MiEN Company

What MiEN Company does

MiEN Company is a privately-held U.S. manufacturer of educational furniture founded in 2012 and headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with 51–100 employees. The company designs, produces, and distributes flexible, mobile, and height-adjustable furniture — including desks, tables, soft seating, task seating, storage, teacher work stations, and esports furnishings — engineered for K-12 classrooms, libraries/media centers, makerspaces, higher education learning environments, and select corporate office settings. Signature lines include the KIO Series (with multi-patented configurations such as KIO Tinker, protected under U.S. Patent Nos. 12,171,332 and D984181), the Chameleon Lounge™ modular seating system, FLEX Soft Seating, GROW Soft Seating, OTM Height Adjustable Flip-Top Tables, and the SHARE Collaboration Table with integrated power. Products carry a broad compliance footprint — ADA, ANSI/BIFMA, CAL 117/133, CARB, ETL, GREENGUARD, UL, and FSC certifications — supporting specification in regulated institutional procurement.

Name

MiEN Company

Legal name

MiEN Company

Website

https://miencompany.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

MiEN Company is a privately-held, Grand Rapids-based manufacturer of flexible, mobile, and adaptable educational furniture serving K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and select corporate offices with design, sales, and dealer distribution across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Furniture

NAICS

Institutional Furniture Manufacturing (337127), Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing (3372)

SIC

Office Furniture (2520), Miscellaneous Furniture & Fixtures (2590)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAEAIAA

Classroom & Student Furniture (Desks, Chairs, Tables, Storage)

Education/Education Facilities & Support Services/Education Supplies, Equipment & Furniture Procurement

Keywords

• Educational furniture
• Active learning furniture
• Collaborative classroom furniture
• Flexible mobile seating
• Height adjustable tables

Headquarters

HQ city

Grand Rapids

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Educational Furniture Sales: Primary revenue stream from designing, manufacturing, and selling educational furniture including desks, tables, seating, storage, and work stations to K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and offices.
2. Design Services: The company offers design support services including space planning, layout consultation, and design assistance as part of the customer purchase experience, potentially bundled with product sales.
3. Quick Ship Program: Premium delivery service for time-sensitive projects, allowing customers to receive furniture faster than standard lead times.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

MiEN Company designs, manufactures, and sells flexible educational furniture — including soft seating, desks and tables, task seating, teacher and lecture workstations, storage, and accessories — to K-12 schools, higher education institutions, and corporate offices. Sales are executed through a U.S. dealer network and direct design-consultation engagements, with products engineered for mobility, height adjustability, integrated power, and ADA compliance to support active and collaborative 21st-century learning.

Product overview

MiEN Company is a manufacturer of 21st-century education furniture designed to promote student engagement and creative thinking. The product portfolio centers on flexible, adaptable furniture with mobile and collaborative features that support modern learning concepts. The core offering includes multiple product series organized by function: (1) Soft Seating series including Chameleon Lounge™, FLEX Soft Seating, GROW Soft Seating, Gecko Green Soft Seating, BAY Lounge Chair, and Sabal Reading Tree; (2) Desk & Tables series including KIO Tables, KIO Tinker, SHARE Collaboration Table, OTM Height Adjustable Flip-Top Table, EDGE Multi-Purpose Table, MUST+ Sit-2-Stand Table & Lectern, HMU Dual Column Adjustable Height Table, BRB+ Flip-Top Training Table, and TLC Slim Cantilever Student Desk; (3) Seating including Tauri™, OAR 4-Leg Nesting Chair, HIH Pneumatic Stool, Hard RKR Stool, RKR Adjustable Stool, and Levi Esports Task Chair; (4) Work Stations including Esports Shoutcasting Station, THX Teacher Stations, L2 Dual Purpose Teacher Stations, and 2G2BT Lecture & Presentation Stations; (5) Storage including Divide Mobile Storage Markerboards, Junior Student Storage Bench, KIO Storage, and KIO 360 Bookcase; (6) Accessories including Volt Charging Stations. Products are available by space category (Classroom, Library & Media Center, Makerspace, Esports, Higher Education, Office, Common Areas, Cafe & Lounge, Teacher Workrooms, Montessori, SEL) and by compliance (ADA Compliant, ANSI & BIFMA, CAL 117, CAL 133, CARB, ETL Listed, GREENGUARD, UL Listed).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ecolution Design: A related design platform focused on learning space design solutions.
• PD by MiEN
• Powered by MiEN

Products and services

• Chameleon Lounge™ Series

Quantifiable outcome

• Schools report 30% fewer asthma incidents and sick days after upgrading materials and filters with healthy, low-VOC furniture
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PD by MiEN (emPOWERED PD)coreStrategic or Co-development PartneremPOWERED PD is a professional development platform powered by MiEN that provides educational content on learning space design, universal design for learning, and effective furniture implementation. MiEN's Chief Education Strategist Katelyn Forcucci leads this initiative, indicating a strategic investment in thought leadership and educational content development.
• Ecolution DesignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcolution Design is referenced as a related company/brand alongside MiEN Company, suggesting an affiliated design consultancy focused on sustainable and circular economy approaches to furniture and learning space design.
• Powered by MiENminorOthersPowered by MiEN appears to be a related initiative or brand extension, potentially representing a co-branding or licensing arrangement for MiEN-powered learning environment solutions.
• My Resource Library (MRL Binder)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerMy Resource Library (MRL Binder) is referenced as a resource partner, providing digital resource management and content distribution capabilities for MiEN's educational materials and product resources.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• National Public Seating: U.S. manufacturer of institutional and educational furniture, including chairs, folding tables, and classroom products. Comparable in K-12/institutional target market and dealer-based distribution.
• Jonti-Craft: Manufacturer of early-childhood and elementary classroom furniture, storage, and learning materials. Comparable in the K-12 segment, especially for early-elementary, Montessori, and makerspace-style products like MiEN's Gecko Green line.
• Virco: Public U.S. manufacturer of educational furniture (desks, chairs, tables, storage) for K-12 and higher education, sold through dealers. Directly comparable to MiEN in target customer, product mix, and dealer-led distribution.
• KI (Kramer International): Large U.S. contract furniture manufacturer with a dedicated K-12 and higher education portfolio (desks, seating, collaborative tables). Comparable in serving institutional education buyers through dealer networks, but at materially greater scale.
• Smith System: Manufacturer of K-12 classroom furniture, including flexible and active-learning tables, chairs, and student desks. Closely comparable niche education-furniture competitor with similar school-district go-to-market.
• Fleetwood Furniture: U.S. manufacturer of school and institutional furniture (desks, chairs, tables, computer stations). Comparable niche peer targeting K-12 and higher education with similar product categories.

Broad incumbents

• Herman Miller (now MillerKnoll): Premium contract furniture maker serving higher education and workplace customers. Comparable in manufacturing contract-grade seating and tables for institutions, but competes only partially in K-12 where MiEN is strongest.
• Haworth: Global contract furniture manufacturer with a higher-education and learning-space portfolio (classroom, lecture, collaborative). Comparable institutional buyer overlap and product types, but at much broader scale and as part of a wider workplace portfolio.
• Steelcase Education: Global contract furniture leader with a dedicated Steelcase Education solutions group offering active-learning classrooms, lecture halls, and collaborative furniture. Comparable buyer (institutions) and overlapping product categories, but operates as a broad multi-segment incumbent rather than a niche education specialist.

Regional players

• Haskell Office: U.S. educational and institutional furniture dealer/manufacturer focused on active-learning, STEM, and classroom solutions. Comparable in target buyer and product type, but with a more regional U.S. footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/miencompany
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mien-environments
• Xx.com/miencompany

Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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