Commercial Kitchen Company

What Commercial Kitchen Company does

Commercial Kitchen Company (trading as "CKC") is a privately held, Australian-owned reseller and distributor of commercial kitchen equipment based in Queensland. The company serves hospitality businesses—restaurants, cafes, hotels, bakeries, aged care facilities, franchises, and catering operations—through a hybrid go-to-market model that combines two physical showrooms (Gold Coast/Bundall and Brisbane/Springwood) with an e-commerce storefront listing over 3,500 products. It does not manufacture or develop proprietary technology; its value lies in curating and reselling equipment from 100+ third-party brands (Hobart, Rational, Robot Coupe, Unox, Convotherm, Waldorf, Skope, Williams, and others), plus equipment-selection consultation, kitchen design, and fitout coordination.

The revenue model is anchored in hardware sales spanning single countertop units (~$170) to major installed equipment ($3,000–$89,000+), supplemented by professional-services revenue from in-house kitchen design and end-to-end fitout projects for new builds and renovations. Pricing is unit-based and publicly listed for many SKUs, but shifts to quote-based for larger equipment and full fitouts. A finance-partnership layer—SilverChef (core, offered on every product), Shift Finance, and Club & Pub Finance—drives sales conversion by removing upfront capital barriers, likely producing referral economics alongside higher close rates.

Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: inbound e-commerce and organic search feed a phone-based inside-sales function (1300 CKC 000) and showroom demonstrations where buyers can test operational equipment before purchase. Distribution is regional at the point of experience (two QLD showrooms) but national at fulfillment, with delivery advertised "Brisbane to Perth." The business is roughly 11–50 employees, with no disclosed parent, institutional backing, or funding history.

Name

Commercial Kitchen Company

Legal name

Commercial Kitchen Company

Website

https://commercialkitchencompany.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Commercial Kitchen Company is a Queensland-based reseller and distributor of commercial kitchen equipment, serving Australian hospitality businesses—restaurants, cafes, hotels, and aged care—via two showrooms, a 3,500+ product e-commerce store, plus design, fitout, and finance services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Kitchen Equipment

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (33331)

SIC

Wholesale-Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies (5040), Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment (3590)

akta.pro primary industry

Restaurant & Commercial Kitchen Equipment Wholesale (AFAIALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial Cooking Equipment & Parts Wholesale (AFAIALAJ), Food Preparation Equipment & Smallwares Wholesale (AFAIALAK), Commercial Refrigeration & HVAC (Foodservice) Wholesale (AFAIALAI)

Keywords

• Commercial kitchen equipment
• Hospitality equipment supply
• Commercial refrigeration
• Kitchen fitout services
• Warewashing equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Boondall

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales: Primary revenue stream from selling commercial kitchen equipment including cooking equipment, refrigeration, warewashing, food processing, coffee equipment, and hospitality supplies. Products range from single countertop units ($170-$1,720) to major equipment ($3,000-$80,000+). The company stocks 3,500+ products online with thousands more available in showrooms.
2. Kitchen Design Services: In-house design team provides commercial kitchen design services from concept to detailed drawings, optimizing kitchens for efficiency and functionality. Design services are offered as part of full fitout packages for restaurants, cafes, takeaways, franchises, and aged care facilities.
3. Commercial Kitchen Fitouts: End-to-end commercial kitchen fitout solutions encompassing initial design concepts through final equipment delivery and installation coordination for new builds and renovations.
4. Finance Partnership Revenue: The company partners with SilverChef and Club & Pub Finance to offer flexible financing options. While the financing is provided by partners, Commercial Kitchen Company benefits through increased sales conversions and potentially referral arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Commercial Kitchen Company is an Australian retailer and distributor of commercial kitchen equipment, supplying cooking, refrigeration, warewashing, food display, coffee and preparation equipment from leading brands such as Hobart, Rational, Robot Coupe, Waldorf, Skope, Unox and Convotherm through two physical showrooms in Queensland and an online store with 3,500+ products. The company complements equipment supply with in-house commercial kitchen design, end-to-end fitout services and finance facilitation through SilverChef and Club & Pub Finance partnerships.

Product overview

Commercial Kitchen Company is a Queensland-based B2B e-commerce and showroom operation offering an extensive portfolio of commercial kitchen equipment and hospitality supplies. The core offering consists of physical equipment across multiple categories including countertop equipment (bain maries, fryers, blenders, food processors, microwaves, slicers, toasters, grills, urns, ice cream machines), kitchen equipment (combi ovens, convection ovens, chargrills, cooktops, mixers, fryers, pizza/pasta equipment), refrigeration (blast chillers, freezers, fridges, ice machines), warewashing (dishwashers, glasswashers, pass-through systems), coffee equipment, food display cabinets (hot, cold, ambient), cleaning supplies, tableware, and consumables. The company also provides services including commercial kitchen fitouts, kitchen design, and flexible financing through SilverChef and Shift Finance partnerships. The product portfolio features over 100 leading brands including Hobart, Rational, Robot Coupe, Skope, Waldorf, Unox, Convotherm, Roband, Anvil, Ceado, Eswood, Musso, Birko, Goldstein, Woodson, Thermaster, and Turbofan. With showrooms in Brisbane and Gold Coast and nationwide service, the company positions itself as 'Everything Hospitality' for Australian commercial kitchens.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Catering Equipment Suppliers: Major Australian supplier of commercial kitchen and catering equipment with a comparable mix of cooking, refrigeration, warewashing and food-prep lines, serving hospitality operators across Australia — directly overlapping with Commercial Kitchen Company's product range and customer base.
• Stoddart Group: Australian foodservice equipment design, supply and project management company offering design, equipment and fitout services to commercial kitchens — directly comparable given the design-and-fitout angle of Commercial Kitchen Company.
• Comcater: Australia-based distributor of premium commercial kitchen equipment (Rational, Hoshizaki, Blizzard, Hamilton Beach) targeting restaurants, hotels and catering — overlapping brand portfolio and customer segments with Commercial Kitchen Company.
• Jono's Hire & Sales: Queensland-based commercial kitchen equipment hire and sales company serving Australian hospitality operators, overlapping geographically with Commercial Kitchen Company and similarly targeting cafes, restaurants and event caterers.
• Rhino Australia (Commercial Kitchen Equipment): Australian commercial kitchen equipment distributor and fitout specialist with a comparable showroom/distribution model, serving hospitality operators nationally — closely analogous to Commercial Kitchen Company's Brisbane/Gold Coast operations.
• Allied Foodservice Equipment: Australian distributor of commercial kitchen equipment and food-service machinery, with comparable cooking, refrigeration and warewashing lines and a similar B2B hospitality customer focus.

Broad incumbents

• Moffat Australia: Established foodservice equipment brand and distributor (part of the Ali Group ecosystem) with deep Australian coverage across cooking, baking and refrigeration — broader portfolio than Commercial Kitchen Company but overlapping on core categories and customers.
• Hobart Australia: Australian arm of Hobart (ITW Food Equipment Group), a global manufacturer of warewashing, cooking and food-prep equipment with direct sales and dealer channels — a broad incumbent whose decisions on dealer authorisation directly affect Commercial Kitchen Company.

Emerging players

• Webstaurant Store: Large US-based online foodservice equipment retailer shipping internationally — represents the digital pure-play competitive threat against the showroom-plus-online model of Commercial Kitchen Company in Australia.

Others

• SilverChef: Hospitality equipment financier and Rent-Try-Buy provider; Commercial Kitchen Company is one of SilverChef's distribution partners, but SilverChef's certified-used equipment marketplace increasingly competes with new equipment sales from Commercial Kitchen Company.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CommercialKC
• Facebookfacebook.com/commercialkitchencompany
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/commercial-kitchen-company

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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