Cater Depot Warehouse

What Cater Depot Warehouse does

Cater Depot Warehouse is a privately held, for-profit B2B e-commerce retailer specializing in replacement parts, accessories, and custom fabrications for food trucks, catering trucks, and step vans. Founded in 1975 and headquartered at 1615 W. Mines Ave, Montebello, California, the company operates a single warehouse from which it ships nationwide directly to mobile food service operators and commercial vehicle owners. Its catalog spans more than a dozen categories including gas components (regulators, valves, burners, propane tanks), electrical supplies (fan motors, switches, plugs), plumbing (faucets, sinks, water tanks), industrial hardware (hinges, locks, handles, gas springs), LED lighting, refrigeration components, sheet metal and extrusions, tools and fasteners, and kitchen equipment. The company also operates an in-house custom fabrication line producing food truck skylights, service doors, generator doors, window frames, refrigeration doors, and side/rear entry doors, with dedicated custom order web forms.

The underlying technology is a standard e-commerce platform providing product catalog browsing, search, shopping cart, account management, order tracking, and RMA processing. There is no disclosed proprietary technology, AI/ML capability, or app; the technology stack is functional rather than differentiated. Customer acquisition is driven primarily by organic search and direct navigation to the website, supplemented by an email newsletter and an active presence on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google+ for brand engagement.

Cater Depot Warehouse generates revenue through direct, one-time transaction-based e-commerce sales with no subscription or recurring component. Products are priced individually (examples: gas regulators $79–$148, LED interior lights $36–$119, water tanks up to $1,610), with free shipping sitewide on all orders and same-day shipping available on many items. Certain items carry a 'Call for Price' designation indicating quote-based pricing for specialized or custom products. The customer base is distributed across SMB food truck operators, step van and delivery vehicle operators, and catering equipment operators, with no named enterprise accounts and no customer concentration risk.

Name

Cater Depot Warehouse

Legal name

Cater Depot Warehouse

Website

https://caterdepot.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Cater Depot Warehouse is a privately held B2B e-commerce retailer selling replacement parts, accessories, and custom fabrications for food trucks, catering trucks, and step vans, shipping nationwide from its Montebello, California warehouse with free sitewide shipping.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montebello

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales (E-commerce Retail): Cater Depot Warehouse generates revenue through direct-to-consumer e-commerce sales of food truck parts, catering equipment parts, and step van replacement parts. Products include gas components, electrical systems, plumbing fixtures, hardware, lighting, refrigeration units, generators, and custom fabrication items. Revenue is primarily one-time transaction-based with no subscription component.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cater Depot Warehouse is a B2B e-commerce retailer that sells replacement parts, accessories, and custom fabricated components for food trucks, catering trucks, and step vans. The catalog spans gas systems, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, LED lighting, industrial hardware, generators (Honda and Cummins Onan), water tanks, fittings, and sheet metal, with free shipping sitewide and same-day shipping on many items.

Product overview

Cater Depot Warehouse is a B2B e-commerce platform specializing in parts and accessories for food trucks, catering trucks, and step vans. The product portfolio includes custom fabrication services (fabricated doors, skylights, windows), power solutions (Honda and Cummins Onan generators), gas system components (regulators, valves, burners), plumbing (water tanks, faucets, sinks), refrigeration systems, LED lighting, electrical supplies, industrial hardware (hinges, locks, handles), stepvan replacement parts, and sheet metal/aluminum extrusions. The company operates as a parts distributor with free shipping sitewide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Generators
• Custom Fabrication
• Gas Components
• Coffee Parts
• Hardware
• Electrical Supplies
• LED Lighting
• Stepvan Parts
• Plumbing Supplies
• Refrigeration
• Water Tanks
• Sheet Metal
• Fittings
• Tools & Fasteners
• Kitchen Equipment

Quantifiable outcome

• Free shipping sitewide
• +1 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

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Parts Geek: Parts Geek is an online auto parts retailer offering replacement components for a wide range of vehicles. It is a direct peer in the e-commerce vehicle parts distribution model and overlaps with Cater Depot on step van replacement parts (lights, mirrors, electrical, hardware, wipers).
• RockAuto: RockAuto is an online catalog-based auto parts retailer known for broad SKU coverage and competitive pricing. It is a direct e-commerce peer for Cater Depot's step van chassis parts, lighting, electrical, and hardware categories.
• CARiD: CARiD is an online retailer specializing in automotive and truck accessories, replacement parts, and performance products. It overlaps with Cater Depot on step van / commercial vehicle parts (lighting, mirrors, electrical, body hardware) and shares the e-commerce-only, no-storefront distribution model.

Broad incumbents

• Restaurant Depot: Restaurant Depot is a membership-based wholesale cash-and-carry foodservice supplier carrying equipment, smallwares, and supplies. While primarily known for food and consumables, it sells into the same foodservice operator base Cater Depot serves and represents an alternative channel for parts and equipment sourcing.
• Grainger: Grainger is a large industrial MRO distributor with a comprehensive catalog of hardware, fittings, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC components. It overlaps with a significant portion of Cater Depot's hardware, fittings, electrical, and plumbing categories, though Cater Depot's specialization in mobile food service vehicles is narrower.
• MSC Industrial Direct: MSC Industrial is a major metalworking and industrial MRO distributor carrying hardware, fittings, tools, and maintenance supplies. It overlaps with Cater Depot's hardware, fittings, tools & fasteners, and sheet metal categories as a broad incumbent competitor.
• Webstaurant Store: Webstaurant Store is one of the largest online restaurant equipment and supplies wholesalers in the U.S. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with Cater Depot in commercial kitchen equipment, refrigeration parts, plumbing fittings, and gas components, but serves a much wider foodservice customer base beyond mobile vehicles.
• KaTom Restaurant Supply: KaTom is a major online and catalog-based restaurant equipment and supplies distributor. It overlaps with Cater Depot on refrigeration, plumbing, and gas cooking components used in commercial kitchens, including mobile food service applications, though without Cater Depot's specific mobile-vehicle focus.

Emerging players

• Cruising Kitchens: Cruising Kitchens is a custom food truck builder and outfitter. While primarily a builder rather than a parts distributor, it represents an emerging competitor that could vertically integrate parts supply for its own builds and operator customers, partially disintermediating Cater Depot.
• Prestige Food Trucks: Prestige Food Trucks is a food truck builder and refurbisher serving small business operators. As a builder/retrofitter, it purchases parts from suppliers like Cater Depot but could expand into retail parts sales to its customer base, creating partial overlap with Cater Depot's e-commerce catalog.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CaterNeedsStore
• Facebookfacebook.com/CaterDepotWarehouse
• Instagraminstagram.com/caterneeds

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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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