Promotional products are one of the best advertising tools that can promote your brand efficiently. They are used as free promotional gifts that are given to the target consumers and clients on special events and occasions. You can also use them as tradeshow giveaways to expand your customer reach. However, besides being economical and practical items, you need to make sure that you go for high-quality promotional items that offer a long shelf life.
See to it that you order your products and get them customized from a reputed distributor in the industry. Here is a list of the top 40 distributors for your reference.
E = Estimated Revenue Numbers

| 2010 RANK |
DISTRIBUTORS |
2009 NORTH AMERICAN SALES |
| 1 |
Staples Promo Products |
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| 2 |
Proforma |
$234 million |
| 3 |
Group II Communications/IMS |
$207 million |
| 4 |
BDA |
$198.7 million |
| 5 |
4 Imprint |
$165.4 million |
| 6 |
Halo/Lee Wayne |
$139.3 million |
| 7 |
Cintas |
$134.4 million (E) |
| 8 |
Geiger |
$134.3 million |
| 9 |
National Pen Corp. |
$130 million |
| 10 |
Branders.com |
$120 million (E) |
| 11 |
American Solutions For Business |
$96.5 million |
| 12 |
Adventures In Advertising |
$92 million |
| 13 |
WorkflowOne |
$82.8 million |
| 14 |
Tic Toc |
$82 million (E) |
| 15 |
Summit Marketing Group |
$81.95 million |
| 16 |
Banyan Incentives |
$80.5 million |
| 17 |
InnerWorkings |
$76.5 million |
| 18 |
Kaeser & Blair |
$75.2 million |
| 19 |
EmbroidMe |
$71 million |
| 20 |
Myron |
$65.3 million (E) |
| 21 |
Accolade Reaction Promotion Group |
$65 million |
| 22 |
MTM Recognition/Mid West Trophy |
$63.2 million (E) |
| 23 |
Brown & Bigelow |
$57.5 million |
| 24 |
Jack Nadel International |
$56.4 million |
| 25 |
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$55 million |
| 26 |
Artcraft Promotional Concepts |
$51 million |
| 27 |
Evigna |
$50.7 (E) |
| 28 |
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| 29 |
Newton Manufacturing |
$45.9 million |
| 30 |
G & G Outfitters |
$45.5 million |
| 31 |
GMPC LLC |
$40.5 million (E) |
| 32 |
Norscot Group |
$32.4 million (E) |
| 33 |
Boundless Network |
$32 million |
| 34 |
GatewayCDI |
$31.2 million |
| 35 |
Positive Promotions (E) |
$30.8 million (E) |
| 36 |
Caliendo Savio Enterprises – CSE |
$30.3 million |
| 37 |
Axis Promotions |
$26.3 million |
| 38 |
Genumark Promotional Merchandise |
$26 million |
| 39 |
eCompanyStore |
$25.7 million |
| 40 |
PromoShop |
$23.2 million |