Cogburn Bros. Inc

What Cogburn Bros. Inc does

Cogburn Bros. Inc is a privately held electrical contracting firm founded in 1977 and headquartered at 3300 Faye Road, Jacksonville, Florida. The company specializes in custom electrical system design, installation, repair, and maintenance for water and wastewater treatment plants and other industrial facilities throughout the southeastern United States. Over 45 years of operating history, the firm has completed more than 1,000 projects and reports a workforce of 101-250 employees, drawing on IBEW-affiliated skilled labor, OSHA-trained field management, and industry affiliations with NECA, IAEI, and ECF. Documented customers include municipal water reclamation facilities operated by JEA (Buckman WRF, Nassau WRF), Thomas P Smith WRF, South Cross Bayou Advanced WRF, and the Bonita Springs RO Plant.

The firm's product surface spans five core service lines: Custom Electrical System Design and Build, Electrical Installations and Repairs, Industrial Electrical Services, Waste Water Electrical Services, and Critical Power Services. The Critical Power offering extends into preventative maintenance for mission critical facilities with a 100% uptime guarantee and turn-key solutions for critical power and mechanical cooling infrastructure. Underlying technology is conventional electrical contracting execution rather than software or platform architecture; the firm does not maintain APIs, SDKs, integrations, or proprietary software products.

Cogburn Bros generates revenue through project-based electrical contracting engagements priced on a quote or proposal basis, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct, engaging municipal water and wastewater utilities, general contractors on industrial construction projects, and industrial facility operators across the Southeast. The firm relies on industry association referrals (NECA, IBEW), a company website, and a LinkedIn company page for top-of-funnel awareness, with phone and email contact for bottom-of-funnel conversion. No external capital raises, acquisitions, or ownership transitions are documented, and the company appears to be family-owned under the Cogburn name.

Name

Cogburn Bros. Inc

Legal name

Cogburn Bros. Inc

Website

https://cogburnbros.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cogburn Bros. Inc is a Jacksonville, Florida-based electrical contractor founded in 1977 that designs, installs, and maintains electrical systems for municipal water and wastewater treatment plants and industrial facilities across the southeastern United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Electrical Contracting Services: Project-based electrical contracting services for water and wastewater treatment plants and industrial facilities. Revenue is generated through custom electrical system design and build projects, electrical installations and repairs, and ongoing maintenance services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cogburn Bros. Inc is an electrical contracting company that designs, builds, installs, repairs, and maintains electrical systems for water and wastewater treatment plants and other industrial facilities. Service offerings include custom electrical system design and build, comprehensive electrical installations and repairs, industrial electrical services, and preventative maintenance for mission-critical facilities with a 100% uptime guarantee. Projects are delivered directly to municipal utilities, general contractors, and industrial clients across the southeastern United States.

Product overview

Cogburn Bros. Inc is an electrical contracting company offering a unified set of services centered on electrical installation and maintenance for water/waste-water treatment plants and industrial facilities. The company operates as a single integrated service provider rather than a platform with separate modules. Their core offerings include Custom Electrical System Design and Build, Electrical Installations and Repairs, Industrial Electrical Services, Waste Water Electrical Services, and Critical Power Services. All services are delivered by a team of skilled electricians with over 45 years of experience in the southeastern United States, focusing on municipal utilities and industrial clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Electrical System Design and Build Design and build custom electrical systems for wastewater treatment plants, ensuring efficient and effective operations for municipal utility clients.
• Electrical Installations and Repairs Comprehensive electrical installations, repairs, and maintenance services for wastewater treatment plants, leveraging 45+ years of experience in the southeastern United States.
• Industrial Electrical Services Wide range of electrical services, including installations, repairs, and maintenance for all types of industrial facilities, handling projects of any size or complexity.
• Waste Water Electrical Services Electrical subcontracting for wastewater facilities across the Southeast, including new installations, upgrades, system maintenance, and troubleshooting for municipalities and industrial clients.
• Critical Power Services Preventative maintenance and service of mission-critical facilities with a 100% uptime guarantee, including turn-key solutions for critical power and mechanical cooling infrastructure upgrades.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• EMCOR Group: Largest publicly traded electrical and mechanical contractor in the US with a national footprint serving industrial, utility, and commercial clients — a much larger, multi-segment incumbent that competes with Cogburn Bros for water/wastewater electrical work via its industrial services segment.
• Quanta Services: Largest infrastructure services provider in North America focused on electric power, oil & gas, and telecom — a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities in utility electrical infrastructure work, particularly in water/wastewater electric systems.

Direct peers

• IES Holdings: National electrical contractor providing design, installation, and maintenance for industrial, commercial, and utility customers, including water/wastewater facilities — a directly comparable specialty contractor with similar end-market exposure to municipal and industrial clients.
• MYR Group: Public specialty electrical construction services provider serving transmission, distribution, and commercial/industrial markets across the US — directly comparable business model of project-based electrical contracting for utility and industrial end customers.
• Faith Technologies: Private, employee-owned electrical and specialty systems contractor with strong presence in industrial, healthcare, and mission-critical markets — a similarly sized specialty contractor offering turn-key electrical solutions analogous to Cogburn's critical power and industrial services.
• Rosendin Electric: Employee-owned electrical contractor specializing in mission-critical, renewable energy, and industrial markets — comparable in offering turn-key electrical solutions with focus on complex industrial facilities and critical infrastructure projects.
• MMR Group: Private specialty contractor focused on electrical and instrumentation construction for industrial and power markets — comparable as a private specialty contractor serving process industries with similar project-based electrical work.
• Helix Electric: National electrical contractor serving commercial, industrial, healthcare, and renewable energy markets with design-build and prefab capabilities — comparable as a specialty electrical contractor competing for industrial and mission-critical work.

Regional players

• Cupertino Electric: Privately held electrical contractor with strong presence in data center, renewable energy, and commercial/industrial markets on the West Coast — comparable specialty contractor with mission-critical capabilities analogous to Cogburn's critical power services.
• Cleveland Electric: Mid-sized regional electrical contractor providing industrial, commercial, and utility services in the southeastern US — directly competes with Cogburn Bros for water/wastewater and industrial electrical work in overlapping southeastern geographies.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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