primary developer of the stadium. The Sky Carp started the 2021 season at Pohlman Field before moving to the new ballpark. The first game at ABC Supply Stadium was August 3, 2021, against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.
The M.A. Mortenson Company, more commonly known under its Mortenson Construction brand, is an American construction company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with 2014 sales of (estimated) $3 billion.
