The Printing Shop

What The Printing Shop does

The Printing Shop of Dixon is a privately held, traditional commercial printing and design services company founded in 1977 and operating from a single storefront at 125 East A Street in Downtown Dixon, California. The business serves small to medium-sized businesses across Northern California with three core service lines: custom logo design, business printing (business cards, promotional materials), and signage production including vinyl, silkscreen, and embroidery applications. The company differentiates on personal, human-first customer engagement — explicitly contrasting itself with the impersonal automated experiences of large corporate printers — and emphasizes versatile logo design that scales from button-sized to billboard-sized applications.

The company's revenue model is built on one-time, project-based sales of printed materials and design services, with quotes provided per engagement via phone or email. Customers engage through multiple channels including in-person visits to the Dixon storefront, phone, email, and a basic online order/reorder interface, and the business now accepts credit/debit card payments online (via emailed invoice links), by phone, or in person. Marketing is limited to a single website (theprintingshop.com) with sections for services, portfolio, testimonials, and contact information; no social media presence is disclosed. The company is independently owned and operates without venture capital or private equity backing.

The Printing Shop runs with a small team of 1-10 employees, with named staff handling general inquiries (the "Info Lady"), estimates (Cathey), and production (Vicki). Its customer base is horizontal across local SMBs, with a notable specialization in branding work for personal service businesses such as salons, where logos must function across diverse physical formats. No technology platform, AI capabilities, patents, partnerships, or expansion initiatives beyond the single Dixon location are documented in available materials.

Name

The Printing Shop

Legal name

The Printing Shop of Dixon

Website

https://theprintingshop.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Printing Shop of Dixon is a small traditional printing and design company founded in 1977, serving small and medium-sized businesses in Northern California with custom logo design, commercial printing, and signage (vinyl, silkscreen, embroidery) from a single Dixon, CA storefront.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Printing Services

NAICS

Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) (323111), Commercial Screen Printing (323113), Printing and Related Support Activities (3231)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Printing & Copy Services Retail (CRALABAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Large-Format & Specialty Printing (Signage, Posters, Displays) (MPAJALAD)

Keywords

• Commercial printing services
• Logo design services
• Graphic design services
• Business signage production
• Promotional printing

Headquarters

HQ city

Dixon

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. Printing Services: One-time product sales for business printing, logo design, and signage services. Products include business cards, promotional materials, signs (vinyl, silkscreen, embroidery applications), and custom design work.
2. Logo Design Services: Custom logo design services tailored for various applications including print, vinyl, silkscreen, and embroidery, ensuring scalability from button-sized to billboard applications.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

The Printing Shop provides commercial printing, custom logo design, and signage production for local small and medium-sized businesses. Its design work is delivered in formats compatible with print, vinyl, silkscreen, and embroidery so that branded artwork scales from small items like buttons up to billboard-sized signage. Orders are taken in-store, by phone, by email, or via online invoice payment.

Product overview

The Printing Shop is a small traditional printing and design services company located in Dixon, CA. The company offers three core service offerings: Logo Design, Business Printing, and Signs. Their logo design service creates custom logos considering how they will appear across various applications (print, vinyl, silkscreen, embroidery) from small formats to large billboard applications. They also provide business printing services and signage production.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Logo Design

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• The UPS Store: National retail franchise providing basic printing, copying, and signage services to walk-in SMB and consumer customers — overlapping with The Printing Shop's storefront service model.
• FedEx Office: National chain offering walk-in printing, copying, and basic design services to consumers and SMBs, competing with The Printing Shop's retail storefront model at much greater scale.
• Vistaprint: Large-scale online commercial printing incumbent that competes directly with The Printing Shop for SMB business card, signage, and promotional print orders via a digital-first model.
• Staples Print & Marketing Services: National office retail and business services provider offering in-store and online printing, signage, and basic design services that overlap with The Printing Shop's SMB customer base.

Emerging players

• PrintingForLess: Online commercial printer targeting SMBs and resellers with custom printing across marketing collateral, signage, and branded materials — a digital-native competitor to local print shops.
• 4Over: Online commercial print marketplace serving trade and SMB buyers with a broad product catalog of printed materials — competing with The Printing Shop via a digital ordering model.

Direct peers

• Allegra Marketing Print Mail: Franchised network delivering printing, signage, design, and direct mail services to SMBs — overlapping substantially with The Printing Shop's logo, print, and signage service mix.
• Minuteman Press: Franchised commercial printing network providing business printing, design, and signage services to local SMB markets — the same customer profile and service mix as The Printing Shop.
• AlphaGraphics: Franchised commercial print and signage network with a similar one-stop business model serving SMBs, including logo design, printing, and signage — directly comparable to The Printing Shop's offering at a multi-location scale.
• Sir Speedy: Franchised print, signage, and marketing services provider focused on local SMB customers, offering design plus production across print and signage formats comparable to The Printing Shop.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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