Apxpress

What Apxpress does

Apxpress is a London-based B2B supplier of printed hang tags, woven labels, and printed labels serving the UK fashion industry. The firm has been in continuous operation since 1980 and is structured as a small private business with 11-50 employees. Its product surface consists of physical apparel branding and identification materials—commoditized trade-printing outputs rather than software, platforms, or digital products—and the company operates with no disclosed technology stack, app, API, SDK, or AI capabilities. Revenue mechanics, pricing model, customer base, distribution channels, and partnership structure are not disclosed in the available source data; the company website (apxpress.com) was observed only as a loading/verification page at the time of capture, and no ownership, funding, or corporate-structural history was found. As a result, the verifiable scope of the business is limited to its firmographic description as a long-standing niche supplier of physical label and hang-tag products to fashion brands, with no quantitative operating evidence available to support further inference.

Name

Apxpress

Website

https://apxpress.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Apxpress is a London-based B2B supplier of printed hang tags, woven labels, and printed labels serving the fashion industry. Founded in 1980, the company operates as a small private business with 11-50 employees focused on physical apparel branding materials.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Apparel Labels & Hang Tags

NAICS

Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing (3159)

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Labels, Tags & Branding Trims (Woven/Printed Labels/Hangtags/Patches/Heat Transfers) (IMAOALAC)

Keywords

• Printed hang tags
• Woven clothing labels
• Apparel label printing
• Fashion garment tags
• Printed fabric labels

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Apxpress manufactures and supplies printed hang tags, woven labels, and printed labels for the fashion and apparel industry. The company provides physical garment identification, branding, and care-label components to fashion brands and clothing manufacturers in the United Kingdom and surrounding markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Printed Hang Tags

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Broad incumbents

• Avery Dennison: Global leader in label materials, including woven and printed apparel labels and hang tags. Comparable because it serves the same fashion/apparel customer base with labels and trim, but at much greater scale and with a far broader product portfolio.
• CCL Industries: One of the world's largest label converters, with a significant apparel and consumer-products label business. Comparable to Apxpress as a direct competitor in woven/printed labels and hang tags for fashion brands.
• SML Group: Global RFID and brand-identification solutions provider, including woven and care labels for apparel. Comparable as a label and trim supplier for fashion brands, with stronger technology integration.

Direct peers

• Finotex (Apex Group): Specialist woven labels and apparel trim supplier with similar product scope (woven labels, printed labels, hang tags) targeting fashion brands. Closely comparable in offering and customer type.
• Tex Trace (a Multi-Color company): Specialises in woven and printed labels for apparel and footwear, including RFID-integrated labels. Comparable to Apxpress on core product and end customer, with a stronger technology angle.
• Label Source: UK-based supplier of woven labels, printed labels and hang tags to fashion and textile brands. Closely comparable to Apxpress in geography, product mix and target customer segment.
• Name Maker (Hangtags UK / Name It): UK-focused manufacturer of printed hang tags, woven labels and care labels for fashion retailers. Direct competitor to Apxpress in the British fashion trim market.

Emerging players

• Wunderlabel: Online-first custom woven labels, printed labels and hang tags supplier serving small fashion brands. Comparable in product scope but competes via a digital, lower-MOQ model.
• Henry & Frick (HK) Ltd: Asian-based apparel trim manufacturer producing woven labels, printed labels and hang tags for global fashion brands. Comparable on product but competes primarily on price.

Regional players

• Henning Rübsamen: European specialist in printed care labels, woven labels and hang tags for fashion brands. Comparable on product offering, with a different geographic focus.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ap_xpress

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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