What Direct Textile Store does

Direct Textile Store is a privately held wholesale textile and linen distributor founded in 2013 and domiciled in Grapevine, Texas as Direct Textile Store LLC. The company sells bulk quantities of textiles, linens, apparel, and institutional supplies to businesses rather than individual consumers, with primary customer verticals being hospitality (hotels, resorts, spas, bed and breakfasts) and healthcare (hospitals, nursing homes, medical facilities), supplemented by restaurants and food service, gym and fitness centers, and schools, camps, and daycare facilities. Its product catalog spans hotel bed sheets, towels, blankets, comforters and bedding, table linens, shower curtains, scrubs, lab coats, uniforms, safety and FR apparel, restaurant and chef apparel, cleaning and janitorial supplies, commercial furniture, laundry carts and hampers, and room amenities, offered in basic, standard, and premium tiers under multiple brand partnerships including Standard Textile, Thomaston Mills, Encompass Group, Bulwark, Dickies, and Ganesh Mills.

The company operates a BigCommerce-hosted e-commerce storefront as its primary transactional channel, complemented by phone-based sales support (800-615-5822) and a paid membership program that provides dedicated account managers, member discounts, and free shipping on orders of $5,999 or more. Pricing is unit-based with volume discounts of up to 20% on large-quantity purchases and pay-as-you-go billing; quotes are provided for orders of $5,000 or more. Direct Textile Store maintains warehouses located throughout the United States to support multi-warehouse fulfillment and ships to the continental US, Alaska, Hawaii, US territories, Canada, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas, and St. Croix. The firm has no public API, no mobile application, no proprietary technology stack, and no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, positioning it as a traditional e-commerce-plus-distribution business rather than a technology company.

Demand generation relies on content marketing through an educational blog, a weekly email newsletter, an organic social presence on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube, and an affiliate/partner referral program. Additional commercial channels include a dropshipping service for resellers and a partnership-driven affiliate program. The company is independently operated with no disclosed external institutional investors, no parent company, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, and a reported headcount range of 1-10 employees; no revenue figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

Direct Textile Store

Legal name

Direct Textile Store LLC

Website

https://directtextilestore.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Direct Textile Store is a privately held wholesale textile and linen distributor selling bulk linens, apparel, and institutional supplies to hospitality, healthcare, food service, and other B2B customers via an e-commerce platform, phone sales, and a membership program.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Textiles and Linens

NAICS

Clothing and Clothing Accessories Merchant Wholesalers (42435)

SIC

Wholesale-Furniture & Home Furnishings (5020), Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial & Hospitality Home Textiles Retail (Bulk Linens for Hotels, Spas, Restaurants) (CRAIALAJ)

Keywords

• Wholesale textiles
• Hospitality linens
• Healthcare apparel
• Commercial towels
• Bulk bedding supplies

Headquarters

HQ city

Grapevine, TX

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Textile Sales: Revenue generated from selling textiles, linens, apparel, and hospitality supplies in bulk quantities to businesses. Operates on a wholesale/bulk transaction model with volume-based pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Direct Textile Store is a U.S.-based wholesale distributor selling bulk textiles, linens, apparel, and hospitality/operational supplies to businesses. Its core catalog spans hotel bed sheets, towels, blankets/comforters/bedding, table linens, shower curtains, plus extensive workwear (scrubs, lab coats, uniforms, aprons, FR apparel). It also stocks cleaning/janitorial supplies, commercial furniture, laundry carts, restaurant supplies, and room amenities, sold through an e-commerce storefront with phone-based account management and a membership program.

Product overview

Direct Textile Store is a wholesale textile and linen supplier offering a broad, multi-category product portfolio across hospitality, healthcare, and institutional markets. The core offering centers on bulk textiles and linens including hotel bed sheets, towels, blankets/comforters/bedding, table linens, and shower curtains, supplemented by extensive workwear and apparel categories (scrubs, lab coats, uniforms, aprons, safety/FR apparel). The company also stocks operational supplies such as cleaning and janitorial products, commercial furniture, laundry carts, restaurant supplies, and room amenities. All products are available in basic, standard, and premium quality tiers and are sold primarily in bulk/wholesale quantities. Services include a membership program with dedicated account management and a dropshipping option. The platform functions as a traditional e-commerce storefront with no AI/ML capabilities or public API.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Apparel
• Restaurant and Hospitality Apparel
• Safety Apparel and FR Apparel
• Uniforms
• Blankets, Comforters, and Bedding
• Towels
• Sheets
• Scrubs
• Table Linens
• Aprons
• Cleaning and Janitorial Supplies
• Bathroom Supplies and Amenities
• Furniture
• Restaurant Supplies
• Pillows
• Room Supplies and Amenities
• Membership Program
• Dropshipping
• Affiliates and Partner Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Save up to 20% on large quantity purchases
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Multiple Brand ManufacturerscoreOthersDirect Textile Store partners with multiple textile manufacturers to offer a vast selection of quality products. They work with brands including American Dawn, Beck's Classic Manufacturing, BLC Textiles, Bulwark, Dickies, Dove, Encompass Group, Fashion Seal, Ganesh Mills, Thomaston Mills, Standard Textile, and many others to provide wholesale textiles and linens.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Global Industrial: Multi-category industrial and commercial supply distributor including furniture, shelving, cleaning, and some textile categories. Comparable broadline B2B e-commerce model targeting institutional buyers.
• Medline: Major healthcare-focused manufacturer and distributor supplying hospitals and long-term care facilities, including medical apparel, linens, and facility supplies. Overlaps with Direct Textile Store's healthcare apparel and bedding categories.
• Standard Textile: Large established manufacturer and distributor of hospitality, healthcare, and institutional textiles. Direct overlap with Direct Textile Store across hotel linens, towels, and healthcare apparel, but Standard Textile operates as a vertically integrated incumbent with proprietary products.
• Uline: Large-scale B2B distributor of shipping, industrial, and janitorial supplies with broad product catalog and rapid shipping. Operates a similar high-velocity e-commerce wholesale motion targeting business customers.
• BradyIFS: Distributor of cleaning, janitorial, and foodservice supplies to hospitality and institutional customers. Overlaps with Direct Textile Store's janitorial and cleaning supplies categories across similar buyer profiles.
• Imperial Dade: Major broadline foodservice and janitorial products distributor serving hospitality, healthcare, and food service. Overlaps with Direct Textile Store on cleaning supplies, towels, and food-service textiles but at significantly larger scale and broader assortment.
• Webstaurant Store: Large online wholesale restaurant supply retailer. Overlaps with Direct Textile Store on chef apparel, kitchen linens, table linens, and restaurant supplies, serving many of the same SMB hospitality buyers through e-commerce.

Others

• Thomaston Mills: Domestic textile manufacturer of towels, sheets, and institutional bedding — listed as a supplier partner of Direct Textile Store. Comparable on product category (hospitality linens) but operates as a mill rather than a distributor.
• American Dawn: Textile manufacturer focused on hospitality and institutional towels, robes, and aprons — also listed as a Direct Textile Store supplier partner. Comparable product category but upstream in the value chain.

Direct peers

• Encompass Group: Manufacturer and distributor of healthcare apparel and reusable textiles including scrubs, lab coats, patient gowns, and bed linens. Direct competitor in the healthcare textiles category that Direct Textile Store serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCN8JkXi11BGrHhz1PHRNrbA
• Facebookfacebook.com/directtextilesupply
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/direct-textile-supply
• Instagraminstagram.com/directtextilestore

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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