Planet Green Cartridges

What Planet Green Cartridges does

Planet Green Cartridges, Inc. is a wholesale B2B remanufacturer of inkjet printer cartridges, founded in 1999 by Sean Levi (President & CEO) and operated from a 30,000-square-foot certified remanufacturing facility in Chatsworth, California. The company sells exclusively through an authorized reseller network that includes distributors, office supply dealers, managed print service providers, e-commerce sellers on Amazon, Walmart Marketplace and Shopify, print shops, and mail houses across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica. Resellers must apply and be approved before accessing wholesale pricing via the company's Shopify-based online ordering portal, phone (1-800-377-1093), fax, or email, with options for credit accounts on net terms. The company is privately held, founder-controlled, and bootstrapped, with no recorded institutional funding, parent company, or M&A activity.

The product portfolio spans more than 800 SKUs across remanufactured cartridges for major OEM brands (HP, Canon, Brother, Epson, Lexmark, Dell, Pitney Bowes), organized into desktop inkjet cartridges, wide-format inks for HP DesignJet and Canon imagePROGRAF printers, MICR inks for secure check printing, mailing and industrial inks for coding/marking applications, and replacement ink bottles. Underlying the catalog is a vertically integrated, in-house 7-stage remanufacturing process—collection and recovery, inspection and sorting, cleaning and preparation, refurbishment and component replacement, refilling with model-specific ink, testing, and packaging—built around OEM core reuse, proprietary equipment, and multi-stage quality control. The company produces more than 200,000 cartridges per month and supplements its core offering with the Focus retail packaging sub-brand, customizable white-label private packaging, blind drop shipping to resellers' end customers, and an empty-core buyback program with prepaid shipping, free pallet pickup, and R2/e-Stewards compliance documentation for sellers of empties.

Revenue is generated almost entirely through one-time wholesale cartridge sales to approved reseller accounts; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Approved resellers can transact via pay-as-you-go (major credit cards, wire transfer, C.O.D.) or net terms on credit accounts, with a 2.5% monthly finance charge on balances unpaid beyond 31 days. Recent strategic activity has centered on product-line expansion rather than capital events: between March and May 2026 Planet Green launched the Canon PFI-030 series, the HP 745/746/764 wide-format series, the HP 730 DesignJet re-release, the Epson T786XL with OEM reset chip, and an entirely new Epson-compatible sublimation ink bottle line targeting apparel and promotional-products verticals.

Name

Planet Green Cartridges

Legal name

Planet Green Cartridges, Inc.

Website

https://pginkjets.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Planet Green Cartridges is a wholesale U.S. remanufacturer of inkjet cartridges, serving authorized resellers, distributors, managed print providers, e-commerce sellers, and print shops from a 30,000-square-foot facility in Chatsworth, California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chatsworth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Inkjet Cartridge Sales: Planet Green generates revenue primarily through the sale of remanufactured inkjet cartridges to authorized resellers, distributors, and dealers. Products include desktop cartridges, wide-format inks, MICR cartridges, industrial inks, and replacement ink bottles across major OEM brands (HP, Canon, Brother, Epson, Lexmark, Dell, Pitney Bowes). Sales occur through account-based relationships, online ordering portals, phone, fax, and email. The company offers over 800 SKUs and provides both standard and private-label packaging options.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Planet Green Cartridges is a wholesale manufacturer of U.S.-remanufactured inkjet printer cartridges sold exclusively to authorized resellers, distributors, and dealers. The company produces over 800 SKUs across HP, Canon, Brother, Epson, Lexmark, Dell, and Pitney Bowes, including desktop, wide-format, MICR, mailing/industrial, and replacement ink bottles. It operates a 30,000 sq ft vertically integrated facility in Chatsworth, California, producing 200,000+ cartridges per month, and supports resellers with private-label packaging and blind drop shipping.

Product overview

Planet Green is a wholesale distributor of U.S. remanufactured inkjet cartridges, operating as a single unified product portfolio centered on remanufactured printer consumables. The core offerings include HP, Canon, Brother, Epson, Lexmark, Dell, and Pitney Bowes inkjet cartridges across multiple sub-categories: standard desktop inkjets, wide-format inks for CAD and graphics printing, MICR inks for secure check printing, mailing and industrial inks for coding and marking applications, and replacement ink bottles for refill systems. The company also offers Universal cross-compatible cartridges and sublimation ink bottles for converted Epson printers. Value-added services include Focus Brand proprietary retail packaging, white packaging/private labeling for reseller branding, and blind drop shipping for fulfillment. The company purchases empty cartridge cores through a buyback program to support remanufacturing operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Focus: Focus is the company's retail packaging brand featuring clear compatibility messaging, bold cartridge model identification, and green 'Go Green' visual with U.S. remanufactured messaging. Also offered in white packaging for reseller customization.

Products and services

• HP Inkjet Cartridges U.S. remanufactured HP inkjet cartridges compatible with HP 10, 15, 17, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 45, 54, 56, 57, 58, 60XL through 980, and 981X through 992XC series desktop printers, sold wholesale to authorized resellers.
• HP Wide Format Inks U.S. remanufactured HP wide-format ink cartridges for HP DesignJet printers covering HP 70, 72, 727, 728, 730, 745, 746, 761, 764, 771, 789, 792, 831, 842A, 843A, and 848 series, used for CAD, architectural drawings, GIS mapping, technical documents, posters, and signage.
• HP MICR Inks

Quantifiable outcome

• 200,000+ cartridges produced per month
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Clover Imaging Group: Clover Imaging is one of the largest independent remanufacturers of printer consumables (inkjet and laser), selling through a multi-brand portfolio to resellers, distributors and MPS providers. It is the most direct head-to-head competitor to Planet Green's remanufacturing and channel model.
• CompAndSave: CompAndSave manufactures and sells remanufactured and compatible inkjet and toner cartridges for HP, Canon, Epson, Brother and Lexmark. It is a direct competitor on multi-OEM remanufactured SKUs and competes for the same small-business and reseller customers.
• LD Products: LD Products manufactures and distributes remanufactured inkjet and toner cartridges under brands like ImageLab and SuperInk, with a wholesale channel and direct e-commerce presence. Directly comparable to Planet Green on remanufactured SKUs, multi-OEM coverage and authorized dealer/reseller sales.
• 123Inkjets: 123Inkjets is a major online retailer and distributor of remanufactured and compatible inkjet and toner cartridges across major OEM brands. Comparable to Planet Green on SKU breadth, multi-OEM coverage, and the e-commerce/online sales channel.
• Supplies Network: Supplies Network is a wholesale distributor of imaging supplies (ink, toner, printers) serving dealer/reseller and MPS accounts across North America. It is a channel peer to Planet Green, reaching overlapping reseller segments and printer fleets.
• Ink Technologies: Ink Technologies manufactures and distributes compatible and remanufactured ink cartridges and toner, including refill kits and bulk ink, marketed to resellers and end-users. Comparable on the remanufactured-printer-consumables product set and the wholesale/B2B channel.
• Static Control Components: Static Control designs and supplies remanufacturing components, chips and inks used by cartridge remanufacturers worldwide, including many competitors to Planet Green. It is a direct peer and also a key supply-chain participant to the broader third-party cartridge industry.

Broad incumbents

• Epson: Epson is a printer OEM for inkjet, EcoTank and WorkForce product lines, plus a major wide-format, signage, and sublimation printer vendor. Remanufactured Epson cartridges and Epson-compatible sublimation bottles (T786XL, EcoTank compatible) are part of Planet Green's active expansion into Epson-equivalents.
• Canon Inc. Canon is a major printer OEM and supplier of original inkjet cartridges (PG/CL, PGI/CLI, imagePROGRAF PFI series) that Planet Green remanufactures compatible versions of. Comparable as the OEM whose installed base and chip authentication policy set the market boundaries for Planet Green.
• Hewlett-Packard (HP): HP is the dominant OEM for inkjet printers and original inkjet cartridges and supplies (Instant Ink, HP 60/61/62/64/65 etc.) that Planet Green's remanufactured line competes against. Its print business is the largest incumbent whose installed base drives demand for Planet Green's compatible cartridges.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pg_recycle

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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