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Daily business news at www.biv.com August 30–September 5, 2011
Biggest office supply firms in B.C. Ranked by total staff in B.C. Rank '11 Company name
Top local executive(s)
No. locations: Products and services in B.C./ in Canada
Year founded/ Ownership Headquarters
No. B.C. staff '11/'10
Staples Business Depot
Steve Matyas, president, Staples Canada
42 325
Supplier of office supplies, business machines, office furniture and business services to small business and home-office customers
1991 Staples Inc. (Nasdaq: Richmond Hill, ON SPLS)
1,6501 1,7001
Grand & Toy
Justine Harrison, area vice-president 5 54
Offers quality products and services from dynamic interiors and the latest technology to a wide range of office and facility supplies
1882 Don Mills, ON
OfficeMax
135 65
Monk Office
James McKenzie, president and CEO Ross Hill, CFO and COO
10 10
Office supplies, business machines and technology, office furniture
1951 Victoria
James McKenzie and Ross Hill
1302 130
Mills Basics
Brad Mills, CEO
4 NP
Long history of delivering outstanding service and the 1949 highest-quality office products and printing to Vancouver customers
Mills family
105 99
FedEx Office Canada Ltd
Jose Yamazaki, country managing director
4 16
19843 Toronto
Corporation
75 75
Canon Canada Inc
Gary Stewart, branch manager, B.C. region
1 14
Paper for printers/copiers, wide selection of paper and card stocks, designer papers, business stationery with matching envelopes, announcements, invitations, résumé paper, brochures, common office supplies and more; standard and custom rubber stamps Highly respected Canadian market leader in business and consumer imaging equipment and solutions
1973 Mississauga, ON
NP
60 60
Costless Express4
Calvin Johnson, CEO
1 NP
Over 40,000 items available for free next day delivery 1989 with no minimum order at the lowest delivered price Coquitlam
Privately held
41 32
ImagePath Printing Solutions Inc
3784 Napier St, Burnaby V5C 5Z9 P: 604-299-1040 F: 604-299-1043 www.primeimage.com
Joe Russo, president Howard Stoker, vice-president of sales Chris Straub, director of service
NP NP
Office machines, printers, service, supplies, IT
2004 Burnaby
Joe Russo, Chris Straub and Howard Stoker
30 20
E Madill Office Co
Ehren Madill, owner
2 2
Provider of office supplies, furniture, technology, cleaning and break-room supplies/products
1997 Ladysmith
Independent, private, 24 employee owned 23
Office Essentials
Tim Hartford, president
1 1
1989 Richmond
Privately held
212 21
Dragonfly Business Solutions Inc
Andrew Bonnar Jason Bonnar, owners
1 1
Specialize in providing corporate, education, government and hospitality industries with a wide variety of computer and point-of-sale consumable products including printer and toner service and hardware on an "as needed" or cost-per-copy basis and specialty paper products Xerox office products and software, Xerox production printing products, document management solutions, resale of paper supplies and printer cartridges, sale of copiers and printers
2003 Vancouver
NP
21 13
Canadian Office Supplies Inc
Toma Doo, president Jennivine Doo, partner
NP 1
Office supplies and furniture, technology, printer 1989 service, printing and custom stamps, break-room and Richmond janitorial supplies, rewards program and free gift with every order over $100
NP
16 16
Total Office Supply Ltd
Tracey Jakobsen, owner
1 1
Full office supply, office furniture and print/design divisions with outside sales staff
Privately owned
11 10
G Trasolini Business Products Inc
Gerardo Trasolini, president
NP NP
Over 16,000 office products; specialize in photocopy 1986 and computer paper, laser printer and fax service and Burnaby repair, toner cartridges (new and manufactured), data storage tapes
Family owned
82 8
Canadian Business Distributors Inc
Odell Boivin, president
1 NP
Providers of office supplies, toners, cartridges, 2000 ribbons, fax films, inks, shipping supplies, boxes, office Langley furniture, janitorial supplies, break-room supplies and business supplies
Private
8 6
Ink Toner Cartridge Ltd
Adam Bai, manager
3 NP
Ink toner cartridges, printer toner and cartridges, ink- 2007 jet ink, laser-jet toner cartridges, new and refill printer Vancouver repair
NP
6 6
Queens Stationery
John Lekakis, managing partner
NP NP
Office essentials, school supplies, greeting cards, business services, full-service Canada Post outlet
1988 Privately held North Vancouver
62 6
GBC Canada
Tom Cowden, regional manager
1 7
Document and presentation solutions, ranging from binders and index tabs to pocket folders to media packaging and tote boxes; document binding, lamination solutions, information packaging and technical service
1947 Brampton, ON
4 5
Address
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6 Staples Ave, Richmond Hill, ON L4B 4W3 P: 905-737-1147 F: NP www.staples.ca
4560 Tillicum St, Burnaby V5J 5L4 P: 604-324-5151 F: 604-323-7581 www.grandandtoy.com 800 Viewfield Rd, Victoria V9A 4V1 P: 250-385-0565 F: 250-384-3851 www.monk.ca
1111 Clark Dr, Vancouver V5L 3K5 P: 604-254-7211 F: 604-254-7484 www.mills.ca
2 St Clair Ave W, Toronto M4V 1L5 P: 416-323-3305 F: 416-323-1687 www.fedex.ca
6390 Dixie Rd, Mississauga, ON L5T 1P7 P: 905-795-1111 F: 905-795-2130 www.canon.ca
94B Glacier St, Coquitlam V3K 6B2 P: 604-444-4467 F: 604-444-4302 www.costlessexpress.com
2290 Holdom Ave, Burnaby P: 877-527-2003 F: 866-754-1856 www.emadill.com
12851 Clarke Pl, Richmond V6V 2H9 P: 604-276-9909 F: 604-276-9949 www.officeessentials.com
1190 Melville St Suite 430, Vancouver V6E 3W1 P: 604-689-5554 F: NP www.dragon-fly.ca
13900 Maycrest Way Unit 250, Richmond V6V 3E2 P: 604-522-6607 F: 604-522-9974 www.canadianofficesupplies.com 371 Alexander St Suite 103, Salmon Arm V1E 4N2 P: 250-832-8622 F: 250-832-8522 www.totalofficesupply.ca 4005 2nd Ave, Burnaby V5C 3X1 P: 604-298-6160 F: 604-298-3792 www.trasolini.com
9780 197B St Suite 201, Langley V1M 3G3 P: 604-807-0884 F: 604-513-1356 www.canadiandistributors.ca 333 West Broadway, Vancouver V5Y 1P8 P: 778-371-9554 F: 604-708-8158 www.inktonermart.com
3034 Edgemont Blvd, North Vancouver V7R 2N4 P: 604-987-0422 F: 604-987-5020 NP
5 Precidio Crt, Brampton, ON L6S 6B7 P: 800-463-2545 F: 800-422-7135 www.gbccanada.com
Sources: Interviews with above firms and BIV research. Other companies may have ranked but did not provide information by deadline. NR Not ranked NP Not provided 1 - BIV estimate 2 - 2010 figure 3 - In Canada 4 - Acquired Frogfile Office Essentials Inc. in October 2009
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1987 Salmon Arm
ACCO Brands Corp.
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