Apple Group

What Apple Group does

Apple Group, Inc. is a family-owned custom printing, embroidery, and promotional products business headquartered in Tipton, Indiana. Founded around 1994 and operating continuously for nearly 30 years, the company serves businesses, sports teams, school and community clubs, events, fraternities and sororities, and other community organizations across the Midwest United States, positioning decorated apparel and promotional goods as "walking billboards" for customer brands.

The company's core technology stack is built around four garment and hard-good decoration methods: screen printing (ink pushed through woven screens onto fabric, suited for bulk orders), custom embroidery (needle-applied decorative designs digitized from logos), direct-to-garment (DTG) printing (ink sprayed into fabric fibers, suited for small orders and photorealistic imagery), and sublimation transfers (chemical process for full-color, photographic-quality images on apparel, mugs, lanyards, ceramic tiles, and other items). These capabilities are complemented by an in-house graphic design department that creates original artwork or digitizes customer-provided logos, plus promotional product sourcing via the Koozie Group catalog covering drinkware, stationery, pens, and other everyday-use items.

Apple Group operates on a project-based, quote-driven revenue model with no publicly disclosed pricing, subscriptions, or licensing arrangements. Customers request quotes through the company website, dedicated sales emails, or a toll-free phone line, and an in-house sales team provides personalized consultation and order management. Standard turnaround is 7-14 business days and the business handles orders ranging from dozens to thousands of units per job, with revenue generated from one-off custom printing and embroidery service fees, promotional product sales, and graphic design fees. The company has no external parent, no disclosed investors, and no public listing.

Name

Apple Group

Legal name

Apple Group, Inc.

Website

https://applegroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Apple Group is a family-owned custom printing and embroidery business based in Tipton, Indiana, founded around 1994. It offers screen printing, embroidery, direct-to-garment printing, sublimation, promotional products, and graphic design to businesses, teams, clubs, and organizations in the Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Apparel Decoration & Promotional Products

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Branded Merchandise & Corporate Gifts (BPAFAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Promotional Products & Branded Merchandise Retail (CRALAJAM), Corporate Event Decor, Branding & Signage (HSACADAJ)

Keywords

• Custom apparel printing
• Embroidery services
• Promotional products
• Screen printing
• Garment decoration

Headquarters

HQ city

Tipton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Printing Services: Revenue generated from screen printing, direct-to-garment printing, and sublimation transfer services applied to apparel and promotional products. Services are priced per job with turnaround of 7-14 business days.
2. Custom Embroidery Services: Revenue from digitizing logos and applying embroidered designs to garments, bags, hats, and other items. Charges based on design complexity and item quantity.
3. Promotional Products: Sale of branded promotional products including drinkware, pens, pencils, and other everyday-use items with company logos imprinted.
4. Graphic Design Services: Design services for creating original logos and artwork for products, either from customer ideas or custom creation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Apple Group is a custom decoration and promotional products provider that applies customer logos and artwork to apparel and merchandise using screen printing, embroidery, direct-to-garment (DTG) printing, and sublimation transfers. Services are sold per project with in-house graphic design support and a typical turnaround of 7–14 business days, handling orders from dozens to thousands of units.

Product overview

Apple Group is a family-owned custom decoration and promotional products business operating since approximately 1992. The company offers a portfolio of core services including Screen Printing, Embroidery, Direct to Garment Printing, and Sublimation Transfers, supplemented by Graphic Design capabilities. These printing and decoration services are applied to two main product categories: Apparel (shirts, hats, hoodies, tote bags, garments) and Promotional Products (drinkware, pens, pencils, stationery, office supplies). The services work together to allow customers to place custom designs and brand logos on products for marketing purposes. The company has a turnaround time of 7-14 business days and handles orders from dozens to thousands of units.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Screen Printing

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Custom Ink: Custom Ink is a direct online competitor offering custom screen-printed and embroidered apparel to groups, businesses, and organizations—the same SMB/organizational buyer that Apple Group serves, with an overlapping product/service mix.
• RushOrderTees: RushOrderTees provides custom screen printing, embroidery, and DTG services for apparel, directly overlapping Apple Group's core decoration services and target customer segments.
• Quality Logo Products: Quality Logo Products sells custom-imprinted promotional items to businesses and organizations, directly competing with Apple Group's branded merchandise and apparel decoration offerings.
• Discount Mugs: Discount Mugs offers custom-imprinted drinkware, pens, and promotional products—the same branded merchandise category Apple Group fulfills through its promotional products catalog and sublimation services.
• 4imprint: 4imprint is one of the largest promotional products distributors in North America, offering branded merchandise to businesses and organizations—the same end market Apple Group addresses through its promotional products line.

Broad incumbents

• HALO Branded Solutions: HALO is a large incumbent promotional products and branded merchandise distributor serving enterprise customers—the same corporate/brand-awareness use cases Apple Group addresses with its branded apparel and merchandise.
• Vistaprint (Cimpress): Cimpress, parent of Vistaprint, is a large incumbent offering custom printing and promotional products across apparel, signage, and marketing materials—serving overlapping SMB customers via a more automated, scaled platform.

Emerging players

• Spreadshirt: Spreadshirt is a print-on-demand custom apparel platform serving individuals, teams, and organizations; an emerging digital-native competitor that intersects with Apple Group's small-order, custom apparel offering.
• Printful: Printful is a print-on-demand and fulfillment platform for custom apparel and accessories, representing the digital-native, low-friction competitor that may erode Apple Group's small-order, on-demand segment.

Others

• SanMar: SanMar is a major wholesale apparel supplier whose blank apparel (Nike, Port Authority, Champion, Gildan, etc.) Apple Group decorates and resells—an upstream supply ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/applegroupinc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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