Founded in 2018 by a hospitality lifer who got tired of bad linen vendors.
Before Sburq, Marta Betancourt spent fourteen years running front-of-house and operations for restaurants and boutique inns across South Florida. The complaint never changed: linens arrived late, hems frayed after thirty washes, embroidery was crooked, and nobody returned an email under a week.
She started Sburq Supply Co. out of a 600-square-foot workroom in downtown Clewiston with two industrial sewing machines, a digitizing tablet, and a Rolodex of operators who had been waiting for someone to do this properly. The first order was 240 bistro napkins for a sister-restaurant group in Fort Myers. They're still a client.
Today we occupy a 4,200-square-foot building on West Avenida Del Rio, serve 180+ wholesale accounts across Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, and ship roughly 62,000 finished pieces per year. We're still small enough that Marta knows every account by name. We intend to stay that way.
Three people, one building, every order touched by hand.
Marta Betancourt — Founder & Operations Lead. Marta runs every quote, every embroidery digitize, and every final inspection. If you call the office, you'll likely speak to her directly.
Elena Vargas — Master Seamstress. Eleven years on industrial single-needle and overlock machines. Elena owns the sewing floor and the apprenticeship program.
Marcus Toomey — Embroidery & Finishing. Marcus runs our six-head Tajima embroidery system and handles every custom monogram, logo, and date placement.
We deliberately stay small. We've turned down expansion offers that would have made us a different company. The point of Sburq is that you get a real workroom — not a wholesaler with a warehouse.
What we won't compromise on.
Mill-traceable sourcing
Every fabric we sell has a named mill of origin and a paper trail. We don't buy mystery rolls from brokers, ever.
OEKO-TEX as a baseline
All new fabric SKUs must arrive with current OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certification before we add them to the catalog.
Fair-wage cut & sew
Our sewing floor pays above the Florida prevailing wage for textile work and provides paid sick leave. We will not subcontract overseas.
Repairs over replacements
If a hem fails inside the first 18 months of normal commercial wash cycles, we re-hem it free. Most of our peers won't even take the call.
One price for every account
No surprise tier shifts, no quiet markups for new buyers. The wholesale sheet is the wholesale sheet.
Plain-English quotes
Our PDF quotes spell out fabric weights, hem styles, embroidery placement, and ship dates in a way an owner can read without a translator.
Eight years, one building, no shortcuts.
2018 — Workroom opens
Marta opens a 600-sq-ft workroom with two industrial machines and 12 founding restaurant accounts in Lee and Hendry counties.
2020 — Pivot & survive
When restaurants closed, we kept the lights on by sewing reusable cotton masks and chef wear for grocery stores. Every founding account came back in 2021.
2022 — Embroidery in-house
We invest in a six-head Tajima and bring all custom embroidery under one roof. Customers stop juggling two vendors.
2024 — New building
We move to 4,200 sq ft on West Avenida Del Rio. Marcus joins the embroidery team. Hospitality bedding launches as a category.
2026 — 180+ accounts
We serve restaurants, boutique hotels, caterers, florists, and spas across four states. Marta still inspects every order before it ships.