After one year of working for a company in the HVAC wholesale industry, Century’s CEO and Founder, Dennis Bearden decided that there had to be a better way to operate an HVAC distributorship. It was then that Dennis developed a business philosophy that has been Century’s driving force. Dennis’s philosophy: To regard employees as family and to treat customers as friends with a generous amount of cu
stomer service thrown in. This simple but powerful idea caught on; Century continued to grow and by 1995, through new store openings and acquisitions under the leadership of President Rick Luke, Century grew to eleven branches in the Houston and southeast Texas area. In 1992, the company also expanded its reach into the Midwestern states, and acquired Air Management Supply. In 1998, Century found a home in the San Antonio area after opening Core Distributing. Not long after, in 2001, Century added Major Supply to the list of acquisitions, which then led to the opening of additional Houston area branches. With continued growth, in March 2008, Century added Johnson A/C Supply to its family and expanded into the Dallas area, followed by the purchase of Gentry Supply in Mesquite in 2014. Today, Century A/C boasts twenty-two locations across Texas, including the Houston Metro area, Lufkin, Conroe, Angleton, Bay City, Dallas, Richardson, Mesquite, Waco, San Antonio and San Marcos with brand new locations in South Austin, Cedar Park, and Fort Worth. Century A/C Supply also carries a long history of awards, and we take pride and celebrate each achievement. Century has been named a Houston Top 100 Workplace and Top 100 Privately Owned Company by the Houston Chronicle, a Top 50 HVAC Distributor by HARDI, a Top 100 National Distributor by The Wholesaler Magazine, Premiere 125 by Supply House Times, Supplier of the Year by the TAA, HAA, AAA, and has also received multiple awards from our equipment manufacturers.
