Carotek

What Carotek does

Carotek is an industrial automation company founded in 1965 and headquartered in Matthews, North Carolina. The firm specializes in industrial pumps and valves within the broader industrial automation sector. Operating as a privately held company with 101-250 employees, Carotek has maintained a continuous operating presence for approximately six decades, situating it among the longer-tenured independent firms in its equipment niche. The company functions in a B2B capacity, addressing industrial customers in the pumps and valves category.

Detailed information on Carotek's product portfolio, customer base, geographic footprint, and revenue model is not available in the provided source material. The company's website (carotek.com) is listed but no substantive content, product catalog, leadership roster, or financial disclosures were retrieved during data aggregation. As a privately held industrial automation specialist of this size and tenure, the company plausibly combines product distribution, technical integration, or aftermarket service revenue streams with its core pumps and valves offering — consistent with the typical operating model of independent industrial equipment firms — though this characterization cannot be verified from the available data. No information is available on manufacturer partnerships, end-market verticals served (e.g., chemical, water/wastewater, oil and gas, power), pricing structure, or channel mix.

Name

Carotek

Website

https://carotek.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Carotek is a privately held industrial automation company founded in 1965, specializing in industrial pumps and valves. Headquartered in Matthews, North Carolina, the firm employs 101-250 people and serves industrial customers in its specialized equipment niche.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Pumps and Valves

NAICS

Fluid Power Pump and Motor Manufacturing (333996), Fluid Power Valve and Hose Fitting Manufacturing (332912)

SIC

Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Gaskets, Packg & Sealg Devices & Rubber & Plastics Hose (3050)

akta.pro primary industry

Actuators & Motion Devices (Linear, Rotary, Electric Actuators for Motion Control) (IMAHAGAG)

Keywords

• Industrial automation
• Industrial pumps
• Industrial valves
• Process equipment
• Fluid handling

Headquarters

HQ city

Matthews

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Carotek is an industrial automation company that supplies industrial pumps and valves to industrial customers. The firm focuses on process automation equipment for fluid handling applications across manufacturing and process industries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• DXP Enterprises: US industrial distributor specializing in rotating equipment, bearings, fluid power, and pumps — directly comparable business model and customer base to Carotek.
• Xylem Inc. Water-focused manufacturer of pumps, valves, and treatment equipment with industrial and commercial automation offerings; direct product and end-market overlap with Carotek.
• Watts Water Technologies: Manufacturer of valves, flow control, and water safety products for industrial, commercial, and residential markets; comparable valve-led product mix to Carotek.
• Applied Industrial Technologies: Largest US industrial distributor with extensive fluid power, pumps, valves, and automation offerings; directly comparable to Carotek's pump-and-valve automation specialty at broader scale.
• Mueller Industries: Manufacturer of copper, brass, aluminum, and plastic products including industrial valves and fittings; overlaps with Carotek's valve-focused offering for industrial flow applications.
• Flowserve Corporation: Global manufacturer of pumps, valves, seals, and flow control automation — directly comparable product portfolio for industrial process customers served by Carotek.

Broad incumbents

• Roper Technologies: Diversified industrial technology owner of flow-control and process instrumentation brands (e.g., process control valves and pumps); adjacent to Carotek through industrial automation and fluid handling.
• Crane Co. Diversified industrial manufacturer with a significant fluid handling segment (Crane ChemPharma & Energy, Crane Supply) producing valves, pumps, and process equipment — comparable on product, broader in portfolio.
• MSC Industrial Direct: Large US metalworking and industrial supply distributor with growing MRO and fluid-power offerings; competes for the same industrial customers as Carotek but at far greater scale and breadth.

Regional players

• Watsco: Largest US HVAC distribution platform with adjacency into pumps, valves, and controls; an industrial-channel peer that does not typically compete head-to-head with Carotek in core process industries.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/carotekinc
• Facebookfacebook.com/carotek-155069101245482
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/carotek

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

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