Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Lawson Products, Inc. (the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information, the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not contain all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles. Reference should be made to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. In the opinion of the Company, all normal recurring adjustments have been made that are necessary to present fairly the results of operations for the interim periods. Operating results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2015. Certain reclassifications have been made to the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet for December 31, 2014 to conform to current period presentation.

The Company operates in one reportable segment as Maintenance, Repair and Operations ("MRO") distributors of products and services to the industrial, commercial, institutional, and governmental maintenance, repair and operations marketplace. In the third quarter of 2015, the Company completed an acquisition of a small auto body parts distributor for an immaterial purchase price resulting in $0.3 million of goodwill being recorded in other assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet.

There have been no material changes in the Company's significant accounting policies during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 as compared to the significant accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.