Barnes Welding Supply was one of eight family-owned businesses honored by The Business Journal as its 2026 Family-Owned Business Awards (FOBA) honorees. According to The Business Journal, “The eight companies recognized as 2026 Family Owned Business Awards honorees by The Business Journal represent more than a century of combined leadership, resilience and succession planning across California’s Central Valley. What unites them is something far less tangible than their products or services: generations of family members working side by side through economic downturns, changing industries and evolving customer demands.”
Their write-up of Barnes Welding Supply was titled “Barnes Welding Supply: Quietly growing for nearly 80 years”
For nearly 80 years, Barnes Welding Supply has been building a legacy through its dedication to customer satisfaction and a positive work environment built on teamwork and collaboration.
Founded in 1949 by Lawrence J. “Pop” Barnes, the company operates 13 retail stores serving the agriculture and fabrication industries, with locations in Fresno, Clovis, Fowler, Visalia, Porterville, Bakersfield, Modesto, Turlock, Stockton, Sacramento, West Sacramento, Citrus Heights and — the lone coastal outpost — Salinas.
Today the company is led by three generations: Chairman Lawrence T. “Red” Barnes, President Mike Barnes and his son, Vice President Mikey Barnes.
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