Danfast

What Danfast does

Danfast Ltd is a UK-based B2B trade supplier, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Kingston upon Hull, that distributes building materials, hardware, and equipment for the portable accommodation and leisure vehicle sectors. The company's catalog spans steel security doors and shutters, space and water heating, plumbing (fresh and waste water), electrical components, washroom facilities, lighting, flooring, fire safety, plastic profiles, adhesives and sealants, hardware, fastenings, and consumables—covering essentially the full fit-out requirements of portable cabins, container units, and leisure vehicles such as caravans and motorhomes. Underlying technology is conventional: a trade e-commerce storefront with category navigation, product imagery, and a quotation-request workflow, with no proprietary platform, app, or API disclosed.

Danfast operates a trade-account e-commerce model: prospective customers must register for a trade account to view pricing, request quotations, and place orders, with a sales team reachable by phone (01482 599 333) and email ([email protected]) for custom configurations such as steel security doors and toilet cubicle systems. Revenue is generated through one-time product sales on a quote-based, pay-as-you-go basis, with no subscription, recurring, or licensing component. Customers are UK businesses operating in portable cabin/container manufacturing and leasing, and in the leisure vehicle and holiday-accommodation markets. The company is privately held, has no parent organization or institutional investors, no subsidiaries, and is registered in England and Wales as Danfast Ltd. It holds ISO 9001:2015 certification audited by LRQA with UKAS accreditation, and its entire go-to-market is anchored on a single domestic (UK) e-commerce channel plus a small direct sales team.

Name

Danfast

Legal name

Danfast Ltd

Website

https://danfast.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Danfast Ltd is a UK B2B trade supplier, founded in 1983, providing building materials and equipment—including steel security doors, heating, plumbing, electrical, and washroom products—to the portable accommodation and leisure vehicle sectors via a trade-account e-commerce platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Portable accommodation building materials and equipment

NAICS

Building Material and Supplies Dealers (4441), Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers (444), Other Building Material Dealers (444180)

SIC

Wholesale-Hardware & Plumbing & Heating Equipment & Supplies (5070), Wholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials (5030), Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers (5211)

akta.pro primary industry

Workplace/Jobsite Supplies Retail (Site Consumables, Tarps, Ropes, Chains) (CRAIADAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fasteners, Nails, Screws & Anchors Retail (CRAIADAC), Fasteners, Adhesives & Sealants Retail (Nails, Screws, Glues, Caulks) (CRAIAEAK)

Keywords

• Portable accommodation supplies
• Modular building materials
• Container cabin equipment
• Leisure vehicle parts
• Trade building supplies

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingston upon Hull

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Danfast generates revenue through one-time product sales of building materials, hardware, and equipment. Products include steel security doors, space heating, water heating, plumbing, electrical, washroom, and related hardware. Customers primarily purchase through trade accounts with quotation-based pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Danfast supplies building materials, hardware, and equipment to UK trade customers for portable accommodation and leisure applications. Its catalog covers steel security doors and shutters, heating, water heating, canteen, washroom, plumbing (fresh and waste water), electrical, lighting, fire safety, plastic profiles, flooring, and adhesives and sealants. Customers access pricing and place orders through the company's e-commerce site after opening a trade account, or request quotations online and through a direct sales team.

Product overview

Danfast is a B2B supplier of building materials and portable accommodation equipment operating in the UK, serving both the Portable Accommodation Sector and Leisure Sector. The product portfolio consists of a comprehensive range of categories including Steel Security Doors & Shutters (complete doors, replacement door leaves, and security shutters for container units), Space Heating (wireless heating, panel heaters, downflow heaters, oil filled radiators, frost protection, dehumidifiers), Canteen Equipment (appliances, cabinets, sinks, catering boilers), Water Heating (over/under sink heaters, powerflow multipoint heaters), Washroom (WCs, urinals, basins, handwash units, hand dryers, showers, macerators, toilet cubicle systems), Plumbing (fresh water and waste water systems including pushfit fittings, pipes, pumps, traps), Electrical (switches, sockets, consumer units, cable, trunking, PIR sensors), Fire Safety (smoke/CO alarms, fire clips), Lighting (LED, bulkhead, PIR), Plastic Profiles, Flooring (vinyl, weld rod), Adhesives & Sealants, plus hardware, fastenings, and consumables. The company operates primarily as a trade supplier requiring account registration for pricing and purchases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Steel Security Doors & Shutters Complete steel security doors, replacement door leaves, and security shutters for steel container units, available in flanged and non-flanged configurations with matching accessories. Sold to UK trade buyers outfitting or refurbishing portable accommodation.
• Space Heating Space heating range for portable buildings including wireless heating systems, panel heaters, downflow heaters, oil filled radiators, frost protection tubular heaters, and drying room dehumidifiers. Targeted at trade customers fitting out or maintaining portable cabins.
• Canteen Canteen outfitting products including appliances (fridges, microwaves, kettles, toasters), cabinets (sink base units, wall units, drawerline units), sinks and taps, and catering boilers for portable cabin canteens.
• Water Heating Water heating products comprising over sink water heaters, under sink water heaters, Powerflow unvented multipoint water heaters, and associated spares for portable cabins and similar units.
• Washroom Washroom fittings and systems including WCs, urinals (standard and waterless), wash basins, taps and wastes, handwash units, hand dryers, showers and cubicles, macerators, toilet cubicle systems, and accessories for portable cabin washrooms.
• Plumbing - Fresh Water Fresh water plumbing supplies including pushfit fittings (straight, elbow, tee, connectors, valves), pipe and accessories (barrier pipe, insulation, clips), and water pumps for portable cabin plumbing systems.
• Plumbing - Waste Water Waste water plumbing products including waste pipe and fittings (pushfit, compression, solvent weld), soil pipe and fittings, rainwater pipe and fittings (gutters, downpipes), traps, and pan connectors for portable cabin drainage.
• Lighting Lighting products including LED mains lighting (T8 battens, tubes, bulkhead lights), bulkhead lights, and PIR motion sensors for portable cabin installation.
• Electrical Electrical supplies for portable cabins including switches and sockets, pull cord switches, consumer units, control switches, 240v plugs and sockets, cable (twin and earth, flex), trunking and conduit, extractor fans, room thermostats, and PIR sensors.
• Fire Safety Fire safety equipment including smoke and CO alarms plus fire clips for compliant installation with BS5839 Part 1 certification in portable cabins.
• Plastic Profiles PVC plastic profiles for finishing portable cabins including angle, H-section, skirting, J-section, window liner and architrave, D-mould, and pencil round architrave in various sizes.
• Flooring Flooring products for portable cabins including vinyl flooring (Polyflor Standard XL in various colours), vinyl weld rod, carpet strips, adhesive tape, and flooring adhesive.
• Adhesives & Sealants Adhesives and sealants for portable cabin installation including Soudaflex, Fix All, spray adhesives, silicone sealants, fire-rated sealants (Firecryl FR), expanding foam, roofing products, and application tools.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Screwfix: UK trade-focused multi-channel retailer of hardware, plumbing, electrical, and building products with strong e-commerce and trade account model. Highly comparable to Danfast's B2B trade approach, though serving a much broader customer base including DIY and trades generally.
• Jewson: UK builders' merchant supplying lumber, building materials, plumbing, heating, and hardware to trade customers. Comparable B2B trade supply model with branch network and online ordering — similar customer overlap to Danfast in the construction and maintenance supply chain.
• Wickes: UK home improvement retailer and trade supplier with kitchens, building materials, plumbing, and electrical categories. Overlaps significantly with Danfast's catalog, though Wickes skews more B2C and kitchen-focused than the trade account model Danfast employs.
• City Plumbing Supplies: UK specialist trade supplier of plumbing, heating, and bathroom products. Comparable B2B trade-only model with deep category specialization — overlaps with Danfast's washroom, water heating, and plumbing categories though without the portable-accommodation focus.
• Huws Gray: UK independent builders' merchant group supplying building materials, plumbing, heating, and hardware to trade customers. Comparable regional B2B trade supply model with similar product categories to Danfast, though serving a broader geographic footprint across the UK.
• Toolstation: UK trade supplier of tools, hardware, plumbing, electrical, and building products with click-and-collect and delivery. Closely mirrors Danfast's trade account, e-commerce-led model and product range, though without the portable-accommodation specialization.
• Selco Builders Warehouse: UK trade-only builders' merchant with bulk supply of building materials, plumbing, timber, and hardware. Comparable trade-account-only pricing model and product breadth; serves similar mid-market trade buyers though without Danfast's leisure and portable-accommodation vertical focus.

Broad incumbents

• B&Q: UK's largest home improvement retailer with broad building materials, plumbing, electrical, and hardware ranges. Comparable product catalog to Danfast but operates a predominantly B2C model rather than trade-account focused, and serves a far wider customer base.
• Travis Perkins: The UK's largest builders' merchant with extensive B2B trade supply of building materials, plumbing, heating, and hardware. Overlaps with Danfast's product categories but operates at vastly greater scale and breadth across multiple verticals beyond portable accommodation.
• Algeco: Major European provider of modular and portable buildings for site accommodation, education, and healthcare. Serves the same end customer base that Danfast supplies, but at the building level rather than as a materials supplier — useful comparator for understanding the portable-accommodation market Danfast serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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