The Market for Kitchen Cabinet Dealers

Kitchen remodeling is an industry that gets bigger with each passing day, and the need for kitchen cabinets continues to grow.

While there are many ways to buy kitchen cabinets, a large percentage of cabinets are sold through kitchen cabinet dealers, who have established relationships with the large cabinet manufacturers or, in some cases, offer proprietary custom cabinet designs.

To get started, you'll want to start conversations with the various cabinet manufacturers and see if you can represent them. Before you get too far, make sure you are serving a nice niche in your area. It's tough to make money as a kitchen cabinet dealer if you are selling the same thing that everyone else offers at the same price!

Consider the Competition

Prior to launching a cabinet dealership in your town, it's worthwhile to see how strong the competition is. Try our link below to generate a list of competitors nearby. After following the link, enter your city, state and zip code to get a list of cabinet dealerships in your area.

• Get a List of Nearby Cabinet Dealerships

How are you going to successfully complete with existing firms? It's important that you never underestimate the competition.

Find Good Remote Business Advice

If you want to open a cabinet dealership you really ought to learn as much as you can from somebody who is already in the business. If you think your local competitors will give you advice, you're being overoptimistic. What's in it for them?

However, an entrepreneur who owns a cabinet dealership on the other side of the country will be much more likely to talk with you, after they realize you reside far away from them and won't be stealing their local customers. In fact, they are often very willing to share startup advice with you. Our estimate is that you may have to contact many business owners to find one who is willing to share his wisdom with you.

How does one quickly and easily locate a cabinet dealership manager outside of your area who is willing to talk?

No problem! Just use the link below and try a random city/state or zipcode. Then start dialing for advice until you are successful.

• Search for Cabinet Dealership Owners

Franchising May Be a Better Way to Go

If you want to minimize your chances of failing, you should evaluate purchasing a franchise.

If your goal is to start a cabinet dealership, you ought to assess whether franchising might be worth investigating.

The link below gives you access to our franchise directory so you can see if there's a franchise opportunity for you. You might even find something that points you in a completely different direction.

• Find Bath Remodeling Franchising Info

Industry Associations

If you are interested in starting a kitchen cabinets business, you should be aware of some trade associations in this space.

We recommend:

• Kitchen Cabinets Manufacturers Association (KCMA) - KCMA is a voluntary non-profit industry trade association. KCMA has over 360 members located in the United States and Canada who manufacture kitchen cabinets.