Written by Acorn Sales Company, manufacturing stamps and seals since 1964 · Reviewed by Holly R, VP of Sales and Marketing at Acorn Sales, against Written by Acorn Sales Company, manufacturing stamps and seals since 1964 · Reviewed by Holly R, VP of Sales and Marketing at Acorn Sales, against the Acorn Sales corporate seal, company stamp, stock certificate, corporate kit and foil seal range (238 published SKUs) on 21 September 2026 · Updated 21 September 2026 on 21 September 2026 · Updated 21 September 2026
A corporate seal embosser starts at $29.95 for the Handheld Corporate Seal and runs to $2,095.00 for the Heavy Duty Long Reach Electric Corporate Seal Embosser. Every corporate seal die in the range embosses the same 1-5/8″ circle and is offered in 12 styles, so the price buys frame, reach and volume rather than a different impression. If you want ink on the page instead of a raised impression, the Regular Rubber Corporate Seal Stamp is $24.95 and the MaxLight Pre Ink Company Seal Stamp is $45.95. A complete incorporation kit, seal plus minute book plus certificates, is $69.95 for the Basic Corporate Kit or $89.95 for the Deluxe. Acorn publishes 238 products across this range, from $2.50 for a single stock certificate to $2,095.00, with a median of $43.95.What these are for
This is the paperwork side of forming and running a company. Three groups dominate. The first is a business that has just incorporated or organized an LLC and needs the record set in one purchase: the Basic Corporate Kit at $69.95 and the Deluxe Corporate Kit at $89.95 each ship with a customized corporate seal, a 3 ring minute book with tab indexes, a stock and transfer ledger, and stock certificates. The second is an established company replacing a worn seal or adding a second one for a branch office, which is where the $29.95 handheld and the $34.95 desk model do most of the work. The third is high volume: title companies, registrars and share transfer agents sealing stacks of certificates, who buy the Extended Long Reach at $169.95 or one of the two electric units at $1,795.00 and $2,095.00. Around all three sits a smaller trade in stock certificates at $2.50 to $2.75 each and foil seals at $6.95 for 40.
The ranges we stock
Pocket and handheld seal embossers
The Handheld Corporate Seal is $29.95 and the catalog calls it the most economical choice for a corporate embossing seal. It has a cast frame, a sliding lock mechanism for storage and a reach of about 1-1/2″ into a sheet of paper. The Soft Corporate Seal Embosser at $32.95 is the same tool with rubber on the handle, which the listing says makes it easier to hold and squeeze, and it is also stocked in pink, red and blue at $32.95 each. A third pocket format is the Hybrid Corporate Seal Embosser at $32.95, described as a pocket sized body with the embossing action of a desk model, with positioning marks to line the impression up and an audible click when the impression is made properly; a Pink Hybrid Corporate Embosser is also $32.95. All of these emboss a 1-5/8″ circle and carry a two year warranty on the embossing seal. The catalog publishes no reach figure for the two hybrid models, so if you need to reach past 1-1/2″ into the page, buy from the desk or long reach group instead.
Desk embossers
The Corporate Seal Desk Embosser is $34.95 and has a sturdy metal base that the listing credits with producing impressions at minimal effort, with a reach of about 1-1/2″. Above it sit the gift finishes at $119.95: the Gold Gift, Chrome Gift and Black Gift Corporate Seal Embossers, each with a felt base to stop the unit sliding, each with the same 1-1/2″ reach and the same 1-5/8″ impression. A Pink Gift Corporate Embosser is $89.95. At the top of the manual desk range is the Cast Iron Desk Corporate Seal Embosser at $329.95, which the catalog calls the old fashioned type of seal and rates for a reach of 1-1/2″ to 2-1/2″.
Long reach embossers
Reach is the distance from the edge of the sheet to the center of the impression, and it is the spec that decides whether a seal can land where a document wants it. The Long Reach Corporate Embossing Seal is $129.95 and reaches about 2-1/2″ into the page. The Extended Long Reach Corporate Embosser Seal is $169.95 and reaches 4-1/2″, which the listing says lets you emboss the center of an 8-1/2″ wide sheet. The extended model includes an adjustable paper guide so the impression lands in the same place every time, and the equivalent custom artwork frame is rated for paper stock up to 60 lb.
Electric embossers
Two electric units handle volume work. The Heavy Duty Standard Reach Electric Corporate Seal Embosser is $1,795.00, reaches approximately 2-3/8″ from the edge of the paper and weighs 12 pounds. The Heavy Duty Long Reach Electric Corporate Seal Embosser is $2,095.00, reaches almost five inches into the document and weighs 18 pounds. Both run on 110 to 120 AC volts, both use a solid brass die against an alloy counter die, both are rated at 200,000 impressions, and both carry a two year warranty. The standard reach listing adds that the direct drive has only two moving parts and that the unit is strong enough to take a staple or a paperclip without damaging the die. A foot pedal is an optional extra on both, and the long reach model also lists optional embossing pressure control, an adjustable paper guide and paper activation that embosses when a sheet is inserted.
Corporate seal rubber stamps
A seal stamp prints the same 1-5/8″ design in ink instead of raising it. The Regular Rubber Corporate Seal Stamp is $24.95, a traditional wooden hand stamp with a laser engraved die that needs a separate felt or cloth pad, and the listing names it the best choice if you need to stamp on Mylar. The Self Inking Corporate Stamp Seal is $27.95 and gives about 5,000 impressions in a choice of 11 ink colors. The Slim Pre-Inked Corporate Seal Stamp is $34.95 and gives about 10,000. The PSI Pre-Inked Corporate Seal Stamp is $42.95 in a rectangular body. The MaxLight Pre Ink Company Seal Stamp is $45.95, gives up to 15,000 impressions before re-inking and has a dust cover over the impression area. The Xstamper Corporate Seal Stamp is $54.95. There is also an eSeal Electronic Corporate Seal Stamp Image at $20.00, a 300 dpi JPG and TIF file of the seal delivered electronically, offered in the same 12 styles at the same 1-5/8″ size.
Stock certificates
Stock certificates are $2.50 to $2.75 each and come in two formats. Long form Goes certificates measure 8-1/2″ x 15″ with a printed back side, sold loose and unprinted or custom printed with the corporate or company name, state of incorporation, authorized number of shares and two signature lines. Several are state specific and printed in green, including the Goes 223 for North Carolina, the Goes 199 for Kansas, the Goes 150 for Oklahoma and the Goes 193-1/2 for Louisiana, all at $2.75. Short form certificates measure 8-1/2″ x 11″ and are 3 hole punched to drop straight into a standard corporate minute book, including the Blue Short Form LLC Certificate and the Short Form Membership Certificate at $2.50. Printed certificates are sequentially numbered and, the listings note, typically start at 1 unless otherwise specified. For an additional charge printed certificates can be permanently bound in a hard black binder with the words Stock Certificates stamped in gold on the cover.
Corporate kits
Four kits are published, in a corporation version and an LLC version at the same price. The Basic Corporate Kit and Basic LLC Corporate Kit are $69.95 and include a customized corporate seal, 10 unprinted stock certificates with stock transfer sheets, a 3 ring corporate minute book with tab indexes and a stock and transfer ledger. The Deluxe Corporate Kit and Deluxe LLC Corporate Kit are $89.95 and raise that to 15 custom printed stock certificates, and add a slip box for the minute book and a typeset sheet carrying the company name for the spine. The printing is where the two versions part company: the corporation certificates carry the corporate entity name, state of incorporation, authorized number of shares, par value if any, and two signature lines, typically the President and the Secretary. The LLC certificates carry the company entity name, state of organization, authorized number of units, par value if any, and two signature lines, normally the Manager and the Member.
Foil seals
Foil seals are the adhesive discs that go under a blind embossed impression so the seal reads in color. A pack of 40 is $6.95 in gold, silver, red, green or blue, and the Silver Heart pack of 40 is $8.00. The Combination Pack of 40 is $11.95 and mixes gold, black, red, blue and green. For volume, a roll of 1,000 is $94.95 and is stocked in gold, silver, red, green and blue. Size matters here: most of the range is cut for a 1-5/8″ embosser, which matches every corporate seal die Acorn makes, but the Round Gold and Round Silver 40 packs are cut for a 2″ embosser and the Gold Square pack is cut for a 1″ x 2″ embosser.
Sizes and dimensions
Every corporate seal die in the catalog embosses a circle 1-5/8″ in diameter, and that figure is repeated on the handheld, soft, desk, gift, cast iron, long reach, extended long reach and both electric listings. The custom artwork and logo embossers are the exception and are listed at 1-5/8″ to 2″ in diameter or 1″ x 2″ rectangular. Reach runs in a ladder: about 1-1/2″ on the handheld, soft, desk and gift models, 1-1/2″ to 2-1/2″ on the cast iron desk unit, about 2-1/2″ on the Long Reach, 2-3/8″ on the Heavy Duty Standard Reach Electric, 4-1/2″ on the Extended Long Reach, and almost five inches on the Heavy Duty Long Reach Electric. Paper weight is stated on the custom artwork frames rather than the corporate ones: a pocket or handheld frame is rated for one sheet of 20 to 24 lb paper, a desk frame for 20 to 24 lb or up to 40 lb for light cardstock and envelopes, and the long reach and extended long reach frames for stock up to 60 lb. The documents these seals meet are 8-1/2″ x 15″ for a long form stock certificate and 8-1/2″ x 11″ for a short form certificate.
How many impressions you get
Manual embossers have no consumable, so the catalog publishes no impression count for them. The electric units do: both the Heavy Duty Standard Reach at $1,795.00 and the Heavy Duty Long Reach at $2,095.00 are rated at 200,000 impressions, which is the figure to plan replacement around. Inked seal stamps are counted instead: the Self Inking Corporate Stamp Seal at $27.95 gives about 5,000 impressions, the Slim Pre-Inked Corporate Seal Stamp at $34.95 about 10,000, and the MaxLight Pre Ink Company Seal Stamp at $45.95 up to 15,000 before re-inking is needed. The Regular Rubber Corporate Seal Stamp at $24.95 has no count at all, because it takes its ink from a separate pad and lasts as long as the pad is kept charged.
Ink and colors
An embossing seal takes no ink. It presses a raised image into the sheet, and on white paper that impression reads as texture rather than color, which is why foil seals exist: a $6.95 pack of 40 or a $94.95 roll of 1,000 gives you a gold, silver, red, green or blue disc to emboss through so the seal is visible across a room. Where you need ink on the page, the corporate seal stamps carry it. The Self Inking Corporate Stamp Seal at $27.95 is offered in 11 ink colors and its pad can be re-inked or swapped. The Slim Pre-Inked Corporate Seal Stamp at $34.95 and the MaxLight Pre Ink Company Seal Stamp at $45.95 are each offered in five ink colors, listed as Red, Blue, Black, Green and Purple, with the ink built into the die and no separate pad required. The Regular Rubber Corporate Seal Stamp at $24.95 is the only one that needs a pad bought separately, and the Xstamper Corporate Seal Stamp at $54.95 is listed in a two color version.
What you can customize
The face of a corporate seal carries the company name and the state, and you choose from 12 published styles that set how those elements are arranged around the 1-5/8″ circle. The order options named across the corporate listings are the organization name, the state, the seal style, the seal orientation and the imprint size, with room for special instructions where the stock styles do not fit. One listing, the Pink Gift Corporate Embosser, notes that dates and the company type can also go on the impression; the catalog does not publish a fixed field for the year of incorporation, so state it in the order notes if you want it on the die. The corporate kits are more prescriptive because the certificates are printed documents rather than a die: a corporation kit prints the corporate entity name, state of incorporation, authorized number of shares, par value if any and two signature lines for the President and Secretary, while an LLC kit prints the company entity name, state of organization, authorized number of units, par value if any and two signature lines for the Manager and Member. If you want a logo rather than a text seal, that is the custom artwork route, from $99.95 for the Soft Seal Custom Artwork Embosser to $329.95 for the Cast Iron, and the requirement is artwork supplied in a clean black and white camera ready format at high resolution.
You are paying for reach and leverage, not for a better seal
From the $29.95 Handheld Corporate Seal to the $2,095.00 Heavy Duty Long Reach Electric, the impression is the same: a 1-5/8″ circle, chosen from the same 12 styles, carrying the same company name and state. Nothing in the catalog suggests the expensive units produce a different looking seal. What the money buys is the frame around the die. The $29.95 unit reaches 1-1/2″ into the sheet and is squeezed by hand. The $169.95 Extended Long Reach reaches 4-1/2″ and adds an adjustable paper guide. The $2,095.00 electric reaches almost five inches and fires from a button.
That makes reach the number to decide on first, and it is decided by the document rather than by the budget. A signature block in the bottom corner of a page is comfortably inside 1-1/2″, so a $29.95 handheld seal is the whole answer for most companies. A seal that has to land in the center of an 8-1/2″ wide sheet needs 4-1/2″, which is exactly what the Extended Long Reach is rated for and what nothing below it can do. Bound records are the trap in between: short form stock certificates are 8-1/2″ x 11″ and 3 hole punched to sit in the minute book, and long form Goes certificates are 8-1/2″ x 15″, so the seal has to clear the binding rings or the bound edge to reach open paper. Measure from the edge of the sheet to where the seal has to sit, then buy the cheapest frame that covers the distance.
Ordering, proofs and delivery
Production is 1 business day. There is no minimum order and no setup fee. Orders ship from Richmond, Virginia, where the corporate supplies are assembled, and transit runs 3 to 10 business days depending on method and carrier. Most of the corporate embosser and seal stamp listings state their own dispatch window of 24 to 48 hours. Order the seal by the text that goes on it, the company name and the state, plus the style number, because the 12 styles differ only in how those elements sit around the circle. Printed stock certificates are sequentially numbered and typically start at 1 unless you specify otherwise, so say so on the order if your books already run from a higher number. Binding printed certificates into a hard black binder with Stock Certificates stamped in gold is an additional charge rather than a listed price, and the foot pedal and pressure control options on the two electric embossers are priced separately as well. Contact us for a quote on any of those.
Care and longevity
Acorn warrants embossing seals for two years and rubber stamps for six months. The corporate embosser listings match that: the handheld, soft, hybrid, desk, gift, cast iron, long reach, extended long reach and both electric units all state a two year warranty on the embossing seal. Among the stamps, the Xstamper Corporate Seal Stamp at $54.95 states the six month term correctly, while the PSI Pre-Inked Corporate Seal Stamp at $42.95 currently lists a two year warranty; the house rule for a stamp is six months, and the product page governs that individual item, so check it before you rely on the longer term. Care itself is light. An embosser has no ink and no consumable, so it needs only the sliding lock engaged for storage and a clean die; the gift and cast iron models sit on a felt base that stops them moving on a desk. Keep the electric units clear of debris on the platen, since the standard reach listing rates the die to survive a staple or a paperclip but there is no reason to test it. For the inked stamps, re-ink rather than replace: the self inking model takes a new or re-inked pad, and the slim pre-inked and MaxLight dies are re-inked from the top when the impression starts to go faint.
Products in this range
| Product | Price |
|---|---|
| Blue Short Form LLC Certificate | $2.50 |
| Goes 509 Corporate Stock Certificate | $2.75 |
| Gold Foil Seals Qty 40 | $6.95 |
| Combination Pack Foil Seals Qty 40 | $11.95 |
| eSeal Electronic Corporate Seal Stamp Image | $20.00 |
| Regular Rubber Corporate Seal Stamp | $24.95 |
| Self Inking Corporate Stamp Seal | $27.95 |
| Handheld Corporate Seal | $29.95 |
| Soft Corporate Seal Embosser | $32.95 |
| Corporate Seal Desk Embosser | $34.95 |
| PSI Pre-Inked Corporate Seal Stamp | $42.95 |
| MaxLight Pre Ink Company Seal Stamp | $45.95 |
| Xstamper Corporate Seal Stamp | $54.95 |
| Basic Corporate Kit | $69.95 |
| Deluxe Corporate Kit | $89.95 |
| Roll of Gold Foil Seals (1,000 Total) | $94.95 |
| Long Reach Corporate Embossing Seal | $129.95 |
| Extended Long Reach Corporate Embosser Seal | $169.95 |
| Heavy Duty Standard Reach Electric Corporate Seal Embosser | $1,795.00 |
| Heavy Duty Long Reach Electric Corporate Seal Embosser | $2,095.00 |
Browse the full range: Corporate Stamp Supplies and Corporate Seal Supplies, Corporate Seal Embossers, Corporate Stock Certificates, Corporate Kits, Foil Seals.
Related guides
- Embossers: Complete Guide to Types, Uses and Ordering
- Stock Certificates and Corporate Kits: Complete Guide
- Self-Inking, Pre-Inked and Traditional Rubber Stamps Compared
Frequently asked questions
Is a corporate seal legally required?
In most cases no. Most US states no longer require a corporation or an LLC to keep a seal, and the requirement varies by state and by entity type, so check your own state statute and your bylaws or operating agreement before assuming either way. What a seal is still used for is practical rather than statutory: authenticating stock certificates, minute book entries and corporate resolutions, and satisfying banks, registrars and counterparties who ask for one by habit. Acorn sells the seal and the records that go with it. The catalog does not give legal advice, and neither does this page. A corporate seal embosser here starts at $29.95.
What does a corporate seal embosser cost?
From $29.95 for the Handheld Corporate Seal to $2,095.00 for the Heavy Duty Long Reach Electric Corporate Seal Embosser. The working middle of the range is $32.95 for the Soft Corporate Seal Embosser, $34.95 for the Corporate Seal Desk Embosser, $119.95 for a gift finish desk model and $129.95 for the Long Reach. Across the whole corporate cluster of 238 published products the median price is $43.95.
What size is the impression?
1-5/8″ in diameter on every corporate seal die in the catalog, from the $29.95 handheld to the $2,095.00 electric. The only variation is on the custom artwork and logo embossers, which are listed at 1-5/8″ to 2″ in diameter or 1″ x 2″ rectangular.
How many seal styles can I choose from?
12. The same 12 styles run across the corporate embossers, the corporate seal stamps and the $20.00 eSeal electronic image, so the seal looks the same whichever body you buy it in. The styles differ in how the company name and state are arranged around the 1-5/8″ circle. Where none of the 12 fits, the listings allow custom changes on request.
Should I buy an embosser or a seal stamp?
An embosser raises the paper and uses no ink; a seal stamp prints the same 1-5/8″ design in ink. Embossing is the traditional choice for stock certificates and minute book records and starts at $29.95. A stamp is faster for volume and photocopies more reliably, from $24.95 for the Regular Rubber Corporate Seal Stamp up to $54.95 for the Xstamper. Plenty of companies own both. If the document will be scanned or faxed, the stamp is the safer choice, because a raised impression can disappear entirely in a scan.
How far into the page does each model reach?
About 1-1/2″ on the handheld, soft, desk and gift models, 1-1/2″ to 2-1/2″ on the $329.95 Cast Iron Desk unit, about 2-1/2″ on the $129.95 Long Reach, 2-3/8″ on the $1,795.00 Heavy Duty Standard Reach Electric, 4-1/2″ on the $169.95 Extended Long Reach and almost five inches on the $2,095.00 Heavy Duty Long Reach Electric. Only the 4-1/2″ reach and above will put a seal in the center of an 8-1/2″ wide sheet.
What comes in a corporate kit?
The Basic Corporate Kit at $69.95 includes a customized corporate seal, 10 unprinted stock certificates with stock transfer sheets, a 3 ring corporate minute book with tab indexes and a stock and transfer ledger. The Deluxe Corporate Kit at $89.95 includes a customized corporate seal, 15 custom printed stock certificates with stock transfer sheets, the same 3 ring minute book, a stock and transfer ledger, a slip box for the minute book and a typeset sheet carrying the company name for the spine.
What is the difference between the corporate kit and the LLC kit?
Price is identical, $69.95 Basic and $89.95 Deluxe either way. The difference is the printing on the certificates. A corporation kit prints the corporate entity name, state of incorporation, authorized number of shares, par value if any, and two signature lines, typically the President and the Secretary. An LLC kit prints the company entity name, state of organization, authorized number of units, par value if any, and two signature lines, normally the Manager and the Member.
What size are stock certificates and what do they cost?
$2.50 to $2.75 each. Long form Goes certificates measure 8-1/2″ x 15″ with a printed back side and are mostly $2.75, including the state specific Goes 223 for North Carolina, Goes 199 for Kansas, Goes 150 for Oklahoma and Goes 193-1/2 for Louisiana. Short form certificates measure 8-1/2″ x 11″, are 3 hole punched to fit a standard corporate minute book, and are $2.50, including the Blue Short Form LLC Certificate and the Short Form Membership Certificate.
How many impressions does a corporate seal stamp give?
About 5,000 from the $27.95 Self Inking Corporate Stamp Seal, about 10,000 from the $34.95 Slim Pre-Inked Corporate Seal Stamp and up to 15,000 from the $45.95 MaxLight Pre Ink Company Seal Stamp before re-inking. All three can be re-inked rather than replaced. The $24.95 Regular Rubber Corporate Seal Stamp has no stated count because it draws ink from a separate pad.
How long do the electric embossers last?
Both are rated at 200,000 impressions. The Heavy Duty Standard Reach at $1,795.00 weighs 12 pounds and reaches 2-3/8″; the Heavy Duty Long Reach at $2,095.00 weighs 18 pounds and reaches almost five inches. Both run on 110 to 120 AC volts with a solid brass die against an alloy counter die, and both carry a two year warranty. A foot pedal is available on either at additional cost.
Can I put my company logo on an embosser instead of text?
Yes, through the custom artwork embossers, which run from $99.95 for the Soft Seal Custom Artwork Embosser to $329.95 for the Cast Iron Custom Artwork Embosser, with a $102.95 Hybrid Logo Embosser and a $109.95 Desk Custom Artwork Embosser in between. Supply the artwork in a clean black and white camera ready format at high resolution. The impression on these runs 1-5/8″ to 2″ in diameter or 1″ x 2″.
Which foil seals fit my embosser?
Match the foil to the die size. Most of the range, including the $6.95 packs of 40 in gold, silver, red, green and blue and the $94.95 rolls of 1,000, is cut for a 1-5/8″ embosser, which is the size of every corporate seal Acorn makes. The Round Gold and Round Silver packs of 40 are cut for a 2″ embosser and the Gold Square pack is cut for a 1″ x 2″ embosser. The $11.95 Combination Pack of 40 mixes gold, black, red, blue and green at 1-5/8″.
What is the warranty?
Two years on embossing seals and six months on rubber stamps. Every corporate embosser listing, from the $29.95 handheld to the $2,095.00 electric, states the two year term. Among the stamps the $54.95 Xstamper states six months correctly, while the $42.95 PSI Pre-Inked Corporate Seal Stamp currently shows two years; the house rule for a stamp is six months and that product page governs that item, so check it before relying on the longer term. Contact us if a seal fails inside its term.
