AOV

Name

AOV

Website

https://aovinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AOV is a Boulder, Colorado-based small business, founded in 1978, that offers screen printing, embroidery, and promotional products to customers needing customized apparel and branded merchandise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Printing and Promotional Products

NAICS

Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing (31599)

SIC

Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

OOH Production, Printing & Installation Services (MPAAAKAJ)

Keywords

• Screen printing services
• Custom embroidery services
• Promotional products
• Branded merchandise
• Custom apparel decoration

Headquarters

HQ city

Boulder

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

AOV offers custom screen printing, embroidery, and promotional products services. The company decorates apparel and produces branded merchandise items for its customers. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, AOV operates as a small-scale (11–50 employees) custom decoration and promotional products provider serving business clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Screen Printing

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Underground Printing: Custom screen printing and apparel decorator with multiple physical locations serving businesses, Greek life, and events. Shares AOV's screen printing and embroidery core services but operates across multiple geographies with a stronger digital presence.
• Rush Order Tees: Custom screen printing and embroidery shop serving businesses, teams, and events with decorated apparel. Closely comparable to AOV in core services (screen printing, embroidery) and target market (corporate and group orders).
• CustomInk: Direct-to-consumer custom apparel decorator offering screen printing, embroidery, and promotional products through a strong online ordering platform. CustomInk directly overlaps AOV in service mix and customer base, but with a digital-first go-to-market.

Emerging players

• Printful: Print-on-demand and custom apparel decoration platform with global fulfillment. Comparable to AOV in screen printing/embroidery category but with a tech-enabled, asset-light model primarily targeting e-commerce sellers rather than local corporate accounts.

Broad incumbents

• 4imprint: One of the largest promotional products distributors in North America, offering a broad decorated-merchandise catalog. 4imprint competes with AOV in the same promotional products category but operates at far greater scale with a national digital-first model.
• Crestline Promotional Products: Established promotional products distributor with a wide catalog of decorated merchandise and corporate apparel. Comparable to AOV in product category but operates at significantly larger scale with broader distribution and digital infrastructure.
• Vistaprint (Cimpress): Mass-market custom printing and promotional products platform serving small businesses. Competes with AOV in custom printed merchandise but at much larger scale, broader product range, and with proprietary mass-customization technology.
• HALO Branded Solutions: Large promotional products and branded merchandise distributor serving enterprise clients globally. Competes with AOV in the same category but with a much broader product portfolio, enterprise sales force, and global fulfillment capabilities.

Others

• SanMar: Wholesale apparel supplier providing blank apparel, headwear, and bags to decorators and screen printers. SanMar is an upstream supplier to AOV's industry, providing the blank garments that get decorated with screen printing and embroidery.
• alphabroder: Wholesale distributor of blank apparel and accessories serving the promotional products and decorated apparel industry. Comparable to AOV as an adjacent participant in the same decorated apparel supply chain.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aovprint

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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