The Build.com NOligarchy Profile
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NOligarchy Score
86.3
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Ranked in
Home Improvement & Hardware
#1
Subsidiary of Ferguson Enterprises Inc
Build.com, the online building-materials and home-improvement retailer owned by Ferguson Enterprises Inc, earns a NOligarchy Score of 86.21 out of 100 from Q3 2024 through Q2 2026 (8 quarters — the two-year tracking period covered by this profile). No lobbying, Political Action Committee (PAC), executive-donation, stock buyback, fine, or subsidy records have been matched to Build.com across any source this project tracks. That absence reflects the current state of available public records — not a confirmed finding that Build.com spent nothing or violated nothing. Build.com operates as a private subsidiary of a publicly traded parent, meaning a large share of the financial detail that would normally anchor a profile like this — total revenue, market share, buybacks, dividends — is not filed under Build.com’s own name. That gap in transparency is itself part of the story.
Current Pillar Scores
Wealth Extraction includes disclosures reported at the Ferguson Enterprises Inc (parent company) level. Political Access and Playing by the Rules reflect this company directly.
Political Access
100.0
Wealth Extraction
49.4
Playing by the Rules
100.0
Score history — 23 quarters
Tier bands show where each quarter's score falls — no numeric y-axis needed. The dashed ring marks the year-over-year comparison point. Tap any quarter but the first to see its pillar breakdown.
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Political Access Grade: 100/100. No federal lobbying spending, no PAC contributions, and no executive campaign donations have been matched to Build.com over the full two-year period.
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Wealth Extraction Grade: 49.18/100. This is the pillar where Build.com’s score falls furthest short. Because Build.com is a private subsidiary, no standalone pay disclosure exists under its own name — the score reflects a disclosed gap between its parent company’s top executive and a typical worker, drawn from Ferguson Enterprises’ proxy filing rather than any Build.com-specific document.
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Playing by the Rules Grade: 100/100. No fines, violations, or subsidies appear in the public record under Build.com’s name for the two-year period.
The Sector Context: Build.com ranks 1 out of 6 among companies sharing its federal industry classification, Building Material & Supplies Dealers. The sector average score is 55.9 — Build.com sits well above that average, a reflection of what public records do and do not show rather than a fully verified compliance report.
The Bottom Line: A Profile Defined by What the Public Record Can’t Yet See
Across Q3 2024 through Q2 2026, no lobbying, PAC, executive-donation, CEO pay, buyback, fine, or subsidy records have been matched to Build.com under its own name in any source this project tracks. This is what the current state of available public records shows — it does not confirm that Build.com spent nothing on political access, violated no laws, or paid its workers fairly. The single figure that does surface — a 239-to-1 pay gap between the top executive and a typical worker — comes from Ferguson Enterprises’ proxy filing, not from any document Build.com itself files publicly. Until matching records are found or disclosed under Build.com’s own identity, the full picture of how this company operates remains behind its parent’s consolidated books.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
Federal lobbying filings tracked under the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) show no spending registered under Build.com’s name, no lobbyists, no outside firms on retainer, and no issue areas or bills referenced in any filing. No PAC contributions were reported. A search of Federal Election Commission (FEC) individual-contribution records tied to Build.com employers returned nothing. No revolving-door hiring of former government officials appears on the record. Whether Build.com’s political activity, if any, travels under Ferguson Enterprises’ name rather than its own is not determinable from these filings — the public record under Build.com’s identity is empty for this period, and that reflects the current limits of available data rather than a verified absence of engagement.
EXHIBIT — THE RESERVED SEAT
$0 in lobbying · $0 in PAC money
Build.com filed no federal lobbying and ran no corporate PAC in this window — the reserved seat at the witness table sits empty.
A Pay Gap Inherited From the Parent’s Books
The pay ratio on record here belongs to Ferguson Enterprises, Build.com’s publicly traded parent — it is not a Build.com-specific disclosure, but it is the best available figure for workers inside this corporate family. The CEO pay ratio is 239:1, according to the SEC DEF 14A. That means the executive at the top of this corporate structure earned 239 times what a typical worker in the same organization brought home. No standalone Build.com pay disclosure exists — a direct consequence of its status as a wholly owned private subsidiary rather than an independent public filer, which means the earnings gap specific to Build.com’s own workforce cannot be verified from public records alone.
No stock buyback or dividend data is recorded under Build.com’s own name, so no missed-raise calculation or shareholder-payout total can be constructed for this company specifically. The full picture of how cash is channeled across this workforce sits inside Ferguson Enterprises’ consolidated books, not in any public filing tied to Build.com.
Outside Current Tracking Coverage
No fines, violations, or legal settlements are recorded under Build.com’s name covering Q3 2024 through Q2 2026. Total penalties stand at $0 in the matched data, and no offense categories — workplace safety, consumer protection, environmental, or otherwise — appear. No public subsidy awards are recorded either. As with the other sections, this reflects what public records currently show under Build.com’s name, not a confirmed finding that no infractions or awards exist. Records held under Ferguson Enterprises’ name, or not yet linked to Build.com in any tracked database, would not appear here.
The Data Evidence
No violations data, subsidy data, SEC 10-K buyback filing, or standalone executive pay filing is publicly available under Build.com’s own name — a direct consequence of its status as a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferguson Enterprises Inc rather than an independent public filer.