Doane Keyes Associates Inc.

What Doane Keyes Associates Inc. does

Doane Keyes Associates Inc. (DKA) is a privately held wholesale distributor of office furniture and accessories, headquartered in Peru, Indiana. The company sells to office products dealers — not directly to end customers — supplying a comprehensive, multi-category catalog that includes desking, seating, conference/training tables, filing and storage, healthcare essentials, lounge furniture, educational furniture, café/folding furniture, systems and panels, visual display products, chairmats, and accessories (such as electric components, keyboard platforms, and power modules). Its service territory covers eight U.S. states: Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

In addition to product distribution, DKA offers CAD-based Design Services built on 20-20 Giza technology, enabling dealers to render floor plans and configure layouts for their end clients. The company differentiates on logistics by operating its own delivery trucks with company drivers and offering drop-ship options, giving it direct control over fulfillment reliability for dealer accounts. Customer engagement is conducted through an enterprise field sales motion supported by an e-commerce storefront that requires account registration to view pricing and place orders.

DKA generates revenue through hardware sales — physical product margins on the distributed catalog — and operates as a privately held corporation with 51–100 employees. No public financial filings, funding events, ownership disclosures, or management team details are available in the input source material. The company's value proposition to dealers centers on reliable multi-brand supply, drop-ship fulfillment, design support, and dependable regional delivery.

Name

Doane Keyes Associates Inc.

Legal name

Doane Keyes Associates, Inc.

Website

https://doanekeyes.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Doane Keyes Associates Inc. (DKA) is a privately held wholesale distributor of office furniture and accessories, serving office products dealers across eight U.S. states with company-driver delivery, drop-ship capability, and CAD-based design services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Office Furniture Distribution

NAICS

Furniture Merchant Wholesalers (42321), Office Equipment Merchant Wholesalers (42342)

SIC

Wholesale-Furniture & Home Furnishings (5020)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRAOAFAA

Furniture (Residential & Commercial) Wholesale Distribution

Consumer Products & Retail/Wholesale, Distribution & Category Management/Home, Furniture & Home Improvement Distribution

Keywords

• Office furniture distribution
• Wholesale furniture supplier
• Commercial office products
• Dealer distribution services
• Workspace design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Peru

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Office Furniture Distribution: DKA distributes office furniture and accessories to dealers, generating revenue through product sales. They offer drop ship options and company-driver delivery, indicating a wholesale/distribution model serving office products dealers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

DKA is a wholesale distributor of office furniture and accessories serving office products dealers across eight Midwestern and Eastern U.S. states (Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin). The company distributes a comprehensive portfolio spanning desking, seating, conference/training furniture, filing and storage, accessories, healthcare essentials, lounge, educational, café/folding, systems/panels, chairmats, and visual display products. In addition to product distribution, DKA provides CAD-based design services using 20-20 Giza technology, drop ship fulfillment, and delivery via company-owned trucks with company drivers.

Product overview

Doane Keyes Associates Inc. (DKA) is an office products dealer serving eight states with a comprehensive portfolio of commercial furniture. The offering is organized as a multi-category product portfolio rather than a unified software platform. Core categories include Desking (height adjustable, classic laminate, metal, neo-industrial), Seating (executive, task, guest, hospitality, big & tall, Konfurb brand), Conference/Training tables (Arena, Arena Plus, Boat Shape, Race Track styles in 4'-12' sizes), Filing/Storage (fireproof files, lockers, metal shelving), Accessories (electric components, keyboard platforms, power modules), and specialized categories for Café/Folding, Healthcare Essentials, Lounge, Systems/Panels, Visual Display, and Educational furniture. The company also provides Design Services using 20-20 Giza CAD technology. DKA operates with drop ship capabilities and company-owned delivery trucks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ACCESSORIES Office furniture accessories including classic laminate finishes, electric components, keyboard platforms, and power modules for workspace customization, distributed to office products dealers.
• CAFÉ/FOLDING Café and folding furniture including café tables, dollies, and folding tables for flexible seating and meeting spaces, distributed to office products dealers.
• CHAIRMATS Chair mats designed to protect flooring and provide a smooth rolling surface for office chairs, distributed to office products dealers.
• CONFERENCE/TRAINING Conference and training room furniture including classic laminate tables, modesty panels, nesting bases, table legs, and table tops in various shapes (Arena, Arena Plus, Boat Shape, Race Track, Square) and sizes (4' to 12'), distributed to office products dealers.
• DESKING Office desking solutions including classic laminate, cushions, Elements, Elements Plus, height-adjustable desks, metal desking, monitor arms, and neo-industrial styles, distributed to office products dealers.
• EDUCATIONAL Educational furniture including mobile desks for classroom and learning environments, distributed to office products dealers.
• FILING/STORAGE Storage and filing solutions including fireproof files, lockers, metal bookcases, metal lateral files, metal pedestals, metal storage, metal vertical files, and steel shelving, distributed to office products dealers.
• HEALTHCARE ESSENTIALS Healthcare furniture including Borders II and healthcare seating for medical and clinical environments, distributed to office products dealers.
• LOUNGE Lounge furniture with classic laminate finishes for reception and casual seating areas, distributed to office products dealers.
• SEATING Comprehensive seating solutions including accessories, big & tall, dollies, executive, folding, guest, hospitality, Konfurb, lounge, nesting, stack, stools, and task chairs, distributed to office products dealers.
• SYSTEMS/PANELS Office systems and panels including Borders II, freestanding panels, and mobile panels for workspace configuration, distributed to office products dealers.
• VISUAL DISPLAY Visual display boards including bulletin boards and markerboards for communication and presentation, distributed to office products dealers.
• Design Services CAD-based design services using 20-20 Giza technology to create floor plans and accommodate client requirements, provided to office products dealers to support their end-client presentations.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Various Office Furniture ManufacturerscoreOthersDKA serves as a distributor for multiple office furniture manufacturers, offering products under brand names such as PRM (Premiera). The company provides a platform connecting manufacturers with regional office products dealers across 8 states.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• MillerKnoll: Formed by the Herman Miller and Knoll merger, MillerKnoll is a major office furniture manufacturer distributed via regional dealers. Directly comparable as an upstream brand in the categories DKA distributes (desking, seating, systems).
• Haworth: Privately held global office furniture manufacturer with a North American dealer network. Highly comparable to DKA's served ecosystem—DKA's dealers carry competing Haworth lines, and Haworth's selective dealer strategy directly shapes DKA's market opportunity.
• Steelcase: Global office furniture manufacturer whose products flow through the same dealer channel DKA serves. Comparable as the upstream brand whose distribution DKA intermediates; also a broad incumbent that competes for the same end-customer furniture spend.
• HNI Corporation: Manufacturer of HON, Allsteel, and other office furniture brands sold through dealer networks. Comparable as another upstream supplier whose dealer-channel dynamics shape DKA's competitive context.
• ODP Corporation: Parent of Office Depot, operating a major business-to-business office products and furniture distribution channel. Comparable as a broad incumbent distributing competing office furniture SKUs to many of the same end customers DKA's dealers serve.

Direct peers

• Teknion: Office furniture manufacturer with a North American dealer network across systems, seating, and casegoods. Comparable as another brand competing for shelf space at the dealers DKA serves.
• Groupe Lacasse: North American office furniture manufacturer (casegoods, desking, seating) sold through a dealer network. Comparable as another upstream brand competing for the same dealer-channel placement.
• Global Furniture Group: Office furniture manufacturer (formerly Global Industries) selling through regional dealers. Directly comparable as a competing product source for the same B2B dealer customers DKA serves.
• S.P. Richards: Wholesale distributor of office products and furniture to resellers and dealers across the U.S. The closest direct comparable to DKA as a B2B wholesale distributor, though at much larger national scale.
• Kimball International: Office and hospitality furniture manufacturer with a dealer-driven North American distribution model. Comparable as a mid-sized manufacturer whose products overlap with DKA's desking, seating, and conference categories.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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