What Electrical Safety Specialists does

Electrical Safety Specialists (ESS) is a privately held, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business headquartered in Louisburg, Kansas, that provides a comprehensive suite of electrical safety professional services to industrial, commercial, government, and institutional clients across the United States and select international markets. The firm's offerings cluster around three pillars: (1) engineering analysis services including arc flash analysis, arc flash studies, arc flash risk assessments, short circuit analysis, and protective device coordination studies; (2) field-implementation services such as lockout/tagout procedure development, arc flash label application, thermal imaging and infrared surveys, preventive maintenance and electrical equipment testing, and circuit tracing; and (3) NFPA 70E, lockout/tagout, qualified electrical worker, and continuing education training delivered on-site, regionally, and online.

ESS operates as a 100% self-performing firm, conducting all data collection, engineering, labeling, training, and thermal imaging in-house without subcontracting, and uses industry-standard modeling platforms (SKM PowerTools, ETAP, EasyPower) for electrical system analysis alongside a customized Lockout Tagout procedure software developed internally. The firm's customer base spans manufacturing, warehousing, federal and local government, healthcare, higher education, power generation, electrical contractors, property management, municipalities, and airports, and includes named enterprise accounts such as NASA, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Baxter Healthcare, Cargill, ConAgra, Berry Plastics, Cardinal Glass, and Snap-on.

The business model is enterprise field-sales driven: most professional services are project-quoted on a custom basis following direct engagement with facility managers, safety leaders, and maintenance teams, while regional NFPA 70E training classes are unit-priced at $125 per attendee (fifth attendee free) and CEU training is offered online in jurisdictions including Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington, and Johnson County, KS. The company holds no external investors, runs no public listing, and competes on regulatory expertise, certified personnel (CESCP trainers, multi-state licensed Professional Engineer), and an industry-unique practice of applying 100% of arc flash labels in-house as a quality control mechanism.

Name

Electrical Safety Specialists

Legal name

Electrical Safety Specialists

Website

https://arcflashpro.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Electrical Safety Specialists is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business providing nationwide arc flash analysis, lockout/tagout procedures, thermal imaging, preventive maintenance, and NFPA 70E training to manufacturing, healthcare, government, utility, and aerospace clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electrical Safety Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Engineering Services (541330), Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (811210)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825)

akta.pro primary industry

Testing, Commissioning & Electrical Safety (NFPA 70E/Arc Flash) (EDAOABAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

EKG/ECG Technician & Cardiac Monitoring (EDAOAJAD), Skilled Trades, Safety & Compliance Certification Prep (OSHA, HAZMAT, welding, electrical, HVAC) (EDANAIAM), Electrical Testing & Certification (Protection Relays, Switchgear, Transformers) (EUAEAHAG), Fire Safety Compliance, Risk Assessments & Training (Code Consulting) (IMAIAJAL)

Keywords

• Electrical safety services
• Arc flash analysis
• Lockout tagout procedures
• NFPA 70E training
• Thermal imaging surveys

Headquarters

HQ city

Louisburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Arc Flash Studies and Analysis: ESS provides comprehensive arc flash studies including incident energy calculations, PPE requirements, equipment labeling, short circuit analysis, and coordination studies. These are engineering-driven professional services delivered across the United States.
2. Electrical Safety Training: ESS delivers NFPA 70E training, Qualified Electrical Worker training, Lockout Tagout training, and CEU training. Training is provided on-site at customer facilities or through regional classes. Trainers are Certified Electrical Safety Compliance Professionals (CESCP).
3. Lockout Tagout Services: Complete lockout tagout procedure development, installation of placards, annual audits, and training services to help facilities achieve and maintain OSHA compliance under CFR 29 1910.147.
4. Thermal Imaging Services: Electrical thermal imaging/infrared surveys conducted annually or quarterly to ensure functional monitoring programs and meet insurance requirements per NFPA 70B.
5. Preventive Maintenance Services: Electrical equipment testing and maintenance including switchgear maintenance, breaker testing, cable testing, transformer service, relay calibration, UPS/PDU maintenance, and battery testing.
6. Electrical Safety Written Programs: Custom electrical safety programs, consulting services, evaluation of existing systems, energy audits, and complete design services for mechanical/electrical/communications systems.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Electrical Safety Specialists delivers comprehensive electrical safety compliance and engineering services to industrial, commercial, healthcare, government, and utility facilities across the United States. Core offerings include arc flash analysis and risk assessment, lockout/tagout procedure development and audits, electrical thermal imaging, preventive maintenance of switchgear/breakers/transformers/UPS systems, circuit tracing, and customized electrical safety written programs. The firm also delivers NFPA 70E training, Qualified Electrical Worker training, Lockout Tagout training, and CEU training through on-site, regional, and online formats, with all work self-performed by CESCP-certified trainers and licensed Professional Engineers.

Product overview

Electrical Safety Specialists (ESS) is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business offering a comprehensive suite of electrical safety services delivered throughout the United States. Rather than a unified software platform, ESS provides an integrated portfolio of professional services including Arc Flash Analysis Services, Arc Flash Study Services, and Arc Flash Risk Assessment (the core analytical offerings), supplemented by field services such as Lockout Tagout Procedures, Thermal Imaging, Preventive Maintenance, Circuit Tracing, and Electrical Safety Written Programs. The company also delivers training programs including NFPA 70E Training, Lockout Tagout Training, Qualified Electrical Worker Training, Regional NFPA 70E Training Classes, and CEU Training. All services are performed in-house by certified engineers and technicians using industry-standard engineering software (SKM, ETAP, EasyPower) for modeling and analysis. ESS operates as a 100% self-performing firm providing nationwide coverage across manufacturing, healthcare, government, utilities, and commercial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Arc Flash Analysis Services Expert arc flash analysis services providing detailed engineering evaluations to quantify incident energy during electrical faults, calculate arc flash boundaries, and determine equipment-specific hazard classifications based on IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E standards.
• Arc Flash Study Services Comprehensive arc flash study services including incident energy calculations, PPE requirements, equipment labeling, short circuit and coordination analysis, and compliance documentation following NFPA 70E standards.
• Arc Flash Risk Assessment Electrical arc flash risk assessment services to determine risk levels for all work areas, including on-site data collection, engineering analyses, label application, and training as part of a turnkey safety solution.
• Lockout Tagout Procedures Lockout Tagout procedure development and implementation services including equipment data collection, customized procedure creation via proprietary software, placard installation, and annual audit services compliant with OSHA CFR 29 1910.147.
• Thermal Imaging Electrical thermal imaging and infrared survey services providing annual IR scans for functional monitoring programs and insurance compliance, covering utility substations, switchboards, panels, and machine control panels.
• Preventive Maintenance Preventative maintenance and testing services for electrical equipment including switchgear maintenance, breaker testing, cable testing, transformer service, relay calibration, UPS/PDU maintenance, and battery testing.
• Circuit Tracing Circuit identification and tracing services ensuring NEC and OSHA compliance through panel schedule correction, equipment labeling, and proper circuit identification to eliminate hours spent searching for unknown power sources.
• Electrical Safety Written Programs Customizable electrical safety programs and consulting services including NFPA 70E training, system evaluations, energy audits, complete design of electrical systems, and JCAHO statement of conditions surveys.
• NFPA 70E Training NFPA 70E training courses covering arc flash and electrical hazard standards per OSHA, NFPA 70E, IEEE 1584, and ANSI, offered in 4-hour and 8-hour class formats with CESCP-certified instructors.
• Lockout Tagout Training Lockout Tagout training and management system implementation services covering authorized and affected employee training, machine-specific procedures, annual audits, and LOTO program development compliant with 29 CFR 1910.147.
• Qualified Electrical Worker Training

Quantifiable outcome

• The majority of OSHA citations result from improper or lack of Lockout Tagout procedures, documentation, annual inspections or other elements. Proper LOTO compliance prevents 120 fatalities and 50,000 injuries a year.

Named customers14 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Seam Group (formerly Lewellyn Technology, now part of ABB): Direct competitor offering the same arc flash studies, LOTO programs, and electrical safety training across the U.S.; notably, ESS Director of Business Development Noah Hawkins previously worked at Lewellyn/Seam Group, making it the closest comparable in service mix and customer profile.
• Power Studies, Inc. Specialized electrical engineering consulting firm delivering arc flash analysis, coordination studies, and short-circuit studies for industrial and utility clients — overlapping directly with ESS's core analytical offerings.

Emerging players

• CBS ArcSafe: Niche provider of remote racking, remote switching, and arc flash mitigation products and services that addresses adjacent electrical safety needs of the same industrial customer base ESS serves.
• MasterTag / MTI (Master Tag/MTI Services): Specialized LOTO and arc flash services provider focused on procedure development, labeling, and training for industrial customers — narrower scope than ESS but directly competitive in the LOTO and labeling workflow.

Broad incumbents

• Megger (AVO Training Institute): Global electrical test and measurement equipment manufacturer that, through AVO Training Institute, delivers NFPA 70E electrical safety training and certification programs — directly comparable training arm but backed by a much larger equipment portfolio.
• Brady Corporation: Long-established safety products and services company with electrical safety offerings including lockout/tagout products and visual labeling solutions, competing with ESS on LOTO and labeling but with a much broader industrial product portfolio.
• Schneider Electric (Services): Global energy management and automation major offering electrical safety services, arc flash assessments, and digital compliance tools as part of a much broader portfolio of equipment, software, and services.
• Eaton (Electrical Sector Services): Power management multinational whose services arm provides electrical safety studies, power system studies, and field services for industrial customers, overlapping with ESS on preventive maintenance and arc flash but with vastly larger scale.

Others

• ETAP (Hexagon): Provider of ETAP power system modeling software — another industry-standard platform used by ESS and competing engineering services firms for arc flash and coordination studies; an ecosystem enabler rather than a direct service competitor.
• SKM Systems Analysis, Inc. Vendor of SKM PowerTools — the industry-standard power systems modeling software that ESS uses for short-circuit, coordination, and arc flash analysis; not a direct competitor but a key enabling platform whose pricing and roadmap affect ESS economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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