SS Trading Co.Private wholesale deal desk
Our story

Smith family roots from 1830. A modern trading desk for today.

SS Trading Co. carries forward old-school commercial values - customer service, trust, relationship follow-through, and practical deal execution - into today's stock-lot and closeout inventory market. The heritage is old; the operating company is modern.

Heritage anchor

1830 roots, 2020 operating company.

The Smith family's commercial lineage begins in 1830, later moving through Sidney Smith & Co., national selling to retailers, and wholesale distribution. SS Trading uses that story as inspiration for customer-service standards, not as an inflated continuity claim. The clean public line is simple: Smith family wholesale roots trace to 1830; SS Trading is the modern company founded in 2020.

What is verified publicly

  • The Smith family commercial roots trace to 1830.
  • The early business served local Ontario residents with clothing and basic groceries.
  • Sidney Smith later operated the business as Sidney Smith & Co.
  • The history later moved into national sourcing, retail supply, and wholesale distribution.
  • SS Trading is its own modern trading company, founded in 2020, carrying forward these values.

This public page tells the Smith family heritage directly rather than deferring to an external source.

What SS Trading is building now

A relationship-first trading desk for motivated-to-sell inventory, specific buyer criteria, distribution partner conversations, and disciplined follow-up.

The company is built for today's fragmented stock-lot market, where speed matters but truth matters more.