Suppliers named · rules checked
Where business owners actually buy
Every trade has a handful of places the money really goes, and a few gates you have to get through before anyone will sell to you. These guides name them, say who lets you in, and cover the part almost nobody compares: when you have to pay.
RestaurantsSix ways to buy the same walk-in, and the one difference that decides it is not price. A working guide to Restaurant Depot, Costco Business Center, the online dealers, the broadline distributors and the auction market.
Contractors and constructionRent it, buy it new, or buy it at auction. The answer is decided by one number most contractors never calculate, and it is not the price of the machine.
Auto repair shopsThe tool truck that visits your bay every week is not a supplier. It is a lender, and almost nobody prices it that way.
Salons and barbershopsIn this trade the supplier checks your licence before it checks your money. That single fact shapes everything about how salons buy.
Dental and medical practicesThree distributors dominate this market and none of them publishes a price you can rely on. Where the savings actually are, and what a solo practice is leaving on the table.
Gyms and fitnessCommercial cardio and strength is sold through dealers, not shops. And refurbished is not the budget option here, it is the default one.
More trades are being added. If you run something not listed and want it covered next, tell us.
