At Aladdin, we love to share the joy that comes with owning a pool. From our initial retail and service locations, we grew into a leading manufacturer in the pool industry.
OUR HISTORY
H.E. Buddy Combest, Buddy, installs his own pool and founds Aladdin Swimming Pool Service and Supplies, Inc.
Aladdin opens the first of five retail stores from the San Fernando Valley to San Diego and Las Vegas.
Aladdin Equipment, Inc. is born. The company moves into a manufacturing building.
Buddy creates and patents Dura Vac, a pool vacuum that doesn’t leave marks on the pool bottom and portable filter units used at Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm. He also starts making coated metal baskets for his own service men and customers. Through word of mouth, multiple orders start coming in.
Buddy helps design and manufacture customized baskets to help clean the rivers and water in the Palm Springs area.
Buddy helps rebuild the water features and enclose the propellers of retired British ocean liner Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA.
Aladdin moves into a manufacturing building in Huntington Beach, CA.
Lindy Smith, Buddy and Lindy’s daughter, takes lead ownership of Aladdin.
Buddy helps build and specialize the water features at Camp Snoopy theme park at Knotts Berry Farm.
Aladdin moves from Huntington Beach to Sarasota, FL.
Carrie Collins, one of Lindy’s twin daughters, takes lead ownership of the company with a vision to continue Aladdin’s legacy and move the company into the future.
As part of Aladdin’s commitment to thinking ahead, the company launches e-commerce to make the products available online and meet customers where they are at.
LOCALLY MADE
For 70 years, we’ve manufactured products in the US and will
continue that commitment into the future.
OUR ORIGIN STORY
It all started in 1950 in Bell Gardens, CA, with the family pool of Buddy and Lindy Combest.
Home pool construction was booming but pool service providers were hard to come by,
so when the Combest’s pool needed repairs, Buddy decided to fix it himself.
What began as a mom and pop shop in the family garage quickly transformed into a thriving business. Within a year, Aladdin Service grew from 8 clients to 100. In 1958, the Combests opened the first of five retail stores that spread from the San Fernando Valley to San Diego and Las Vegas.
At the same time, the manufacturing arm of the business was just getting started. Having difficulty finding replacement parts for the pools they serviced, Bud made much of his own equipment, starting with baskets for skimmers he crafted out of chicken wire. Soon other retailers were asking to supply Aladdin products in their stores.
In 1960, Bud sold Aladdin Pool Service and formed Aladdin Equipment Company to focus on manufacturing. By 1963, the Aladdin product line included pool vacuum cleaners, baskets, pumps, and filter units, with nearly all of the products designed by Bud. In 1989, the Combests relocated the business to Sarasota, FL, where operations remain today.
Seventy years ago, we started our business as a customer ourselves. From product innovation to after-sales support, we put the customer first.
We’ve set industry standards for quality and reliability by continuously improving on what we do.
The future of pools is as exciting as the past. Making our products more available and our industry more sustainable is an ongoing commitment.
We believe giving back is essential to building a thriving business. We stay engaged with our communities through charitable donations and other actions.
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