Hydrocorp

What Hydrocorp does

HydroCorp is a privately held water safety and compliance services provider founded in 1983 as HydroDesigns and headquartered in Troy, Michigan. The company delivers cross-connection control programs, backflow prevention testing, piping schematics, water meter replacement, water sampling, and water management programs to public water systems, industrial facilities, and healthcare centers across 30+ U.S. states, serving more than 600 utilities and facilities and completing 100,000+ inspections annually. Its offerings integrate a proprietary technology platform, HydroSoft Enterprise, with on-site field surveying by 30+ certified professionals who physically identify backflow hazards (air gaps, hose bibb vacuum breakers) that software alone cannot detect, plus the SafeWaterEDU continuing education platform launched in 2017.

Revenue is generated through four primary streams: multi-year managed-service contracts with municipal governments (typical structure: ~$33,000 first year with 4% annual escalators over 5-10 year terms, as in the Farmington agreement), HydroSoft software subscriptions, hourly-billed field service labor ($23-$26/hour for surveyors and meter installers with overtime), and professional services for facility piping schematics. The company pursues an enterprise field sales motion targeting municipal water utilities, healthcare networks, and industrial operators, with geographic expansion to east and west coast states in 2024 and new major metropolitan contracts in Detroit and Toledo announced in October 2025. Recognized as Best in Biz Awards 2025 Company of the Year and 2026 American Business Awards Company of the Year in Environmental Services, HydroCorp completed a CEO transition in May 2024 with Christopher Spain appointed to lead the firm succeeding Mark Martin.

Name

Hydrocorp

Legal name

HydroCorp

Website

https://hydrocorpinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

HydroCorp is a privately held Troy, Michigan-based water safety and compliance services provider founded in 1983, serving 600+ public water systems, industrial facilities, and healthcare centers across 30+ U.S. states with cross-connection control programs, HydroSoft compliance software, piping schematics, and field surveying by 30+ certified professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Troy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Municipal Service Contracts: Multi-year contractual agreements with municipal governments for residential cross-connection control programs, including home water piping inspections and compliance management. Contracts typically span 5-10 years with annual fees (e.g., $33,000 first year with 4% annual increase for Farmington program).
2. Backflow Prevention Software (HydroSoft): Enterprise software licensing for cross-connection control documentation and backflow prevention test tracking, serving public water systems and facilities.
3. Field Service Labor: Hourly billing for municipal water system surveyors and water meter installers. Surveyors earn $23-$26/hour with 60% overnight travel; meter installers earn $23-$25/hour with overtime potential averaging ~$65K first year gross income.
4. Piping Schematics Services: In-depth facility piping surveys and as-built piping schematics for healthcare and industrial facilities requiring detailed infrastructure documentation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

HydroCorp provides water safety and compliance services for public water systems and facilities, including development and management of cross-connection control programs, proprietary HydroSoft backflow prevention software, on-site cross-connection surveys, water meter replacement and testing, water sampling, as-built piping schematics, and water management programs. The company combines field-based certified surveyors with its HydroSoft platform to deliver compliance documentation, physical hazard identification, and infrastructure mapping for municipalities, utilities, industrial sites, and healthcare centers across 30+ U.S. states.

Product overview

HydroCorp is a water safety and compliance services provider offering an integrated suite of services organized around water system protection and infrastructure management. The core portfolio consists of Cross-Connection Control Programs (comprehensive program development and management), Backflow Prevention Software (HydroSoft - their proprietary software platform for test tracking and compliance documentation), Water Meter Replacement & Testing, Water Sampling, and facility-level services including Cross-Connection Control Surveys, Piping Schematics, and Water Management Programs. The company serves public water systems, utilities, industrial facilities, and healthcare centers across the United States. The HydroSoft software platform serves as the technology backbone for compliance documentation and backflow assembly test management, while the field service offerings provide the physical inspection and surveying work that complements the software. SafeWaterEDU provides continuing education training for industry professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HydroSoft: Proprietary cross-connection control software
• SafeWaterEDU

Products and services

• Cross-Connection Control Programs Comprehensive cross-connection control program development and management services for public water systems, securing municipal water supply and protecting against contamination from backflow incidents. Targeted at municipal water utilities and city governments.
• HydroSoft Backflow Prevention Software Proprietary software platform for managing survey and testing data for public water system compliance, implementing backflow prevention documentation across communities and at facility level, with enterprise-level backflow assembly test management capabilities. For public water systems, utilities, and facilities.
• Water Meter Replacement & Testing Community-wide water meter replacement services, large water meter testing, and meter condition audits to assure accuracy in water system metrics. For municipal water utilities and public water systems.
• Water Sampling Water quality sampling services to detect contaminants and develop effective water quality management programs that minimize health risks and support regulatory control of water systems. For public water systems and utilities.
• Cross-Connection Control Surveys On-site surveys for facilities and healthcare centers to identify cross-connection hazards and ensure appropriate backflow prevention measures, including physical examination of water usage points and verification of non-testable backflow prevention methods. For industrial facilities and healthcare centers.
• Piping Schematics In-depth survey of facility piping infrastructure producing reliable as-built piping schematics that provide operational insight and detect problems in advance of costly incidents, including piping system mapping. For healthcare and industrial facilities.
• Water Management Programs Comprehensive water management programs for healthcare and industrial facilities that manage water quality, minimize Legionella and other health risks, and maintain regulatory compliance. For healthcare and industrial facilities.
• SafeWaterEDU Training Online Continuing Education Unit (CEU) training platform dedicated to backflow prevention and cross-connection control education for water industry professionals.

Quantifiable outcome

• Farmington contract will inspect approximately 300 homes annually over 10 years
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Detroit, MIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 October 2025Detroit partnered with HydroCorp for cross-connection control services management, demonstrating HydroCorp's engagement with major metropolitan water systems for comprehensive compliance and water safety programs.
• Toledo, OHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 October 2025Toledo partnered with HydroCorp for cross-connection control services management, representing HydroCorp's expansion and service delivery to mid-sized municipal water systems.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Itron: Provider of smart water metering and utility network solutions. Comparable end customer base (municipal water utilities) and adjacent to HydroCorp's water meter replacement and AMI-related work.
• Mueller Water Products: Major North American provider of water infrastructure products and services, including hydrants, valves, and metering technology. Touches the same municipal water utility customer base and adjacent water-quality categories where HydroCorp competes.
• Xylem: Global water technology company spanning smart metering (Sensus), treatment, and utility services. Serves the same municipal utility customers and competes across multiple stages of the water system lifecycle that HydroCorp addresses.
• Veralto: Water quality and treatment parent company of Hach and other brands. Comparable as a large incumbent in water quality compliance, sampling, and analytical instrumentation, overlapping with HydroCorp's water sampling and compliance services.
• Badger Meter: Leading manufacturer of flow measurement and metering products for water utilities. Comparable because water meter replacement and testing is a core HydroCorp service line and Badger Meter sits at the equipment layer of that same workflow.
• Watts Water Technologies: Established manufacturer of water safety products including backflow preventers. Operates broadly across plumbing, water quality, and drainage, giving it incumbent scale advantages in the same regulatory and end-customer environment HydroCorp serves.

Regional players

• Essential Utilities: Regulated water and natural gas utility serving communities primarily in the eastern and central U.S. Operates water systems that are exactly the type of customers HydroCorp serves, and provides an internal benchmark for compliance program scale.
• American Water Works Company: Largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility. Comparable as both a potential customer archetype and a competitive alternative for municipalities evaluating in-house versus outsourced cross-connection control programs.

Direct peers

• Backflow Solutions Inc. (BSI Online): Direct competitor offering cloud-based backflow preventer test tracking and cross-connection control software to water utilities. Highly comparable product set to HydroSoft and addresses the same municipal backflow compliance niche, though with a software-first rather than bundled field-services model.
• Hach Company: Specialist in water quality analysis and compliance instrumentation, including the testing and sampling service lines HydroCorp offers. Overlaps directly with HydroCorp's water sampling, quality monitoring, and regulatory compliance offerings to municipal and industrial customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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