Wholesale cabinet warehouse · Norcross, GA
A cabinet warehouse is not a showroom. It is a building with cabinets in it, sold at wholesale, that you can walk into and leave with the same day. That difference decides both what you pay and how long you wait.
Where the money goes
The typical kitchen cabinet purchase passes through three companies before it reaches you. None of them is doing anything wrong — that is simply how a three-tier distribution chain works. But you are paying for all three.
Builds the cabinet.
Buys it, warehouses it, marks it up.
Buys from the distributor, marks it up again, sells it to you.
There is a second cost that is easy to miss: nothing is stocked. A showroom sells from samples. Your cabinets are ordered after you pay, built to order, and shipped. That is where the six-to-twelve-week lead time comes from.
The comparison
| Showroom / special order | Cabinet warehouse | |
|---|---|---|
| Lead time | 6 to 12 weeks | Same-day pickup, in stock |
| Pricing | Retail, after two markups | Wholesale, direct |
| What you see | A sample door | The actual cabinet you are buying |
| Changing your order | Costly, restarts the clock | Come back and swap it |
| Running short mid-install | Another 6-week wait | Drive over, pick up the missing piece |
That last row matters more than people expect. Kitchens are almost never ordered perfectly the first time — a filler gets missed, a wall turns out not to be square, a cabinet arrives damaged. From a warehouse, that is a thirty-minute errand. From a special order, it is a six-week hole in the middle of your job.
The part most wholesalers will not tell you
Not every low price comes from removing a middleman. Some cabinets are cheap because the cabinet is bad — and from the front, in a photo, you cannot tell the difference. Both have a white shaker door. The savings are hidden where you cannot see them.
| Component | How cost is cut | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Cabinet box | Particleboard instead of plywood | Swells permanently the first time the sink leaks. It will leak. |
| Drawer box | Stapled instead of dovetailed solid wood | Joints work loose under weight. The drawer racks. |
| Drawer glides | Side-mount, partial extension | You cannot reach the back third of the drawer. |
| Hinges | Non-adjustable | Doors never line up. Nothing you can do about it. |
| Face frame | MDF instead of solid wood | Hinge screws strip out of it. |
What we stock
We build one door style, done properly: full overlay shaker, in four finishes. Soft-close is standard, not an upgrade. So is the plywood box and the dovetail drawer.
On the floor today
Who buys from us
Pick up a full kitchen the day the job needs it. No six-week hold, no callback to the client explaining a delay.
Consistent stock, consistent pricing, repeatable across properties. The same cabinet is here next month.
Volume pricing on multi-unit orders. Stock depth that holds up across a build.
The same wholesale price a contractor pays. No license, no trade account, no minimum order.
Common questions
A facility that stocks finished cabinets on site and sells them at wholesale, rather than taking orders from samples and having them built. The practical difference is that you leave with the cabinets instead of waiting six to twelve weeks.
At CNT Cabinet, yes. Homeowners pay the same price as contractors. No license requirement, no trade account, no minimum order. Some wholesalers are trade-only — ask before you drive out.
Not necessarily, and this is the important distinction. Wholesale means fewer middlemen, not worse cabinets. But some cheap cabinets are cheap because of the box, not the supply chain. Ask what the box is made of. Plywood is the answer you want.
The savings come from removing a distributor margin and a dealer margin from the same cabinet. Compare like for like — ask any seller to quote the same specification (plywood box, dovetail drawers, soft-close) rather than comparing door style to door style.
Ours are in stock. Order before 3 PM and pick up the same day. A special order through a showroom typically runs six to twelve weeks because nothing is stocked locally.
Come back and swap it. That is the underrated advantage of buying from stock — a mistake costs you a drive, not a month.
Yes, across metro Atlanta. Most contractors pick up directly from the warehouse floor because it is faster.
Visit the warehouse
5933 Peachtree Industrial Blvd
Suite B1
Norcross, GA 30092
470-934-1313
info@cntcabinet.com
Monday–Friday 9 AM – 6 PM
Saturday 10 AM – 6 PM
Closed Sunday
Serving
Norcross · Atlanta · Marietta · Duluth · Alpharetta · Roswell · Lawrenceville · Suwanee · Buford · Johns Creek · Sandy Springs · Decatur · Smyrna · Dunwoody · Chamblee · Doraville · Tucker · Peachtree Corners — and the greater Gwinnett and Fulton County area.
Before you order, read our standard kitchen cabinet sizes chart, our RTA cabinet guide, and the 2026 Atlanta cabinet cost guide.
Open the drawers. Look at the joinery. That is the one thing you cannot do online — and it is the only way to know what you are buying.
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