JLM Painting buys first headquarters after Petaluma award

JLM Painting says it has bought its first owner-occupied headquarters in Petaluma after being named the city’s 2025 Best Painter. The family-owned contractor is also expanding local operations, adding services and preparing a Boys & Girls Club pool repaint in June 2026.

Why it matters: - JLM Painting’s new headquarters gives the Petaluma contractor a permanent base after more than a decade in leased space. - The move supports a larger local footprint across Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties as the company expands crews, services and project capacity. - The company’s community work, including a Boys & Girls Club repaint, ties the expansion to local visibility and customer relationships.

What happened: - JLM Painting said it purchased its first owner-occupied headquarters in Petaluma after being named 2025 Best Painter in Petaluma. - The family-owned company was founded in 2014 by Jeremy Lee Martin. - JLM Painting employs 29 painters and runs 8 to 10 active jobsites each week across Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties. - The company launched JLM Construction Services in 2024 to add drywall repair and dry rot repair services.

The details: - The new Petaluma headquarters is under construction and is expected to become operational in six to eight months. - The facility is planned to include offices, equipment storage, material staging areas, fleet parking and operational space for residential and commercial painting crews. - Martin said the new building is the first one designed around how the company’s crews work every day. - JLM Painting has operated from leased facilities since 2014. - The company’s services include residential painting, commercial painting, multifamily repainting, exterior painting, interior painting, waterproof coatings, epoxy concrete coatings and architectural coatings. - JLM Painting also provides HOA and property management repainting, drywall repair and dry rot repair. - Residential work comes mainly from referrals, repeat customers and neighborhood visibility from active jobsites. - Commercial and multifamily work comes mainly from property managers, developers and commercial building operators. - Recent work includes Western Oaks, a 350-unit multifamily apartment community repaint project in Northern California. - JLM Painting completed two phases of that project in 2025 and is scheduled to begin the third phase in June 2026. - Every residential, commercial and multifamily project includes a one-year workmanship warranty. - Martin personally visits every active JLM Painting jobsite.

Between the lines: - The award and headquarters purchase signal that JLM Painting is trying to turn local reputation into a longer-term operating platform. - The company’s apprentice training system appears to be a key retention tool. - Of the company’s 29 painters, 15 have stayed for eight to 10 years after joining through that system. - Martin brings more than 25 years of painting industry experience. - Before starting JLM Painting, Martin spent 10 years as a manufacturer’s representative for Kelly Moore Paints and then worked in commercial estimating for a Marin County painting contractor. - The company says its local project pipeline is supported by repeat business, active jobsites and community involvement. - JLM Painting has supported Petaluma Valley Little League, Petaluma Girls Softball Association and other youth sports and community programs since 2019. - The company has maintained an active presence in local community projects in Petaluma for more than seven years. - JLM Painting has said the Boys & Girls Club pool repaint in June 2026 is meant to help local families and children.

What’s next: - JLM Painting crews are scheduled to donate a complete repaint of the Boys & Girls Club of Petaluma pool area in June 2026. - The Petaluma headquarters is expected to open within six to eight months once construction is finished. - The company said it plans to keep serving Petaluma, Sonoma County and the North Bay for decades.

The bottom line: - JLM Painting is using a city award, a permanent headquarters and community projects to deepen its role in the North Bay market.