HPG
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2017
- HeadquartersBraintree, United States
- Headcount501–1,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
HPG firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- HPG
- Legal name
- HPG Brands
- Website
- https://hpgbrands.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2017
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 501–1,000 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Where HPG is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Braintree
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices4 records
Markets served
HPG business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D
Revenue model
- Promotional Products Distribution: HPG generates revenue through distribution of promotional products to B2B customers via distributor-partners. Products are sold with various customization options including full color decoration, one-piece minimums, and rush services. The company operates as a supplier in the $25B promotional product industry.
- Direct E-commerce Sales: HPG sells products directly through hpgbrands.com website, offering products at various price points from under $1 to over $50 with options for individual and bulk purchases.
- Batch & Bodega Fresh: Exclusive food partnerships bundled with hard goods for giftable kits, featuring fresh baked goods shipped directly from makers at one-piece minimums with customized gift messages and no setup or drop-ship fees.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Under $1 products |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Under $5 products |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | $5 - $10 products |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | $10 - $25 products |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | $25 - $50 products |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Over $50 products |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Rush Services |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | One-Piece Minimum |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels8 records
HPG product offering
Product offeringCore offering
HPG manufactures and distributes over 10,000 promotional products (branded merchandise) across ten acquired specialist brands spanning pens, drinkware, bags, technology, emblematics, personal care, candy, and fresh food gift kits. The company operates nine production facilities across North America and sells primarily through B2B distributor-partners with rush production, full-color decoration, and one-piece minimum capabilities, supported by proprietary AI-powered sales tools (Storyboard+, Catalog+, Video+).
Product overview
HPG (formerly Hub Promotional Group) is a Top 10 promotional products supplier in North America with over 10,000 SKUs across multiple specialist brands. Founded in 2017, HPG operates nine production facilities across North America and serves as a parent company to an extensive portfolio of acquired and internal brands. The core portfolio includes Hub (pens/writing instruments), Beacon (emblematics), Best Promotions (drinkware/coolies), Debco (Canadian supplier), BCG Creations (emblematics), Origaudio (technology/audio), Handstands (phone accessories/mouse pads), SugarSpot (candy), Mixie (personal care), Evans Manufacturing (notebooks/drinkware), and Webb Company (personal care/hand sanitizers). Beyond these, HPG operates strategic sub-brands including Goods 2 Know (sustainable products), Batch & Bodega (food gifts), and HPG Exclusive (premium retail brand partnerships). The company also offers proprietary sales tools including Storyboard+, Catalog+, Video+, and HPG Company Stores platforms. HPG's business model centers on aggregating leading promotional product suppliers and providing distributors with a comprehensive catalog, AI-powered search tools, and integrated ordering via PromoStandards API.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Hub: Quality writing instruments and pens
- Beacon
- Best Promotions USA
- Debco
- BCG Creations
- Origaudio
- Handstands
- SugarSpot
- Mixie
- Evans Manufacturing
- Batch & Bodega
- Batch & Bodega Fresh
- HPG Exclusive
- Hub
- Goods 2 Know
Products and services
- Hub Writing Instruments Premium writing instruments and pens brand offering plastic pens, metal pens, stylus pens, lightup pens, pencils, highlighters, and fidget pens. Originally Hub Pen Company, acquired by HPG in 2016 as the founding brand.
- Beacon Promotions Emblematics and accessories brand specializing in medals, lapel pins, lanyards, keychains, bamboo products, and badge accessories with API integration for automated ordering.
- Best Promotions Drinkware Drinkware and beverage insulator (coolie) brand known for innovative products including the magnet coolie that sticks to metal surfaces.
- Debco Canadian Promotional Products Leading Canadian supplier of promotional products including bags, drinkware, and sustainable items. PPPC Supplier of the Year in 2023 and 2024.
- BCG Creations Emblematics Award belts, belt buckles, coins, tokens, and emblematics brand with environmental responsibility through One Tree Planted partnership.
- Origaudio Technology and Audio Products Technology and audio products brand offering promotional speakers, headphones, chargers, power banks, and tech accessories.
- HandStands Accessories Phone accessories, mouse pads, air fresheners, stress relief products, and automotive accessories. Established in 1983 with over 30 U.S. patents issued and 30 patents pending.
- SugarSpot Candy Candy brand offering Nerds Gummy Clusters, gummies, chocolates, and seasonal confections.
- Mixie Personal Care Personal care brand specializing in lip balms, breath mints, sunscreens, and skin care products based in Eagan, Minnesota.
- Evans Manufacturing Notebooks and Drinkware Notebooks, journals, drinkware, and school supplies brand based in Garden Grove, California, acquired by HPG in January 2023.
- HPG Exclusive Retail Brand Partnerships Premium retail brand partnerships line offering exclusive access to retail brands including Master & Dynamic, Fracture, Nomatic, Pladra, Bose, Yeti, Stanley, Dyson, Weber, and others at promotional product minimums.
- Batch & Bodega Gift Kits Small-batch food products coupled with promotional hard goods for giftable kits. Includes Batch & Bodega Fresh line featuring exclusive artisan food partnerships with Nene's Treats, Grey Ghost Bakery, Justice of the Pies, Flour & Branch, Caroline's Cakes, We Take The Cake, Callie's Hot Little Biscuit, Coolhaus, Red Velvet NYC, and Sweet Girl Cookies.
- Goods 2 Know Sustainable Products Sustainable products category including natural materials, recycled materials, upcycled materials, certified sustainable, giveback programs, and made in North America items.
- Storyboard+ Sales Presentation Platform Proprietary distributor sales presentation tool using AI to help create best-in-class storyboard presentations with AI-powered Industry Collections for product discovery.
- Catalog+ Customizable Digital Catalog Customizable digital catalog tool allowing clients to place end-user brand or logo on every product in just five quick clicks.
- Video+ Virtual Presentation Tool Virtual video presentation tool for distributor sales presentations and product showcasing.
- HPG Company Stores Custom e-commerce stores for corporate clients to manage branded merchandise programs.
Quantifiable outcome
- 38.1% five-year average annual growth rate through 2019
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use HPG
Customer profileSegments3 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
HPG technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration1 record
AI capability2 records
Feature7 records
HPG partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Climate Impact PartnerscoreHPG became a carbon-neutral enterprise through its partnership with Climate Impact Partners on Earth Day 2024. This partnership enabled HPG to publish its inaugural sustainability report and implement its carbon neutrality plan.
- Evans ManufacturingcoreHPG acquired Evans Manufacturing (Garden Grove, CA), a 2022 Top 40 supplier. The acquisition brought together two 2022 Top 40 suppliers (HPG #8 and Evans #29) and expanded HPG's production capabilities.
- Master & DynamiccoreHPG launched an exclusive partnership with Master & Dynamic, a New York-based maker of premium personal audio goods. HPG became the first to offer promo-industry access to the award-winning luxury retail brand under this exclusive arrangement.
- Nene's TreatsminorNene's Treats (third-generation family-owned crumb cake business from Charleston, SC) partnered with Batch & Bodega Fresh to offer crumb cakes shipped fresh from the maker. Available products include Original Crumb Cake and Birthday Crumb Cake.
- Grey Ghost BakeryminorGrey Ghost Bakery partnered with Batch & Bodega Fresh to offer Five-Flavor Pound Cake and Chocolate Nutty Pie, shipped fresh from Charleston, SC.
- Justice of the PiesminorJustice of the Pies (Chicago, IL), founded by Maya-Camille Broussard, partnered with Batch & Bodega Fresh. The social mission-based brand offers Salted Caramel Peach Pie and Bourbon Pecan Pie, shipped fresh from Chicago.
- Flour & BranchminorFlour & Branch (San Francisco, CA) partnered with Batch & Bodega Fresh to offer artisan cookies including 7-Count Cookie Sampler and Birthday Cake Cookies, shipped fresh from San Francisco.
- Caroline's CakesminorCaroline's Cakes (home of Oprah's 'Favorite Things' Caramel Layer cake) partnered with Batch & Bodega Fresh. Available products include 7-Layer Caramel Cake, Coconut Cake, Carrot Cake, and various Cake Bites, shipped fresh from Spartanburg, SC.
- We Take The CakeminorHPG announced additional exclusive partnership through Batch & Bodega Fresh with We Take The Cake (Fort Lauderdale, FL) for fresh baked goods in the promotional products industry.
- Callie's Hot Little BiscuitminorHPG announced exclusive partnership through Batch & Bodega Fresh with Callie's Hot Little Biscuit (Charleston, SC) for fresh baked biscuits in the promotional products industry.
- CoolhausminorHPG announced additional exclusive partnership through Batch & Bodega Fresh with Coolhaus for gourmet ice cream sandwiches in the promotional products industry.
- Red Velvet NYCminorHPG announced additional exclusive partnership through Batch & Bodega Fresh with Red Velvet NYC for red velvet baked goods in the promotional products industry.
- Sweet Girl CookiesminorHPG announced additional exclusive partnership through Batch & Bodega Fresh with Sweet Girl Cookies for gourmet cookies in the promotional products industry.
- NomaticcoreHPG announced an exclusive partnership with Nomatic (Sandy, UT), makers of feature-rich travel products. Nomatic products are available through HPG Exclusive line at one-piece minimums with 48-hour production times and optional gift messages. This is HPG's first partnership available cross-border in both US and Canada.
- PladracoreHPG announced an exclusive partnership with Pladra (San Francisco, CA), makers of durable, functional, and stylish flannel shirts designed for outdoor activities and everyday wear. Pladra products are available through HPG Exclusive in men's and women's styles.
- Batch & Bodega Fresh Food PartnerscoreHPG announced a series of new industry-exclusive partnerships between innovative food brands and Batch & Bodega. Through Batch & Bodega, distributors access fresh food from boutique makers bundled with HPG's hard goods for giftable kits.
- FracturecoreHPG partnered with Fracture, an Alachua, FL-based firm specializing in direct-to-glass printing. This exclusive partnership brought Fracture products to the promotional products space as the first of HPG's new 'HPG Exclusive' brand partnerships. Fracture is a carbon-neutral company.
- Webb CompanycoreHPG acquired Webb Company (Eagan, MN), the 8th acquisition since 2017. Webb Company specializes in USA-made hand sanitizers, lip balms, and mints. The acquisition expands HPG's reach in the fast-growing personal care segment and establishes HPG's personal care center of excellence.
- One Tree PlantedminorHPG supports One Tree Planted organization - a tree is planted for every wood product sold through BCG, as well as products from the Origaudio 'Stick and Stone' collection. This supports restoring damaged ecosystems.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights6 records
HPG competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Gemline: Gemline is a North American supplier of branded bags, packs, and business accessories for the promotional products industry, directly competing with HPG's bags & totes category and operating through the same B2B distributor channel.
- Polyconcept (Leed's, Bullet, JournalBooks, Trimark, etc.): Polyconcept is a global promotional products supplier owning multiple brands (Leed's, Bullet, JournalBooks, Trimark, PCNA) directly competing with HPG's Hub, Evans, and other writing-instrument/notebook lines, with similar multi-brand, multi-category promotional product offerings.
- 4imprint: 4imprint is one of the largest promotional products distributors/suppliers in North America, directly comparable to HPG as a multi-brand supplier of branded merchandise serving B2B customers through a distributor/sales-rep model with broad SKU coverage and rush services.
- Starline USA: Starline USA is a US promotional products manufacturer (drinkware, bags, totes) supplying through distributors, with a comparable manufacturing-and-distribution model to several HPG brands such as Best Promotions and Debco.
- Hit Promotional Products: Hit Promotional Products is a large US-based promotional products manufacturer/supplier with broad category coverage (drinkware, writing instruments, bags, etc.), directly comparable to HPG's multi-brand portfolio and distributor-channel go-to-market.
- PCNA (Polyconcept North America): PCNA is the North American arm of Polyconcept and a direct competitor to HPG as a multi-brand promotional products supplier with comparable SKU breadth, decoration services, and distributor channel.
- National Pen: National Pen is a long-established promotional products supplier specializing in writing instruments and customized marketing giveaways, overlapping with HPG's Hub pen brand and offering similar one-piece minimum and customization services to B2B customers.
- A+ Products: A+ Products is a US-based promotional products supplier with broad category coverage (drinkware, tech accessories, etc.) selling through promotional product distributors, directly comparable to HPG's product breadth and distributor-led distribution model.
Broad incumbents
- SanMar: SanMar is one of the largest US suppliers of imprintable apparel and accessories, a broad incumbent in the promotional products supply chain that overlaps with HPG in serving distributors and decorators with catalog breadth and inventory depth.
- alphabroder / S&S Activewear: alphabroder is a major North American wholesale distributor of imprintable apparel and promotional products, overlapping with HPG's wholesale distribution model across many of the same B2B distributor customers, though with deeper focus on apparel/blank goods.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Trust signalCompliance1 record
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HPG leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles7 records
HPG subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries12 records
HPG funding detail
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Funding rounds
Investors
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HPG M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about HPG
What does HPG do?
HPG manufactures and distributes over 10,000 promotional products (branded merchandise) across ten acquired specialist brands spanning pens, drinkware, bags, technology, emblematics, personal care, candy, and fresh food gift kits. The company operates nine production facilities across North America and sells primarily through B2B distributor-partners with rush production, full-color decoration, and one-piece minimum capabilities, supported by proprietary AI-powered sales tools (Storyboard+, Catalog+, Video+).
Is HPG a public or private company?
HPG is a private company. It is classified as private equity controlled and is currently operating.
When was HPG founded?
HPG was founded in 2017. It employs 501 to 1,000 people.
Where is HPG based?
HPG is headquartered in Braintree, United States, in the North America region.
How does HPG make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Promotional Products Distribution is the primary driver. The others are direct E-commerce Sales and batch & Bodega Fresh.
Who are HPG's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Gemline, Polyconcept (Leed's, Bullet, JournalBooks, Trimark, etc.), 4imprint, Starline USA, Hit Promotional Products, PCNA (Polyconcept North America), National Pen and A+ Products. Broad incumbents are SanMar and alphabroder / S&S Activewear.
Does HPG have an API?
Yes. HPG exposes product data, inventory, order status, and shipment status via PromoStandards (promostandards.org) for distributor partners to integrate into their own systems. This is a B2B data integration API for the promotional products industry standard.