Material sourcing for contractors
Tell Fombee what you need — a product, a part number, a photo of the label. It finds the nearby suppliers who have it, confirms it's in stock, and shows you the price. No calling around. No wasted trips. No crew standing idle.
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Every contractor knows the morning that goes sideways: the sealant, the fitting, the grout, the bit — something isn't on the truck, three branches say "we can order it," and a crew of five is on the clock doing nothing. Fombee ends that morning.
Industry research on North American construction productivity, scaled to the Canadian market.
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Your numbers, your math — crew × rate × hours. Fombee's job is to take those hours to zero.
A $35 fitting held up the whole job. Three guys sat in the truck for most of a day while I drove around looking for it. That one part cost me more than the rest of the week's materials.
I usually send two or three guys out to different stores at the same time and hope one of them comes back with it. That's just what Monday mornings look like.
The supplier's website said 12 in stock. I drove 40 minutes and there were none. If someone had just confirmed it, I'd have gone to the other branch and been done by ten.
Backorder on one tile trim pushed the whole finishing schedule out a week. I'd have taken a different trim in a heartbeat if someone had shown me one that matched and where it was.
Fombee finds it, confirms it and prices it — so your crew builds instead of waits.
Product name, part number, a photo of the label or a plain description. Odd items and specialty products included — not just what's in every catalogue.
Big-box, distributors, independents and specialty shops in your area — including the ones you didn't know carried it.
Fombee verifies it's on the shelf and what it costs before you move, so the one trip you make is the right one.
Fombee checks live supplier information first and follows up with the branch directly when a confirmation is needed — so what you see is what's actually there.
Sometimes the product you asked for isn't on a shelf within reach — backordered everywhere, discontinued, or just not stocked in your area. Fombee doesn't stop at "no."
It finds the alternatives that do the same job and shows you the evidence: how the spec compares against the manufacturer's data, which approvals and certifications match, where it's in stock right now, and when that stock was confirmed. You make the call with the facts in front of you — and the crew keeps working.
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One crew or thirty. Electrical, plumbing, HVAC, concrete, finishing, general — the materials differ, the problem doesn't. Fombee gives you back the hours and keeps the schedule intact.
Help nearby contractors find what you sell. Fombee puts your inventory in front of buyers at the moment they need it — including the specialty stock that never shows up in a search.
We're launching in the Greater Toronto Area first and expanding across Ontario. Early-access members get in before everyone else and help decide which trades and regions come first.
We'll be in touch before launch. Got a sourcing headache you'd like us to test Fombee against? Reply to the confirmation email and tell us.