Cartouches Certifiees

What Cartouches Certifiees does

Cartouches Certifiees is a privately held Canadian e-commerce retailer, founded in 2006 and headquartered in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec, that sells printing supplies, office hardware, and adjacent lifestyle products to consumers, small businesses, and enterprise buyers across Canada. Its core offering is printer cartridges — original OEM, refurbished ('remis à neuf'), and third-party compatible SKUs — covering HP, Brother, Canon, Lexmark, Epson, Xerox, Okidata, Dell, and Samsung, with a specialty MICR cartridge line for financial-document printing. The company extends beyond cartridges into printers, scanners, laptops, desktops, monitors, projectors, HP Poly audio/video conferencing equipment, office supplies, cables, and selected lifestyle and sanitary/PPE categories.

The business runs on a Shopify-based direct-to-consumer storefront, with parallel French (cartouchescertifiees.com) and English (certifiedcartridges.ca) sites, login-gated pricing, and inside-sales phone support in Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Vancouver, and a toll-free number. Fulfillment is supported by nine warehouse/entrepôt locations spanning Halifax, Montreal, Saint-Bruno, Markham, Mississauga, Guelph, Calgary, Edmonton, and Richmond, enabling domestic nationwide distribution. Revenue is generated predominantly through one-time product sales, with a newer automatic-replenishment subscription service positioned for B2B/enterprise accounts. The company is privately held with no disclosed parent, no institutional investors, and no public-ownership footprint; headcount is reported in the 11-50 range and no audited financial metrics are available.

Name

Cartouches Certifiees

Legal name

Cartouches Certifiees

Website

https://cartouchescertifiees.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cartouches Certifiees is a privately held Canadian e-commerce retailer founded in 2006, selling original, refurbished, and compatible printer cartridges plus printers, office supplies, and lifestyle products to consumers, SMBs, and enterprise customers across Canada via a bilingual Shopify platform and nine warehouses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Longueuil

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: One-time sale of printer cartridges (original, refurbished, compatible), printers, office supplies, computers, and related products through e-commerce and phone orders.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cartouches Certifiees is a Canadian e-commerce retailer that supplies original, refurbished, and compatible ink and toner cartridges across major printer brands (HP, Brother, Canon, Lexmark, Epson, Xerox, Okidata, Dell, Samsung), along with printers, scanners, computers, monitors, projectors, HP Poly conferencing equipment, office supplies, and specialty items such as MICR cartridges for check printing. The company operates a bilingual Shopify storefront supported by phone sales and a network of nine warehouses across Canada.

Product overview

Cartouches Certifiees is a Canadian e-commerce retailer offering a comprehensive portfolio of printing solutions and office equipment. The company's core business is selling original, refurbished, and compatible printer cartridges (inkjet and laser toner) from major brands including HP, Brother, Canon, Lexmark, Epson, Xerox, Okidata, Samsung, and Dell. Beyond cartridges, the company sells hardware including printers, scanners, computers (laptops and desktops), monitors, projectors, and HP Poly audio/video conferencing equipment. The product range extends to general office supplies, cables, paper products, lifestyle items (coffee machines, air purifiers, bags), and sanitary/personal protective equipment. The company also offers an automatic replenishment service for businesses and features a 'Dragon's Den' association as a Quebec business success story.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Original OEM Ink and Toner Cartridges (Multi-Brand)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• PrinterRepairCenter.ca: Smaller Canadian-focused online printer supplies and service retailer with overlapping SKUs. Adjacent niche player; comparable in geography and customer base but smaller scale.

Direct peers

• 123inkjets.ca: Canadian-focused e-commerce retailer of compatible, remanufactured, and original ink/toner cartridges. Closely comparable in product mix, geography, and channel (Shopify-style DTC storefront serving Canadian SMBs and consumers).
• 4inkjets: Online retailer of OEM, remanufactured, and compatible printer cartridges with strong B2B emphasis. Comparable product breadth across major printer brands and similar DTC + enterprise sales motion.
• LD Products: Large US-based online retailer of compatible, remanufactured, and original printer cartridges with B2B replenishment programs. Highly comparable business model including enterprise auto-replenishment, which directly mirrors Cartouches Certifiees' B2B offering.
• CompAndSave: North American online retailer specializing in compatible and remanufactured printer cartridges, plus compatible printer hardware. Directly comparable product line (third-party cartridges) and e-commerce distribution model.

Broad incumbents

• Staples Canada: Dominant Canadian office-supply and printing-products retailer carrying cartridges, printers, and office equipment across retail and online channels. Comparable in product categories but operates as a broad incumbent, not a cartridge specialist.
• HP (Hewlett-Packard): Largest printer OEM and dominant cartridge supplier globally. Not a direct retailer comparable, but its OEM-direct store, Instant Ink subscription, and DRM/firmware strategy shape the competitive and operational environment for Cartouches Certifiees.
• Amazon Business: Massive e-commerce channel with deep cartridge/printer catalog and aggressive B2B pricing, shipping, and procurement features. Sets the baseline for online printer-supply convenience and pricing transparency in Canada.
• Office Depot / OfficeMax: Major North American office-supplies retailer with deep cartridge/printer catalog and B2B procurement services. Overlaps in product mix and B2B motion but at much larger scale and broader category scope.

Regional players

• Toner Giant: UK-focused online retailer of compatible, remanufactured, and original printer cartridges. Comparable e-commerce cartridge model but serves a different (UK/European) geography than the Canadian-anchored subject company.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/cartouchescertifiees

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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