Globe Commercial Products

What Globe Commercial Products does

Globe Commercial Products is a Canadian-owned B2B distributor of commercial products, founded in 2015 by Ian Wilson and headquartered in Burlington, Ontario. The company supplies janitorial, cleaning, food service, retail, office, and industrial products through a portfolio of 1,000+ SKUs spanning proprietary brands including Globe, Pro-Soap, Duraflow, Precision Grip, and Compostables by Globe. The company also offers a private label program with 300+ items, leveraging 30+ years of importing experience and on-the-ground teams in overseas manufacturing regions to source and quality-control goods.

The business operates a hybrid distribution model: selling direct through a Shopify-powered e-commerce website that integrates data with distribution partners, and indirectly via Canadian distribution partners with prepaid shipping. Logistics infrastructure centers on a Mississauga warehouse with 3,100 pallet positions and five shipping doors, supporting nationwide fulfillment. Customer segments span five verticals (Janitorial, Food Service, Retail, Office, Industrial), and the company is extending into adjacent categories such as compostables and menstrual care.

Globe generates revenue through wholesale distribution margins, private label manufacturing arbitrage on its own brands, and direct e-commerce sales. With 11-50 employees and founder-led leadership, the company functions as a small-to-mid-sized niche distributor focused on breadth of assortment, brand diversification, and accessibility for Canadian B2B buyers. No external funding rounds, revenue figures, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed in the available source material.

Name

Globe Commercial Products

Legal name

Globe Commercial Products

Website

https://globecommercialproducts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Globe Commercial Products is a Canadian B2B distributor founded in 2015, supplying 1,000+ janitorial, food service, retail, office, and industrial SKUs across five proprietary brands and a 300+ item private label program via direct e-commerce and distribution partners throughout Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Janitorial & Commercial Supplies Distribution

NAICS

Industrial and Personal Service Paper Merchant Wholesalers (424130), Industrial and Personal Service Paper Merchant Wholesalers (42413), Other Commercial Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (42344)

SIC

Wholesale-Paper & Paper Products (5110), Wholesale-Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies (5040)

akta.pro primary industry

Nonfood Grocery & HBC Wholesale (Paper, Cleaning, Personal Care) (AFAIABAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Paper, Tissue, Wipers & Dispensers Distribution (CRAOAGAC), Cleaning Tools, Mops, Brooms & Brushes Distribution (CRAOAGAD), Janitorial & Sanitation Supplies (Foodservice) Wholesale (AFAIALAD), Napkins, Tableware & Foodservice Disposables (Plates, Cups, Cutlery) (CRADALAD)

Keywords

• Janitorial supplies distribution
• Commercial cleaning products
• Food service supplies
• Private label manufacturing
• Industrial PPE products

Headquarters

HQ city

Mississauga

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 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. Commercial Product Sales: Sale of commercial-grade janitorial, cleaning, food service, and industrial products through distribution partners and direct website sales. Products include towels, tissues, napkins, can liners, soap, compostables, gloves, microfiber, PPE, floor cleaning, and more.
2. Private Label Services: Custom private label programs for distributors and end users in the Janitorial, Food Service, and Industrial industries. Services include product development, manufacturing management, quality assurance, and branding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Globe Commercial Products distributes commercial-grade janitorial, cleaning, food service, and industrial supplies across Canada through a network of distribution partners and a direct quote-based website. The portfolio spans more than 1,000 core items across categories including paper products, can liners, soap, compostables, gloves, microfiber, PPE, floor care, washroom care, waste management, and food service equipment. The company also operates a full-service Private Label program covering global sourcing, factory selection, price negotiation, quality control, and branding for distributors and end users in the Janitorial, Food Service, and Industrial industries.

Product overview

Globe Commercial Products is a Canadian-owned commercial products distributor serving the North American Janitorial, Retail, Food Service, Office and Industrial industries. The company operates as a single unified product portfolio comprising 17 product categories with over 1000 core items warehoused and stocked. The offering is organized as a broad-based commercial supplies platform rather than a modular software architecture. Key product categories include Towel and Tissue (jumbo roll toilet tissues, standard toilet tissue, hand roll towels, multifold towels, single fold towels, facial tissue, centre pull towels, kitchen roll towels, dispensers), Napkins (dinner, luncheon, cocktail, tall fold, interfold, dispensers), Can Liners (utility, strong, X-strong, contractor), Soap (liquid, foam, hair & body wash under Pro-Soap brand), Compostables (bagasse containers, paper cups, PLA products, cutlery, straws), Gloves (nitrile, vinyl, poly, rubber, vitrile including proprietary Globe Vitrile Gloves and Precision Grip brands), Microfiber (cloths, floor pads, frames, dusters including Duraflow spray mop), PPE (masks, gowns, shoe covers, coveralls, lab coats), Floor Cleaning (mops, brooms, brushes, squeegees, buckets), General Cleaning (carts, brushes, window care, sponges), Menstrual Care, Washroom Care (dispensers, odor control, toilet cleaning), Waste Management (containers, recycling, organics), Safety, Material Handling (carts), and Food Service equipment. The company also offers Private Label Services for customers seeking customized product lines with full-service global sourcing capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Compostables by Globe: Eco-friendly compostable products line including bagasse containers, paper cups, and PLA items
• Pro-Soap
• Globe Gloves
• Precision Grip
• Precision Grip

Products and services

• Towel and Tissue Commercial paper products line including jumbo roll toilet tissue, standard toilet tissue, hand roll towels, multifold towels, single fold towels, facial tissue, centre pull towels, kitchen roll towels, and dispensers for janitorial and food service operators.
• Napkins Full line of paper napkins including dinner, luncheon, cocktail, tall fold/junior, interfold napkins, and napkin dispensers for food service and hospitality customers.
• Can Liners Industrial-grade waste bags in utility, strong, X-strong, and contractor grades in multiple sizes for commercial and industrial waste handling.
• Compostables Eco-friendly food service disposables including bagasse hinged containers, bagasse plates and bowls, paper food containers, paper cups, PLA cups, kraft take-out containers, cutlery, straws, portion cups, recyclable hinged containers, and cold cups.
• Gloves Protective handwear including nitrile, vinyl, poly, rubber, and vitrile gloves in various sizes and thicknesses for janitorial, food service, and industrial users.
• Microfiber Cleaning textiles and tools including microfiber cloths, floor pads, frames and handles, charging buckets, juice on board systems, and microfiber dusters for commercial cleaning operations.
• PPE Personal protective equipment including masks, gowns, shoe covers, coveralls, lab coats, hair nets, beard nets, face shields, and aprons for industrial, healthcare, and food service workers.
• Floor Cleaning Floor care equipment including wet mops, dust mops, dust mop hardware, handles, buckets and wringers, angle brooms, push brooms, corn brooms, deck brushes, dust pans, and floor squeegees.
• Washroom Care Restroom maintenance products including soap and sanitizer dispensers, odor control, urinal screens and pucks, toilet seat covers, paper dispensers, toilet bowl cleaning brushes, and baby changing tables.
• Waste Waste management containers including round utility containers, slim containers, step-on containers, deskside containers, recycling containers, organics containers, battery bins, high capacity containers, waste receptacles, and biomedical sharps disposal.
• Safety Safety equipment including signs, cones, step stools, emergency response supplies, and spill control absorbent pads and socks.
• Food Service Restaurant and food service equipment including pitchers, high chairs, restaurant cleaning supplies, compostables, food service towels, kitchen tools, and bus boxes.
• Globe Vitrile Gloves Proprietary Globe-branded 4 mil vitrile gloves, powder-free, available in black and blue, sold under the registered Globe trademark.
• Precision Grip Nitrile Gloves Proprietary 8 mil nitrile powder-free gloves for precision work, available in black, sold under the registered Precision Grip trademark.
• Duraflow Microfiber Spray Mop Proprietary Duraflow-branded microfiber spray mop with juice on board system for wet and dry cleaning, available in black and blue, sold under the registered Duraflow trademark.
• Pro-Soap Proprietary Pro-Soap hand hygiene line including lotion soap, foam soap, and hand/hair/body wash in various scents and Ecologo certified formulations, sold under the registered Pro-Soap trademark.
• Private Label Services End-to-end private label program for distributors and end users in the Janitorial, Food Service, and Industrial industries covering global sourcing, factory selection, price negotiation, samples, quality control, timeline management, and graphic design. Globe has privately labelled over 300 items to date.

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Ecolab Inc. Global leader in water, hygiene, and infection-prevention solutions including commercial cleaning chemicals and dispensers. Comparable in cleaning/soap and washroom categories, though Ecolab is more of a manufacturer-plus-service provider than a pure distributor.
• Office Depot / ODP Corporation: Office products and business services distributor with a janitorial/breakroom supply offering. Overlaps with Globe's Office segment on paper, cleaning, and breakroom consumables, though primarily serves a different end-customer mix.
• Cintas Corporation: Provider of corporate identity uniforms, entrance mats, restroom supplies, first aid, and safety services. Overlaps with Globe in commercial cleaning, washroom care, and PPE categories but is significantly broader, with a services-led model.
• W.W. Grainger: Large broad-line industrial and commercial MRO distributor with a strong Canadian presence via Acklands-Grainger. Competes with Globe in Industrial cleaning, PPE, and safety categories.
• Bunzl plc: Global leader in distribution of food packaging, cleaning, hygiene, and safety products with a meaningful Canadian business. Operates the same core categories as Globe but at vastly larger scale and with M&A-driven geographic reach.
• Sysco Corporation: Largest North American broadline foodservice distributor. Overlaps with Globe in disposable foodservice supplies, cleaning, and PPE sold to restaurant and institutional customers, though at much larger scale and through a delivery-driven model.

Direct peers

• Veritiv Corporation: North American distributor of packaging, facility solutions, and print and publishing products. Closely comparable in serving janitorial/paper customers via a distribution-led model and in carrying cross-vertical commercial supply categories similar to Globe's.
• Uline: Major family-owned distributor of shipping, janitorial, and industrial supplies across North America. Comparable in product breadth across janitorial/PPE/packaging and in serving both distributors and end users via direct catalog/e-commerce.
• Imperial Dade: One of the largest privately held foodservice and janitorial distribution platforms in North America. Directly comparable to Globe in product mix (paper, cleaning, foodservice disposables) and channel strategy (distribution partners plus direct), but at materially greater scale.
• HD Supply Holdings: Large North American distributor of maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products including janitorial, sanitation, and foodservice supplies. Overlaps heavily with Globe's Industrial, Janitorial, and Food Service verticals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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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