What Boshart Industries does

Boshart Industries is a Canadian manufacturer and distributor of plumbing, heating, industrial, and irrigation products, headquartered in Milverton, Ontario. Founded in 1955 and operating as a privately held firm with 101–250 employees, the company sells across four adjacent trade categories — plumbing, heating, industrial, and irrigation — and distributes at least partly through an online channel (boshart.com), suggesting a blend of traditional wholesale/trade-supply relationships with e-commerce fulfilment. The combination of in-house manufacturing and multi-category distribution gives the firm a broad SKU surface area aimed at trade buyers (plumbers, HVAC contractors, irrigation installers, and industrial maintenance purchasers), though the relative weight of manufactured versus sourced product lines is not disclosed in available data.

The business model appears to follow a standard industrial-distribution playbook: catalogue-based sales into trade and light-industrial customers, with revenue driven by unit volume and category breadth rather than disclosed subscription or SaaS economics. Pricing, customer segmentation, geographic reach beyond Canada, and direct-versus-channel split are not disclosed in the source data; the firm's own webpage was unavailable at the time of capture (returning only a CDN verification page), which limits primary-source validation. No leadership team, ownership structure, funding history, partnership roster, or certification list is documented in the input, so claims about corporate structure, governance, or capital base cannot be substantiated from the material provided.

Name

Boshart Industries

Website

https://boshart.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Boshart Industries is a Canadian manufacturer and online distributor of plumbing, heating, industrial, and irrigation products, founded in 1955 and headquartered in Milverton, Ontario, serving trade buyers across these four adjacent categories with 101–250 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Milverton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Core offering

Boshart Industries manufactures and supplies plumbing, heating, industrial, and irrigation products. The company distributes these product lines through online channels to professional contractors, dealers, and industrial buyers in North America, with operations based in Milverton, Canada.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plumbing Products
• Heating Products
• Industrial Products
• Irrigation Products

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Watts Water Technologies: NYSE-listed manufacturer of plumbing, water safety, and heating products for commercial and residential markets. Directly comparable to Boshart across plumbing fittings, valves, and water-management product lines sold through similar wholesale channels.
• IPEX (Aliaxis): Canadian manufacturer of thermoplastic piping systems for plumbing, irrigation, and industrial applications. Direct peer for Boshart given the Canadian base, overlapping irrigation and industrial product lines, and similar wholesale customer base.
• NIBCO: U.S. manufacturer of copper, PVC, and CPVC plumbing fittings and valves sold through plumbing wholesalers. Closely comparable to Boshart in product range (fittings, valves, irrigation components) and customer base (plumbing and irrigation contractors).
• Lasco Fittings: U.S. manufacturer of PVC, CPVC, and PP-R plumbing fittings, valves, and irrigation products. Closely comparable to Boshart in product mix (plastic fittings, irrigation components) and in serving plumbing and irrigation distribution channels.
• Fernco: Manufacturer of flexible couplings, connectors, and plumbing hardware for drainage, plumbing, and irrigation. Direct competitor to Boshart in plumbing couplings and fittings sold to contractors and wholesalers.
• Reliance Worldwide Corporation: Manufacturer of water-control and plumbing products (SharkBite, Cash Acme) serving plumbing contractors and wholesalers. Direct peer given overlapping product categories in plumbing fittings, valves, and water-control solutions.
• Uponor: Manufacturer of plumbing, heating, and cooling systems, particularly PEX-based solutions for residential and commercial applications. Comparable in plumbing and heating product overlap and in serving plumbing/HVAC contractor channels.

Broad incumbents

• HD Supply Holdings: Large North American industrial-distribution company serving maintenance, repair, infrastructure, and construction end-markets. Broadly comparable to Boshart's industrial-supply motion, though significantly larger and more diversified.
• Reliance Steel & Aluminum: Large diversified metal products distributor serving industrial customers. Comparable to Boshart on the industrial-supply side of the business, though operates at far greater scale across multiple metal categories.
• Ferguson Enterprises: Large North American plumbing, HVAC, and industrial supplies distributor. Overlaps with Boshart's plumbing and heating distribution model but operates at significantly greater scale with a much broader product portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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