Sharq Skinz

What Sharq Skinz does

Sharq Skinz, LLC is a privately held Arizona-based graphic design and wide-format printing services firm specializing in custom vehicle, marine, and off-road wraps. Founded in 2018 by Dave Gillespie — a graphic arts veteran whose career in the printing industry dates to the mid-1970s and includes a stint at Adobe Systems — the company operates two service locations in Arizona (Lake Havasu City headquarters and Phoenix). Its core offerings span seven service lines: Automotive Wraps, Marine Design, Marine Wraps, Miscellaneous Design, Off-road Wraps, Re-Styling, and the jointly developed Top This Bimini Skinz product, plus a Dimensional Graphix division for business branding and logo design. The customer base is predominantly consumer (boat owners, off-road vehicle owners, individual car/truck owners) with a smaller commercial book of business clients.

Underlying technology is built around wide-format digital printing and a proprietary installation process, supported by premium substrate materials from 3M, Arlon, Avery, Mactac, Oracal, and Solvex, eco-friendly inks with a 24-hour curing step, and a contour-cut system that allows graphic overlays onto existing marine gel-coat finishes. Specialized installation techniques are tailored to each client's intended use case (recreational, competitive, commercial), and the firm maintains the ability to duplicate graphic designs across multiple vessels or vehicles for fleet customers. The firm has established design relationships with four boat builders (Group 1 Marine, Conquest Boats, E-Ticket Boats, Nordic) and a co-development partnership with In Stitches Customs for the bimini-top product.

The business model is a local/regional, project-based services operation. Revenue is generated from one-time custom wrap installations (marine, automotive, off-road), custom graphic and bimini-top product sales, and professional services for branding and logo design. Pricing is entirely quote-based with no publicly disclosed tiers, billing is pay-as-you-go per project, and the go-to-market motion is direct sales via website quote requests, phone, and email. The company operates with 1–10 employees, no institutional funding, no mobile app, no public API or SaaS surface, and serves exclusively the Southwestern U.S. market, with Arizona as the primary geography.

Name

Sharq Skinz

Legal name

Sharq Skinz, LLC

Website

https://sharqskinz.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Huntington Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Vehicle and Marine Wrap Installation: One-time custom wrap installation services for automobiles, boats, off-road vehicles, and other applications. Revenue generated per project based on scope and complexity.
2. Graphic Design Services: Custom logo development, corporate branding, and marketing design services. Includes branding and innovation design for businesses.
3. Top This Bimini Skinz Products: Custom graphic bimini tops created through partnership with In Stitches Customs for boats, UTVs, and golf carts

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sharq Skinz, LLC provides custom graphic design, wide format printing, and installation services for vehicle wraps (automotive, trucks, motorcycles), marine wraps (boats, pontoons, catamarans, personal watercraft), off-road vehicle graphics (ATVs, UTVs), and business branding/logo design. The company operates from locations in Lake Havasu City and Phoenix, Arizona, serving customers with full-service concept-to-installation wrap services plus a joint product (Top This Bimini Skinz) created with In Stitches Customs.

Product overview

Sharq Skinz, LLC operates as a graphic design and wide format printing service provider specializing in vehicle and vessel wraps. The company offers a portfolio of seven distinct service offerings: Automotive Wraps, Marine Design, Marine Wraps, Miscellaneous Design, Off-road Wraps, Re-Styling, and Top This Bimini Skinz (a joint product with In Stitches Customs). Additionally, the company provides branding and logo design services through its Dimensional Graphix division. With over 30 years of industry experience, the company handles design, printing, and installation services, and sources raw materials from major manufacturers including 3M, Arlon, Avery, Mactac, Oracal, and Solvex.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Top This Bimini Skinz: A joint product with In Stitches Customs offering graphic bimini skins for boats, UTVs, and golf carts — 'The Original Graphic Bimini Skin'.

Quantifiable outcome

• Wrap durability of 2-3 years typical serviceability, potentially 5-8 years with proper maintenance and indoor storage

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• In Stitches CustomscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint partnership to create 'Top This - The Original Graphic Bimini Skin' product. Combines In Stitches Customs' bimini fabrication expertise with Sharq Skinz's graphic design capabilities to offer personalized bimini tops for boats, UTVs, and golf carts. The product can be custom fabricated or duplicated from existing bimini frames.
• Group 1 MarinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished design relationship with this boat builder. Company works directly with clients to bring graphic visions to fruition in gel coat of custom boats.
• Conquest BoatscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign partnership with boat manufacturer for custom graphics in new boat builds.
• E-Ticket BoatscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive design partnership with this boat builder for custom marine graphics.
• NordiccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign relationship with Nordic boat manufacturer for custom graphics in new builds.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sharqskinz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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