Bert Drobbin Co. Inc.

Name

Bert Drobbin Co. Inc.

Legal name

Bert Drobbin, Co.

Website

https://bertdrobbincompany.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Institutional Wholesale Supplies

NAICS

Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers (424310), Footwear Merchant Wholesalers (424340)

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130), Wholesale-Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies (5040)

akta.pro primary industry

Nonfood Grocery & HBC Wholesale (Paper, Cleaning, Personal Care) (AFAIABAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Home Care Tools & Consumables (Sponges, Wipes, Brushes, Gloves, Mop Refills) (CRADAKAM), Laundry & Textile Care Chemicals & Supplies Distribution (CRAOAGAI)

Keywords

• Institutional wholesale supplies
• Clothing and footwear distribution
• Hygiene and janitorial supplies
• Supportive housing kits
• Custom printing and embroidery

Headquarters

HQ city

Jamaica

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Product Sales: The company generates revenue through wholesale product sales to institutions including clothing, footwear, footwear, health and beauty products, hygiene kits, bedding, home furnishings, hardware, appliances, cleaning supplies, and more. Sales are conducted through inquiry only with various payment options including vouchers and purchase orders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Bert Drobbin Co. is a wholesale distributor that supplies a comprehensive catalog of physical products — including clothing, footwear, hygiene kits, health and beauty products, bedding, linens, kitchen housewares, paper goods, janitorial supplies, child and infant care items, and hospital intake clothing — to American institutional customers such as youth facilities, shelters, supportive housing providers, hospitals, child support services, and government-run detention programs. The company fulfills orders from its own stocked warehouse with daily Tri-State area delivery, in-unit delivery for supportive housing facilities, custom-curated supply kits sized for 100-300 apartment housing complexes, and additional custom printing and embroidery services. All sales are conducted through inquiry only, with quote-based wholesale pricing and payment options including vouchers and purchase orders.

Product overview

Bert Drobbin Co. is a wholesale supplier serving American institutions with a comprehensive product portfolio spanning clothing, footwear, personal care, bedding, housewares, and janitorial supplies. As a one-stop shop for institutional needs, the company provides essential products including Clothing & Accessories, Sneakers & Footwear, Health & Beauty Products, Hygiene Kits, Custom Supportive Housing Kits, Child & Infant Care, Hospital Intake & Dispatch Clothing, Bedding & Linens, Kitchen Housewares, Paper Goods, and Janitorial Supplies. The company also offers customization services through Custom Printing and Embroidery. Products are distributed via a dedicated sales team, stocked warehouse, and daily delivery services in the Tri-State area, with supply kits available for large-scale housing complexes ranging from 100-300 apartment units.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Supply kits for housing complexes ranging from 100-300 apartment units

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cintas Corporation: Cintas is a national uniform, linen, and facility services provider serving thousands of businesses and institutions. It overlaps with Bert Drobbin's apparel, linen, and janitorial categories but at much broader scale and a wider customer base.
• Grainger: Grainger is a broad-line industrial and institutional MRO distributor with a deep catalog of janitorial, cleaning, and facility supplies. It competes with Bert Drobbin on janitorial and hardware lines, though it does not specialize in apparel or institutional kit assembly.
• Aramark Uniform Services: Aramark's uniform and career apparel division supplies uniforms, linens, and facility products to institutional and industrial customers. It competes with Bert Drobbin on apparel and linens but serves a much larger and more commercial customer base.
• HD Supply Holdings: HD Supply distributes maintenance, janitorial, and facility supplies to multi-family housing, hospitality, and government customers. It overlaps with Bert Drobbin's janitorial, paper, and bedding lines and serves some of the same supportive-housing and institutional accounts.
• McKesson Medical-Surgical: McKesson's medical-surgical distribution arm supplies hospitals and clinics with a broad catalog including patient apparel and personal care items. It overlaps with Bert Drobbin's hospital channel but is heavily oriented toward clinical-grade products.
• Medline Industries: Medline is one of the largest medical and hospital supply distributors in the U.S. It overlaps with Bert Drobbin's hospital segment on intake clothing and basic health supplies, but its core focus is clinical products at far greater scale.

Direct peers

• Bob Barker Company: Bob Barker supplies correctional, detention, and behavioral health facilities with clothing, hygiene, bedding, and janitorial products. It is the closest analog to Bert Drobbin in end customer, product mix, and institutional/wholesale go-to-market.

Emerging players

• Direct Supply (Senior Living): Direct Supply equips senior living and group residential facilities with housekeeping, dining, and resident supplies. It is comparable to Bert Drobbin in serving residential institutional settings, though its specialty is senior living rather than shelters/detention.

Others

• SupplyWorks (by Sysco): Sysco's SupplyWorks segment distributes non-food supplies — including janitorial, paper, and housekeeping goods — to foodservice and institutional buyers. It is adjacent to Bert Drobbin on consumable categories like paper and janitorial but is delivered through a foodservice-led platform.

Regional players

• ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists: ImageFIRST provides linen and uniform rental and supply to healthcare and institutional customers. It competes with Bert Drobbin on bedding/linens and apparel for institutional end users, but with a rental-led rather than wholesale-purchase model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 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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