Tahoe Supply

What Tahoe Supply does

Tahoe Supply is a privately held regional B2B distributor of janitorial supplies, cleaning equipment, and facility maintenance products, founded in 1980 and headquartered in Carson City, Nevada. The company operates six physical branches across Northern Nevada (Carson City, Incline Village, Sparks), Southern Nevada (Las Vegas), California (San Jose), and Texas (Austin), serving commercial businesses with a primary focus on the lodging and hospitality vertical. Its catalog spans thirteen major categories — including carpet care, chemical management, hard floor care, paper products, restroom supplies, industrial chemicals, lodging amenities, and cleaning equipment such as vacuums, floor scrubbers, and pressure washers — sold through an e-commerce storefront with account-based, quote-driven B2B pricing alongside in-branch sales.

The company augments product distribution with cleaning equipment repair services available in five of its six markets, creating an attached-service relationship that increases wallet share with commercial customers. Revenue is generated through hardware and consumable sales to enterprise and mid-market buyers, with pay-as-you-go billing and account-specific pricing rather than publicly disclosed list rates. Marketing is conducted through the company website, social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube), and an email newsletter.

Tahoe Supply is privately held with no disclosed institutional ownership, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no public revenue disclosure. Headcount is in the 11–50 range. The business model is fundamentally that of a traditional regional distribution company: long-standing customer relationships, geographic proximity, broad SKU coverage, and service attach — with no proprietary technology, AI/ML capability, or platform-based differentiation identified in the source data.

Name

Tahoe Supply

Legal name

Tahoe Supply Company

Website

https://tahoesupply.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Tahoe Supply is a privately held B2B distributor of janitorial supplies, cleaning equipment, and facility maintenance products, founded in 1980 and serving commercial and hospitality customers across six branches in Nevada, California, and Texas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Carson City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Revenue generated from selling janitorial supplies, cleaning equipment, and related products to commercial businesses. Products include carpet care chemicals, cleaning accessories, floor care products, paper products, and industrial chemicals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Tahoe Supply is a regional B2B distributor of janitorial supplies, cleaning chemicals, and commercial cleaning equipment serving commercial businesses and lodging/hospitality operators across Nevada, California, and Texas. The company sells products across 13 categories — including carpet care, hard floor care, restroom supplies, paper products, lodging supplies, and cleaning equipment — and additionally provides cleaning equipment repair services in select service areas.

Product overview

Tahoe Supply operates as a multi-location janitorial supply distributor serving commercial and industrial businesses across Austin TX, Carson City NV, Lake Tahoe NV, Reno NV, Las Vegas NV, and San Jose CA since 1980. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of cleaning products and equipment organized into 13 major product categories: Carpet Care (spotters, shampoos, extraction cleaners, encapsulating cleaners), Chemical Management (dispensing systems, dilution solutions), Cleaning Accessories (tools, carts, micro fiber, mops), Cleaning Equipment (vacuums, floor machines, scrubbers), Hard Floor Care (finishes, sealers, tools), Industrial Chemicals, Laundry & Kitchen, Liners, Lodging Supplies, Paper Products, Restroom Supplies, Specialty Chemicals, and Waste Receptacles. The company also provides equipment repair services. This is a unified product catalog model through a single e-commerce platform serving multiple regional locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Carpet Care Products Janitorial product category offering carpet spotters, bonnet cleaners, carpet bonnets, carpet deodorizers, carpet shampoos, defoamers, extraction cleaners, encapsulating cleaners, pre-spray chemicals, rinse agents, specialty products, stain protectants, and upholstery shampoos for commercial carpet cleaning operations.
• Chemical Management Systems Chemical dilution and dispensing systems for accurate, controlled dilution of cleaning solutions, including 3M Flow Control, Eco Proportion, J-fill, Maintex Dilution Solution, Smart System, and SSS Navigator systems and accessories.
• Cleaning Accessories Tools, solutions, and organizers for cleaning operations, including ashtrays, batteries, bottles/sprayers, brushes, buckets, cleaning carts, cleaning tools, feather dusters, gloves, lighting, maid caddies, micro fiber, mops, pick-up tools, plungers, pumps, scrapers, signs, sponges, tool holders, towels/wipers, and window cleaning products.
• Cleaning Equipment Commercial cleaning equipment including air movers, backpack vacuums, canister vacuums, carpet extractors, floor machines, floor pads, floor scrubbers, pressure washers, stick vacuums, sweepers, upright vacuums, wet/dry vacuums, wide area vacuums, vacuum bags, and rotary brushes.
• Hard Floor Care Products Products for hard floor maintenance including cleaners, absorbents, brooms and brushes, concrete care, floor finishes, floor pads, floor sealers, hard floor tools, matting, restorers, hard floor signs, spray buffs, stone care, strippers, utility floor pads, and wood floor care products.
• Industrial Chemicals and Supplies Industrial-grade chemicals and supplies including absorbents, cleaners, glass cleaners, hand and skin cleaners, ice melt, graffiti remover, safety supplies, skin care, and wipes.
• Laundry and Kitchen Supplies Laundry and kitchen supplies including bags, disposables, doilies, food containers, guest checks, kitchen cleaners, laundry products, laundry softeners, napkins, placemats, and warewashing products.
• Waste Receptacle Liners Waste receptacle liners including bio-hazard, high density, low density, and specialty liners.
• Lodging Supplies Hotel and lodging amenities including amenities, coffee and supplies, and hotel supplies.
• Paper Products Paper dispensables including dry wipes, facial tissue, feminine hygiene products, folded towels, perforated roll towels, roll towels, toilet paper and bath tissue, towel dispensers, toilet tissue dispensers, and toilet seat covers.
• Restroom Supplies Restroom cleaning and hygiene products including body and hair shampoo, disinfectants, drain cleaners, fabric refreshener, foaming dispensers, glass cleaners, hand cream/lotion, hand sanitizer, hand and skin care, odor control, restroom cleaners, specialty cleaners, and soap dispensers.
• Waste Receptacles Waste containers and smoking urns including smoking urns and receptacles and general waste receptacles.
• Cleaning Equipment Repair Services Cleaning equipment repair services offered at locations in Las Vegas, Carson City, Reno, San Jose, and Austin to commercial customers.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

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 highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bunzl: International distribution and outsourcing company that supplies janitorial, cleaning, and hospitality products to businesses across multiple geographies, comparable at the category level but with substantially larger scale.
• Grainger: Broad-line industrial MRO distributor carrying janitorial supplies, cleaning equipment, and chemicals as part of a much larger and more diversified product portfolio serving business customers nationwide.
• HD Supply: Large national distributor of maintenance, repair, and operations products including janitorial and sanitation supplies to commercial and multifamily customers, with overlapping but broader category coverage.
• Ecolab: Global leader in commercial cleaning and sanitation products and services, with deep overlap in the cleaning chemicals, warewashing, and floor care categories that Tahoe distributes.
• Uline: Much larger industrial and janitorial supplies distributor with national reach and a broad catalog that overlaps Tahoe's cleaning equipment, paper, and chemical categories, but serving a far wider customer base.

Direct peers

• Brady Industries: Janitorial and sanitation product distributor serving the western US with multiple branches and a similar regional distribution model focused on commercial cleaning accounts.
• PJP: Regional janitorial and cleaning supply distributor serving commercial accounts with a comparable mix of chemicals, equipment, paper products, and related consumables.
• CleanSource: Commercial cleaning supplies distributor offering janitorial chemicals, equipment, and consumables to B2B customers, directly comparable in product mix and customer profile.
• Waxie Sanitary Supply: Long-established janitorial supply distributor with locations concentrated in the western US, offering a comparable catalog of cleaning chemicals, equipment, paper, and restroom supplies to commercial and hospitality customers.
• Imperial Dade: One of the largest North American distributors of janitorial and foodservice supplies with overlapping product categories (cleaning chemicals, paper, equipment, liners) and a similar multi-branch B2B distribution model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/TahoeSupplyCompany
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tahoe-supply-company

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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