# Warners' Stellian Appliance Co. Inc.

> Warners' Stellian is Minnesota's largest independent major-appliance retailer, a family-owned business born in a 3,000-square-foot St. Paul storefront in 1951. A former bookkeeper named Jim Warner bought the shop in 1971, added his family's name, and handed it to his nine children. Today it runs showrooms across Minnesota, Iowa and the Kansas City metro, delivers on its own branded trucks, and has grown well past appliances into in-house plumbing, water treatment and one of the region's most aggressive appliance-recycling programs.

- **Founded:** 1951
- **Headquarters:** Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
- **Founders:** Steve Farkas (Co-founder, original Stellian Company (1951)), Lillian Farkas (Co-founder, original Stellian Company (1951)), Jim Warner (Owner who bought and renamed the company (1971))
- **Team size:** ~530 employees
- **Products:** Major kitchen appliances, Laundry, Home comfort and outdoor, In-home delivery and installation, Appliance repair and service
- **Notable:** Minnesota's largest independent major-appliance retailer., More than 70 years family-owned and operated, now into a third generation., Grew from a single 3,000-square-foot store to showrooms across three states.

## Products & services

- **Major kitchen appliances** — Refrigerators, ranges, cooktops, wall ovens, dishwashers and microwaves across mainstream and luxury brands including Sub-Zero, Wolf, Viking, Miele, Bosch, Maytag, Whirlpool, GE and Frigidaire.
- **Laundry** — Washers and dryers, including a strong lineup of American-made Speed Queen commercial-grade machines.
- **Home comfort and outdoor** — Water heaters, furnaces, air conditioners and outdoor grills.
- **In-home delivery and installation** — Deliveries and installs handled by the company's own uniformed crews on branded trucks, with haul-away of old units.
- **Appliance repair and service** — Factory-authorized service and repair on the brands it sells.
- **Warners' Stellian Plumbing** — Licensed in-house plumbing services for homeowners across the Twin Cities and Des Moines metros.
- **Water treatment (Water Doctors)** — Free water testing, water softeners, reverse-osmosis systems and PFAS filtration, installed and serviced by the company's plumbers.
- **Appliance recycling** — Recycling program that diverts appliances and foam packaging from landfills - the company says none of the packaging material ends up in a landfill.
- **Contract / builder sales** — B2B division serving builders, remodelers, architects, designers, HVAC and countertop trades.
- **E-commerce** — Full online store with financing options and rebate support at warnersstellian.com.

## Achievements

- Minnesota's largest independent major-appliance retailer.
- More than 70 years family-owned and operated, now into a third generation.
- Grew from a single 3,000-square-foot store to showrooms across three states.
- Expanded outside Minnesota for the first time in a generation, opening its first Kansas City metro store in Leawood in June 2024.
- Built in-house plumbing and water-treatment divisions, turning an appliance store into a home-services company.
- Runs a recycling program that diverts appliance foam packaging from landfills.

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Opened its first Kansas City metro store in Leawood, Kansas, at the Cornerstone of Leawood - the company's first location outside Minnesota and Iowa.
- **2023-01** — Expanded in-house Warners' Stellian Plumbing services across the Twin Cities and Des Moines.
- **2025-05** — Continued promoting its appliance and foam-packaging recycling program, keeping material out of landfills.

## Links

- Website: https://warnersstellian.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/warnersstellian
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/warnersstellian
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/warnersstellian
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/warnersstellian/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/warnersstellian

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Last updated: 2026-08-20