Industrial Boiler & Mechanical Company

What Industrial Boiler & Mechanical Company does

Industrial Boiler & Mechanical Company (IB&M), founded in 1987 and headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a privately held industrial boiler and steam plant services provider operating across the U.S. Southeast, with contractor licensing in 25 states and an international service footprint spanning 16+ countries. The company serves three primary verticals — industrial facilities, commercial facilities, and power utility customers — that require continuous steam generation, regulatory compliance, and emergency backup capacity. Its core offering is organized as a single-source solution delivered through ten specialized divisions covering rental boilers, field service and repair, controls and instrumentation, combustion services, continuous emissions monitoring (CEM), power and utility services, valve and pump repair, process piping and millwright, engineering and design, and aftermarket parts, with each division led by a veteran technician with 20+ years of company experience.

The product portfolio spans firetube boilers (3-pass and 4-pass, wetback and dryback), watertube boilers (D-type and O-type), Low NOx and Ultra Low NOx configurations, electric, biomass, solid fuel, and oil-fired units, plus the proprietary Boiler in a Box preassembled system. The rental fleet includes trailer-mounted watertube and firetube units, enclosed trailer firetube, skid-mounted firetube, vertical skid-mounted, and electric rental boilers, with a service-level commitment of installation within 24 hours and packaged deployment within 48 hours. Supporting equipment includes burners, economizers, feedwater systems, reverse osmosis and water softener systems, propane and backup fuel systems, waste heat recovery systems, and steam traps, alongside service lines such as boiler reconditioning, refractory repair, mechanical contracting, pressure vessel repair to ASME Code standards, and remote boiler monitoring.

IB&M's revenue model combines three streams: capital equipment sales of new and used/reconditioned boilers and aftermarket parts; recurring rental of the boiler fleet; and professional services spanning field service, engineering, controls, combustion tuning, and continuous emissions monitoring. The company markets through a sales-led motion combining direct field sales, a dedicated phone line (1-855-753-BOILER), online quick-quote forms, SEO-driven website traffic, and a Boiler Room Blog covering steam plant topics. No pricing is publicly disclosed, no revenue figures are reported, and no parent, PE sponsor, or public listing is indicated; the firm is described as independently and privately held, with 101-250 employees and a 99% on-time completion record across 13,000+ projects since founding.

Name

Industrial Boiler & Mechanical Company

Legal name

Industrial Boiler & Mechanical

Website

https://industrialboiler.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Industrial Boiler & Mechanical Company is a privately held Chattanooga-based industrial boiler and steam plant services firm that sells, rents, services, and repairs boilers and boiler room equipment for industrial, commercial, and power utility customers across 25 U.S. states and 16+ international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Boiler Services

NAICS

Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance (811310), Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (238220), Steam and Air-Conditioning Supply (221330), Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing (3336)

SIC

Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, Nec (7359), Wholesale-Hardware & Plumbing & Heating Equipment & Supplies (5070), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Power & Energy Equipment Rental/Leasing (Generators, Light Towers, Compressors) (TLABAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Maintenance for Energy Facilities (EUAEAGAJ)

Keywords

• Industrial boiler services
• Boiler rental fleet
• Steam plant engineering
• Emissions monitoring testing
• Boiler field service repair

Headquarters

HQ city

Chattanooga

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Boiler Sales: Sale of new and used (reconditioned) boilers, as well as auxiliary boiler room equipment. This is a capital equipment revenue stream.
2. Boiler Rental: Emergency rental of packaged boilers, including trailer-mounted watertube and firetube boilers, skid-mounted options, and Boiler in a Box rentals. Packaged boilers are shipped and installed within 48 hours.
3. Field Service & Repair: In-house and emergency field service for all types of boilers, including installation, startup, combustion service, and repair. Services are available 24 hours a day.
4. Aftermarket Parts: Sale of aftermarket boiler room equipment, repair parts, burners, valves, and pumps.
5. Engineering & Design Services: Steam plant engineering and design services for plant and boiler system design.
6. Controls & Instrumentation Services: Boiler control panel building, instrumentation, and remote system monitoring services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IB&M sells, rents, services, and repairs industrial boilers and boiler room equipment for commercial, industrial, and power utility facilities. The company operates ten specialized service divisions covering rental boilers, field service and repair, controls and instrumentation, combustion services, continuous emissions monitoring, power and utility services, valve and pump repair, process piping and millwright, engineering and design, and aftermarket parts, with 24/7 emergency response including rental boilers installed and running in as little as 24 hours.

Product overview

Industrial Boiler & Mechanical Company offers a comprehensive portfolio of industrial boiler products and steam plant services. The company operates as a single-source solution provider encompassing boiler sales (new and used/reconditioned firetube and watertube boilers), emergency rental boilers (trailer-mounted, skid-mounted, and electric configurations), and complete field service including repair, combustion optimization, controls, and emissions monitoring. The product lineup includes specialized low NOx and ultra-low NOx boilers for emissions compliance, biomass and electric boilers for renewable applications, and the Boiler In A Box preassembled system. Auxiliary equipment includes burners, economizers, feedwater systems, water softeners, reverse osmosis systems, and waste heat recovery systems. Service divisions cover engineering and design, process piping, valve and pump repair, pressure vessel repair, boiler operator training, and continuous emissions monitoring (CEM) for EPA compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Firetube Boilers
• Watertube Boilers
• Low NOx Boilers
• Ultra Low NOx Boilers
• Electric Boilers
• Biomass Boilers
• Boiler In A Box
• Vertical Boilers
• Solid Fuel Boilers
• Oil Fired Boilers
• Rental Boilers
• Boiler Field Service & Repair
• Boiler Combustion Services
• Remote Boiler Monitoring
• Boiler Operator Training
• Continuous Emissions Monitoring (CEM) & Stack Testing
• Valve & Pump Repair
• Pressure Vessel Repair
• Steam Plant Engineering & Design
• Mechanical Contracting
• Boiler Installation & Startup
• Boiler Reconditioning
• Aftermarket Parts
• Process Piping & Millwright Services
• Boiler Controls & Instrumentation
• Boiler Burners
• Boiler Economizers & Heat Recovery Equipment
• Feedwater Treatment & Water Quality Systems

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% on-time completion rate over 13,000+ projects
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Nationwide Boiler Inc. Nationwide Boiler is one of the largest U.S. suppliers of rental, sale, and service of industrial boilers, with a large trailer-mounted rental fleet and 24-hour deployment capability—closely mirroring IB&M's integrated sales, rental, and field service model.
• Indeck Power Equipment Company: Indeck designs, manufactures, rents, and services industrial boilers and boiler room equipment with a national rental fleet and field service organization, directly competing with IB&M across capital equipment and emergency rental segments.
• Power Mechanical Inc. Power Mechanical is an industrial boiler and boiler room equipment sales, service, and rental company operating across multiple U.S. regions, offering a similar multi-divisional sales-and-service portfolio to IB&M.
• WARE Inc. WARE is a U.S. boiler rental, sales, and service company specializing in large-capacity trailer-mounted boilers and steam plant services, directly comparable to IB&M's core rental and field service offering.
• Rentech Boiler Systems: Rentech provides industrial boiler sales, rental, service, and parts to manufacturing and utility customers across the U.S., with a similar customer profile of industrial and power-utility steam users as IB&M.

Broad incumbents

• Cleaver-Brooks: Cleaver-Brooks is a major North American boiler manufacturer with an extensive aftermarket parts, service, and rental network; it is a larger incumbent that overlaps with IB&M across boiler sales, service, and emissions-compliance offerings.
• Miura America Co., Ltd. Miura is a global boiler manufacturer with a significant U.S. presence focused on modular on-demand steam boilers and aftermarket service, offering overlapping industrial steam solutions to a comparable customer base.
• Fulton Boiler Works: Fulton manufactures commercial and industrial boilers and supports them with aftermarket parts and service; while more product-centric than IB&M, it competes in the same industrial steam equipment category.
• Bryan Steam LLC: Bryan Steam is a U.S. manufacturer of firetube boilers with supporting service and parts capabilities, operating in a comparable industrial/commercial boiler segment and overlapping with IB&M's product categories.

Regional players

• Heritage Power Systems: Heritage Power provides boiler and power equipment sales, service, and rentals primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast U.S., competing with IB&M for industrial and commercial steam customers in overlapping geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ibmboilers
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/industrial-boiler-inc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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