The Printed Cup Company

What The Printed Cup Company does

The Printed Cup Company is a UK-based, privately held B2B printing business founded in 2005 and headquartered in Clitheroe. According to the firmographic source, the company specialises in printing custom designs on paper cups and offers a 24-hour shipping turnaround on orders. Its target customer base is horizontal and B2B-oriented, serving businesses that need branded cups for use cases including brand promotion, event marketing, hospitality branding, and corporate gifting. The functional value proposition is positioned around the claim that physical print produces stronger emotional engagement and brand recall than digital-only marketing.

The core product is a custom-branded paper cup delivered on a rapid (24-hour) lead time, implying a print-on-demand or short-run production model rather than large-volume contract manufacturing. No underlying technology stack, production equipment, design tools, or platform architecture is disclosed in the available sources. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and no revenue model detail (per-unit, tiered, subscription) is available. The company website (printedcupcompany.co.uk) currently resolves only to a one.com hosting splash page and contains no substantive product catalogue, e-commerce functionality, or company content, which materially limits due diligence visibility. A referenced news source relates to an unrelated Australian entity ("The Print Company") and is not applicable to this business.

The business operates with 1-10 employees and has no disclosed funding rounds, investors, partnerships, management team details, certifications, or intellectual property in the input data. No customer logos, geographic markets served, or distribution channels are documented. Given the absence of disclosed financials, leadership, and an active web presence, the company's current scale, growth direction, and competitive position cannot be reliably characterised beyond the firmographic baseline.

Name

The Printed Cup Company

Website

https://printedcupcompany.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Printed Cup Company is a UK-based B2B printer founded in 2005 that custom-prints designs on paper cups for businesses needing branded promotional and event materials, shipping orders within 24 hours.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Printed Packaging

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Printing (32311)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750)

akta.pro primary industry

Direct-to-Container & Digital Printing (Inkjet/Laser) (IMALAKAF)

Keywords

• Custom printed cups
• Branded paper cups
• Promotional drinkware
• Cup printing services
• Event marketing cups

Headquarters

HQ city

Clitheroe

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

The Printed Cup Company is a printing business that produces custom-printed paper cups with bespoke designs for commercial buyers. Orders are produced and dispatched within 24 hours, serving the promotional, event, hospitality, and corporate branding markets.

Product overview

No product information is available in the provided source data. The available sources do not contain specific details about The Printed Cup Company's product offerings, services, or portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Printed Paper Cups

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Direct peers

• Biopak: Specialist supplier of compostable and custom-printed paper cups for cafés and hospitality brands. Direct competitor in the eco-printed custom cup niche with overlapping brand-promotion value proposition.
• Custom Cup Company: Online custom-printed cup specialist serving UK and European B2B customers. Direct peer with self-serve digital ordering — a contrast to The Printed Cup Company's currently inactive web presence.
• Discount Cup: UK-based budget custom-printed cup printer for B2B events and hospitality. Direct competitor targeting the same price-sensitive short-run custom cup market in the UK.
• Paper Cup Company (UK): UK-based custom-printed paper cup supplier for events, hospitality and brand marketing. Closest direct UK peer in product offering, customer segment, and bespoke short-run service.

Broad incumbents

• Berry Global (now Amcor): Large packaging producer with a printed-cup and foodservice disposables portfolio. Relevant incumbent peer competing in custom-printed disposable cups across Europe.
• Huhtamaki: Global food packaging manufacturer producing printed paper and plastic cups for foodservice. Comparable as a much larger incumbent offering custom-printed cups into the same hospitality and event customer base.
• Dart Container / Solo Cup Company: Large North American foodservice disposables manufacturer with branded and printed cup lines. Broad incumbent peer operating in adjacent custom-print disposable cup production.

Others

• WebstaurantStore: Large US foodservice equipment and supplies distributor that also resells branded/custom printed disposables. Adjacent ecosystem player that channels volume from small hospitality buyers and could disintermediate small UK printers.

Emerging players

• PakFactory: Online custom-packaging printer offering custom-printed cups and branded disposables on demand. Emerging digital-first peer competing for small-to-mid B2B custom cup orders.
• Eco-Products (Novolex): Brand-owner of plant-based compostable foodservice packaging including printed cups. Emerging specialist peer with strong sustainability positioning that overlaps The Printed Cup Company's branding-for-hospitality use case.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PaperCupCo
• Facebookfacebook.com/papercupcompany
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-paper-cup-company

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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