Palmer Snyder

What Palmer Snyder does

Palmer Snyder is a family-owned American manufacturer of event furniture, founded in 1919 as Snyder Chair Co. in Conneautville, Pennsylvania, and operating under its current name since the early 1970s. The company designs and produces portable tables, event chairs, portable dance floors, and transport carts for the commercial event rental industry, with manufacturing concentrated in its Conneautville, PA factory and corporate offices in Milwaukee, WI, plus a sales office in Kentucky. Its product portfolio spans plywood banquet tables (100 and 200 Series), patented cocktail/reception tables (MAXX-IC and UltraStack lines), resin event chairs (Classic Event Chairs, EventXpress C600, PremierComfort, and the new Chameleon Collection), seamless and acrylic portable dance floors, and matching transport carts, with exclusive U.S. distribution of Groove Surfaces tent flooring.

The company's competitive technology centers on patented mechanical innovations — most notably the Internal Connector system and FLAT BOTTOM cocktail table design — that allow very high storage density (50 tables in 5 feet of vertical space) and bolt-fastened, UV-cured, and C-channel aluminum-edged constructions built for repeated rental use. Proprietary processes include a 2-part molding method for chairs and blow-molded high-density polyethylene table tops. The business model is one-time hardware sales (no subscription or recurring revenue) conducted through a sales-led motion: direct quotes via phone/email/website, dedicated rental dealer and event center channel pages, purchase orders for U.S. schools, government agencies, and corporations (minimum $500 order), and an active trade show presence across the major event rental industry events (ARA, TentEx, TRA, CRA, Matra). Customers are primarily U.S. rental dealers and event centers, with secondary institutional/government buyers; the company has been recognized six consecutive times (through 2024) as Best Rental Furniture Supplier in the InTents Readers Choice survey.

Name

Palmer Snyder

Legal name

Palmer Snyder Furniture Inc.

Website

https://palmersnyder.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Palmer Snyder is a family-owned American manufacturer of event furniture — including plywood tables, resin chairs, portable dance floors, and transport carts — serving U.S. rental dealers, event centers, and institutional buyers since 1919.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Event Furniture Manufacturing

NAICS

Household and Institutional Furniture Manufacturing (33712)

SIC

Miscellaneous Furniture & Fixtures (2590), Household Furniture (2510)

akta.pro primary industry

Event Furniture Rentals (Tables, Chairs, Lounge) (HSACAFAB)

Keywords

• Event furniture manufacturing
• Rental furniture supplier
• Portable dance floors
• Folding banquet tables
• Commercial event seating

Headquarters

HQ city

Mequon

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Event Furniture Product Sales: Palmer Snyder generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of event furniture products including tables, chairs, dance floors, and transport solutions. Products are sold to rental dealers, event centers, and government/educational institutions via direct sales and purchase orders. Revenue is primarily one-time hardware sales rather than recurring subscription models.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Palmer Snyder manufactures and distributes commercial event furniture, primarily for the U.S. event rental industry. The portfolio spans plywood and plastic folding tables, cocktail and reception tables, folding and stacking chairs, portable dance floors, transport carts, and specialty bar/buffet items. Products are sold Made in the USA from the company's Conneautville, PA factory, with additional offices in Milwaukee, WI and Kentucky.

Product overview

Palmer Snyder is a family-owned manufacturer and distributor of high-quality event furniture made in the USA since 1919. The product portfolio centers on portable furniture for the event rental industry, comprising three core product lines: Tables (including 100 Series and 200 Series Plywood Tables, MAXX-IC Reception Tables, UltraStack Cocktail Tables, Cocktail Table Packages, Serpentine Tables, Resilient Premium Plastic Tables, POLYlite Plastic Tables, Laminate Folding Tables, and Pub Tables), Chairs (including Classic Event Chairs, EventXpress C600 Folding Chairs, PremierComfort Sled Stacking Chairs, and Chameleon Collection Fanfare Chair), and Flooring (including EventXpress Seamless and Acrylic Portable Dance Floors, plus exclusive Groove tent flooring distribution). The company also offers complementary Rustic/Specialty products (Portable Folding Bar, Rectangular Buffet Bar Table Toppers) and Transport Solutions (Folding Chair, Round/Multipurpose Table, Café Table, and Rectangular Table Transport Systems). Palmer Snyder holds patents for flat bottom cocktail tables and the Internal Connector system enabling compact storage. The company operates from Conneautville, PA with additional offices in Milwaukee, WI and Kentucky, and has won multiple InTents Readers Choice awards as Best Rental Furniture Supplier.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EventXpress: Product line featuring portable dance floors (Seamless and Acrylic finish) and folding chairs (C600 model).
• MAXX-IC
• UltraStack
• Resilient
• POLYlite
• Chameleon Collection
• PremierComfort

Products and services

• 100 Series Plywood Tables

Quantifiable outcome

• 50 cocktail tables store in only 5 feet of vertical space using the patented Internal Connector system
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• OneTreePlantedminorOthers · 1 May 2022Palmer Snyder partners with OneTreePlanted, a premier reforestation organization, as part of a quarterly 'One-for-One' program. Beginning in May 2022, Palmer Snyder donates a portion of its profits each quarter to plant trees — one tree planted per dollar donated. Trees are planted in the Americas where raw materials for Palmer Snyder's plywood products are sourced, under the supervision of the World Resources Institute.
• Groove Surfaces, LLCcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPalmer Snyder is the exclusive stocking distributor for Groove Tent Flooring products. Groove Surfaces, LLC specializes in customized composite floor panels using state-of-the-art technology to produce visually stunning surfaces for outdoor and tented events. Palmer Snyder distributes these products under the Groove brand.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Mity-Lite: Mity-Lite manufactures folding tables, banquet chairs, and event furniture specifically for the rental industry, directly competing with Palmer Snyder across tables, chairs, and stacking solutions in the same dealer channel.
• National Public Seating: National Public Seating produces commercial-grade folding tables, folding chairs, and stackable event furniture with comparable SKUs to Palmer Snyder's plywood and plastic table lines, targeting institutional and event buyers.
• Lifetime Products: Lifetime Products manufactures blow-molded plastic folding tables and chairs, directly overlapping with Palmer Snyder's Resilient and POLYlite table lines in commercial, event, and consumer markets.
• Iceberg Enterprises: Iceberg Enterprises produces folding tables, stacking chairs, and event furniture for commercial and institutional buyers, with a product range that competes head-to-head with Palmer Snyder's plywood and plastic furniture lines.
• Cramer: Cramer manufactures event chairs, folding tables, and event seating/timing products used at sporting and live events, overlapping with Palmer Snyder's Classic Event Chairs and EventXpress folding chair offerings.
• Flash Furniture: Flash Furniture sells event, banquet, and folding furniture through online and dealer channels, competing with Palmer Snyder on price-point folding chairs, tables, and stacking solutions for rental and event buyers.
• SICO America: SICO manufactures portable and folding tables, stages, and event furniture—including the popular table-cart systems—directly competing with Palmer Snyder's transport solutions and folding banquet tables in the event rental market.

Broad incumbents

• COSCO (Dorel Industries): COSCO, a Dorel brand, manufactures a broad portfolio of folding furniture including tables, chairs, and event products—competing with Palmer Snyder primarily in commodity folding SKUs rather than patented rental-specific designs.
• HD Supply Holdings: HD Supply distributes a broad range of facility and event maintenance products including folding tables and chairs, overlapping with Palmer Snyder at the institutional/PO buyer level as an alternative supply channel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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