Buy & Consign

What Buy & Consign does

Buy & Consign is a privately held, physical consignment retail business operating a 10,000 sq. ft. showroom at 1250 (Rear) Main St., Waltham, Massachusetts, with a sister location in Framingham. The store sells consigned furniture, artwork, rugs, lamps, mirrors, housewares, music, electronics, and books, including both contemporary and vintage items. Its core competitive advantage is vertical integration with parent company Clean Out Your House, Inc., which operates six trucks daily performing estate cleanouts across the Boston/MetroWest Massachusetts area, providing a continuous and diverse supply of inventory to the retail floor.

The company serves two primary customer segments: individual consignors seeking to liquidate unwanted household items without managing their own sales, and consumers looking for unique, vintage, and affordable home furnishings. Buy & Consign generates revenue through a take-rate/commission model on consigned item sales, retaining a portion of the retail sale price while the consignor earns the remainder. The business has no proprietary technology platform, no e-commerce channel, and no software offering — its operations are conducted entirely through a physical retail storefront.

Buy & Consign's go-to-market motion is direct-to-consumer, driven by walk-in foot traffic, an active Instagram account showcasing daily arrivals, customer reviews on Yelp and Google, and community word-of-mouth. The business operates Wednesday through Sunday with limited hours, and positions itself on a charitable and sustainability-oriented mission of reusing, repurposing, and recycling household goods. The company is a subsidiary of Clean Out Your House, Inc. and has no disclosed external funding, investors, or institutional capital.

Name

Buy & Consign

Legal name

Buy & Consign

Website

https://buyandconsigninwaltham.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Buy & Consign is a privately held consignment retail store in Waltham, MA, with a sister location in Framingham, selling consigned furniture, art, rugs, and household goods. It serves individual consignors and consumers, sourcing inventory primarily through its parent company's estate cleanout operations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Consignment Retail

NAICS

Used Merchandise Retailers (4595), Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Retailers (449)

SIC

Retail-Home Furniture, Furnishings & Equipment Stores (5700)

akta.pro primary industry

Consignment & Estate Sale Home Goods Retail (Curated/Managed Sales) (CRAIANAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Secondhand & Consignment Furniture Retail (CRAIANAA)

Keywords

• Consignment retail
• Second-hand furniture
• Estate cleanouts
• Vintage home goods
• Used home furnishings

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consignment Sales: Buy & Consign sells consigned items from individuals and estate cleanouts in their retail store. Consignors earn money from items sold while the store retains a commission portion. Revenue is generated through the margin between consignment acquisition cost and retail sale price.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Buy & Consign is a physical second-hand home goods consignment shoppe operating in Waltham, MA (with a sister location in Framingham), selling consigned furniture, rugs, lamps, mirrors, artwork, housewares, music, electronics, and books. The store sources inventory daily through its parent company Clean Out Your House, Inc.'s six estate cleanout trucks and accepts walk-in consignment items from individuals seeking to resell unwanted household goods.

Product overview

Buy & Consign is a physical second-hand, home-goods consignment shop operating as a single retail location in Waltham, MA, with a sister location in Framingham. The company does not offer a software platform, product suite, or modular product architecture. Its core offering is a 10,000 sq. ft. retail space selling consigned furniture, artwork, rugs, lamps, mirrors, housewares, music, books, and vintage items. Services include accepting consignments from individuals and estate cleanouts performed by parent company Clean Out Your House, Inc.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Buy & Consign Consignment Retail Storefront A second-hand home goods consignment retail service that allows individuals to consign unwanted furniture, rugs, artwork, lamps, mirrors, housewares, music, electronics, books, vintage, and antique items in exchange for a share of the sale price, while offering shoppers a curated assortment of new and vintage items at consignment prices.
• Walk-In Consignment Acceptance Service A consignment intake service for individuals wishing to sell unwanted household goods, furniture, vintage items, and decor through the store without managing their own sales or listings.

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Clean Out Your House, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company performing estate cleanouts with six trucks operating daily. Provides continuous supply of consignment inventory to Buy & Consign through daily deliveries, enabling fresh merchandise in the retail space. Clean Out Your House gains a retail outlet for estate cleanout items while Buy & Consign receives reliable inventory sourcing.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Chairish: Online consignment marketplace for vintage and pre-owned furniture, art, and home decor. Directly comparable as a consignment channel for high-end home goods, though operating digitally rather than through a physical storefront.
• AptDeco: Online marketplace for pre-owned furniture with pickup and delivery logistics. Comparable secondhand furniture resale model focused on making used home goods accessible to mainstream buyers.
• Kaiyo: Online used furniture marketplace with white-glove logistics. Directly comparable as a scaled secondhand furniture resale channel competing for both consignors and buyers in the same category.
• Habitat for Humanity ReStore: Chain of nonprofit secondhand home goods stores selling furniture, appliances, and home improvement items. Closest physical-store analog operating a similar model of donated/consigned home goods at value prices.

Broad incumbents

• 1stDibs: Online luxury consignment marketplace for furniture, art, and jewelry. Overlaps on the curated vintage/antique home goods category but operates at a much higher price point and broader scale.
• The RealReal: Consignment company specializing in authenticated luxury resale. Comparable consignment business model and mission of extending product lifespan, though primarily fashion-focused rather than home goods.
• Etsy: Global online marketplace with strong vintage and antique furniture/home decor category. Comparable in enabling discovery of unique secondhand home goods, though operating as a platform rather than curated retailer.
• Arhaus: Premium home furnishings retailer offering artisan and vintage-inspired furniture. Comparable customer demographic and product aesthetic, though selling new merchandise rather than consigned items.
• West Elm: Large home furnishings retailer with mid-century and modern aesthetic. Comparable product categories and customer segments, though operating at national scale with new inventory rather than consignment.

Regional players

• Goodwill Industries: Nonprofit secondhand retailer with extensive local store footprint including furniture and home goods. Comparable local-store secondhand retail model with charitable community component, though with broader merchandise mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/buyandconsignwaltham

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 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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