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About Karat Packaging
From its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
Karat Packaging is based in Chino, California and is incorporated in Delaware. Its shares trade on Nasdaq under the ticker KRT. The SEC classifies its business as plastics products, nec. In the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, it reported revenue of $467.7m and net income of $31.5m. At that date it held total assets of $287.7m and shareholders' equity of $149.4m. By business, Chains and distributors * brought in 79.2% of revenue, followed by Online at 16.1% and Retail * at 4.7%.
We are a rapidly-growing and nimble distributor and manufacturer of disposable foodservice products and related items, including food and take-out containers, bags, boxes, tableware, cups, lids, cutlery, straws, specialty beverage ingredients, gloves, janitorial supplies, and other products. Our products are available in plastic, paper, biopolymer-based, and other compostable forms. We are a leader in product innovation, offering a growing line of environmentally-friendly products to our customers, who are increasingly focused on sustainability. We also offer customized solutions to our customers, including new product development, design, printing and logistics services.
We operate our business strategically and with broad flexibility to provide both our large and small customers with the wide spectrum of products they need to successfully run and grow their businesses. We believe we have established ourselves as a differentiated provider of high-quality products relative to our competitors. Our operating model entails generating the majority of our revenue from the distribution of products sourced from a diversified global network of nearly 150 vendors, complemented by select manufacturing capabilities in the U.S., which allows us to provide customers with broad product choices and customized offerings with short lead times.
Quoted from its 10-K, filed 13 Mar 2026. Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗
Company facts
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Trading Companies & Distributors
- Listed since
- 16 Oct 2019
- Employees
- 636
- Website
- karatpackaging.com ↗
- Head office
- 6185 KIMBALL AVENUE, CHINO, CA, 91708
- Incorporated in
- DE
- Classification
- Plastics Products, NEC
- Filer status
- Accelerated filer<br>Smaller reporting company<br>Emerging growth company
Leadership
Pay as last reported
- Mr. Alan YuChairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer$1.0m
- Ms. Jian GuoChief Financial Officer, Director, since 2022$1.1m
- Mr. Marvin ChengVice President - Manufacturing, Secretary, since 2021$240,000
- Mr. Daniel QuireChief Revenue Officer$955,120
- Mr. Paul ChenLead Independent Director$93,940
- Mr. Eric ChenIndependent Director$86,440
- Ms. Eve YenIndependent Director$93,940
- Mr. Roger PondelInvestor Relations Officer, since 2022
Environmental, social and governance
Scores out of 100, from our data supplier
- Overall
- 21
- Environment
- 15
- Social
- 12
- Governance
- 37
- Women in the workforce
- 33%
- Carbon reduction policy
- No
- Human rights policy
- No
SWOT analysis
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