Complete Office announces the acquisition of Discount Office Services based in Orange County, CA

May 17, 2012 - PRLog -- Los Angeles, CA May 14, 2012 - Complete Office announced today it has acquired Orange County based Discount Office Services.  Complete Office is the largest independent distributor of business products in the Western United States.  Complete Office has locations in Los Angeles/Orange County, San Diego, Seattle and Milwaukee, and has annual sales of $75 million.

"We welcome Discount Office Services to the Complete Office family", said Ted  Walter, President of Complete Office."  This acquisition is another step towards Complete Office's goal of furthering our distribution capabilities throughout the Western U.S. We believe there is a real market need for a business products distributor that offers high touch, customized service at competitive prices to both the middle and large market customers.”

Complete Office has been recognized as a multi-year award recipient by INC magazine as one of the Top 500 fastest growing privately held businesses in the US.

Discount Office Services was founded in 1981 and has serviced the needs of Southern California businesses for the past 31 years.  Bob Harris, owner of Discount Office Services stated, “Complete Office was the best fit for our employees and customers as they have the same commitment to quality service, competitive pricing and the value of a knowledgeable and professional staff.”

This is the third acquisition for Complete Office in the past 18 months, having acquired Discount Warehouse and Office Spectrum, also of Orange County.  Additionally, Complete Office acquired two companies in late 2009 in Seattle and the Southern California operations of Royal Office Products in early 2009.  

About Complete Office

Complete Office is a distributor of office supplies, computer products, office furniture and business printing. The company was founded in 2003 by Rick Israel and Ted Nark and has grown significantly from $1 million in annual sales in 2003 to $75 million in 2011. Complete Office is the largest independent office products distributor in each of the markets it is located within. The company will continue to invest in order to grow rapidly, both organically and through acquisitions in order to serve markets in the Western US.  

Contact: Ted Walter, 949.233.7184 or twalter@completeofficeca.com