Chardon Laboratories

What Chardon Laboratories does

Chardon Laboratories is a privately held, 100% employee-owned commercial and industrial water treatment service provider headquartered in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Founded in 1965, the company serves more than 2,500 customers across 13 US states in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Eastern regions, targeting facilities with cooling towers, steam boilers, and closed-loop heating and cooling systems. Its customer base spans manufacturing, healthcare, food processing, automotive, breweries, data centers, government, retail, and education — including named accounts such as Honda, Macy's, Kroger, Yum Brands, Anthem, PNC, Energizer, Cintas, Brewdog, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

The company delivers a bundled service rather than chemical commodities: ISO 9001-2015-certified technicians in fully stocked trucks perform on-site surveys, chemical applications, water testing, equipment installation, cleaning and flushing, and same-day electronic reporting. Proprietary equipment includes the Advantage Megatron XS conductivity controller for automated blowdown and chemical feed, the Hydrocyclone Centrifugal Water Separator for pre-filtration and shot feeding, and bag filter feeders serving 5-micron filtration in closed loops. All service managers hold ASSE 12080 Legionella Water Safety and Management certification.

Chardon Labs operates on a guaranteed fixed annual price model — customers pay for clean systems, not chemical consumption — which aligns vendor incentives with customer efficiency and equipment longevity. Pricing is quote-based following a free on-site survey, billed annually. The company grows organically without disclosed institutional capital, funding rounds, mergers, or acquisitions, and its distribution is exclusively direct field service delivered by its own certified technician workforce.

Name

Chardon Laboratories

Legal name

Chardon Laboratories

Website

https://chardonlabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Chardon Laboratories is a 100% employee-owned commercial and industrial water treatment service provider, founded 1965 and headquartered in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. It delivers guaranteed fixed-price cooling tower, boiler, and closed-loop water treatment programs to 2,500+ customers across 13 US states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Water Treatment Services

NAICS

Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers (423720), Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers (42372)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Wholesale-Professional & Commercial Equipment & Supplies (5040)

akta.pro primary industry

Cooling Tower & Evaporative Condenser Water Treatment (BPABAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Closed-Loop Heating/Chilled Water Treatment (Corrosion/Scale/Biocide) (BPABAJAE), Water Sampling, Testing & Laboratory Analysis (Legionella/Microbiology) (BPABAJAB), System Cleaning, Flushing & Commissioning (Pre-commission/Refurb) (BPABAJAG)

Keywords

• Commercial water treatment
• Cooling tower services
• Boiler water treatment
• Legionella control services
• Closed loop treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Reynoldsburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Annual Water Treatment Service Contracts: Guaranteed fixed annual price for clean systems. Services include chemical applications, testing, reporting, and system maintenance. Financial incentives align with customer efficiency goals.
2. Professional Water Treatment Services: On-site services including boiler water treatment, cooling tower treatment, closed loop treatment, Legionella testing and control, and filtration services. Delivered by ISO-certified technicians.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Chardon Laboratories sells clean water systems at a guaranteed fixed annual price for commercial and industrial facilities with cooling towers, steam boilers, and closed loop systems. Services include on-site water testing, customized chemical treatment programs, equipment installation and maintenance, cleaning and flushing, compliance reporting, and Legionella testing and control. The offering combines recurring chemical applications, monitoring hardware (controllers, meters, probes), and field technician visits into a single subscription-style service contract rather than discrete chemical product sales.

Product overview

Chardon Laboratories provides commercial water treatment services as a unified service offering rather than a software product. Their portfolio centers on four core service categories: Boiler Water Treatment Services, Cooling Tower Water Treatment Services, Closed Loop Water Treatment Services, and Legionella Testing and Control. These services are supported by complementary product lines including specialized chemicals (corrosion & scale prevention, biocides, inhibitors, pH control, scale prevention, return line, and semi-closed loop chemicals) and water treatment equipment (chemical pumps, conductivity controllers like the Advantage Megatron XS, water meters, corrosion coupon racks, probes, mix tanks, blowdown solenoids, flow switches, pH probes, biocide timers, and filter feeders). The company operates on a clean-systems-at-guaranteed-fixed-annual-price model rather than chemical sales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Boiler Water Treatment Services
• Cooling Tower Water Treatment Services
• Closed Loop Water Treatment Services
• Legionella Testing and Control
• Filtration Services Hydrocyclone Centrifugal Water Separator services for pre-filtering sand and debris from water systems, delivered as a stand-alone field service or as part of broader water treatment programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Proper water treatment allows facilities to reuse cooling tower water more efficiently, reducing fresh water requirements by 20% or more
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments12 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ChemTreat: ChemTreat is one of the largest US industrial water treatment companies, providing chemical programs and on-site service for cooling towers, boilers, and closed loops — the same core service categories as Chardon Labs, making it a directly comparable mid-to-large peer.
• US Water Services: US Water Services is a US industrial water treatment provider specializing in cooling tower, boiler, and process water chemistry with on-site technical service — closely analogous mid-market peer to Chardon in offering and delivery model.
• Garratt-Callahan: Garratt-Callahan is a privately held industrial water treatment company providing cooling tower, boiler, and closed loop chemical programs with on-site service across multiple US regions — a very close size and operating-model peer to Chardon Labs.
• WaterTech of America: WaterTech of America is a regional US industrial water treatment firm focused on cooling towers, boilers, and Legionella control services for commercial facilities — a smaller, geographically adjacent peer to Chardon in scale and service mix.
• Solenis: Solenis is a specialty chemicals producer focused on water-intensive industries including cooling tower and boiler treatment, papermaking, and process water — directly comparable product category and customer base to Chardon's industrial water treatment focus.

Others

• Pace Analytical Services: Pace Analytical is a major US environmental testing laboratory network providing water, microbiology, and Legionella analytical services — adjacent ecosystem peer to Chardon Labs' Legionella testing and water sampling/testing arm rather than a direct chemical-treatment competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies: Veolia Water Technologies is a global water-treatment services and equipment giant serving industrial and municipal customers with cooling, boiler, and process water programs — a broad incumbent competitor with national geographic coverage that contrasts with Chardon's regional focus.
• Culligan Water (Commercial/Industrial): Culligan provides commercial and industrial water treatment alongside its dominant residential franchise base — competing with Chardon in the same commercial/industrial facility water treatment segment but with a much broader consumer-driven footprint and national dealer network.
• Nalco Water (Ecolab): Nalco Water, an Ecolab division, is the dominant industrial water treatment incumbent serving manufacturing, food/beverage, healthcare, and commercial facilities globally with chemical programs, equipment, and digital monitoring — overlapping heavily with Chardon's offering at much larger scale.
• Kurita Water Industries: Kurita is a global Japanese water treatment firm offering boiler/cooling/closed-loop chemical programs and ultrasonic/chemical-free technologies to industrial customers — broad incumbent competitor with overlapping capability set and Fortune-500 industrial customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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