As a professional design professional, you will receive first-class service and we will aim to tailor our services to meet your design needs.

• You will receive a 20% discount on purchases of all our full-priced paints and stains—no minimum purchase is required. You will also have access to larger volume discounts.
• We are dedicated to working with you from start to finish with design, color and technical consultation—you’ll have access to a dedicated email and phone line for faster service.
• Tag Keim in your social media posts and we’ll multiply your reach. Provide us information about your projects and we’ll add those to the Keim blog and possibly feature your projects on our website to further broaden your reach.
• Members also have access to custom color matching services beyond our standard services.

Accredited design pros including interior designers, architects, and landscape professionals.  Members enjoy a 20% trade discount on all full-priced paints and stains.  To be eligible for our Trade Program, design professionals must present two forms of documentation:  A business card indicating the applicant’s design profession OR a design firm website listing the applicant’s name. (Each design professional in a firm must apply separately for membership by submitting individual credentials.) Business License/Resale Certificate OR a valid membership card from one of the approved professional organizations. Please note, the application cannot be processed without the necessary documentation.

Sign up for the Trade Program by completing an online application and submitting supporting documents. You can find the application on our trade program page above. 

Once the application and documents have been submitted, your application will be processed within 72 working hours.   Tax-exempt applications will receive a member number, which must be used when you shop on-line or presented to our order center with phone-in orders. 

Commercial credit applications will be processed promptly but may take up to 2 weeks for processing and receipt of credit reference verification.

Keim provides all professionals in the building trades, construction, design, landscape and painting segments with courtesy discounts based on product type and size of each order when orders are placed with our sales representatives.  The Trade program provides a uniform 20% discount for all products on every order and do not require the involvement of a sales representative. 

Paint color fan decks, color cards and large format swatches are available for purchase across the Explore Color section of our website.  Members receive their first color fan deck free of charge and there is no charge for 8.5 x 11” color swatches.  Hand-painted samples and custom created color samples may incur a labor fee but are subject to the 20% member discount.