Central Screen Printing

What Central Screen Printing does

Central Screen Printing is a privately held, family-owned custom apparel decorator founded in 1985 and headquartered at 405 E Everly Brothers Blvd in Central City, Kentucky. The company operates as Central Screen Printing, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and serves SMBs, educational institutions (schools, PTOs, Beta Clubs), mid-market enterprises, nonprofits, bands, and individual consumers across the United States, with production concentration in the Kentucky tri-state area. It delivers screen printing, embroidery, Direct-to-Film (DTF) printing, and promotional product decoration, supported by a 115+ page design template library and a free in-house art team that produces custom artwork without third-party design costs.

The company's core technology comprises a proprietary e-commerce platform with three commercial surfaces: a direct-to-consumer storefront at www.centralscreenprinting.com with product builder and Campaign Creator self-service tool, a Request a Quote flow for inside-sales handling of larger custom orders, and a custom Webstore Platform offering both Campaign (2-3 week time-limited) and Residual (24/7 always-open) branded storefronts for organizations. Pricing is volume-based: screen printing starts at $9.90 per unit with a 12-piece minimum and discounts up to 29% at 1,000+ units, while webstores carry no setup or monthly fees and instead charge a 7% transaction fee on profit-making items to cover credit card and fulfillment costs. Turnaround is 7-10 business days and orders ship via UPS, with $8.95 flat shipping on individual orders.

Central Screen Printing generates revenue across four streams: one-time custom apparel sales (DTC and SMB), inside-sales contract orders, B2B webstore transaction fees, and promotional product decoration services. Go-to-market is hybrid: direct-to-consumer through the website, inside sales via quote requests, channel-led through the official National Beta partnership (which provides a dedicated Beta account manager and exclusive benefits to Beta Clubs), and enterprise sales of residual webstores to corporate clients such as Home Pro, ADT Authorized Dealers, Logan Aluminum, and the City of Madisonville. The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed institutional investment and serves a customer base where SMB long-tail volume is anchored by a handful of named enterprise webstore logos.

Name

Central Screen Printing

Legal name

Central Screen Printing, Inc.

Website

https://centralscreenprinting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Central Screen Printing is a family-owned custom apparel decorator founded in 1985 in Central City, Kentucky, offering screen printing, embroidery, DTF printing, and branded webstore solutions to SMBs, schools, National Beta Clubs, nonprofits, and enterprise clients across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Apparel Decoration

NAICS

Commercial Screen Printing (323113)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Custom Printing & Decoration Services (Screen Print, Embroidery, Laser) (BPAFAMAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sportswear Customization & Printing Retail (CRAMACAK), Printing Operations (Rotary/Flat/Digital/Sublimation) (IMAOACAC)

Keywords

• Custom apparel printing
• Screen printing services
• Embroidery decoration
• Branded apparel webstores
• Promotional products

Headquarters

HQ city

Central City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Apparel Sales: Direct sales of screen printed, embroidered, and DTF printed custom apparel to consumers and organizations through the company's website. Products include t-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, and more.
2. Webstore Services: Provides custom webstore platforms to businesses and organizations for a 7% fee on profit-making items, covering credit card transaction fees and fulfillment. For campaign webstores, products are aggregated and produced together for bulk pricing benefits. For residual webstores, products are made on demand.
3. Contract Decorating / Custom Orders: Bespoke custom apparel orders for organizations (schools, businesses, clubs) with dedicated account management, free custom artwork, and flexible order sizes starting at 12 pieces for screen printing.
4. Decoration Process Services: Offers screen printing, embroidery, DTF printing, and promotional products decoration as distinct service offerings, each with its own pricing based on quantity and complexity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Central Screen Printing decorates and sells custom apparel using screen printing, embroidery, DTF (Direct-to-Film) printing, and promotional products, with minimum orders as low as 12 pieces. The company also runs hosted custom webstores (residual and campaign models) for businesses, schools, and organizations, providing free in-house artwork, production, fulfillment, and direct-to-consumer shipping under a 7% transaction-fee structure.

Product overview

Central Screen Printing is a custom apparel printing company offering screen printing, embroidery, DTF printing, and promotional products as its core decoration services. The company operates two main product channels: direct ordering (with minimum orders of 12 pieces for screen printing) and webstore solutions (Campaign Webstores for time-limited sales events and Residual Webstores for 24/7 on-demand ordering). Additional offerings include a Campaign Creator tool for designing and launching custom product campaigns, and an extensive design templates library featuring sports mascots, themed designs, and various categories. Founded in 1985, the company is based in Central City, Kentucky and hosts custom webstores with no setup or monthly maintenance fees. The company also holds an official partnership with National Beta for custom apparel services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Screen Printing Custom screen printing decoration service for apparel, supporting up to 16 colors plus a white base, with a 12-piece minimum order. Production turnaround of 7-10 business days; pricing from $9.90 per unit with volume discounts.
• Custom Embroidery Professional embroidery decoration service for custom apparel and accessories such as caps; offered alongside screen printing as a distinct decoration method.
• DTF (Direct-to-Film) Printing Direct-to-Film printing service offered as an alternative decoration method for custom apparel, complementing screen printing and embroidery.
• Promotional Products Custom promotional products decoration service available alongside apparel printing, covering items such as koozies, banners, and other branded merchandise.
• Campaign Webstores Time-limited (2-3 week) custom webstores for selling custom merchandise tied to a specific event, fundraiser, or product launch, with bulk quantity pricing and hands-off fulfillment handled by Central Screen Printing.
• Residual Webstores Always-open branded webstores for 24/7 custom apparel purchasing, ideal for companies that want a dedicated store for employees or members with on-demand production and a 7-10 business day turnaround.
• Webstore Services End-to-end webstore solution that includes custom branding, hands-off order fulfillment, customer service management, and a 7% fee on profit-making items with no setup or monthly maintenance fees.
• Campaign Creator Online self-service tool that lets customers create and launch custom product campaigns with product selection, design customization, goal setting, and campaign management in a single flow.
• Design Templates Library Self-service design template library spanning 115+ pages of pre-designed templates across sports mascots, Grunge, and themed categories to accelerate customer design selection and customization.
• Contract Decorating Contract decorating service for larger bulk custom apparel orders, with dedicated account management, free custom artwork, and flexible order sizing starting at 12 pieces for screen printing.
• Kits Custom apparel kits, including options for new employee kits, that bundle multiple decorated items into a coordinated package for organizational buyers.
• Pro Level Promo Professional-level promotional products and custom apparel program targeted at business customers, extending the company's decoration capabilities into higher-volume promotional merchandise.

Quantifiable outcome

• 7-10 business day production turnaround for webstore and custom orders
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• National BetacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerCentral Screen Printing is the official custom apparel partner of National Beta, the nation's largest honor society. The partnership provides exclusive benefits to Beta Clubs including a dedicated account manager focused solely on Beta Clubs, competitive pricing, free custom artwork, flexible order minimums (starting at 12 pieces), fast turnaround options, and approved use of Beta logos on merchandise.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Broken Arrow Wear: Broken Arrow Wear is a custom apparel decorator offering screen printing, embroidery, and promotional products with a webstore platform for businesses. Comparable in service mix and SMB/enterprise webstore positioning.
• RushOrderTees: RushOrderTees is a custom apparel decorator specializing in screen printing, embroidery, and digital printing with fast turnaround and an online design lab. It targets the same SMB, school, and group-orders customer base and competes on turnaround, pricing, and online tools — a near-direct comparability profile.
• Underground Printing: Underground Printing operates retail storefronts paired with e-commerce custom apparel decoration (screen printing, embroidery, DTF). It mirrors CSP's hybrid online-plus-custom-decorator model with strong group-order and school-mascot focus.
• CustomInk: CustomInk is a leading direct-to-consumer custom apparel platform offering online design tools, screen printing, and embroidery for groups, businesses, and events. It competes head-on with Central Screen Printing in the same custom apparel, low-minimum, group-order market, but at much larger scale and national brand recognition.

Broad incumbents

• 4imprint: 4imprint is one of the largest promotional products distributors in North America, offering decorated apparel, banners, and branded merchandise to enterprise and SMB customers. It is comparable as a broad incumbent in promotional/decorated apparel rather than a niche-only direct competitor.
• Vistaprint (Cimpress): Vistaprint, owned by Cimpress, offers printed and decorated apparel alongside broader marketing products for small businesses. It is relevant as a broader-incumbent custom apparel/promotional print platform, though its core strength is general print marketing rather than custom decoration at low minimums.

Emerging players

• Printful: Printful is an on-demand print and embroidery fulfillment provider integrated with e-commerce platforms. It illustrates an alternative scaling path via tech/API integrations versus CSP's direct e-commerce/webstore approach.
• Proforma: Proforma is a large network of distributors offering promotional products and decorated apparel to businesses. Comparable as an emerging/fragmented network competitor that, like CSP's webstores, supplies branded merchandise to enterprises.
• Spreadshirt: Spreadshirt runs a marketplace/custom apparel platform enabling individuals and businesses to design, sell, and produce decorated apparel. Useful comparability for CSP's webstore-as-a-service and creator-style offering, though Spreadshirt's model is more marketplace-centric.

Regional players

• EmbroidMe / Alphabroder: Alphabroder is one of the largest US distributors of blank apparel, also operating embroidered and decorated apparel programs through partner networks. It is comparable as a regional-scale decorated apparel wholesale/distributor that competes for mid-market custom orders.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/centralscreen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/central-screen-printing

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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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