- Faire is a B2B wholesale marketplace that connects independent retailers with emerging brands, recently achieving a valuation of $5.2 billion as of November 2025.
- In March 2026, Faire appointed Michael Fleisher, former CFO of Wayfair, to its Board of Directors, enhancing its leadership during a period of significant growth.
- The platform serves hundreds of thousands of retailers globally, with over 20% of order volume coming from retailers with more than $1 million in annual sales, indicating its importance to growing businesses.
- Faire's ideal buyers are small to midsize retailers looking to simplify complex buying decisions and manage diverse product assortments, making it a critical tool for modern retail operations.
Engineering is the largest group at 289 employees (about 31% of the company), followed by Marketing and Product at 240 (approximately 26%). Sales and Support accounts for 133 employees (around 14%), while Finance and Administration (66) and Information Technology (62) cover business and platform operations. Human Resources (42), Operations (35), and Business Management (32) provide company-wide support, with Risk, Safety, Compliance (13) and Other roles (19) rounding out the organization. Together, technical and product-oriented teams represent more than half of total headcount.
San Francisco is the largest hub with 297 employees (about 32% of headcount). A sizable portion of the team is distributed across other locations (277), with notable concentrations in New York (90), Toronto (80), and Waterloo (56). Additional presence spans London (39), Kitchener (36), Los Angeles (29), Atlanta (16), and Seattle (11), plus a long tail of smaller sites. The footprint reflects a North America–led organization with added presence in the UK and a distributed workforce model.
