Urban Imaging

What Urban Imaging does

Urban Imaging is a privately held, for-profit company founded in 2008 and headquartered in Melrose Park, Illinois, United States. According to its firmographic profile, the company provides printing, graphic design, branding, logo design, marketing collateral, banners, and signage services. With a reported headcount of 1-10 employees, Urban Imaging operates as a small-scale commercial print and visual communications provider, most likely serving local or regional business clients with physical branding and marketing materials.

No substantive information is available regarding the company's revenue, customer base, management team, ownership, funding history, or technology stack. The company's website (urbanimaging.com) currently displays only a verification waiting page rather than functional company content, which prevents verification of service offerings, pricing, portfolio examples, or operational scale. The business model is consistent with project-based service revenue from commercial print and design work, though no pricing model, contract structure, or customer segmentation is documented in the available data.

There is no evidence of proprietary technology, software products, mobile applications, APIs, or digital platforms associated with the company. No social media profiles, app store listings, patents, trademarks, awards, partnerships, regulatory actions, or M&A activity have been recorded. Urban Imaging appears to be a traditional brick-and-mortar small business in the commercial printing and visual communications industry with a minimal public digital footprint limited to its name, founding year, location, and basic service description.

Name

Urban Imaging

Website

https://urbanimaging.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Urban Imaging is a small private print and graphic design firm based in Melrose Park, Illinois, founded in 2008. The company provides printing, graphic design, branding, logo, banner, and signage services to commercial clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing and Signage Services

NAICS

Indoor and Outdoor Display Advertising (541850), Indoor and Outdoor Display Advertising (54185), Graphic Design Services (54143), Commercial Screen Printing (323113)

SIC

Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Large-Format & Specialty Printing (Signage, Posters, Displays) (MPAJALAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Printing (Short-Run, Variable Data) (MPAJALAC)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Graphic design services
• Branding and logo design
• Signage production
• Banner printing

Headquarters

HQ city

Melrose Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Urban Imaging provides commercial printing, graphic design, branding, logo creation, marketing collateral, banner, and signage services to local clients. The firm operates as a small project-based print and design shop founded in 2008 and located in Melrose Park, Illinois. Its core deliverables include custom printed materials, brand identity assets, and physical signage produced for customer specifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Printing Services
• Graphic Design Services
• Branding and Logo Design
• Marketing Collateral Design
• Banner Printing
• Signage Services

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Emerging players

• Signs.com: Online custom signage and banner provider that targets the same SMB end-customer with a digital-only model — illustrates the online competitive pressure on a small local signage shop.
• 4over: Online trade-only commercial printing marketplace offering large-format and specialty printing at low prices — represents the digital competitive alternative for SMB print buyers that Urban Imaging targets.

Direct peers

• AlphaGraphics: Franchise-based print and marketing services provider offering printing, signage, graphic design, and direct mail — directly comparable service mix and customer profile to Urban Imaging.
• SpeedPro Imaging: Franchise network of large-format printing and signage studios serving local B2B clients — the closest direct analogue to Urban Imaging's wide-format signage and banner services, organized as local production hubs.
• Allegra Marketing Print Mail: Franchise network providing printing, marketing services, signage, and mailing — a comparable local B2B print and design franchise model.
• Minuteman Press: Franchise network of local print shops providing design, printing, banners, and signage to small and mid-sized businesses — directly comparable in service breadth and local B2B orientation.
• Sir Speedy: Franchise printing and marketing services brand offering graphic design, printing, signage, and direct mail — overlapping service set and customer base with Urban Imaging.

Broad incumbents

• The UPS Store: National retail network providing printing, banners, and basic marketing materials to small businesses and consumers — an indirect competitor for commodity print and small-format signage.
• Vistaprint (Cimpress): Large online printing and marketing services platform offering business cards, banners, signage, and branded materials — the dominant mass-market comparator for Urban Imaging's core print offering, albeit at national scale.
• FedEx Office: National retail chain offering printing, copying, banners, and basic signage — competes for the same walk-in and SMB print/signage demand that Urban Imaging serves locally.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UrbanImaging

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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