Clancy's Commercial is a division of R. Bertelsen & Son Incorporated. Rick Bertelsen started in the paint sales business thirty years ago, but the family legacy began much earlier than that. Altman Bertelsen, Rick's grandfather began his painting business in 1927. Rick's father, Eric eventually took over and Rick worked alongside his dad learning all there is to know about painting and he too took over the family business. Rick took his knowledge, experience and family tradition and bought an existing paint store in London from which he built a very successful business.

In 2002, Rick's son Eric branched out into the commercial coatings business. He started out of the back of one of the paint stores and within a year had outgrown that. Eric's drive and determination continued to see the business grow and quickly outgrew two more facilities; this brought us to our current operation. The meteoric rise and capture of market share in Southwestern Ontario was unprecedented. Clancy's Commercial won, and continues to win many awards for it's outstanding sales growth. Throughout this growth period, Eric continued to hone his business skills and sales expertise. Eventually the task became to large for one person; we now have three full-time, outside sales representatives.

Realizing that we had the opportunity to build a different kind of commercial business, we wanted to use our many years of retail paint sales knowledge and give our customers a unique commercial buying experience. We wanted to offer innovative products that were customized to our individual customer's needs. Luckily, we already had someone that had become a master tinter. Jeremiah Phinnemore took on the challenge of creating customized stain colours and heading the team to invent amazing new styles of finish. The combination of family tradition and values, combined with Eric's sales talent, drive and determination, as well as Jeremiah's technical expertise, place Clancy's Commercial on the leading edge of the coatings industry in Canada.