SwiftPrint

What SwiftPrint does

SwiftPrint is a UK-based printing and stationery services company founded in 1972 and headquartered at 23b St. John's Road, Huddersfield. It operates a physical retail shop alongside an e-commerce website and a phone-ordering channel, and delivers UK-wide. Its product portfolio spans business cards, leaflets, brochures, stationery, signage, banners, wedding and funeral stationery, and promotional merchandise including mugs, umbrellas, coasters, folded café/takeaway menus, and pop-up exhibition stands. The company offers FSC-certified materials and in-house design services, positioning itself as a one-stop print provider for both individual consumers and small businesses.

The business is privately held by Phil Earle and operates with 1–10 employees, placing it firmly in the micro-business tier. Its revenue model is transactional and high-velocity, with small average order values: postcards priced at approximately £25–£170, mugs from £5.25+VAT, B&W copying from £4/print, and design services at £10–£45. Customers include individual consumers, local SMBs, hospitality venues, and event/Wedding planners; one named institutional customer is visible (Kirklees Local TV Newsdesk). Google review volume is low (7 reviews at 4.7/5), suggesting limited digital footprint or organic review generation.

SwiftPrint competes in a mature, highly fragmented UK print services market that has been structurally compressed by digital substitution over the past two decades. The company appears to be a stable, owner-operated legacy print shop with modest recent product extensions into promotional hard goods and event signage, but no disclosed proprietary technology platform, software products, AI capabilities, or external funding. Its competitive position is anchored on longevity, local relationships, and catalogue breadth rather than scale or differentiation.

Name

SwiftPrint

Legal name

SwiftPrint

Website

https://swiftprintuk.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SwiftPrint is a UK-based printing and stationery company founded in 1972 in Huddersfield, serving individual consumers and SMBs with business cards, brochures, signage, promotional items, and design services via retail, e-commerce, and phone channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Stationery Product Manufacturing (322230), Commercial Screen Printing (323113)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330), Converted Paper & Paperboard Prods (No Contaners/Boxes) (2670), Greeting Cards (2771)

akta.pro primary industry

Printing & Business Forms (continuous forms, checks, tickets) (IMAMAHAH)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Business stationery printing
• Large format printing
• Promotional merchandise printing
• Signage and display printing

Headquarters

HQ city

Huddersfield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Print Products: One-time transaction sales of custom printed materials including business cards, flyers, banners, stationery, promotional items, wedding/funeral stationery, and more. Customers order specific quantities of bespoke printed items.
2. Design Services: Optional in-house graphic design service to help customers create or refine artwork for their print projects. Design fees typically range from £10-45 depending on product complexity.
3. Mail Merge and Fulfillment Services: Optional services including mail-merging customer data onto postcards and posting items directly to customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SwiftPrint is a commercial printing company operating from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire since 1972. They produce custom printed materials in-house including business cards, stationery, leaflets, flyers, brochures, banners, signage, promotional clothing, mugs, pens, wedding stationery, funeral orders of service, Christmas products, and personalised gifts. All printing is done in-house using offset and digital presses plus large format equipment, with finishing options such as foil blocking, spot UV, lamination, and embossing. They also offer an optional in-house graphic design service, photocopying, plan printing, and mail-merge/fulfillment services for postcards.

Product overview

SwiftPrint is a traditional offset and digital printing company based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, operating since 1972. Their product portfolio consists of a comprehensive range of print products organized into categories: business print (business cards, stationery, NCR forms, letterheads, envelopes, labels), marketing print (banners, leaflets, flyers, brochures, posters), signage and display (boards including foamboard, foamex, correx, dibond; exhibition displays, pop-up stands), promotional items (clothing printing on t-shirts, polo shirts, hoodies, hi-vis; merchandise including pens, mugs), personal print (Christmas products, wedding stationery, invitations, funeral orders of service), and print services (photocopying, plan printing, design service). The company offers various finishing options including foil blocking, Spot UV, lamination (gloss/matt/silk), embossing, and soft-touch coatings. They emphasize in-house production using latest print technology, with materials sourced as FSC-certified and eco-friendly inks used. Design services are available in-house to assist with artwork creation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Cards

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Route1 Print: UK-based commercial printer offering leaflets, posters, signage, and exhibition materials. Directly comparable product mix and customer base focused on UK SMBs and marketing teams.
• MOO: Premium business card and print company known for high-quality finishes and design-forward products. Competes with SwiftPrint in the premium business card and stationery segments with a stronger online/digital brand.
• Tradeprint: UK trade printer offering wide-format, leaflets, business cards, and signage. Direct competitor serving similar SMB and trade customer segments with online ordering.
• Solopress: UK online printer specializing in business cards, flyers, leaflets, and brochures with next-day delivery. Competes head-to-head with SwiftPrint on product range and target market of UK SMBs.
• instantprint: UK-based online commercial printer offering leaflets, business cards, brochures, and signage with rapid turnaround. Directly competes with SwiftPrint in commercial printing categories but operates at national scale with online-only model.
• Printed.com: UK-based online printing service offering business cards, stationery, and marketing materials. Direct competitor serving similar SMB customers with similar product categories.

Broad incumbents

• 4imprint: UK promotional products specialist offering branded merchandise, clothing, and gifts. Overlaps with SwiftPrint's promotional and clothing product line, but focused specifically on branded merchandise at larger scale.
• Vistaprint (Cimpress): Global mass-market printing brand offering business cards, marketing materials, signage, and promotional products. Competes broadly across all SwiftPrint categories but at significantly larger scale with mass-market positioning.
• Kall Kwik UK: UK high-street printing franchise network offering design, print, and copy services. Comparable local-service print model with physical locations, though serving wider UK geography than SwiftPrint's single site.

Emerging players

• Printful: On-demand printing and fulfillment service specializing in custom apparel and promotional products. Overlaps with SwiftPrint's promotional clothing and merchandise categories with a digitally native, drop-ship model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/swiftprinthudds
• Facebookfacebook.com/swiftprinthudds
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/swiftprinthuddersfield

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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