GapVax

Name

GapVax

Legal name

GapVax, Inc.

Website

https://gapvax.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Vacuum Truck Manufacturing

NAICS

Construction Machinery Manufacturing (333120)

SIC

Truck & Bus Bodies (3713)

akta.pro primary industry

Municipal & Public Works Specialty Vehicles (Street Sweepers, Sewer Jetters) (IMAHAIAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Truck Body & Upfitting Manufacturing (Box Bodies/Service Bodies/Cranes/Liftgates) (IMACABAI)

Keywords

• Industrial vacuum trucks
• Sewer cleaning equipment
• Hydro excavation vehicles
• Water recycling trucks
• Combination jetvac trucks

Headquarters

HQ city

Johnstown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Vacuum Truck Sales: GapVax manufactures and sells custom-configured sewer cleaning trucks, hydro excavation trucks, combination JetVac trucks, and water recycling trucks. Each truck is built to customer specifications with thousands of options including hydraulic systems, electric systems, water systems, blowers, booms, and chassis selections. Frames are sourced from Mack and Freightliner while bodies are built in-house.
2. Parts and Accessories: GapVax sells parts and accessories through their Parts Express program with both a main inventory and a Texas office inventory. Parts include filters, pumps, blowers, hoses, and components from suppliers like General Pump, Giant Pumps, Hibon, and others.
3. Factory Service and Support: GapVax provides factory service, training, and warranty support from their Johnstown, PA and Deer Park, TX locations. They offer maintenance schedules, manuals, and on-site training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

GapVax manufactures and sells custom-configured industrial vacuum trucks, sewer cleaning combination JetVac trucks, hydro excavators, water recycling trucks, and jetter trucks. Each truck is built to customer specifications with configurable chassis, water and debris tanks, blowers, booms, jetting systems, and hydraulic/electric options. The company produces truck bodies in-house (with frames sourced from Mack and Freightliner) at its Johnstown, PA manufacturing facility and also offers a parts program and factory service support from a second location in Deer Park/La Porte, TX.

Product overview

GapVax is a manufacturer of custom vacuum and sewer cleaning equipment for industrial, municipal, and environmental applications. The product portfolio centers on five truck series: HV Series (hydro excavators with wet/dry vacuum capability), MC Series (combination JetVac trucks combining jetting and vacuum), VHX Series (compact road-legal hydro excavators), Recycle (water recycling sewer cleaners developed in partnership with Wiedemann Enviro Tec), and GJET Series (jetter trucks without vacuum). All trucks are customized to customer specifications with configurable hydraulic, electric, and water systems, and are manufactured in-house except for chassis frames sourced from Mack and Freightliner. The company was founded in 1977 and operates from Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HV Series Hydro Excavator Hydro excavator truck with wet and dry vacuum functionality, featuring six-cyclone filtration, a 15-cubic-yard debris tank, 1,000-gallon water tank, and a 25-foot tube-in-tube boom, designed for precision excavation around buried utilities, spill cleanup, and site maintenance.
• MC Series Combination JetVac Flagship combination JetVac sewer cleaning truck that combines high-pressure jetting (up to 3,000 psi) and vacuum performance in a single unit, with a unitized tank design, 1,500-gallon water storage, 10-cubic-yard debris capacity, 26-foot boom reach, and 18-inch mercury vacuum power for municipal and industrial sewer maintenance.
• VHX Series Compact Hydro Excavator Compact hydro excavator truck for wet or dry excavation on tight job sites, with 28-inch mercury vacuum, 750-gallon water capacity, 7-cubic-yard debris tank, 22-foot tube-in-tube boom, and a road-legal 12-foot 2-inch overall height for travel under low overhead obstructions.
• Recycle (Recycler) Water Recycling Sewer Cleaner Water recycling sewer cleaning truck that collects, filters, and recycles wastewater on-site, with 317 gpm recycling capacity, 110 gpm jetter pump, 66-foot suction hose, and a 5-tank sedimentation system that eliminates filters to prevent blockages and is capable of handling routine grease.
• GJET Series Jetter Truck and Trailer
• Parts Express Parts and Accessories Program Direct factory parts and accessories sales program for GapVax equipment, including filters, pumps, blowers, hoses, and other components, with main inventory in Johnstown, PA and a Gulf Coast inventory in La Porte, TX, plus toll-free phone support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20 hours of factory testing per truck before delivery
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Wiedemann Enviro Tec GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016In 2016, GapVax partnered with Wiedemann Enviro Tec, which had launched the world's first water recycling sewer cleaning truck in Germany in 1977, to bring water recycling JetVac units to the United States. Wiedemann has made more than 60 patent-worthy developments to the industry since 1977, including the SUPER 2000 water recovery system. This partnership gives GapVax exclusive access to Wiedemann's centrifugal separation and sedimentation technology that eliminates filter blockages and is the only recycling system capable of handling routine grease.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Cappellotto S.p.A. Cappellotto is an Italian-based manufacturer of sewer cleaning and industrial vacuum trucks serving primarily European municipal markets — comparable in product category to GapVax but largely non-overlapping geographically.

Broad incumbents

• Ditch Witch (The Toro Company): Ditch Witch is a major underground construction equipment manufacturer offering hydro-excavation machines alongside a broader directional drill and trencher portfolio — competing with GapVax in hydro-excavation as part of a much wider product suite.
• Vermeer Corporation: Vermeer manufactures industrial and environmental equipment including vacuum excavators that compete with GapVax's hydro-excavation trucks, but as part of a much broader horizontal directional drilling, tree care, and material handling portfolio.

Direct peers

• Sewer Equipment Co. of America: Sewer Equipment is a US manufacturer of sewer cleaning and hydro-excavation equipment with comparable JetVac-style combination trucks and a similar municipal/government customer base.
• Vactor Manufacturing: Vactor Manufacturing is a leading US manufacturer of sewer cleaners, hydro-excavators, and industrial vacuum trucks — the closest direct competitor to GapVax across the MC, HV, and VHX product categories, serving the same municipal and contractor customers.
• Aquatech (Hi-Vac Corporation): Aquatech / Hi-Vac manufactures industrial vacuum loaders and hydro-excavation units used in municipal, oil & gas, and industrial cleaning — directly comparable to GapVax's industrial and environmental contractor offerings.
• Super Products: Super Products builds vacuum excavator trucks and sewer cleaners for utility, municipal, and industrial customers, directly overlapping with GapVax's HV and MC product lines and dealer-based GTM.
• TRUVAC (Charles Machine Works): TRUVAC manufactures hydro-excavation vacuum trucks targeted at utility, municipal, and industrial excavation customers — directly competing with GapVax's HV and VHX hydro-excavator lines.

Emerging players

• Tornado Global Hydrovacs: Tornado Global Hydrovacs manufactures hydrovac excavation trucks for the North American oil & gas, utility, and municipal markets — a smaller, emerging player with overlapping product scope to GapVax's HV and VHX lines.

Others

• Wiedemann Enviro Tec GmbH: Wiedemann is GapVax's strategic water-recycling technology partner and an established German manufacturer of water recycling sewer cleaning trucks. It is not a direct market competitor in the US but its technology is the basis of GapVax's Recycle product.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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