What Printelect does

Printelect is a U.S. election supplies and services company founded in 1902 and headquartered in New Bern, North Carolina, with a secondary office in Garner, NC (Raleigh area). The company operates a dedicated printing plant and produces a broad catalog of physical election materials - voting booths, signs, ballot boxes, security seals, stickers, and related supplies - alongside services that include ballot printing, vote-by-mail processing, election coding/programming, tabulation equipment sales (via a channel partnership with ES&S), and field services. Its customer base is comprised of government election officials at federal, state, and local levels.

The business model combines an e-commerce storefront for smaller, transactional purchases with a direct sales motion for larger contracts, service engagements, and bundled offerings. The company has expanded beyond its core government market into adjacent segments through a Union & Contract Elections service line and has invested in product differentiation through a "Voter's Choice" sub-brand positioned as an innovation line. Pricing on the storefront is low-ticket (items in the low-single-dollars to ~$45 range), implying that material revenue is concentrated in larger contracts, services, and printing volume rather than in the storefront SKUs themselves.

Printelect sits in a niche, procurement-driven market where incumbency, chain-of-custody competence, and qualified-vendor status matter, and where demand is structurally tied to U.S. election cycles (presidential, midterm, and local). The ES&S channel partnership anchors the company inside the largest U.S. voting-equipment ecosystem, providing ecosystem-level distribution. The 101-250 employee footprint and dual North Carolina locations indicate a mid-sized, specialized industrial-services operation rather than a software or platform business, and the company's competitive position rests on physical-asset, regulatory-credentialing, and relationship-based advantages rather than on technology differentiation.

Name

Printelect

Legal name

Printelect

Website

https://printelect.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1902

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Printelect is a U.S. election supplies and services company serving government election officials with voting booths, ballot printing, vote-by-mail processing, election coding, and tabulation equipment resale from its North Carolina facilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Election Supplies and Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Printing (32311), Printing and Related Support Activities (3231)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790)

akta.pro primary industry

Security & Specialty Print (Anti-Counterfeit, Secure Docs, Watermarks) (MPAJALAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mailing, Inserting & Distribution Services (Addressing, Direct Mail, Kitting) (MPAJALAH), Large-Format & Specialty Printing (Signage, Posters, Displays) (MPAJALAD)

Keywords

• Election supplies
• Ballot printing
• Voting equipment
• Vote-by-mail services
• Election services

Headquarters

HQ city

New Bern

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, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Election Supplies Sales: Sale of physical election supplies including voting booths, signs, ballot boxes, security supplies, and accessories through e-commerce storefront.
2. Ballot Printing Services: Professional ballot printing services for elections of various sizes including presidential, state, county, and municipal elections.
3. Vote-By-Mail Services: Full-service vote-by-mail ballot printing and tracking solutions.
4. Equipment Sales & Services: Sale and service of tabulation equipment and related field services.
5. Union & Contract Elections: Specialized election services for union and contract voting processes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Printelect is a full-service election supplies provider that manufactures and distributes physical election products (voting booths, polling place signs, ballot boxes, security seals, stickers, thermal paper) and provides professional election services including ballot printing, vote-by-mail processing, election coding and programming, union and contract elections, and tabulation equipment sales and field service. The company serves federal, state, county, and municipal election officials across the United States from its New Bern, North Carolina base.

Product overview

Printelect is a full-service election supplies provider offering a platform of physical election products combined with election services. Their product portfolio includes election supplies and products organized across multiple categories (Voting Booths & Accessories, Election Signs & Parking Lot Solutions, Election Boxes & Bags, Ballot Bins, ES&S Products, Equipment & Supply Carts, Precinct/Poll Worker & Office Supplies, Security Supplies, Entry & Access Solutions, Pakflatt Products, and PE Security Cabinets), along with branded items like I Voted Today Sticker, DS200/DS300 Thermal Paper, Vote Here Today Sign, Future Voter Sticker, and Voter's Choice Portable Sign System. Their service offerings include Ballot Printing, Vote-By-Mail Ballot Printing, Union & Contract Elections, Election Coding & Programming, Tabulation Equipment Sales, and Field Services. The company operates a state-of-the-art printing plant in North Carolina and provides turn-key election solutions nationwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• I Voted Today Sticker

Quantifiable outcome

• Millions of ballots produced with strict quality and security standards

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ES&S (Election Systems & Software)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrintelect offers a dedicated section for ES&S Products on their website, reselling Election Systems & Software voting equipment and supplies including DS200/DS300 thermal paper rolls. This is a core channel partnership for equipment distribution.

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dominion Voting Systems: Major U.S. voting equipment manufacturer providing tabulators and election management systems. Overlaps with Printelect in serving the same county and state election-official buyers, and could expand into supplies and printing.
• Hart InterCivic: U.S. voting equipment OEM selling tabulation and election equipment to state and county election officials. Competes with Printelect indirectly by owning the equipment relationship that anchors Printelect's consumables and supplies business.
• Election Systems & Software (ES&S): Largest U.S. voting equipment manufacturer and a core channel partner of Printelect. Directly comparable as both an equipment OEM and a supplier of ballot-related consumables (thermal paper, seals) sold into the same election-official customer base.
• Central Lake Armor Express: Supplier of election security products including tamper-evident bags, seals, and ballot transit materials. Competes in the same secure-supplies niche and sells into overlapping government election customers.
• Runbeck Election Services: Specialized election services provider offering ballot printing, vote-by-mail processing, and election logistics. Direct competitor to Printelect's ballot printing and vote-by-mail service lines, serving many of the same state and county customers.
• ElectionSource: Long-established U.S. election supplies distributor offering voting booths, privacy screens, signs, ballot boxes, and accessories. Closely comparable catalog of physical election products sold to government election officials.

Emerging players

• Tenex Software Solutions: Provider of election management and voter lookup software used by counties and states. Adjacent technology competitor to Printelect's election coding and programming services for ballot layout and configuration.
• KNOWiNK: Provider of electronic poll books (Poll Pads) and related election management technology to U.S. jurisdictions. An emerging, technology-led player adjacent to Printelect's equipment and supplies offering rather than a direct print competitor.
• BPro (Election Automation): Supplier of election automation and ballot-on-demand printing systems used by election offices. Partial overlap with Printelect's field services and equipment reselling business via shared government election customers.

Regional players

• Klasen Printing & Imaging: Midwest-based commercial printer offering specialty ballot and election printing services. Comparable capability to Printelect's NC ballot printing plant and competes for state and county ballot contracts on a regional basis.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/printelect
• Facebookfacebook.com/printelect
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/printelect-campaign-elections
• Instagraminstagram.com/printelect

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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