PROVIDING FREEDOM THROUGH PARTNERSHIP

We partner with you to provide the business expertise and resources needed to reduce the day-to-day stress of running a business, giving you the freedom to do what you do best.

Our Commitment to You

We offer you the freedom to capitalize on your talents and give you the peace of mind to trust us with everything else.
As your partner, we offer our expertise in the following:

Warehousing, logistics & distribution
Accounting management, including AR, AP & payroll
Access to mass market retailers & strategic growth approaches
Financing, tax preparation & government regulatory compliance

Our Companies

After having achieved tremendous success in the publishing industry, we transformed that into a roadmap for investing in other companies, applying our knowledge and experience to make a positive impact. Now we’ve built a portfolio of successful endeavors, from a reclaimed barn wood retailer to a disaster restoration business, and everything in between.

About Us

We began as an industry-leading wholesale book distributor known as American Book Company and evolved to become ABCO Group — a holding company that invests both expertise and capital in other companies and startups. Our goal is to provide them with all the tools they need to succeed, including strategic growth plans, retail placement, accounting, warehousing, distribution and financing. We pride ourselves on the ability to pair the right people from our outstanding group with existing team members from our new partners to achieve shared goals.

We also collaborate with successful business owners who are looking to slow down or retire, ultimately becoming their exit strategy. Our diverse list of accomplishments is not limited to any single industry. We’ve demonstrated the capability to apply our proven entrepreneurial insights in various markets. From multiple retailers of widely varied products to service-based businesses, we’re equipped with the knowledge and devotion to partner with any concept where we feel there is a need and we can add value.

What Our Partners are Saying

It has made the entrepreneurial process easier. ABCO Group has resources that would normally take me weeks to coordinate and find a good one - they already have them vetted. I didn’t realize the logistics needed to deal with the big box opportunities: UPC’s, SKU’s, and BOL’s, all these things were foreign to me. This was just normal business for ABCO. This made me concentrate on growing the business and concentrate on parts of the business that I am good at.

- Andrew Edens, Vintage Harvest Lumber
I have been thrilled with how easy the startup of our new venture has gone. The staff at ABCO Group went right to work and got all the resources in place quickly. It allowed us a startup date way quicker than I could have imagined, and got us up running for our busiest part of the year. With the staff in place to get all the “behind doors business side” items in place, it allowed me to get all the front line items in place. I could focus my time on preparing the business with all the essential tools for daily operation which made for such a smooth start-up. From the resources, to all the many years of experience and different types of business knowledge they possess, it’s been such an incredible experience to be a part up. After almost a year and a half of partnership, I’m still able to focus my time on what I know best in the field to grow the business, while they always have my back with the business side in making this venture grow strong quickly.

- Matt Henegar, Rocky Top Restoration
The team at ABCO Group has been a pleasure to work with. They pair a tremendous work ethic alongside an extremely talented group, with expertise across all business functions. They bring so much more value beyond just capital.

- Bryan Crosby, CEO Southeastern Packaging Technologies LLC
Retail Centric Marketing entered into a business partnership with ABCO Group in 2017. By the end of 2020 we will see total growth of 1,685%. We have been able to expand our product line and enter into multiple key license agreements including Disney and Nickelodeon.

At the onset of our partnership our company was primarily selling in the Value Channel, and we had a very limited customer base. Today, we have products selling in Walmart, Target, Meijer, Dollar Tree, Dollar General, Five Below and Family Dollar, as well as thousands of Grocery and Drug Stores. RCM went from about 1,700 planogram facings, to over 48,000 in a matter of two years.

The growth we have experienced in a matter of two years was what we were expecting to do in 8 to 10 years on our own. The integration of our processes transitioned well and the ABCO staff was always available and willing to assist in whatever we needed.

- Chad Wiggins, CEO, Retail Centric Marketing

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