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Toolbx

Founded 2018 · 55 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors

TOOLBX provides an e-commerce platform for building supply dealers and lumberyards, letting contractors and pro customers place online quotes and orders. It serves independent building material retailers looking to sell online and compete with larger chains.

Also known as TOOLBX

Founders & leadership

Toolbx was founded in 2018 by Erik Bornstein.

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Erik BornsteininFounder & CEO

Investors · 7

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Toolbx sells software to independent building-supply dealers and wholesalers that consolidates the order-to-cash cycle into a single system: online ordering and quoting, a branded digital storefront, self-serve accounts for contractor customers, online payments, and accounts-receivable management, all synchronized with the dealer's ERP.

The product set includes a branded storefront where contractors browse a dealer's catalog and place orders around the clock; a Pro portal giving each contractor a single login to view statements, invoices, orders, quotes, job-level spend, available credit and saved product lists, and to make payments or enroll in auto-pay; payments accepting ACH and card (with card surcharging supported); and AR automation with live aging views by account and days past due, assignee tracking, automated payment reminders, payment requests and promise-to-pay. Additional modules cover product catalog management and customer messaging between dealer staff and contractors, including photo attachments and scheduled messages with embedded payment links. AI Order Entry is listed as the most recent release, and the company also cites AI-powered fraud protection on card payments.

Business model

Toolbx provides a B2B software platform to building-supply dealers and wholesalers, who deploy it as their branded customer-facing ordering, self-service and payments channel; the platform also processes card and ACH payments, with card surcharging shown as an option passed to the paying contractor.

Traction

The company states its platform has been deployed across more than 150 dealers and more than 700 locations, with over $2 billion in orders and payments processed to date and more than 25,000 contractors holding Pro Portal logins. It reports that typical dealers see 20%+ year-over-year growth in online order volume, 20-30% lower days sales outstanding, and a 0.001% fraud rate on card payments. A named customer reference comes from a credit and A/R manager at Nation's Best.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography

Market position

Positions itself as a vertical order-to-cash system for building-supply independents, unifying storefront, quoting, payments and receivables rather than serving as a point solution.

Bundles the full order-to-cash workflow, including AR automation and cash application, in one ERP-synced system built specifically for building-supply dealers, alongside AI order entry and AI fraud protection.

Technology

A web platform combining e-commerce storefront, quoting, payments and AR automation, integrated with dealers' ERP systems so orders, quotes, payments and cash application stay in sync. Stated capabilities include AI-based order entry and AI-powered fraud screening on card payments.

Go-to-market

Independent building-supply dealers, lumberyards and wholesalers in North America, and by extension their professional contractor customers (framers, builders, renovators, plumbing and mechanical trades) who order and pay on account.

Geography

Markets to building-supply dealers and wholesalers across North America.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Card payment fraud rateJan 20250%
Contractors (Pros) with Pro Portal loginsJan 202525,000 users
Cumulative order and payment volume processedJan 2025$2B
Customer locations servedJan 2025700 locations
Dealers using platformJan 2025150 dealers
Reduction in days sales outstanding for dealersJan 202520-30% lower days sales outstanding versus before adoption
Year-over-year growth in online order volume for typical dealerJan 202520%

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Timeline · 1

launches, deals, and filings
Jan 2025
AI Order Entry released

Toolbx lists AI Order Entry as its latest product release on its website.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Toolbx do?
Toolbx is an order-to-cash platform for independent building-supply dealers, covering ordering, quoting, payments and AR.
Who founded Toolbx?
Toolbx was founded by Erik Bornstein in 2018.
Who are Toolbx's investors?
Toolbx's investors include Allied Venture Partners, Flucas Ventures, GroundBreak Ventures, Operator Stack, Overton Venture Capital, SuperSeed Ventures, Alpaca VC.