The story
In 2005, Home Depot acquired National Waterworks Holdings. It was merged with Hughes Supply and became HD Supply Waterworks.
In August 2017, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquired HD Supply Waterworks and changed its name to Core & Main.
In July 2021, the company became a public company via an initial public offering.
From Wikipedia’s article on Core & Main, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.8