What CF Group does

CF Group is a Hauppauge, New York-based, privately-held commercial print and marketing communications firm founded in 1983. The company provides commercial printing (offset and digital), design services, marketing consulting, print management, and warehousing and distribution to business organizations across industries on a horizontal market basis. Its go-to-market is consultative and direct-sales led, supported by a website-driven lead funnel, phone-based account executives, and a 24/7 online requisitioning interface for existing clients.

Name

CF Group

Legal name

CF Group

Website

https://thecfgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CF Group is a Hauppauge, NY-based commercial print and marketing communications firm founded in 1983, serving business organizations with commercial printing, design, print management, and warehousing and distribution services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hauppauge

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Commercial Printing Services: CF Group generates revenue through commercial printing services including offset and digital printing for brochures, annual reports, newsletters, catalogs, posters, and signage. These are primarily one-time transactional services based on client specifications and volume.
2. Print Management Services: Revenue from print management partner programs that help clients optimize paperwork systems and reduce forms and processing costs. This includes ongoing managed services relationships.
3. Warehousing and Distribution Services: Revenue from storage, fulfillment, and distribution services including climate-controlled storage, pick and pack, kit assembly, and logistics. These are typically recurring service fees.
4. Creative and Marketing Services: Revenue from creative services including conceptual design, graphic design, copywriting, layout, and web design. Also includes one-to-one marketing solutions such as variable data printing, QR codes, PURLs, and direct mail services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

CF Group is a full-service print and marketing communications firm that manufactures and distributes commercial printed products including business documents, stationery, specialty items, offset and digital printing, variable data printing, and promotional products. The company also delivers related services including creative design, copywriting, web design, mailing services, print management consulting, warehousing, and fulfillment/distribution for business clients.

Product overview

CF Group is a full-service print and marketing communications firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of print products, print management services, and marketing solutions. The company's core offerings span business documents (forms, checks, stationery), commercial printing (offset and digital), specialty products (packaging, promotional items), variable data printing, and one-to-one marketing solutions. These are complemented by creative services (design, copywriting, web), mailing services (list acquisition, presort mailings), and warehousing and distribution capabilities. The Print Management Partner Program serves as an add-on service enabling clients to optimize paperwork systems. The company positions itself as a sole-source provider combining in-house manufacturing capabilities with trade manufacturer partnerships to deliver products, price, and delivery combinations tailored to client needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Printing (Offset and Digital) Offset and digital printing services including brochures, sell sheets, annual reports, newsletters, presentation folders, postcards, catalogs, manuals, posters, signage, and point-of-purchase displays with complete bindery services, provided to business clients.
• Business Documents Print products including continuous forms, cut sheet and laser forms, unit and edge-glued sets, pressure seal and impact mailers, labels and tags, checks and check processing solutions, and software compatible forms for accounting programs.
• Stationery Products Letterheads, envelopes, business cards, announcements and invitations, and online stationery programs for corporate identity and communications.
• Specialty Products Binders and tabs, integrated products, debit and ID cards with fulfillment and processing solutions, bar code forms and labels, thermography and engraving, and tax forms.
• Variable Data Printing (VDP) Statement processing and variable data printing services for periodic statements, notices, and personalized communications in paper-based and electronic formats.
• Promotional Products Corporate and executive gifts, employee and distributor recognition items, trade show and product awareness materials, incentive programs, and overseas factory direct products.
• Specialty Packaging Conformer folders and envelopes, video and audio packaging, boxes and totes, and displays for product packaging needs.
• One-to-One Marketing Solutions Personalized marketing solutions including content-on-demand, QR codes, personalized URLs (PURLs), and direct mail with design, list acquisition, production, mailing, and response analysis services.
• Creative Services Conceptual and graphic design, layout, copywriting, form and document design, workflow engineering, and web design services for business clients.
• Mailing Services List acquisition and maintenance, address verification, personalization, folding, collating and inserting, first class and bulk rate mailings, presort and co-mingling services for efficient mail distribution.
• Warehousing and Distribution Services Storage, fulfillment and distribution services including 24/7 online requisitioning, climate-controlled storage, pick and pack, product and literature fulfillment, kit assembly, and local, national and international distribution.
• Print Management Partner Program Comprehensive print management program that enables optimization of paperwork systems and processes, helping reduce total forms and processing costs for clients.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Mimeo: Cloud-based print-on-demand platform for business documents and marketing materials, particularly relevant to CF Group's variable data and document printing workflows.

Broad incumbents

• FedEx Office: National retail printing and document services chain offering business printing, signs, and shipping — competes with CF Group for walk-in and small-business print demand.
• Cimpress / Vistaprint: Large-scale online printing and marketing services platform serving small businesses and consumers globally — the dominant incumbent in mass-customized print and marketing products.

Direct peers

• Sir Speedy: Franchise printing and marketing services network offering commercial printing, signs, and marketing communications to businesses — directly comparable to CF Group's full-service print and marketing communications model.
• PrintingForLess: Online commercial printing company offering offset and digital printing services directly to businesses — a comparable transactional print model competing in the same categories.
• SpeedPro Imaging: Nationwide network of large-format printing and graphics providers serving business customers, overlapping significantly with CF Group's signage and large-format print capabilities.
• AlphaGraphics: Franchise-based printing and marketing solutions provider offering offset/digital print, design, mailing, and signage to business customers — overlapping with CF Group's core service portfolio.
• 4over: Online commercial printing marketplace aggregating trade production for resellers and direct buyers, competing for the same transactional print jobs CF Group handles.
• Allegra Marketing & Print: Network of independent print and marketing communications centers providing commercial printing, mailing, signage, and marketing services — same breadth of offering and customer profile as CF Group.

Others

• ImageFirst: Adjacent commercial services provider in laundry/linen with overlapping distribution/warehousing and route-based customer service patterns relevant to CF Group's fulfillment operations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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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