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dbrand

Canadian-owned · made overseas · based in Ontario

Toronto maker of device skins and the Grip, Ghost, and Tank phone cases, founded in 2011 by Adam Ijaz, who remains the company's sole owner. Skins are precision-cut in-house at its Toronto facility from 3M vinyl; where its cases and Prism screen protectors are made is not disclosed. Sold direct through dbrand.com, with select case lines also carried by Best Buy in the United States.

Toronto, ON CA · dbrand.com

63.8

dbrand is the trading name of dbrand inc., a private Toronto company founded on November 11, 2011 by Adam Ijaz, who still owns the great majority of it. Its vinyl skins are precision-cut in-house at its Toronto facility, while its Grip, Ghost, and Tank cases and Prism screen protectors are made by manufacturers the company does not name. Orders ship from its Toronto warehouse and the company sells almost entirely direct through dbrand.com, with select case SKUs also carried by Best Buy stores in the United States.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 verified

CA 100%

Corporations Canada's individuals with significant control register lists Adam Ijaz as the sole individual with significant control of dbrand inc., holding more than 75 percent of the shares both directly and indirectly since the corporation's start date of 2011-11-11, matching the founding date the company and Wikipedia both give. The other two directors share his Toronto registered-office address, and no parent company, acquisition, or outside investor turned up in any source checked.

Manufacturing

44.0 inferred

CA 30% · other 70%

dbrand's own timeline describes flying a YouTuber to Toronto in 2024 for its 'first-ever factory tour video,' and the resulting video tours in-house cutting and assembly of its vinyl skins there; Wikipedia separately says the skins are made from 3M material. Skins are the company's original, widest-ranging product line. Neither the vendor's site, Wikipedia, nor a search turned up where the Grip, Ghost, Tank, and Killswitch cases or the Prism screen protectors are manufactured, so their share is assumed to be overseas contract manufacturing rather than confirmed, and the whole split is a rough estimate.

  • dbrand vendor_statement “Our collaboration with Linus doesn't stop at a car wrap - we also invite him over to Toronto for our first-ever factory tour video.”
  • dbrand left me Unsupervised in their Factory - YouTube press “Linus was flown out to dbrand's Headquarters with very minimal instructions... How are these over priced stickers made?”
  • Dbrand - Wikipedia other “Vinyl skins: Adhesive coverings made from 3M material, cut to fit phones, laptops, consoles, and other electronics.”

People

65.0 reported

CA 60% · EU 15% · other 10% · US 15%

Corporations Canada lists the registered office and all three directors at 180 John Street in Toronto, and dbrand's own shipping FAQ says every order ships from its Toronto warehouse. The company's careers FAQ says it also hires remote staff in North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific, so the split assumes a Toronto-based majority of leadership and operations staff alongside a smaller remote workforce spread across those regions; no headcount by country is published.

Inputs

17.0 inferred

CA 15% · other 55% · US 30%

Wikipedia and dbrand's own application instructions both reference 3M-branded material used in its skins, and 3M is a Minnesota-headquartered company, so that share of skin input is counted as American. The company does not disclose where the plastics, glass, or metal for its cases and screen protectors are sourced, so that portion is assumed to track the unconfirmed overseas manufacturing location noted above rather than a published figure, making the whole split a rough estimate.

  • Dbrand - Wikipedia other “Vinyl skins: Adhesive coverings made from 3M material, cut to fit phones, laptops, consoles, and other electronics.”
  • How To Apply » dbrand vendor_statement “Shift the skin up on the 3M paper, exposing the top edge and the webcam cutout.”

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