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Overview

CandleScience develops and sells candle and soap making supplies to entrepreneurs and hobbyists through its online store. Started in 2003 as a two-person startup, it runs warehouses in North Carolina and Nevada and focuses on natural and safe products. The company is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, United States.

News

Award USA TODAY 2 years ago
Who are America's Top Online shops? Here is a list of the top-ranking companies.
Durham, NC (June 24, 2024) CandleScience has been named one of "America's Top Online Shops" of 2024 by USA Today .
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News The Washington Post 2 years ago
How candles got so expensive
It's not so unusual anymore to spend $50 or even $100 on a luxury candle. Here's what you're paying for when you shell out a small fortune on a jar of wax.
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News Business Insider 4 years ago
The 5 best soap-making kits for beginners, according to professional soap makers
If you're interested in making your own soap, a soap-making kit is a safe and easy way to try out this hobby before investing in a lot of supplies.
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Award Tina Barnard Designs, LLC 4 years ago
TBJ 2022 Space Award
We are proud to accept the Triangle Business Journal 2022 Space Award for Top Sustainable Project on behalf of CandleScience. CandleScience's new 144,000 squar
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News UPS 9 years ago
Paid Program: Candle Biz Is Heating Up
Learn how CandleScience used logistics to grow their company.
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at CandleScience over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
2
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
43/100
Developer tools
Microsoft Excel
Practices & domains
SOAP
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
61/100
Growing
Open positions
3
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
18 days
faster than 60% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
50% ▲
Operations
50% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added SOAP to stack Oct 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack Oct 2026
New location: Reno Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Durham
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Durham United States
HQ
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days $34k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Operations
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Reno United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days $34k Avg Salary
hires for Operations
seen since Sep 2026 job postings