ProPrint Boston

What ProPrint Boston does

ProPrint Boston (legally ProPrint.com, Inc.) is a privately held, regional commercial printing services company operating from a single facility at 30-D Sixth Rd, Woburn, Massachusetts, having relocated from a prior Boston address. The company produces custom printed materials across both B2B and B2C use cases, including business cards, brochures, booklets, postcards, newsletters, flyers, presentations, posters (up to 48 inches wide), banners, annual reports, letterheads, wedding packages, holiday cards, and party invitations. Underlying capability is conventional offset and digital printing, supplemented by add-on services such as custom binding and finishing, color and high-volume copying, graphic design, typesetting, mounting, foam board, and cut vinyl. No proprietary technology or proprietary production IP is disclosed.

The business model is fully transactional and direct-to-consumer. Customers upload designs or describe project requirements on the company's e-commerce website (proprintboston.com), request quotes, and place orders; pricing is quote-based, pay-as-you-go, with no subscriptions or recurring contracts. Orders are also supported through phone-based customer care (617.267.4113, advertised as 24/7) and email ([email protected]). Customer acquisition is driven by organic Facebook presence, a referral program encouraging existing customers to refer friends, and the website's quote-request form. Service geography is concentrated in Massachusetts / greater Boston metro, with an international dial-in number that does not necessarily imply out-of-region fulfillment.

Revenue comes solely from one-time custom print sales across two horizontal segments: small-to-medium businesses (business stationery, marketing collateral, presentation materials) and individual consumers (wedding, holiday, and event printing). No investor ownership, parent company, subsidiaries, funding history, named management, named enterprise customers, partnerships, awards, patents, or regulatory actions are disclosed in the source data; financials, headcount, and founding date are also absent, leaving the company as a small, opaque, owner-operated regional print shop.

Name

ProPrint Boston

Legal name

ProPrint.com, Inc.

Website

https://proprintboston.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ProPrint Boston is a privately held regional print shop in Woburn, Massachusetts that produces custom printed materials (business cards, brochures, posters, wedding packages, etc.) for small-to-medium businesses and individual consumers via a quote-based e-commerce and phone-order model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Support Activities for Printing (323120), Sign Manufacturing (339950)

SIC

Commercial Printing (2750), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Reprographics & Large‑Format Printing (Posters, Banners, Blueprints, Signage) (EDAEAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Finishing & Post-Press Services (Cutting, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Foil, Emboss) (MPAJALAF), Prepress & Composition Services (Typesetting, Layout, Color Management, Proofing) (MPAJALAA)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Custom printing services
• Offset printing
• Large format printing
• Business card printing

Headquarters

HQ city

Woburn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Printing Services: One-time transaction-based printing services for business and personal printed materials including business cards, brochures, posters, and marketing materials. Customers upload designs and receive customized printed products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ProPrint Boston is a commercial printing services provider producing custom printed materials for both businesses and individuals. Core offerings include business stationery and marketing collateral (business cards, brochures, booklets, newsletters, flyers, presentations, posters, postcards, letterheads, annual reports) and personalized occasion products (wedding packages, holiday cards, party invitations). Customers submit designs through the company website, by file upload, via email, or by phone, and receive finished printed goods produced via offset and large-format digital printing (full-color poster prints up to 48 inches wide).

Product overview

ProPrint Boston is a traditional printing service provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of printed products and professional services. The core product line includes standard printed materials such as business cards, brochures, booklets, postcards, newsletters, flyers, presentations, and posters. These are complemented by value-added production services including color copies, multi-color offset printing, custom binding and finishing, high-volume copying, graphic design, banner printing, cut vinyl, mounting, typesetting, and foam board mounting. The company also offers specialized packages for occasions like weddings and holidays, as well as business materials like annual reports and letterheads. The service model emphasizes customization, quality materials, fast turnaround, and the ability for customers to upload their own designs for printing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Cards Custom business card printing for professional use, available in various finishes and paper types, for businesses and professionals needing branded stationery.
• Brochures Multi-page marketing collateral printing for business promotion and information distribution, targeted at small and medium businesses.
• Booklets Bound multi-page publications suitable for catalogs, programs, and informational materials for businesses and organizations.
• Postcards Single-sheet printed materials for direct mail campaigns and personal correspondence, sold to businesses and individuals.
• Newsletters Periodic printed publications for business communication and customer updates, targeted at SMBs and organizations.
• Flyers Single-page promotional materials for events, sales, and marketing distribution, primarily for local businesses and individuals.
• Presentations Professional printed presentation materials for business meetings and conferences, targeted at SMBs and corporate users.
• Posters Large-format full-color prints up to 48 inches wide for advertising and display purposes, sold to businesses and individuals.
• Color Copies Full-color copying services for reproducing documents and materials, sold to businesses and individual customers needing short-run reproduction.
• Custom Graphic Design Custom design services for creating marketing materials and printed products, sold to businesses and individuals who lack in-house design capabilities.
• Banners Large-format banner printing for events, promotions, and signage, targeted at businesses, event organizers, and individuals.
• Cut Vinyl Custom vinyl lettering and graphics for signage and vehicle wraps, sold to businesses and individuals.
• Holiday Cards Custom holiday greeting cards for personal and business correspondence, sold ahead of the holiday season.
• Wedding Packages Complete printing packages for wedding invitations and related materials, targeted at couples planning weddings.
• Annual Reports Professional annual report printing services for businesses producing annual reports for shareholders and stakeholders.
• Letterheads Custom letterhead printing for business correspondence, sold to businesses and professional offices.
• Party Invitations Custom party invitation printing for personal events and celebrations, targeted at individuals hosting parties.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• MOO: MOO is an online commercial printing company best known for premium business cards, postcards, brochures, and marketing materials for SMBs and individuals — directly overlapping ProPrint's core business cards, flyers, and brochures SKUs. While MOO is digital-native and ships nationally, both compete for the same end-use cases of small businesses needing professional printed materials.
• Minuteman Press: Minuteman Press is a franchise network of independently owned commercial printing centers offering business cards, brochures, signs, banners, and full design/finishing services. It is a directly comparable local/regional commercial print model to ProPrint, with many franchisees operating single locations in similar SMB markets.
• Vistaprint (Cimpress): Vistaprint is the largest online commercial printing platform serving SMBs and individuals with business cards, brochures, flyers, postcards, banners, and signage — covering essentially ProPrint's entire product catalog. Although it operates nationally and at vastly larger scale, Vistaprint is the dominant direct competitor for the same SMB print buyer that ProPrint targets in the Boston market.
• GotPrint: GotPrint is an online commercial printing company offering business cards, brochures, flyers, postcards, banners, and large-format products at transparent online pricing. It competes with ProPrint on the same SMB catalog of printed products, though primarily through national online shipping rather than local pickup.
• AlphaGraphics: AlphaGraphics is a franchise commercial printing and marketing services brand providing business printing, large-format signage, direct mail, and design services to local businesses. Its full-service local center model closely mirrors ProPrint's combination of offset printing, large-format, design, and finishing under one roof.
• Sir Speedy: Sir Speedy is a franchise printing and marketing services network offering business printing, signage, direct mail, and promotional products to SMBs at the local level. It is a directly comparable local commercial print competitor with overlapping product categories and customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• The UPS Store: The UPS Store franchise network offers small-format printing services (business cards, flyers, posters, binding) inside its shipping/retail locations. It competes for transactional print jobs from local SMBs and individuals, especially convenience-driven walk-in orders that ProPrint might otherwise capture.
• FedEx Office: FedEx Office operates a national chain of retail printing and shipping locations offering business cards, flyers, posters, banners, binding, and large-format printing. It serves both walk-in SMB and consumer customers with a broader retail footprint than ProPrint, and competes directly for walk-in Boston-area print jobs.
• Staples Print & Marketing Services: Staples offers in-store and online printing services for business cards, brochures, flyers, banners, signage, and marketing materials to its broad SMB customer base. While Staples is fundamentally an office-supply incumbent, its print services division competes for the same SMB print budget that ProPrint targets.

Others

• 4over: 4over is a wholesale printing trade supplier offering commercial printing, large-format, signage, and finishing services to print brokers, agencies, and resellers. While it does not compete for end-SMB customers directly, its wholesale pricing pressures margins across the commercial print category and represents an indirect competitive force on shops like ProPrint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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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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