A few years after coming to the U.S. from Germany, Abraham Kent started a small hardware store on Cabrillo Street in 1955. As work picked up, Kent got a contractor’s license and Cabrillo Hardware became Cabrillo Plumbing.
Current owner and President Jeff Meehan connected with the company in 1973. He worked as an apprentice plumber during the day and went to college at night to study business. Meehan left the company to start his own plumbing business, which he operated for eight years before returning as the owner of Cabrillo in 1990. Kent retired shortly thereafter, and in 1992, Cabrillo added HVAC to the business.