In two years, this group has grown to 156 members, mostly independent family-owned HVACR distributors.
Traditionally, buying groups are not member-owned and have third-party involvement. They are fully or partially owned by a third party (non-member) and often do not open their books to their members. The members merely pay an annual/monthly membership fee for the right to purchase products through them. Usually, buying groups provide different classes of membership based on the volume purchased.