Carpinito Brothers

What Carpinito Brothers does

Carpinito Brothers (legal entity Carpinito Bros Inc.) is a family-owned farm, retail, and wholesale operation headquartered at 1148 Central Ave N in Kent, Washington. Founded in the mid-1970s by brothers Mike and Dan Carpinito on their family's Kent Valley farmland, the company has grown to over 800 acres and now operates across four interconnected lines: a year-round farm stand and nursery/garden center (open February through Christmas Eve), a seasonal produce market (June through December) featuring proprietary 'Carpinito Grown' vegetables, fall agritourism including a 20+ acre pumpkin patch and GPS-designed corn maze, and a November fresh-cut Christmas tree and holiday greens business. Underlying operations include on-site greenhouses for hanging baskets and vegetable starts, hand-harvest daily produce from 40+ crop varieties, and a bulk material yard.

The company runs a hybrid go-to-market combining direct-to-consumer retail with a wholesale distribution network. Retail customers — primarily Seattle-Tacoma area families — purchase at the farm stand, produce market, pumpkin patch, and Christmas tree lot, with attraction pricing in the $5–$14 unit range. Wholesale customers span grocery stores, hardware stores, farm-and-feed stores, garden centers, and landscaping contractors across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska, served through bagged landscape products (sold under North Country, Carpinito Farms, and High Alpine brands), bulk landscape materials with delivery, and wholesale Christmas wreaths including a fundraising program. Online ordering for landscape materials with Puget Sound home delivery extends the DTC channel digitally.

Revenue mechanics are unit-priced retail transactions, pay-as-you-go attraction admissions, and quote-based wholesale through a single sales representative (Mike Vert). The founders remain active alongside their sons, indicating a second-generation family business with no disclosed external investment, no M&A activity, and no leadership turnover in the available data. Geographic concentration is in the Pacific Northwest, with all five operational locations within Kent, WA.

Name

Carpinito Brothers

Legal name

Carpinito Bros Inc.

Website

https://carpinito.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Carpinito Brothers is a family-owned farm and retail operation in Kent, Washington, farming 800+ acres in the Kent Valley. It serves Puget Sound consumers and Pacific Northwest wholesalers with produce, nursery plants, landscape materials, and seasonal agritourism attractions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Garden Center, Farm Retail & Landscape Supplies

NAICS

Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming (111219), Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (444240)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro primary industry

Farmers’ Markets & Farm Stands (Fresh Food) (CRAHAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Farmstead & Local Artisan Food Markets (Retail Shops) (CRAHAGAO)

Keywords

• Farm produce sales
• Landscape materials supply
• Nursery garden center
• Christmas tree sales
• Agritourism experiences

Headquarters

HQ city

Kent

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Retail Farm Stand & Produce Market: Direct consumer sales of farm-fresh produce (June-December), hanging baskets, vegetable starts, nursery plants, and bagged landscape materials through the farm stand retail location.
2. Wholesale Landscape Materials: Bulk and bagged bark, soil, compost, and related products sold wholesale to independent retail outlets, landscaping companies, grocery stores, hardware stores, and farm & feed stores throughout the Pacific Northwest.
3. Agritourism Attractions: Seasonal pumpkin patch and corn maze (opens September), Farm Fun Yard with farm animals and activities, hayrides. Admission fees plus pumpkin purchases generate revenue.
4. Christmas Trees & Holiday Sales: Fresh-cut Christmas trees, flocked trees, poinsettias, wreaths, cedar garland, and holiday décor. Wholesale Christmas greens available for retailers and fundraisers.
5. Wholesale Christmas Greens: Fresh Christmas wreaths sold wholesale for pickup or delivery to retailers, with a fundraising program for organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Carpinito Brothers operates a multi-channel farm and retail business centered on a farm stand, produce market, and nursery/garden center in Kent, Washington, where they sell hand-harvested Carpinito Grown vegetables, hanging baskets, vegetable and herb starts, bagged landscape materials, and holiday trees and décor. The company farms 800+ acres in the Kent Valley and extends wholesale bagged and bulk landscape materials to dealers across the Pacific Northwest, while running seasonal pumpkin patch, corn maze, and Farm Fun Yard agritourism attractions.

Product overview

Carpinito Brothers operates as a family-owned farm and retail operation in Kent, Washington with a multi-channel offering. The core business includes the Farm Stand/Retail Store as the main sales location, supplemented by the seasonal Produce Market (June-December) offering Carpinito Grown vegetables from their 800+ acre Kent Valley farm. The Nursery & Garden Center (open February-Christmas Eve) provides hanging baskets, vegetable/herb starts, and bagged landscape materials. The company serves both retail consumers and wholesale buyers through dedicated product lines including wholesale bagged products (distributed across the Pacific Northwest under North Country, Carpinito Farms, and High Alpine brands) and wholesale bulk landscape materials. Seasonal attractions include the Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze with Farm Fun Yard activities (opens September 25), and Fresh Cut Christmas Trees with holiday décor (available November). The product portfolio spans farm-fresh produce, nursery/garden supplies, landscape materials, and agritourism experiences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Farm Stand / Retail Store Main Carpinito Brothers retail location in Kent, WA (1148 Central Ave N) operating as a year-round farm stand, produce market, nursery and garden center, and bulk material yard. Open Mon-Sat 8am-7pm and Sun 8am-6pm, providing farm-fresh produce, hanging baskets, vegetable starts, bagged landscape materials, and seasonal Christmas trees and décor to Seattle-Tacoma area consumers.
• Produce Market Seasonal (June through December) produce stand at the Kent farm stand featuring hand-harvested Carpinito Grown vegetables from the family's 800+-acre Kent Valley farm, supplemented with produce sourced from partner farmers throughout the Pacific Northwest to deliver farm-to-table produce to Seattle-area families.
• Nursery & Garden Center Year-round full-scale garden center (open February through Christmas Eve) at the Kent farm stand providing annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, hanging baskets, vegetable and herb starts grown in on-site greenhouses, and a complete line of bagged landscape materials including beauty bark, potting soil, compost, topsoil, and play chips for home gardeners.
• Wholesale Bagged Landscape Products Wholesale line of bagged landscape materials including Beauty Bark, Chicken Manure, Play Chips, Potting Soil, Steer-Gro, Organic Compost, and Topsoil, distributed under Carpinito's own North Country, Carpinito Farms, and High Alpine brands to retail dealers (grocery, hardware, farm & feed stores, and garden centers) throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska.
• Wholesale Bulk Landscape Materials Wholesale bulk landscape materials available for pickup at the Kent Bulk Material Yard or delivery throughout the Puget Sound area, including Medium Bark, Fine Bark, Coarse Bark, Steer-Gro, Cedar Playchips, 3-Way Topsoil, and Compost for landscaping companies and other commercial buyers.
• Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze Seasonal fall agritourism attraction (opens September annually) at 27508 W Valley Hwy N, Kent, WA featuring U-pick pumpkins across 20+ acres, a GPS-designed corn maze, Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off competition, and field trip packages for school groups.
• Farm Fun Yard Family activity area at 6720 S 277th St, Kent, WA (a separate location from the pumpkin patch) opening September 25, 2026 with Corn Pit, Hay Slides, farm animals, rubber duck races, hay maze, rodeo ropin' cows, and a goat walk, sold as a separately ticketed family experience.
• Fresh-Cut Christmas Trees & Holiday Décor Seasonal (November) Christmas tree and holiday product line featuring over a thousand fresh-cut trees ranging from 3 to 15 feet, premium flocked trees, florist-quality poinsettias, wreaths, cedar garland, and holiday décor, supported by the Carpinito Signature Service for tree cutting and vehicle tying, sold retail at the farm stand and wholesale to retailers and fundraisers.
• Wholesale Christmas Greens (Fundraiser Program) Wholesale fresh Christmas wreaths available for retailer pickup or commercial delivery, with a dedicated fundraiser program that enables schools, nonprofits, and other organizations to resell the wreaths as part of seasonal fundraising campaigns.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hand-harvest fresh vegetables daily from 800+ acres of Kent Valley farmland
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Cedar Grove: Maple Valley, WA composting and landscape products producer selling bagged soil, compost, and bark products regionally. Closely comparable to Carpinito Wholesale's bagged soil/compost/bark product range and PNW regional wholesale coverage.
• Pacific Topsoils: Auburn, WA wholesale and retail supplier of bulk landscape materials including bark, soil, and compost. Direct overlap with Carpinito's wholesale and bulk landscape materials distribution across the Puget Sound market.

Direct peers

• Lattin's Country Crib: Rochester, WA family farm operation offering seasonal produce, fall agritourism, and on-farm retail comparable to the Carpinito farm-stand-plus-pumpkin-patch format.
• Remlinger Farms: Family-owned farm in Carnation, WA operating a farm market, U-pick fields, fall pumpkin patch, and family entertainment attractions. Closely comparable to Carpinito on multi-channel PNW farm retail + agritourism model.
• Tonnemaker Family Farm: Royal City, WA family farm specializing in direct-to-consumer fresh produce via farm stand and wholesale channels. Directly comparable to Carpinito's Carpinito Grown farm-direct produce model and PNW regional distribution.
• Knapton Farms: Lynden, WA farm stand and produce retailer with seasonal fall activities. Closely comparable to Carpinito's farm stand retail, fresh local produce, and seasonal event mix.
• Bill's Berry Farm: Grandview, WA family farm offering U-pick berries, farm stand produce, and seasonal family entertainment. Comparable on PNW family-farm retail, seasonal agritourism, and farm-direct fresh produce positioning.
• Bob's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch: Snohomish, WA fall destination offering a corn maze, U-pick pumpkin patch, and family farm activities. Direct overlap with Carpinito's agritourism, corn maze, and pumpkin patch operations.
• Schilter Family Farm: Olympia, WA family farm with farm stand, nursery, seasonal fall festival, and U-pick offerings. Matches Carpinito across PNW family-farm retail, nursery, and agritourism verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Flower World: Large Maltby, WA nursery and garden center retailer carrying nursery stock, seasonal décor, and landscape supplies. Comparable to Carpinito on the nursery, garden center, and seasonal plant/hanging basket vertical at greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 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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