Book of Lists 2014
General Interest
30 Hartford Business Journal • septemBer 22, 2014 www.HartfordBusiness.com
Largest office furniture dealers in the Hartford region
(Ranked by number of local employees as of April 2014)
Rank Company
Local
employees/
total
employees Major brands sold
Percent of activities:
furniture
/design
/rentals
/other
Local
offices/
Total
offices
Top local
executive
Year
Founded
1
Red Thread (formerly BKM Total
Office)
300 E River Dr.
East Hartford, CT 06108
860-528-9981; www.red-thread.com
280
480
Steelcase, National, Hon, Global
70%
1%
1%
28%
5
10
Larry Levine
President
1933
2
Transfer Enterprises Inc.
140 Progress Dr.
Manchester, CT 06042
860-645-9090; www.tedesk.com
46
46
Steelcase, Haworth, Herman Miller, Global, Hon
90%
5%
3%
2%
4
4
Matthew J. Egan
President & Co-
Owner
1991
3
OFI
28 Garfield St.
Newington, CT 06111
860-666-3357; www.myofi.com
36
37
Herman Miller, Kimball Office, National Office Furniture
100%
0%
0%
0%
2
2
Rick Mills
President
1968
4
Lyco Inc. Office Furniture
540 N. Main St.
Manchester, CT 06042
860-646-3575; www.lycoinc.com
21
21
Remanufactured Steelcase, Herman Miller & Haworth. Hon, DMI, Lesro, Office
Star, Allseating, Exemplis
90%
5%
5%
0%
1
1
Robert K. Lyon
President
1984
5
John Watts Associates
121 Roberts St., Ste. A
East Hartford, CT 06108
860-528-1110; www.jwatts.com
20
20
Haworth
85%
5%
5%
5%
1
1
James Watts
President
1976
6
Corporate Furniture Systems LLC
1391 Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
860-242-2811;
www.corporatefurnituresystemsct.com
9
9
Remanufactured Steelcase, Herman Miller, and Haworth
96%
2%
2%
0%
1
1
Chris Mateya
Owner
2002
7
Suburban Office Furniture
24 Stack St.
Middletown, CT 06457
860-854-6741;
www.suburbanofficefurniture.com
6
6
HON, Artopex, Allseating, IOF
60%
40%
0%
0%
1
1
Andrea Fassler
Owner
2004
7
Office Resources Inc.
100 Pearl St.
Hartford, CT 06103
860-218-2080; www.ori.com
6
65
Knoll, OFS Brands, National, Sitonit, Hon, AIS
100%
0%
0%
0%
1
5
Lawrence
Feldman
Vice President
2003
9
Value Office Furniture Inc.
74 Park Rd.
West Hartford, CT 06119
860-570-1390;
www.valueofficefurniture.com
5
5
HON, Candex, Lesro, DMI, Virco, Fire King
90%
5%
5%
NA
1
1
Terry Danaher
President
1972
Source: Individual companies.
—Compiled by Roger Magnus.
