In May of 1932, Ben and Gladys Nybakke drove over the viaduct leading into downtown Bloomington, Illinois and observed the beautiful trees that lined the streets. Gladys commented that Bloomington would be a wonderful place to call home and it would be the last move they would make.  August 8th of that same year Bernie was born.

In the mid 1950's, they moved the business to East Front Street across from the old Fire Station in downtown Bloomington.  Ben operated the store until his death in 1966.  Gladys took over the operation of the store and ran the business until Bernie & Carol returned to Bloomington.  Their two sons, David and Terry joined the business in the 1970's.  With the enormous growth of the business, it was required to relocate the business to a more accessible location for retail with more convenient parking. In 1993, the business was relocated to 814 IAA Drive. 

David and Terry now own and operate the family business.  As part of the third generation team to run the business, they understand the strength of their company is understanding their customers. The fourth generation of Nybakke, Mark Nybakke and Megan Nybakke, are now involved with the business.  To successfully run one of the most premier vacuum cleaner sales dealerships in America, Nybakke Vacuum Shop Inc., has committed employees with strong family values like, John Klepper, Jim Whittinghill, Randy Short and Mike Rath. 

The future is offering more of the very best products in performance and quality that is available on the market today. Not only offering the very best vacuum cleaners but also expanding into offering to Central Illinois;

• the very best kitchen and laundry products with the Miele appliances.
• the very best in air filtration with portable and whole house purifiers by IQAir.
• the most powerful central vacuum systems by MD Manufacturing
• zone heaters that are the safest,most efficient in the industry by Solar Comfort
• energy efficient radiant floor warming system by Step Warmfloor