<p>The Home Depot Inc., the nation's largest home improvement store chain, said Monday it has bought the Chem-Dry carpet and upholstery cleaning provider to add to its home installation business.</p><p>Terms of the deal between Atlanta-based Home Depot and Logan, Utah-based Chem-Dry were not disclosed.</p><p>Chem-Dry will become part of Home Depot's at-home services division, which provides installations of flooring, roofing and cabinetry. Chem-Dry's leadership team will remain in place, Home Depot said.</p><p>Home Depot said it has not been determined yet if the Chem-Dry franchises will be carrying the Home Depot name.</p><p>Home Depot, with 2,012 stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico and 325,000 employees, recorded $73.1 billion in revenue in 2004. It has not reported full-year revenue for 2005 yet. Chem-Dry, a privately held company with 65 corporate employees and 4,000 franchises worldwide, does not list revenue figures on its Web site. Officials for Chem-Dry and Home Depot did not disclose how many people work at the independently owned and operated franchises, nor how much Chem-Dry's annual revenue was last year.</p><p>It has been determined yet if the Chem-Dry or Home Depot or both possibly both will be branded on the service.</p>
