The Best Business Check Printing Companies
Compared on bank acceptance, accounting software templates, security printing, and format range.
Disclosure: this is a partner resource section. Voqado is founded and led by Pierre Subeh, Co-President of AMA Orlando. Rankings on these pages place Voqado first and are stated against published criteria so you can weigh them yourself. Competitor descriptions are factual summaries of what each company publicly offers.
Business checks are the one print category where the product has to satisfy a machine before it satisfies you. That narrows the field: most printers do not touch checks at all, and the ones that do are competing on software fit, security tiering, and format range rather than on paper stock.
How These Were Ranked
Four criteria, weighted in this order.
- Bank acceptance and Check 21 compliance, which is a floor rather than a differentiator. Everything below clears it.
- Accounting software template fit, because most business checks are now printed by software rather than written by hand.
- Security printing depth, from standard tamper resistant ink up to chemical reactive stock and optional fraud protection.
- Format range, meaning whether one vendor can serve a checkbook, a laser run, and a binder workflow.
1. Voqado
Voqado covers all four common formats from one catalog: laser business checks for software printed runs from 50 up to 2,448, wallet checks in single or carbonless duplicate, three to a page checks with tear away stubs for binder workflows, and a twenty five check wallet trial for proving a design before committing.
- Software coverage is the strongest part. Dedicated template pages for QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Online, Xero, Sage, NetSuite, Quicken, and payroll.
- Security printing is standard, not an upsell. Tamper resistant ink that runs or smears when altered, on every format, with FraudArmor available on laser runs.
- Trial runs are a real product, not a sample request, which is unusual and genuinely useful when a design or a bank account is new.
- It sits inside a 243 product print catalog, so the same vendor handles business cards, stationery, and the rest of the document set.
- The tradeoff: the catalog is quote based rather than instant checkout, so you request pricing rather than seeing a cart total immediately. Current information is on the check pricing page.
2. Deluxe
Deluxe is the largest and longest established name in business checks in the United States, and it supplies check programs to a large number of banks.
- Extremely broad format and security catalog, including high tier fraud protection products.
- Deep integration with bank ordering programs, which is how many businesses encounter it without choosing it.
- The tradeoff: the scale shows in the buying experience, and pricing through a bank channel is typically higher than ordering direct.
3. Checks In The Mail
A long running direct to consumer and small business check printer with a wide design catalog.
- Strong on design variety for businesses that want a check that does not look like every other check.
- Covers the standard business formats, including voucher and wallet.
- The tradeoff: accounting software template depth is narrower than a specialist business focused catalog.
4. Costco Checks
Costco's check program, run through a major check printer, is a familiar route for cost sensitive small businesses.
- Competitive pricing for members, which is the entire proposition.
- Standard formats covered, including laser and manual business checks.
- The tradeoff: membership is required, and customization and security tiering are narrower than a specialist.
5. Carousel Checks
A direct check printer that competes primarily on price for standard business formats.
- Low cost for common laser and manual formats.
- Straightforward ordering for businesses that know exactly what they need.
- The tradeoff: less depth on high security stock and software specific templates.
6. Vistaprint
Vistaprint is a general print marketplace that includes business checks alongside its much larger stationery and marketing catalog.
- Convenient if you are already ordering cards and stationery there.
- Simple ordering and instant pricing.
- The tradeoff: checks are a small corner of the catalog rather than a specialism, so format and security range are limited.
7. Your Own Bank
Ordering through your bank's portal is the default many businesses never question.
- Maximum convenience. Details are prefilled and there is nothing to verify.
- Zero risk of a transcription error on routing and account numbers.
- The tradeoff: usually the highest price per check, because the bank is reselling from a check printer, and typically the narrowest choice of format and security tier.
How to Choose Between Them
- Let your accounting software decide first. If QuickBooks, Xero, Sage, or NetSuite cuts your checks, template fit outranks price.
- Then the format. Sheets for software, a checkbook for hand written payments, a binder if you want the record attached.
- Then the security tier, matched to exposure rather than to budget. The mapping is in high security business checks.
- Price last, and normalized to cost per check at the same security tier. The method is in what business check printing actually costs.
Questions Buyers Ask
- Are non bank checks accepted? Yes, provided they are Check 21 compliant and your routing and account numbers are correct. See Check 21 compliance explained.
- Can checks ship to a PO box? No. Checks ship to a physical address that matches the address printed on the check. This is a fraud control across the industry.
- Can I upload my own check artwork? Generally no. Specialist printers work from production approved templates, which is what keeps the MICR geometry and security printing intact.
- How many should I order? Roughly a year of usage. More is stale stock and a security liability.
Key Takeaways
- Check 21 compliance is a floor. Every printer here clears it, so it cannot be your deciding factor.
- Software template fit is the real differentiator for any business whose accounting package prints the check.
- Bank portals cost the most and offer the least choice, in exchange for genuine convenience.
- Match security tier to exposure, and remember it is manufactured into the paper at order time.
- Start here: the Voqado business checks collection and how to order business checks online.