Oscar Printing Company

What Oscar Printing Company does

Oscar Printing Company is a privately held, family-owned commercial printing services provider headquartered at 57 Columbia Square in San Francisco, California. The company has served the Bay Area for over 30 years, operating with a small team of 1–10 employees and offering a full suite of printing and finishing services through a direct-to-customer, project-based sales model.

The company's service portfolio centers on two primary print methods — offset printing (equipment ranging from 2-color presses up to 6-color 40-inch presses) and digital printing (including variable data printing for personalization) — complemented by an unusually broad in-house finishing stack: die-cutting (traditional and laser), foil stamping and embossing, bookbinding (coil, saddle-stitch, perfect, Smyth-sewn hard, tape), faux letterpress, edge painting with metallic guilding, packaging, direct mail, and signage and banners. Notable proprietary or differentiated techniques include a trade-secret edge painting/metallic guilding process and a faux letterpress method using metal plates that achieves sharper detail than traditional letterpress at lower cost.

Commercially, the business generates revenue through custom, quote-based project pricing with no publicly disclosed tiers or subscription/recurring contracts. The go-to-market is sales-led, with inbound customer engagement handled by phone, email, and a direct sales team (Frank La – Sales and Estimating; Marco Rodriguez – Sales). The customer base is segmented primarily toward event planners and corporate clients requiring coordinated printed collateral (signage, banners, invitations, program guides, badges), with a secondary segment serving retail and consumer-product brands seeking short-run packaging solutions. The company relies on its website and an active Instagram presence for top-of-funnel marketing, and coordinates with mail-house partners to fulfill direct mail projects end-to-end.

Name

Oscar Printing Company

Legal name

Oscar Printing Company

Website

https://oscarprinting.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Oscar Printing Company is a family-owned, San Francisco-based commercial printing services provider offering offset and digital printing plus in-house finishing (die-cutting, foil stamping, embossing, bookbinding, edge painting, packaging, signage, and direct mail) to Bay Area event planners, corporate clients, and retail brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Finishing, Converting & Die-Cutting Services (IMALAKAN), Large-Format & Specialty Printing (Signage, Posters, Displays) (MPAJALAD)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Offset printing
• Digital printing
• Foil stamping
• Die cutting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Printing Services: Project-based printing services including offset printing, digital printing, and various finishing services (die-cutting, foil stamping, embossing, bookbinding, edge painting, packaging, signage, direct mail). Revenue generated through custom project quotes based on specifications, run length, and finishing requirements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Oscar Printing Company is a commercial print shop that produces custom printed materials for corporate and retail clients, offering offset and digital printing supplemented by a full in-house finishing suite. Services span bookbinding, die-cutting, foil stamping, embossing, faux letterpress, edge painting, packaging, direct mail production, and signage and banner printing, delivered as project-based, quote-priced jobs.

Product overview

Oscar Printing Company is a commercial printing services provider offering a comprehensive suite of printing and finishing solutions. The portfolio consists of two primary printing methods (Offset Printing and Digital Printing) combined with eight specialized finishing and support services including Bookbinding, Die Cutting, Foil Stamping and Embossing, Faux Letterpress, Edge Painting, Packaging, Direct Mail, and Signage and Banners. Together, these services enable the company to handle projects from initial design through final production and delivery, serving clients throughout the Bay Area for over 30 years.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Offset Printing

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mail HousesminorOthersExperienced in teaming with mail houses for direct mail projects to handle labeling, metering, and delivery logistics. This partnership enables delivery of direct mail pieces on time.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MOO: Premium online commercial printer specializing in business cards, marketing collateral, and customized print products with distinctive finishes. Comparable premium-finish positioning for SMB buyers seeking differentiated materials.
• 4over: Wholesale commercial printing marketplace offering offset, digital, large-format signage, and finishing. Comparable commercial-print product breadth, though distributed via a marketplace rather than local sales.
• PrintingForLess: Online commercial printing company offering offset and digital printing, signage, packaging, and direct mail. Comparable breadth of commercial print services aimed at SMB and marketing buyers.
• Minuteman Press: Franchise network of local commercial print shops offering offset, digital, signage, direct mail, and finishing services to SMB and event customers. Closest franchise analog to Oscar's project-based commercial print model.
• Sticker Mule: Custom printing company focused on stickers, labels, packaging, and promotional print products for businesses and creators. Comparable SMB-focused custom printing with premium-finish emphasis.
• PsPrint: Online commercial printing company offering offset and digital printing, finishing, signage, and marketing collateral. Directly comparable product mix to Oscar's core commercial print services.
• AlphaGraphics: Commercial printing and marketing services franchise serving SMBs with offset, digital, signage, and finishing capabilities. Directly comparable model and customer base to Oscar Printing's project-based local-services offering.
• Sir Speedy / Allegra Network: Commercial printing and marketing services franchise network offering offset, digital, finishing, signage, and direct mail. Comparable local-service print-shop model serving SMBs.

Broad incumbents

• Cimpress (Vistaprint): Large global online printing group (parent of Vistaprint and multiple brands) offering commercial print, signage, packaging, and marketing materials at scale. Broad incumbent in commercial printing competing on price and convenience.
• FedEx Office: National retail printing services network inside FedEx locations, offering copying, printing, signage, and basic finishing for walk-in and SMB customers. Broad incumbent competing with local commercial printers on convenience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/OscarPrintingCompany
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/oscar-printing-co

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

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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