HIGHOutside partySupplier
60%
lower cost countries, primarily in Asia
“10-K Item 1: 'source the remaining 60 percent from lower cost countries, primarily in Asia'”
ACCO · Concentration risk · 10-K extracted
Acco Brands (ACCO) concentration risks
Updated
The most significant concentration Acco Brands discloses is lower cost countries, primarily in Asia at 60%, classified HIGH by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Acco Brands’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
At a glance
Disclosed-size breakdown · 3 disclosed concentrations
HIGH2
MEDIUM1
LOW0
Disclosed concentrations
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
HIGHBuilt-inGeographic
59%
Americas
“10-K Item 1: 'ACCO Brands Americas | | 59%'”
MEDIUMOutside partyCustomer
top ten customers
“10-K Item 1A: 'Our top ten customers accounted for a significant portion of our net sales.'”
TrendMatrix Research · concentration synthesis
What these concentrations mean together
updated 2026-08-23ACCO Brands' concentration profile centers on two high-share exposures and one medium-share customer dependency. On the supply side, roughly 60% of sourcing comes from lower cost countries, primarily in Asia — a dependency that ties input costs and continuity to a single sourcing geography, exposing the company to tariff and logistics shocks rather than a single supplier failure. On the revenue side, the Americas region contributes 59% of sales, a structural concentration reflecting where the business is built rather than a risk that could reverse quickly. Layered on top, the top ten customers account for a significant, though undisclosed, portion of net sales, a medium-share dependency that ties results to retail-channel health and negotiating leverage rather than macro cycles. None of these three exposures is disclosed with an offsetting diversification lever in the cited claims. Together they describe a business whose cost base leans on Asian sourcing, whose revenue is geographically anchored in the Americas, and whose customer base carries real but moderate counterparty concentration — a combination where sourcing and customer-mix shocks are the more idiosyncratic swing factors, while the Americas skew is simply where the company operates.
For the engine’s reasoning on ACCO’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
Industry peers · Business Equipment & Supplies
Peer concentration profile
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCO● | Acco Brands Corporation | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| ACTG | Acacia Research Corporation | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| EBF | Ennis, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| XRX | Xerox Holdings Corporation | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.