Name

EVO Group

Legal name

evo Business Supplies Limited

Website

https://evo-group.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1786

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Supplies Distribution

NAICS

Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (42342)

SIC

Wholesale-Misc Durable Goods (5090)

akta.pro primary industry

Last-Mile & Delivery Fleet Rental/Leasing (Vans, Box Trucks, Cargo Bikes) (TLABAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

EV Passenger Vehicle Leasing (Cars/SUVs) (TLABAAAH)

Keywords

• Business supplies distribution
• Workplace products wholesale
• Office supplies distribution
• B2B procurement services
• Multi-channel distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Sheffield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. B2B Distribution of Business Supplies: Core revenue from buying, stocking and reselling multi-category business supplies (office products, cleaning, catering, janitorial, PPE, etc.) from world-leading suppliers to customers across the UK and Ireland via the Banner, Premier Vanguard and Staples.co.uk channels.
2. Wholesale Distribution to Resellers: VOW Wholesale distributes business supplies at scale to a loyal network of independent dealer/reseller partners across the UK and Ireland, generating wholesale margin on volume.
3. Logistics & Transport Services (Truline): Managed delivery and transport services via Truline, providing next-day delivery and drop-ship fulfilment to internal operating companies and third parties; 1 million+ parcels delivered per month with >96% on-time KPI.
4. Card Payment Hardware Distribution (SumUp partnership): Distribution of fixed-fee SumUp card readers and payment devices (including SumUp Air) to evo's B2B customer base, with revenue share on hardware and ongoing transaction revenue.
5. Branded Products (evo Brands): Sales of proprietary evo-owned brands to customers, complementing the third-party supplier portfolio.
6. Public Sector Framework Contracts: Long-term framework agreements with public sector bodies (e.g. Irish OGP framework for ITC held by Banner Ireland; Scottish Government framework for IT consumables).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels10 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

EVO Group buys, stocks, sells and ships multi-category workplace supplies (office products, cleaning & hygiene, catering, janitorial, PPE, furniture and IT consumables) from world-leading suppliers to UK and Ireland customers. It operates an integrated multi-channel platform combining direct sales, wholesale distribution, e-commerce and in-house logistics, with over £35m of stock held across 32 locations and a 350+ vehicle fleet delivering more than one million parcels per month.

Product overview

evo Group is a UK and Ireland multi-channel distribution holding company rather than a single unified software product. Its core offering is an integrated logistics, distribution, sourcing, storage and procurement platform that connects world-leading suppliers with end customers through dedicated sub-brand sales channels. The platform combines six operating sub-brands — Banner (full-service business supplies including public sector), VOW Wholesale (UK business supplies wholesaler), VOW Ireland (ROI wholesaler), Staples.co.uk (online retail), Premier Vanguard (specialist supplies), and Truline (in-house transport/logistics delivering 1m+ parcels per month) — with the recently acquired Complete (Complete Business Solutions) extending the group's supplies and services portfolio. This structure allows evo to serve everything from large public sector procurement contracts to local SMEs via category-specialist sales teams, eCommerce sites (including a customer self-serve portal launched in 2021) and Truline's nationwide delivery fleet.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Banner: Full-service business supplies distribution company operating within the evo Group.
• VOW Wholesale
• VOW Ireland
• Staples
• Premier Vanguard
• Truline
• Complete

Products and services

• Banner Full-service business supplies distribution arm of evo Group, supplying workplace and facilities products to public sector and commercial customers across the UK and Ireland, including public sector procurement frameworks.
• VOW Wholesale
• VOW Ireland Wholesale distribution of workplace supplies for the Republic of Ireland, offering multi-channel distribution and category-specialist teams; based at Greenogue Business Park, Dublin.
• Staples.co.uk Online retail business supplies brand in the UK offering e-commerce ordering and account management via mobile and desktop sites; serves SMBs, sole traders and home workers.
• Premier Vanguard Specialist business supplies distribution arm of evo Group serving public sector and commercial customers, led by industry veteran Dominic De Luca prior to his appointment as Group Chairman.
• Truline In-house transport and logistics arm operating a fleet of 350+ vehicles, delivering over 1 million parcels per month and more than 18,000 deliveries per day, with a growing all-electric fleet and >96% on-time KPI; also provides managed delivery and drop-ship fulfilment to internal operating companies and third parties.
• Complete (Complete Business Solutions) Acquired UK provider of business supplies and services, operating as Complete within evo Group; awarded a Silver EcoVadis sustainability rating in March 2025, placing it in the top 15% of companies assessed globally.
• Customer Self-Serve Portal Online self-service portal that allows customers to manage accounts, place orders and access information directly, increasing ease of doing business with evo Group.
• SumUp Card Reader Distribution Distribution of fixed-fee SumUp card payment devices, including the SumUp Air, to evo's B2B customer base, with revenue share on hardware and ongoing transaction revenue.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1 million parcels delivered per month
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered strategic board appointment, major acquisition / strategic expansion of vow wholesale, strategic leadership appointment, industry media partner, major acquisition saving 600+ jobs, headline event sponsor & core supplier brand, core go-to-market partner, sustainability-aligned master distributor partner, major acquisition / strategic expansion, core brand-distribution partner (ireland), sustainability-aligned brand partner and industry association partner.

• Paul Davies (Non-Executive Director)strategic board appointmentOthers · 11 February 2026Appointed non-executive director of evo Group alongside Aidan McDonough, strengthening the board (February 2026). Listed here as an advisory/governance appointment.
• Aidan McDonough (Non-Executive Director)strategic board appointmentOthers · 11 February 2026Appointed non-executive director of evo Group; stalwart of the office supplies industry with over 30 years in leadership positions at Integra (February 2026).
• Exertis UK (Exertis Supplies)major acquisition / strategic expansion of vow wholesaleStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2026January 2026: evo's VOW business signed an agreement to acquire the trade and stock of Exertis Supplies from Exertis UK; consultation with Exertis colleagues underway.
• Dominic De Luca (Chairman)strategic leadership appointmentOthers · 6 October 2025Appointed new evo Group Chairman in October 2025; previously Senior Director and co-Managing Director of Premier Vanguard, with over 40 years of industry experience.
• Workplace360industry media partnerGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 July 2025Trade publication covering the workplace supplies industry; evo features regularly including the Workplace360 40 Under 40 list (July 2025).
• Complete Business Solutions (CBS)major acquisition saving 600+ jobsStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 January 2023January 2023: EVO acquired the trade and assets of CBS via a pre-pack administration, rescuing the leading business supplies and services provider and saving more than 600 jobs; now operates as Complete within evo.
• 3M (Post-It)headline event sponsor & core supplier brandGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2023Headline sponsor of VOW Amplify 2023 and EVO Live 2022 (won best stand 2022); longstanding supplier brand distributed across evo channels.
• ACCO Brandsheadline event sponsor & core supplier brandGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2023Headline sponsor of VOW Amplify 2023; major global supplier of branded office products distributed via evo channels.
• Dettol Pro Solutions (Reckitt)headline event sponsor & core supplier brandGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2023Headline sponsor of VOW Amplify 2023 and EVO Live 2022 (won Best Newcomer 2022); Reckitt/Dettol partnership with EVO is a key distribution relationship for cleaning and hygiene products.
• SumUpcore go-to-market partnerStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 September 2022Fixed-fee card reader partnership announced September 2022; EVO distributes four portable SumUp payment devices (including the best-selling SumUp Air) to its business customer base.
• Greenspeedsustainability-aligned master distributor partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 10 February 2022EVO Ireland is now master distributor of Greenspeed's ecological cleaning product range; Dutch producer of sustainable cleaning products established nearly a quarter of a century ago.
• Staples Solutions B.V. (Staples UK book of business)major acquisition / strategic expansionStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 August 2020August 2020: Banner Group Ltd (part of evo) reached agreement to acquire the Staples UK book of business (www.staples.co.uk and staplesadvantage.co.uk) from Staples Solutions B.V., High Wycombe.
• Jabracore brand-distribution partner (ireland)Channel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial Jabra distributor for Ireland; leverages evo's supply chain connections and stock-holding capability to bring Jabra's high-quality audio and video products to customers across Ireland.
• The Cheeky Pandasustainability-aligned brand partnerChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEco-friendly bamboo paper brand distributed via evo's Banner, VOW Wholesale, Staples.co.uk and Premier Vanguard as part of evo's wider green commitment.
• BOSS (Office Supplies Industry trade association)industry association partnerOthersKey trade association for the UK and Ireland Office Supplies Industry; evo group companies regularly shortlisted for BOSS Awards (11 nominations in 2025, four wins in 2021).

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Lyreco: Lyreco is a large European family-owned B2B distributor of workplace supplies, office products and PPE with deep UK and Ireland presence. It is the most direct large-scale specialist multi-channel competitor to evo's Banner, VOW and Staples.co.uk business across overlapping product categories and customer segments.
• Spicers: Spicers is a UK and Ireland office products wholesaler serving independent dealer/reseller partners. It directly competes with VOW Wholesale on wholesale supply of business supplies to resellers in the same geography and customer type.
• Integra Office Solutions: Integra is a UK and Ireland office supplies dealer group that pools independent resellers for collective procurement power. It is a direct comparable to evo's VOW Wholesale network — and to evo's own affiliate structure — competing for the same independent dealer customers in the same UK/Ireland market.
• Nectere: Nectere is a UK buying group and distributor for independent office and workplace supplies resellers. It directly competes with VOW Wholesale and Banner for the same independent dealer base, with a similar value-add services proposition in the UK market.
• RAJA Group: RAJA Group is a European B2B distributor of packaging, workplace supplies and PPE serving SMBs and large enterprises. It overlaps directly with evo's multi-category business supplies proposition in cleaning, hygiene, PPE and facility categories across European geographies.

Broad incumbents

• ODP Corporation (Office Depot): ODP Corporation (parent of Office Depot and Veyer) is a large North American office supplies and business services distributor with global operations. It is a broad incumbent competing with evo in the same product category at much larger scale, including via Staples Solutions B.V. from which evo acquired the UK book of business.
• Staples Inc. (US): Staples Inc. is the US-listed global office supplies retailer and former parent of Staples Solutions B.V., from which evo acquired the Staples UK book of business in 2020. It is the global brand incumbent from which evo's Staples.co.uk channel originates, and competes indirectly through shared brand DNA and procurement scale.
• Exertis UK: Exertis is a large UK broadline technology distributor (DCC Technology) that is divesting its office supplies trade and stock to evo's VOW Wholesale (January 2026). As a former market participant in the same wholesale supplies space, Exertis is a directly comparable distributor for benchmarking scale, channel and product breadth.
• Antalis (KPP Group): Antalis, part of Kokusai Pulp & Paper, is a European distributor of paper, packaging and visual communication substrates. It is a broad incumbent with comparable logistics and distribution scale that competes with evo's office and workplace supplies categories, particularly in print consumables and janitorial.
• Westcoast: Westcoast is the UK's largest independent broadline IT distributor. It is an adjacent comparable to evo given the overlap in IT consumables (where Banner holds the Scottish Government and Irish OGP frameworks) and similar ABL-funded distribution economics in the UK B2B channel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/evogroupcareers

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A2 records

Investments

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