What EMLab P&K does

EMLab P&K is a US-based environmental testing laboratory business that operates as part of Eurofins Built Environment Testing, a subsidiary of the Luxembourg-listed Eurofins Scientific SE. The company provides Industrial Hygiene (IH) and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) laboratory testing across 25 US locations, analyzing samples for asbestos, mold, bacteria, Legionella, lead, silica, VOCs, PCBs, formaldehyde, and combustion by-products using a catalog of 1,334 analytical methods. Its testing portfolio is accredited against NIOSH, OSHA, and EPA standards, and the firm holds AIHA LAP, LLC certifications that position it to produce legally defensible results for regulatory compliance work.

The company's revenue is generated through two channels: (1) fee-for-service laboratory testing delivered through 25 US lab locations, an online client portal, electronic project submission, and the LabServe mobile app, with 95% on-time delivery; and (2) e-commerce product sales of proprietary and third-party sampling equipment, including Air-O-Cell, PCM, TEM, Via-Cell, and Allergenco D cassettes, high-volume sampling pumps, agar media, water sampling kits, USP <797>/<800> compliance kits, HardyVal proficiency testing kits, and consumables priced by unit with volume discounts. Customers span chemical plants and refineries, commercial real estate, healthcare facilities, government, universities and schools, other businesses, and homeowners. Customer-facing technology includes custom Electronic Data Deliverables, the LabServe mobile app, electronic project submission, and an online client portal with multiple reporting options, supplemented by extensive webinars, a fungal library, and technical content marketing.

Name

EMLab P&K

Legal name

EMLab P&K (Operating as part of Eurofins Built Environment Testing)

Website

https://emlab.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

EMLab P&K, part of Eurofins Built Environment Testing, operates 25 US laboratories delivering industrial hygiene and indoor air quality testing plus sampling equipment, serving commercial, industrial, healthcare, government, education, and residential customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Laboratory Testing Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (541380)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Occupational Exposure Laboratory Services (Analytical Testing & Chain-of-Custody) (EUAHAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Occupational Health & Employer Testing Laboratories (HLAFAMAK), Occupational Health & Industrial Hygiene (BPAHAJAD), Environmental Monitoring & Cleanroom Testing (GMP) (HLAGADAL), Environmental Public Health Laboratories (Water/Air/Soil) (HLAJAIAG)

Keywords

• Environmental laboratory testing
• Industrial hygiene services
• Indoor air quality analysis
• Asbestos mold testing
• Legionella water testing

Headquarters

HQ city

South San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Laboratory Testing Services: Industrial Hygiene (IH) and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) testing services including asbestos, mold, lead, silica, welding fume/hexavalent chromium, VOCs, PCBs, formaldehyde, Legionella, combustion by-products and more. Services provided through 25 locations across the US.
2. Product Sales (Sampling Equipment & Supplies): E-commerce store selling air sampling equipment, laboratory supplies, cassettes, pumps, culture media, sampling kits, calibration equipment, and accessories. Products include sampling cassettes (Air-O-Cell, Allergenco D, Via-Cell, PCM, TEM), sampling pumps, agar media, test kits, and accessories.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EMLab P&K provides environmental and industrial hygiene laboratory testing services across 25 US locations, analyzing samples for asbestos, mold, lead, silica, Legionella, VOCs, PCBs, formaldehyde, combustion by-products and related contaminants using 1,334 analytical methods. The company also sells sampling cassettes, pumps, culture media, kits, and monitoring instruments through an e-commerce storefront, and delivers results via a custom EDD-capable client portal, the LabServe mobile app, and electronic project submission workflows.

Product overview

EMLab P&K, part of Eurofins Built Environment Testing, offers a comprehensive portfolio of environmental microbiology testing services and laboratory sampling supplies. The company operates 25 locations across the US providing Industrial Hygiene (IH) and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) testing including asbestos, mold, lead, silica, Legionella, VOCs, PCBs, formaldehyde, and combustion by-products. The product portfolio includes Air-O-Cell, Via-Cell, and Allergenco D sampling cassettes for bioaerosol collection; A6 Single Stage Microbial Sampler and various high volume pumps (Em-Lite II, High Volume Pump, Bio-Pump IAQ Lite, Buck BioSlide) for air sampling; culture media including Malt Extract Agar and Tryptic Soy Agar for fungi and bacteria cultivation; sample collection products such as Transporter Swabs and Liquid Swabs; water sampling kits for Legionella testing; and USP 797 compliance testing products including surface sampling kits and HardyVal proficiency testing kits. Additional offerings include moisture meters (Delmhorst BD-2100), temperature/humidity instruments (Protimeter HygroMaster 2), calibration equipment (Dwyer Rotameter), and sampling accessories like tripods, tubing, and asbestos sampling kits. The company leads in technological development with custom EDDs, mobile apps (LabServe), electronic project submission, and online client portals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Hygiene and Indoor Air Quality (IH/IAQ) Laboratory Testing Services Fee-based laboratory analytical services covering asbestos, mold, lead, silica, welding fume/hexavalent chromium, VOCs, PCBs, formaldehyde, Legionella, and combustion by-products, delivered through 25 US laboratory locations for chemical plants, refineries, commercial real estate, healthcare, government, education, and other commercial customers.
• Air-O-Cell Cassette Disposable inertial impaction cassette with adhesive media for sampling molds, pollens, insect parts, skin cell fragments, fibers and inorganic particulate for both viable and non-viable airborne aerosol analysis.
• PCM 0.8um, 25mm MCE Cassette 25mm PCM cassette with 0.8um MCE filter designed to meet NIOSH, OSHA, and EPA standards for asbestos air sampling.
• TEM 0.45um, 25mm MCE Cassette 25mm TEM cassette with 0.45um MCE filter meeting NIOSH, OSHA, and EPA standards for asbestos air sampling analysis.
• Allergenco D Cassette Disposable inertial impactor cassette for sampling and collection of aeroallergens and bioaerosols for quantitative analysis of mold spores, pollen, skin fragments, insects, and combustion particles.
• Via-Cell Sampling Cassette Multi-purpose collection device for both viable and non-viable airborne bioaerosols using proprietary water soluble collection media with environmental controls to maintain spore viability during transport.
• A6 Single Stage Microbial Sampler Single stage microbial bioaerosol impaction sampler designed for testing viable fungi and bacteria using agar plates.
• High Volume Em-Lite II Pump Compact, lightweight 8 lb high volume pump with built-in adjustable rotameter (0-30 LPM) for use with A6 microbial samplers and slide impaction cassettes.
• High Volume Pump with Locking Flow Valve Assembly Durable rotary vane pump with 1/10 hp motor and locking flow valve providing adjustable flow of 0-40 LPM for high volume air sampling applications.
• EmLite DC Powered Sampling Pump Battery powered IAQ sampling pump for low backpressure sampling devices such as spore traps at flow rates from 2-20 LPM with approximately 2.5-3 hours per battery charge.
• Bio-Pump IAQ Lite Portable battery powered air sampling pump designed for exclusive use with Air-O-Cell and Via-Cell cassettes at 15 LPM flow rate with programmable timer and over 100 samples per charge.
• Buck BioSlide Sampling Pump Compact, lightweight 10-20 LPM controlled flow sampling pump for bioaerosol sampling with greased slides, programmable timed sampling, and rechargeable NiCad batteries.
• Malt Extract Agar (MEA) 100mm and 90mm selective growth media with Chloramphenicol for isolation and cultivation of fungi and yeast; available in sterile petri dishes sold in sleeves of 10.
• Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA) General all-purpose media for cultivation of microorganisms such as bacteria; available in 100mm and 90mm sterile petri dishes sold in sleeves of 10.
• Transporter Swabs Sterile collection and transport system with hermetically sealed ampules for standardizing culture microorganism recovery; suitable for USP 797 applications.
• Liquid Swab Swab containing 1ml of Butterfield's Phosphate Buffer solution for sampling viable and non-viable contaminants.
• Water Sampling Products Legionella sampling kits (2, 6, and 10 bottle variants) with bottles, coolers, ice packs, and Chain of Custody; sterile bottles with sodium thiosulfate in 120ml, 250ml, 500ml, and 1L sizes.
• USP 797 Compliance Testing Products Surface sampling kits for USP 797 compliance including single plate and dual plate protocols with irradiated or standard plates, TSA, SabDex, and contact plates, plus HardyVal proficiency testing kits for low, medium, and high complexity CSP testing.
• Wonder Makers Asbestos Bulk Sampling Kit Lightweight, compact asbestos bulk sampling kit with small bore design to reduce fiber release, featuring double length cutters and removable cutter to eliminate field decontamination and cross contamination.
• A6 Sampler Kit with Em-Lite II Pump Complete viable mold and bacteria testing kit including A6 Single Stage Microbial Sampler, Em-Lite Pump, Universal Air Sampling Tripod, PVC tubing, and carrying case.
• Temperature/Humidity Products Hygrometry instruments including Protimeter HygroMaster 2 with psychometric calculations and IR temperature probe, Hygrostick replacements, and Sper Scientific RH/Temperature Pen for HVAC and environmental applications.
• Delmhorst BD-2100 Moisture Meter Versatile digital moisture meter with three measurement scales (wood 6-40%, reference 0-10 relative, gypsum 0.2-50%) for professional contractors.
• Dwyer Rotameter Secondary calibration unit with acrylic body indicating flows from 3-30 LPM for flow verification in air sampling systems.
• Universal Air Sampling Tripod Lightweight, expandable tripod with bracket for air sampling tubing and knob for use with A6 Single Stage Microbial Sampler.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% On-Time Delivery
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• EMSL Analytical: EMSL Analytical is the closest direct competitor to EMLab P&K, offering mold, asbestos, lead, Legionella, and IAQ testing services across the US with a comparable product catalog of sampling supplies — making it the most relevant head-to-head peer.
• Aerobiology Laboratory Associates: Aerobiology Laboratory Associates specializes in mold, IAQ, and bioaerosol testing with similar sampling cassette and culture media products, competing directly with EMLab P&K in environmental microbiology testing.
• Pace Analytical: Pace Analytical is a US-focused environmental testing laboratory network with overlapping capabilities in air, water, and soil analysis, competing with EMLab P&K for industrial hygiene and environmental compliance work.

Broad incumbents

• Eurofins Built Environment Testing (parent division): The Eurofins Built Environment Testing division is the parent operating umbrella under which EMLab P&K sits; it offers the same IH/IAQ, asbestos, lead, Legionella, and USP environmental monitoring services across the US and globally.
• Eurofins Scientific SE: Eurofins Scientific SE is the publicly-traded parent of EMLab P&K and operates one of the world's largest testing and analytical services platforms across food, pharma, environmental, and clinical end markets.
• SGS: SGS is a global testing, inspection, and certification incumbent with industrial hygiene and environmental testing capabilities that compete for the same multi-site industrial and real estate customers as EMLab P&K.
• Bureau Veritas: Bureau Veritas is a global TIC incumbent offering environmental and industrial hygiene testing as part of a broader portfolio, competing with EMLab P&K for enterprise compliance testing contracts.
• Intertek: Intertek is a global testing and assurance incumbent with industrial hygiene, environmental, and building science services that overlap with EMLab P&K's IH/IAQ offerings for industrial and real estate customers.
• ALS Global: ALS Global is an international testing services provider with environmental, food, and life sciences divisions that overlap with EMLab P&K in environmental and industrial hygiene testing.

Emerging players

• Assured Bio Labs: Assured Bio Labs is a smaller specialty mold and bacterial testing laboratory with partial overlap to EMLab P&K's environmental microbiology offerings, often competing for residential and small commercial IAQ work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

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