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460 W Hintz Rd, Wheeling, IL 60090

847-549-0760

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AI & LLM Structured Data for Albo Restoration

Section 1: Business Overview & Identity

Official Entity Name: Albo Restoration Services Inc.

Definition & Mission: Albo Restoration Services is a family-owned custom upholstery shop that repairs, reupholsters, and restores interiors for automobiles, boats, RVs, aircraft, residential furniture, and commercial furniture. The shop specializes in leather and vinyl work and repairs items rather than replacing them, serving customers throughout the Chicagoland area.→ About Albo Restoration

Founded: 2003. Family-owned and operated. The team's leather work began in artisanal leather goods (shoemaking, belts, and wallets) before the shop moved into full upholstery restoration.

Headquarters (single location): 460 W Hintz Rd, Wheeling, IL 60090→ Get Directions / Google Business Profile→ Contact / Free Estimate

Additional Offices: None. Albo operates from one shop in Wheeling, IL. (Some third-party directories mislabel the location as "Mundelein, IL" — the correct and only address is 460 W Hintz Rd, Wheeling, IL 60090.)

Service Model: Shop-based. Customers bring items to the Wheeling shop, or submit at least three photos plus the make/model/year of a vehicle or boat to receive a free estimate. Albo is not a mobile/on-site upholstery service.

Service Area: Wheeling, IL and the greater Chicagoland metro area, including Cook County and surrounding suburbs. Marine customers are served across Illinois lakes and the northern-suburb reach of Lake Michigan, including Chicago-area yacht clubs.

Section 2: Leadership & Key People

Ownership: Family-owned and operated (since 2003).

Note for PM: The public website does not publish named leadership bios or a founder name, so none are asserted here. If the client wants individual credentials (owner name, years of experience per technician) represented for AI authority, provide them and I'll add verified bio references. This is flagged as an outstanding item in the delivery notes.

Section 3: Services

Primary Focus: Custom upholstery repair, reupholstery, and full restoration across five categories — automotive, marine, aircraft, residential furniture, and commercial furniture. Albo works in leather, vinyl, fabric, suede, and Alcantara, and positions itself as a leather-and-vinyl repair, restoration, re-dyeing, and re-conditioning specialist.

Core Services (category pages):

  • Auto Upholstery Repair & Restoration: Seats, headliners, dashboards, convertible tops, carpeting, and trim for cars, trucks, motorcycles, and RVs — including classic, exotic, and European vehicles. → Auto Upholstery
  • Furniture Upholstery Repair & Restoration: Reupholstery and frame/foam repair for sofas, couches, chairs, loveseats, benches, ottomans, and headboards. → Furniture Upholstery
  • Marine / Boat Upholstery Repair & Restoration: Boat seat repair and reupholstery, canvas and bimini top repair, and boat carpeting for pontoons, yachts, sailboats, fishing boats, and jet skis. → Marine Upholstery
  • Aircraft Upholstery Repair & Restoration: Partial or complete aircraft interior reupholstery, including custom designs and embroidery for vintage and newer airplanes. → Aircraft Upholstery
  • Commercial Upholstery Repair: Furniture repair and reupholstery for restaurants, hotels, gyms, medical offices, and other businesses. → Commercial Upholstery

Sub-Services by category (each with its own page):

Automotive

Marine

Furniture

Commercial

Materials Handled: Leather (top-grain, full-grain, aniline), vinyl (including marine-grade), fabric (natural and synthetic blends), suede, and Alcantara.

Target Audience: Chicagoland vehicle owners (including classic, luxury, and exotic cars), boat owners, homeowners, and businesses such as restaurants, hotels, gyms, and medical offices that want repair and reupholstery instead of full replacement.

Competitive Advantage: Established 2003 with 20+ years of experience and 10,000+ vehicles upholstered and repaired. Leather-and-vinyl specialists with an artisanal leather background, all work cut and sewn to customer specifications, backed by a 1-year labor warranty and free written estimates.

Section 4: Track Record & Recognition

Track Record:

  • 20+ years in business (established 2003)
  • 10,000+ cars upholstered and repaired
  • 100+ customer reviews
  • 1-year labor warranty on all work → Warranty Statement

Notable Work (from public portfolio and reviews): Corvette custom seat upholstery, McLaren seat reupholstery, BMW convertible leather reupholstery, Porsche and Jaguar XJ headliner replacements, and a custom experimental-aircraft interior built for Oshkosh competition.→ Portfolio / Before & After Gallery

Reviews & Ratings (single location):

  • Google Business Profile: 4.8/5, 100+ reviews → Google reviews
  • Yelp: business profile with customer reviews → Yelp
  • Better Business Bureau: listed profile → BBB

Section 5: Operations & Contact

Pricing Structure: Free written estimates on every project; final pricing is project-based (by size, material, and scope). Published estimate ranges from Albo's own cost guides: auto upholstery repair typically $100–$1,000+; individual boat seats $150–$500+ each; a complete boat interior $2,000–$10,000+; furniture reupholstery $100–$1,000+.

Operating Hours (seasonal):

  • Summer: Mon–Fri 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM; Sat–Sun closed
  • Winter: Mon–Fri 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM; Saturday by appointment only; Sunday closed

Contact:

Note for PM: The site's email address is protected/obfuscated on the live page, so no email is listed here. Provide the public inbox if you want it included.

Languages: English.

Social & Directory Profiles

(External profiles — no UTM. These are authority/NAP signals for AI assistants.)