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

BAMKO
(asi/131431)

BAMKO executed an 11.3% annual revenue increase thanks to what executives described as a massive increase in promo sales. The strong growth in the firm’s core business was enough to offset a precipitous decline in sales of PPE that occurred due to free-falling demand amid the changing dynamics of the pandemic. BAMKO continued the upward sales trajectory by accelerating revenue 11% year over year in the first quarter of 2022.

The Los Angeles-based distributor, which is orchestrating a deeper push into the uniform segment in collaboration with parent firm Superior Group of Companies, acquired dis­tributor Sutter’s Mill Specialties (asi/340210) in December and followed that up with the purchase of Guardian Products (asi/215500), a $23 million distributor, in May. The moves facilitate a strategic effort to gain greater sales in the automotive dealership niche. Especially notable, BAMKO named former COO/CFO Jake Himelstein president last July, as former president and Power 50 member Phil Koosed moved into a new role with Superior.

All revenue figures shown in $millions