Walter E. Nelson Company is a family-owned, for-profit distributor of janitorial, sanitation, laundry, chemical, packaging and facility supplies that primarily serves commercial, institutional and government customers in the Pacific Northwest. The company operates regional distribution centers and provides product supply, equipment and service to sectors such as healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing and public agencies.
Generally aligned with business and operations issues: public procurement and contracting rules, state and local taxation and business regulation, occupational safety and workplace standards, transportation and logistics policy, environmental and chemical/product regulation (cleaning chemicals and packaging waste), and workforce/employment policies that affect distributors and service technicians.
Privately funded through operating revenue from product sales, distribution and service contracts (no public equity or major philanthropic funding).
Regional branch locations across Oregon and Washington, relationships with industry trade associations and local chambers of commerce, and family ownership/management ties (Nelson family).
Private, family-owned distributor / for-profit company
