Gabe's

Gabriel Brothers, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Retail
Founded	January 1, 1961 (1961-01-01) in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
Founder	James Gabriel, Arthur Gabriel
Headquarters	Morgantown , United States
Area served	Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Southeast United States (20 states)
Products	Off-price department store goods
Owner	Warburg Pincus

Gabriel Brothers, Inc., operating under the trade name Gabe's, is a U.S.-based off-price department store chain with its headquarters located in Morgantown, West Virginia. By 2023, Gabe's operates 131 retail locations along with 38 Old Time Pottery outlets spanning 20 states. The company is supported by six distribution hubs that cater to the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Southeast regions.

History

Interior of a Gabe's store in Perrysburg, Ohio

The origins of the business trace back to the early 1920s when Zaghieb G. "Z.G." Gabriel began vending goods from a green-paneled truck equipped with shelves and drawers. Traveling through the coal-mining communities of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, he built relationships with customers while recognizing the demand for affordable products. Z.G. would hop freight trains headed for New York City, carrying empty duffle bags to purchase surplus inventory from various stores. He then returned to sell these items at significantly reduced prices.Template:Fix/category

In 1961, Z.G.'s sons, James and Arthur Gabriel, established Gabriel Brothers in Morgantown, West Virginia. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, under their leadership, Gabe's expanded its footprint into states such as Maryland, Ohio, and Virginia.

On March 21, 2012, the Gabriel family divested their majority ownership to Alvarez & Marsal Capital, a private equity firm based in New York City. The following year, the stores underwent rebranding to "Gabe's," although the corporate name remained Gabriel Brothers.

Subsequently, on December 22, 2016, Alvarez & Marsal Capital transferred its ownership stake to Warburg Pincus, another private equity firm headquartered in New York City.

In April 2023, Gabe's expanded its portfolio by acquiring Old Time Pottery, a home goods retailer based in Tennessee.

By 2024, Gabe's operates 131 stores alongside 34 Old Time Pottery locations across twenty states including Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.