Counselor’s exclusive ranking of the suppliers with the most revenue in the promo products market.

Vantage Apparel (asi/93390)

With a 12% five-year overall growth rate, Vantage – which wins the Best Decorated Apparel category every year in the Counselor Distributor Choice Awards – attributes its success to “an assortment of quality merchandise that reflects today’s trends” and “an increase in online business via distributor apparel stores and small-order drop ships.” The company hopes to further elevate the customer experience with better technology and tools, and to provide associates with more training resources. And in a nod to shifting buyer preferences, the company also made the decision in 2019 to partner with 1% for the Planet and to use recycled polybags for its garments.

Previous rank: 33

2019 Revenue: $52.2 C

Headquarters: Avenel, NJ

Year founded: 1977

Ownership: Private

Top officer: Ira Neaman

All revenue figures shown in $millions
C = calendar year
F = fiscal year
NR = not ranked