What Force Corporation does

Force Corporation is a privately held industrial construction contractor founded in 1973 and headquartered in La Porte, Texas, with a second regional operations office in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The company serves refineries, chemical plants, terminals, and other heavy industrial facilities across the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast corridor. It organizes its work around four integrated divisions — Construction (mechanical, heavy civil, structural), Railroad Construction & Maintenance, Electrical & Instrumentation (I&E), and Custom Shop Fabrication — designed to provide single-source accountability from civil foundations through mechanical installation, rail infrastructure, power and controls, and shop-built skids and modules.

Core technical capabilities are anchored in a state-of-the-art fabrication shop that delivers controlled-environment structural steel, pipe fabrication, process skids, modules, and specialty components, with quality systems certified to ASME, AWS, and API standards, including U, S, and R stamps. The E&I division holds Texas and Louisiana electrical licenses and self-performs power distribution, MCC and control panel installation, cable and terminations, grounding, instrumentation calibration, loop checks, and startup support. The Railroad division executes new track construction, rehabilitation, surfacing, turnout installation, derailment response, and inspections for industrial facilities, short line railroads, and Class I railroad partners. Customer on-boarding requirements for refineries and chemical plants are explicit gating mechanisms that the company's craftsmen are vetted to satisfy.

The business model is professional services and project-based: revenue is generated through construction contracts, maintenance programs, turnarounds, and emergency response work delivered across the four divisions, with custom shop fabrication billed as a bundled component. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, and go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales targeting facility operators. The customer base spans 200+ clients over the company's 50+ year history with 10,000+ executed projects, and marketing is conducted primarily through LinkedIn, Facebook, an online project portfolio, and industry and safety affiliations such as ABC, LBC Terminals, and DOW Chemical. The company maintains 251-500 employees and operates without disclosed funding, M&A, or ownership activity.

Name

Force Corporation

Legal name

Force Corporation

Website

https://forcecorp.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Force Corporation is a privately held industrial construction contractor founded in 1973, serving refineries, chemical plants, terminals, and heavy industrial facilities across the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast through four integrated divisions: Construction, Railroad, Electrical & Instrumentation, and Custom Fabrication.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

La Porte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Construction Services: Force Corporation generates revenue through professional industrial construction services across four specialized divisions. Revenue is derived from project-based contracts for construction, railroad, electrical & instrumentation, and fabrication work performed for refineries, chemical plants, terminals, and heavy industrial facilities. The company executes capital projects, maintenance programs, turnarounds, and emergency response work, with single-source accountability and integrated service delivery driving contract value and repeat business.
2. Custom Fabrication: Revenue from custom shop fabrication services including structural steel, pipe fabrication, process skids, modules, and specialty components. Fabrication work is performed in a controlled shop environment and integrated with field installation services, providing bundled solutions that enhance project value and client retention.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Force Corporation is an industrial construction contractor that delivers fully integrated multi-disciplinary services to refineries, chemical plants, terminals, and heavy industrial clients through four specialized divisions: Construction (mechanical, civil, structural), Railroad Construction & Maintenance, Electrical & Instrumentation, and Custom Shop Fabrication. The company self-performs structural steel fabrication and erection, concrete and foundations, mechanical piping and equipment installation, tank and terminal work, rail track construction and maintenance, licensed E&I services, and shop-built skids and modules compliant with ASME, AWS, and API codes.

Product overview

Force Corporation is an industrial construction contractor offering four integrated service divisions: Construction (Mechanical, Civil, Structural), Railroad Construction & Maintenance, Electrical & Instrumentation (I&E), and Custom Shop Fabrication. The company provides fully integrated solutions from design through installation, combining shop fabrication with field services to deliver turnkey project execution for refineries, chemical plants, terminals, and heavy industrial clients across Texas and Louisiana.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction Division

Quantifiable outcome

• 50+ years of continuous operation with 10,000+ projects completed for 200+ satisfied clients

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Turner Industries: Turner Industries is a Baton Rouge-based industrial contractor offering mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, fabrication, and specialized services to Gulf Coast refineries, petrochemical plants, and pipeline operators. Direct competitor to Force Corporation with overlapping geographies, end markets, and integrated multi-disciplinary service model.
• MMR Group: MMR Group is a leading open-shop electrical and instrumentation contractor headquartered in Louisiana, serving petrochemical, refining, power, and pulp & paper clients across the Gulf Coast. Closely comparable to Force's I&E division, with similar end customers and project scopes.
• BrandSafway: BrandSafway is a large industrial services provider offering scaffolding, insulation, painting, and access solutions for refineries, petrochemical plants, and other heavy industrial sites. Comparable in serving the same Gulf Coast industrial end market, though Force offers a broader construction scope while BrandSafway specializes in access and specialty services.
• Matrix Service Company: Matrix Service is a North American contractor providing construction, maintenance, and specialty services to the energy, refining, and industrial markets, including storage tank, terminal, and process facility work. Directly comparable to Force in tank/terminal construction, maintenance, and fabrication for the same customer base.
• Team Industrial Services: Team Industrial Services provides specialized industrial services including inspection, machining, welding, and field machining to refineries, chemical plants, and power facilities. Comparable to Force in field machining, mechanical services, and refinery turnaround work.
• TIC (TIC Kiewit Industrial): TIC is a major industrial contractor executing heavy civil, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation scopes for power, refining, mining, and chemical clients across North America. Direct peer to Force in delivering multi-disciplinary industrial construction under single-source contracts, though at a substantially larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Primoris Services Corporation: Primoris is a publicly traded specialty contractor serving utilities, energy, and civil infrastructure markets across North America, including heavy civil and industrial work. Comparable in industrial and infrastructure construction scope, though diversified across utilities and renewables rather than focused on Gulf Coast industrial.
• IES Holdings: IES Holdings is a publicly traded provider of electrical, mechanical, and infrastructure services to industrial, commercial, and utility customers. Comparable in electrical contracting and industrial construction offerings, though operating at a much larger, multi-region scale.
• Fluor Corporation: Fluor is a global engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and project management firm serving energy, mining, infrastructure, and government clients. A broad incumbent in industrial EPC, relevant for benchmarking but at a much larger scale and broader geographic scope than Force.
• Zachry Group: Zachry Group is a privately held engineering and construction firm with deep roots in Gulf Coast industrial and power construction, including process, power, and heavy industrial work. Comparable in geography and industrial EPC capabilities, but at significantly larger scale with broader geographic and end-market reach.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/forcecorporation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/forcecorp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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