Basic Chemical Solutions, L.L.C

Name

Basic Chemical Solutions, L.L.C

Website

https://basicchem.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Chemical Distribution

NAICS

Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers (4246)

SIC

Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products (5160)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAEAAAB

Commodity Organic Chemicals (Solvents & Intermediates)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Chemicals & Industrial Materials/Basic & Commodity Chemicals

Keywords

• Commodity chemicals distribution
• Chemical trading services
• Industrial chemicals supply
• Bulk chemicals distribution
• Chemical raw materials

Headquarters

HQ city

Redwood City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Revenue model

1. IP Transit Services: Provides internet backbone connectivity with IP transit services, offering both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity to customers. Revenue is generated through bandwidth consumption-based pricing.
2. Layer 2 Transport: Provides Layer 2 connectivity services for customers requiring point-to-point or network-to-network connectivity.
3. Colocation Services: Provides data center colocation services allowing customers to house their equipment in Hurricane Electric's facilities.
4. Dedicated Server Hosting: Provides dedicated server hosting services for customers requiring dedicated physical servers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Basic Chemical Solutions, L.L.C is a global distributor and trader of commodity chemicals. The company sources and supplies chemical products on an international scale, serving industrial customers requiring commodity chemical inputs.

Product overview

Hurricane Electric operates a global internet backbone and offers a portfolio of networking and colocation services. The core offerings include IP Transit (providing global internet connectivity with dual-stack IPv6+IPv4), Layer 2 Transport, Colocation, and Dedicated Server hosting. The company also provides free tools including IPv6 certification, Free DNS hosting, BGP Toolkit, and Looking Glass network diagnostic tools. These services target network operators, enterprises, and service providers requiring backbone connectivity and infrastructure services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commodity Chemicals Distribution and Trading

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Direct peers

• Helm AG: Privately-held Hamburg-based family enterprise marketing and distributing chemicals, fertilizers, and crop protection products globally. Closely comparable as a privately-held global commodity chemicals marketer and trader with a similar ownership and operating profile.
• ICC Chemical Corporation: Privately-held global distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals headquartered in New York. Closely comparable to Basic Chemical Solutions as a privately-held commodity chemicals distributor serving international industrial customers.
• Univar Solutions: Major global chemical and ingredient distributor serving industrial and life-science end markets with a wide commodity and specialty chemicals portfolio. Direct comparable to Basic Chemical Solutions on business model, customer base, and product categories.
• Tricon Energy: Privately-held global trader and distributor of commodity chemicals, plastics, and fertilizers with international trading desks. Highly comparable to Basic Chemical Solutions given the shared commodity-trading focus and privately-held status.
• Brenntag SE: The world's largest chemical distribution company, distributing a broad portfolio of commodity and specialty chemicals globally to industrial customers. It is the closest scale and business-model comparator to a global commodity chemicals distributor and trader like Basic Chemical Solutions.
• IMCD N.V. Global specialty chemicals and ingredients distributor serving industrial, personal care, food, and pharmaceutical customers. Comparable as a global chemical distribution peer, though IMCD tilts more toward specialty formulations while BCS focuses on commodity chemicals.

Broad incumbents

• Barentz International: Global specialty ingredients distributor serving food, personal care, and industrial markets. While Barentz is specialty-focused rather than commodity, it competes for the same industrial customer wallet and operates a similar global distribution model.
• Dow Inc. One of the world's largest commodity chemicals producers, supplying solvents, intermediates, and bulk organic chemicals to industrial buyers. Relevant as both a potential upstream supplier and a benchmark for commodity chemicals market dynamics affecting BCS's trading book.
• Azelis Group: Global specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor with presence across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Adjacent comparable given its global distribution footprint and industrial customer base, though tilted toward specialty formulations.
• BASF SE: Largest diversified chemical producer globally with a broad commodity and specialty portfolio. Relevant as an upstream supplier, a source of competitive pressure on pricing, and a benchmark for end-market demand across the commodity chemicals BCS distributes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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