Urban Lumber Company

What Urban Lumber Company does

Urban Lumber Co. INC is a Springfield, Oregon-based custom hardwood furniture manufacturer founded in 2006 by Seth San Filippo. The company salvages urban trees from the Pacific Northwest (primarily Oregon and Washington) that would otherwise be chipped, burned, or landfilled, and converts them into live-edge tables, conference tables, bar tops, desks, and seating for both residential and commercial customers. Approximately 100,000 board feet of premium lumber is salvaged annually, processed through Wood-Mizer LT40 milling plus a proprietary custom-built band saw capable of cutting slabs up to 8 feet wide and 35 feet long, followed by multi-year air drying and in-house kiln drying to 7–8% moisture content. In-house metal fabrication (steel bases, powdercoat finishes) is integrated into finished pieces. The wholly-owned subsidiary Urban Hardwoods LLC operates a parallel showroom and woodshop in Seattle.

Revenue is generated almost entirely through one-time custom project sales, with prices ranging from ~$40 (cutting boards) to $27,000 (25-foot conference tables) and a typical ticket of $3,000–$5,000. The customer mix is roughly 65% commercial (breweries, wineries, restaurants, hotels, tech firms including Oracle, and government/education clients) and 35% residential. Go-to-market combines a flagship showroom at the historic Booth Kelly Mill in Springfield, a wholesale/appointment-only Los Angeles showroom, an online store (urbanlumber.shop), and a direct custom-commercial sales motion supported by free in-house design consultations. Historical revenue was $1.2M in 2017, with company-stated 20–50% annual growth through the 2010s; 2025 included a high-profile Microsoft campus-salvage partnership executed via the Urban Hardwoods subsidiary.

Name

Urban Lumber Company

Legal name

Urban Lumber Co. INC

Website

https://urbanlumber.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Urban Lumber Co. manufactures custom live-edge hardwood furniture and commercial furnishings from salvaged Pacific Northwest urban trees, serving residential customers, restaurants, breweries, wineries, hotels, tech firms, and government clients across Oregon, Washington, and California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Wood Furniture Manufacturing

NAICS

Sawmills and Wood Preservation (3211), Wood Product Manufacturing (321)

SIC

Lumber & Wood Products (No Furniture) (2400), Wholesale-Lumber, Plywood, Millwork & Wood Panels (5031), Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers (5211)

akta.pro primary industry

Planing Mills & Lumber Surfacing (IMAMABAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Building Materials & Lumber Distribution (CRAOAFAD), Hardwood Plywood & Decorative Panels Manufacturing (IMAMACAB)

Keywords

• Salvaged wood furniture
• Live edge tables
• Custom hardwood furniture
• Sustainable furniture manufacturing
• Urban tree salvage

Headquarters

HQ city

Springfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Furniture Sales: One-time custom furniture sales primarily for tables (dining, conference, coffee), bar tops, benches, and custom woodwork. Prices range from $40 (cutting boards) to $27,000 (25-foot conference tables), with sweet spot of $3,000-$5,000. Mix of commercial (65%) and residential (35%) customers.
2. Wood Slabs and Lumber Sales: Sale of finished slabs and lumber with eco-friendly varnish, without bases or hardware. Also sell bases separately for customers who want to source their own tops.
3. Tree Services: Tree salvage services working with arborists, municipalities, and property owners. Free quotes provided for tree removal and salvage.
4. Refinishing and Repair Services: Refinishing services for furniture they created. Custom metal fabrication for furniture bases and accents.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Urban Lumber Company designs and manufactures custom hardwood furniture and large live edge slabs from salvaged urban trees sourced in Oregon and Washington. Its product portfolio spans residential pieces (dining tables, bed frames, cutting boards, mantles) and commercial furnishings (bar tops, conference tables, reception desks, seating) for restaurants, hotels, wineries, breweries, and tech firms. The business is vertically integrated, handling tree salvage, milling, multi-year air and kiln drying, custom metal fabrication, and finishing in a single 32,000 sq ft Springfield facility.

Product overview

Urban Lumber Co is a custom furniture manufacturing company specializing in sustainable handcrafted hardwood furnishings made from salvaged urban trees in Oregon and Washington. The company's product portfolio centers on Custom Hardwood Furniture (live edge tables, conference tables, dining sets, desks, bed frames, seating) and Commercial Furnishings (restaurant, office, and hospitality furniture). These offerings are supported by Tree Services for salvage and removal, a Wood Species Collection featuring Black Walnut, Maple, Oak, Fir, Elm, and Redwood, and Metalwork/Custom Bases for integrated steel components. Additional services include refinishing for company-made pieces and free design consultations. The company operates from the historic Booth Kelly Mill in Springfield, OR, and also owns Seattle-based Urban Hardwoods LLC.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Hardwood Furniture Handcrafted custom furniture including live edge tables, conference tables, dining sets, desks, seating, bed frames, and decor items made from salvaged Pacific Northwest hardwoods, for residential homeowners and commercial buyers.
• Commercial Furnishings Custom commercial furniture solutions for restaurants, offices, hotels, wineries, breweries, and hospitality venues, including bar tops, conference tables, reception desks, seating, banquettes, and shelving, delivered via direct sales with architects, designers, and contractors.
• Live Edge Slabs Large natural edge slabs cut from salvaged urban trees using the company's custom-built sawmill, capable of being cut up to 8 feet wide. Sold with eco-friendly varnish, without bases, with bases also available separately.
• Tree Services Sustainable tree salvage and removal services for arborists, municipalities, and property owners, including tree health inspections, trimming, pruning, storm damage removals, and full service removals, with free quotes.
• Refinishing Services Furniture refinishing, repair, and maintenance services for pieces created by Urban Lumber Company, including eco-friendly varnish reapplication and metal fabrication for furniture bases and accents.
• Design Consultation Free in-house design consultation service to guide residential and commercial customers through creating custom one-of-a-kind furniture pieces, supported by an in-house design team that produces detailed line drawings.

Quantifiable outcome

• Diverts approximately 100,000 board feet of premium lumber from landfills annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers29 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MicrosoftcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 March 2025Urban Hardwoods (sister company to Urban Lumber Co.) partnered with Microsoft to salvage approximately 60,000 board feet of trees from Microsoft's Redmond campus expansion construction. Currently outfitting the expanded campus with custom furnishings made from the salvaged construction site timber.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Restoration Hardware (RH): RH is a large publicly-traded luxury home furnishings retailer whose RH Modern and Interiors lines include reclaimed wood, live edge, and large-scale dining and conference tables aimed at affluent residential and hospitality buyers. It overlaps with Urban Lumber at the high-end live edge/solid wood table category but operates at vastly greater scale and broader assortment.
• West Elm: West Elm is a national retail brand under Williams-Sonoma offering modern, sustainably sourced furniture including wood dining and occasional tables with select FSC-certified and reclaimed wood collections. It is comparable as a broad-incumbent modern furniture retailer addressing sustainability-conscious consumers, though at mass-market rather than bespoke positioning.
• Crate & Barrel: Crate & Barrel is a national furniture and home goods retailer offering solid wood dining and occasional tables with sustainability messaging. It is comparable as a broad-incumbent touching the same consumer/contract furniture space, though with a more mass-market, mixed-material assortment.
• Room & Board: Room & Board is a national retailer of modern, American-made furniture, including solid wood and live edge collections sourced from sustainably managed forests. It is comparable as a broader-scale incumbent offering overlapping live edge and solid wood furniture to consumers and commercial buyers, though with catalog/retail scale rather than bespoke one-off pieces.

Direct peers

• Cisco Home: Cisco Home is a Los Angeles-based manufacturer of custom, sustainably sourced hardwood furniture, including live edge and solid wood pieces for residential and hospitality customers. It is directly comparable to Urban Lumber in its vertical integration on FSC-certified and reclaimed woods and its B2B/hospitality commercial model.
• The Joinery: The Joinery is a Portland, Oregon-based custom furniture maker producing handcrafted hardwood pieces from responsibly sourced domestic woods, with strong B2B/hospitality and residential trade business. It is directly comparable as a Pacific Northwest craftsman operating in the same geography with similar custom-built, sustainability-positioned furniture offerings.

Emerging players

• The Citizenry: The Citizenry is a DTC home furnishings brand producing ethically sourced, artisan-made furniture and textiles with a global artisan partnership model. It is comparable as an emerging brand in the sustainability-plus-craftsmanship space selling premium solid wood furniture to design-conscious consumers, overlapping Urban Lumber's brand narrative.
• Article: Article is a direct-to-consumer modern furniture brand selling solid wood dining tables and case goods at mid-premium price points via online-first retail. It is comparable as an emerging DTC player pursuing design-conscious, quality-focused consumers with streamlined sourcing and pricing, partially overlapping Urban Lumber's residential demographic.
• Avocado Green Mattress (Avocado): Avocado is a DTC sustainable home brand offering mattresses and an expanding line of GOTS- and FSC-certified wood bed frames and furniture. It is comparable as an emerging eco-positioned furniture player leveraging sustainability credentials and direct-to-consumer pricing, partially overlapping Urban Lumber's environmental value proposition in adjacent categories.
• Medley Home: Medley Home is a sustainable furniture brand producing solid wood beds, dressers, and tables made from FSC-certified and reclaimed hardwoods with non-toxic finishes. It is comparable as an emerging sustainability-positioned wood furniture brand targeting eco-conscious premium consumers, partially overlapping Urban Lumber's positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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