About McAllister Painting
AL's longest-serving commercial and industrial painting contractor.
Don McAllister founded the company in 1969 in Slocomb, Alabama. More than five decades later, McAllister Painting LLC still works from County Road 28, still answers the phone during office hours, and still does the kind of work that gets a contractor called back: commercial and industrial painting, floor coatings, protective coatings and interior finishes across five states.
- Founded 1969 by Don McAllister
- Based in Slocomb, Alabama
- Family owned, more than 100 team members
- Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee
- 1969Founded by Don McAllister in Slocomb, Alabama
- 3 generationsDon, Jason and Weston: a family tradition since 1969
- 100+ team membersCrews, supervisors and office staff
- 5 statesAlabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee
Our story
A Family Tradition Since 1969
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1969
Don McAllister founds the company
Don McAllister founded McAllister Painting, LLC in 1969, beginning a family tradition that continues more than five decades later. What he started has become a business shaped by generations of hands-on experience, hard work, and pride in the McAllister name.
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Second generation
Jason McAllister grows up in the business
For Jason McAllister, the company was part of everyday life growing up. He spent his younger years on job sites and continued working in the business throughout high school. After graduation, he went straight to work for the company full time, building on the experience he had gained over the years. His understanding of the business comes from a lifetime spent doing the work and working alongside the people who make it happen.
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Third generation
Weston Spivey learns the trade
Don's grandson, Weston Spivey, followed a similar path. As a homeschooled student, Weston often worked on job sites for his uncle, Jason, learning the trade and the responsibilities that come with it. Those years gave him an early appreciation for quality workmanship, teamwork, and the effort required to see a project through from start to finish.
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2022
Ownership passes to the next generation
In 2022, Weston acquired the ownership shares held by his grandfather as Don officially retired from his full-time role. Today, Weston and Jason run the company's day-to-day operations, combining their experience to guide its continued growth. Don remains involved in the business, working part time and maintaining a connection to the company he founded.
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Today
More than 100 team members
McAllister Painting now has more than 100 team members, each contributing to the work and reputation we continue to build. We are proud of our family's history and equally proud of the dedicated people who are helping write the next chapter.
From the job sites where Jason and Weston grew up to the projects our crews take on today, our story is still being built through the work we do every day.
- Founded
- 1969, by Don McAllister
- Leadership
- Weston Spivey and Jason McAllister run day-to-day operations
- Founder
- Don McAllister, still involved part time
- Team
- More than 100 team members
What we do
Built on the buildings of the Wiregrass, and well beyond it.
When Don McAllister started painting in 1969, the Wiregrass was a region of farms, small towns and the businesses that served them. As the region grew, so did the work: warehouses and distribution buildings, manufacturing plants, schools, hospitals, retail centers, offices and the commercial properties that line the highways between Dothan, the state lines and beyond.
McAllister Painting grew with it, from painting to the full finish scope a commercial building needs: floor coatings, protective coatings for steel and masonry, ceilings and grid systems, drywall, metal stud framing, specialty finishes and exterior moisture protection. Today the company works as a subcontractor to general contractors on new construction and build-outs, and directly for owners, facility managers and school districts on buildings that are already occupied.
The address has not changed and neither has the standard. Plan the job properly, prepare the surface properly, apply the right system, and check the work before the client does.
How we work
A quality-focused approach, in practice.
Every McAllister project runs through planning, preparation, application and quality control. Here is what that means on your building.
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Planning comes first
We walk the site, read the drawings and the specification, and agree the sequence, access and downtime with you before anyone is scheduled. Commercial work lives or dies on the plan.
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Preparation gets the time it needs
Most finish failures start underneath. Cleaning, repairs, profiling and priming are where the labor goes, because they decide how long the finish lasts.
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The right system, applied right
Products are chosen for the substrate and the use, then applied the way the manufacturer intends. Spray, roll, trowel or brush, whatever the surface and the schedule call for.
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Quality control before handover
Each stage is inspected before the next one starts. The finished work is walked with you, and the site is left clean.
The work
Floors, walls, ceilings, steel and exteriors.
Commercial and industrial painting is a wide scope. These are the surfaces McAllister crews work on week to week.
Who we work for
Contractors who need a sub that shows up. Owners who need a building that keeps running.
General contractors bring McAllister in for Division 9 finishes because one experienced crew covering framing, drywall, ceilings, paint and floors means fewer handoffs and fewer gaps in the schedule.
Facility managers, school districts, hospitals, retail property managers and business owners call us directly because their building cannot close for a repaint or a floor. We plan around shifts, school calendars and trading hours, and we leave the site the way we found it.
General contractors
Division 9 finish packages on new construction and tenant build-outs.
Commercial property owners
Repaints, exteriors and finish upgrades on multi-tenant and single-tenant buildings.
Industrial facility managers
Floor coatings, protective coatings and overhead painting in working plants.
Healthcare and government
Hospitals, veterans homes and county facilities painted after hours and to specification.
Schools and institutions
Classrooms, corridors and floors scheduled around the academic calendar.
Retail and developers
Storefronts and sales floors after hours, and finish-out for new centers.
Geographic reach
Rooted in Slocomb. Working across five states.
The shop is on County Road 28 in Slocomb, in the heart of the Wiregrass, a short drive from the Florida and Georgia lines. Crews travel for commercial and industrial projects throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee.
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Alabama
Home base. Working from Slocomb, in the heart of the Wiregrass, since 1969.
Home base - FL
Florida
The Panhandle and beyond, a short drive from the shop.
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Georgia
Southwest Georgia shares the Wiregrass with Slocomb. Crews travel statewide.
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Mississippi
Commercial and industrial projects planned and supervised the same way as at home.
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Tennessee
Crews travel north for commercial and healthcare projects, including VA medical center work in Nashville.
Put a contractor with real history on your project.
Since 1969, McAllister Painting has planned, prepared and delivered finish work across the Southeast. Tell us about your building and we will tell you how we would approach it.