Best Retail Companies in Vancouver, Canada
The 238 best Retail companies in Vancouver, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: BuildDirect.
Ranked: Best Retail companies in Vancouver
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BuildDirect Online B2B marketplace for building and home improvement products 74Funding top 17%Tech top 32%Product top 32%Growth top 35% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 17% Techtop 32% Producttop 32% Growthtop 35% Innovationtop 38% Moattop 39% Markettop 43% Globalbottom 45% Newsbottom 27% Funding: Raised $150M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 14 yrs (0.6/yr) Tech: 84 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Ses rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $150M | 11 mo ago | 101 | 1999 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifyWordPress+42 | — |
| 2 | Elastic Path Software API-based enterprise commerce software and content management platform | $144M | 18 mo ago | 216 | 2000 | — | Cart FunctionalitySentryTailwind CSS+31 | 2 launchs |
| 3 | Indochino Internet-first brand offering custom-tailored menswear | $48M | 100 mo ago | 600 | 2007 | Drew Green CEO & President | Cart FunctionalityAmplienceApple iCloud Mail+43 | — |
| 4 | Monos Internet first brand offering smart luggage bags | $40M | 44 mo ago | 78 | 2018 | Daniel Shin Co-founder at Monos.com / COO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+39 | 2 launchs · 2 awards |
| 5 | Thinkific Provider of online academy builder | $25M | 68 mo ago | 354 | 2012 | Miranda Lievers Co-Founder | ThinkificSentryAtlassian Statuspage+42 | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 6 | Mobify Optimise websites for mobile platform | $25M | 104 mo ago | 47 | 2007 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Cymax Business E-distributor of commercial furniture and decor products | $25M | 128 mo ago | 299 | 2004 | — | Cart FunctionalityMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+26 | — |
| 8 | ChopValue Online retailer offering multi-category home improvement products | $24M | 21 mo ago | 35 | 2016 | Thalia Otamendi Co-Founder | ShopifyBootstrapShop Pay+25 | 1 expansion |
| 9 | SoleSavy App-based community-driven discovery platform for sneakers | $14M | 63 mo ago | 28 | 2018 | Dejan Pralica CEO / Co-Founder | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+29 | — |
| 10 | PNI Media On-demand personalized print products and shipping solutions for retailers | $14M | 228 mo ago | 142 | 2001 | Alexander Douglas CEO | — | — |
| 11 | ILIA Beauty Developer of clean, skincare-powered makeup and cosmetics | $11M | 77 mo ago | 149 | 2011 | — | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+47 | 1 job opening |
| 12 | Anandia Provider of cannabis genomics, analytics, and plant breeding services | $11M | 101 mo ago | 90 | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 13 | DTC Provider of cloud-based mobile marketing solutions | $8M | 42 mo ago | 15 | 2008 | Robert Craig Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 14 | RYU Apparel Internet first brand offering multi-category sports apparel | $8M | 54 mo ago | 55 | 2008 | — | — | — |
| 15 | ShopSavvy Provider of a platform for price comparison, tracking, and deal alerts | $8M | 175 mo ago | 13 | 2008 | Rylan Barnes Co-Founder | Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+9 | — |
| 16 | Better Plant Sciences Brand of diversified cannabis health & wellness products | $4M | 87 mo ago | 2 | 2014 | Cole Drezdoff CEO | — | — |
| 17 | Casca Provider of 3D-printed casual footwear | $4M | 79 mo ago | 16 | 2017 | Braden Parker Co-Founder | — | — |
| 18 | Blume Manufacturer of women care products | $3M | 86 mo ago | 1 | 2016 | Taran Ghatrora Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+49 | — |
| 19 | Grounded Peopl Retailer of apparel products | $3M | 29 mo ago | — | 2020 | Maximilian Justus Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifySmile App+27 | — |
| 20 | Wolverine Minerals Online retailer of footwear | $3M | 112 mo ago | — | 2004 | Thomas Doyle CEO & President | — | — |
| 21 | RewardStream Referral based rewards and engagement platform | $3M | 106 mo ago | 35 | 1999 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Spocket Provider of dropshipping platform facilitating product sourcing and order management | $2M | 94 mo ago | 45 | 2017 | Tom Hansen Co-Founder | Webflow EcommerceWebflowStripe+20 | — |
| 23 | Blanka Dropshipping solutions to private label beauty brands | $2M | 33 mo ago | 12 | 2020 | Adam Chuntz Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+30 | — |
| 24 | OmniCart Platform offering last mile delivery logistics for grocery businesses | $2M | 30 mo ago | 15 | 2021 | — | Webflow EcommerceWebflowZoho+13 | — |
| 25 | Earshots Internet first brand offering magnetic earphones for riders and runners | $1M | 59 mo ago | 5 | 2017 | James Booth Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyVimeo+29 | — |
| 26 | SafeDigit Provider of a platform for SaaS developers for building user facing integrations | $1M | 47 mo ago | 8 | 2020 | Marat Asadurian Co-Founder | — | — |
| 27 | Wantering A fashion search engine | $1M | 148 mo ago | 11 | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 28 | LemonStand Fully customizable eCommerce platform for growing businesses | $1M | 121 mo ago | 7 | 2010 | — | — | — |
| 29 | Article Direct to consumer furniture brand | $1M | 123 mo ago | 698 | 2011 | Aamir Baig Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalitySentryApple iCloud Mail+33 | 3 job openings |
| 30 | BrandTree [Acquired] Website/App that connects brands with mobile customers | $1M | 145 mo ago | — | 2012 | Anthony Nicalo Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 31 | Social Nature Online retailer of multi-category products using samples | $1M | 78 mo ago | 37 | 2009 | Annalea Krebs Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | — |
| 32 | LimeSpot Advanced content personalization technology | $517K | 133 mo ago | 4 | 2013 | Aidin Tavakkol CEO & Founder | Cart FunctionalityRadix UITailwind CSS+24 | — |
| 33 | DG1 Cloud based marketing and business software | $316K | 13 mo ago | 20 | 2000 | — | Cart FunctionalityUnbounceNode.js+25 | — |
| 34 | myBestHelper Marketplace for Babysitters/Nannies | $100K | 153 mo ago | 3 | 2011 | Alexandra Greenhill Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 35 | Storm Media Innovations Offers online coupons for restaurants | $100K | 201 mo ago | — | 2000 | Craig Baker CEO | — | — |
Top 12 Retail companies in Vancouver
#1
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 1999 · 101 employees$149.7Mraised▾
BuildDirect is an online B2B marketplace for building and home improvement products. The product catalog includes tiles, carpets, roofing materials, and kitchen and bathroom products. The commission taken varies according to the product. It provides a virtual tool to design and customize renovations on a blueprint. It also offers affiliation programs.
- Jul 2025Post IPO$5.1M
- Dec 2022Post IPO—
- Nov 2022Post IPO—
- Sep 2022Post IPO$2.3M
#2
Series C · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2000 · 216 employees$143.6Mraised▾
Elastic Path provides an API-based enterprise commerce software and content management platform. It adds e-commerce functionality including commerce engine, customer engagement, promotions & payments, catalogs management, search & merchandising, account management, payments, PIM, etc. It also offers pre-built applications including chatbot, augmented reality & voice commerce. The clients of the company include illumina, Breville, TESLA, Motability, etc.
- Nov 2024Series C$5.1M
- Dec 2022Series C$30M
- Feb 2022Series C$60M
- Jun 2018Series B$32.6M
#3
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2016 · 35 employees$24.2Mraised▾
Online retailer offering multi-category home improvement products. The product catalog includes homeware products, decor products, cabinets & storage, furniture, and more. The product it offers is made from disposable chopsticks.
- Aug 2024Series A$3M
- Apr 2024Series A$10.9M
- Apr 2023Series A$7.7M
- Jan 2020Seed$2.6M
#4
Early Stage · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2000 · 20 employees$316.1Kraised▾
DG1 is a cloud-based marketing and business software for small and medium-sized businesses. It allows to create automated campaigns & set up triggers, lets to create custom forms & collect information from contacts and sending push notifications, emails, and SMS. Also provides e-commerce web builder, website management, and appointment scheduling tools. Monetizes through subscription-based pricing plans.
- Apr 2025Unattributed$316.1K
#5
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2021$66Kraised▾
Internet first brand offering multi-category personal hygiene products. It offers toothpaste, tooth brush, tooth whitening products and more.
- Jun 2025Seed$125K
- Apr 2025Seed$100.1K
- Sep 2024Seed$66K
#6
Series B · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 78 employees$40Mraised▾
Internet first brand offering smart luggage bags. The platform offers products that includes luggage bags, wallets, handbags, slings, duffel, backpacks, and more. It also offers a few apparel. The company claims to offer sustainable products.
- Sep 2022Series B$30M
- Jan 2022Series A$10M
#7
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2020$3Mraised▾
Retailer of apparel products
- Dec 2023Post IPO$501.6K
- Jan 2023Post IPO$2.5M
#8
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2008 · 15 employees$8Mraised▾
Provider of cloud-based mobile marketing solutions. The platform enables users to engage customers and gain insights into customer behavior for the mobile engagement of customers. It allows users to engage, influence in-store purchasing decisions, optimize brand loyalty, track, analyze, and collect insights into consumer behavior, and share content using social media platforms.
- Nov 2022Post IPO$445K
- Mar 2021Post IPO$2.9M
- Mar 2021Post IPO$525K
- Oct 2020Post IPO$1.6M
#9
Series C · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2007 · 600 employees$47.8Mraised▾
Internet-first brand offering custom-tailored menswear. Its product catalog includes shirts, suits, pants, blazers, outerwear, and more. The company provides an online platform for its customers to design shirts and suits. It also provides an online ordering system for wedding parties.
- Feb 2018Series C—
- Mar 2016Series C$30M
- Mar 2013Series B$13.5M
- Mar 2011Series A$4M
#10
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2021 · 15 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Platform offering last mile delivery logistics for grocery businesses. The platform building last mile delivery logistics with white-label technology enables entrepreneurs to run delivery businesses. The technology automates the delivery cycle, update menus, change hours of operation, receive orders, dispatch drivers, and more.
- Dec 2023Seed$1.5M
#11
Deadpooled · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2008 · 55 employees$7.9Mraised▾
Internet first brand offering multi-category sports apparel. It offers apparel for the gym, walking, running, and other sports for men and women. It also offers bags. It develops intellectual properties, exclusive patents, and technologies for manufacturing apparel.
- Dec 2021Post IPO—
- Oct 2021Post IPO—
- Dec 2020Post IPO$121.6K
- Nov 2020Post IPO$4.8M
#12
Public · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2012 · 354 employees$25Mraised▾
Provider of online academy builder. It enables users to create online courses, digital products, and communities that actually sell. It works on a premium model with revenue generated from transaction fees and subscriptions.
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