Compliance West Inc

Name

Compliance West Inc

Legal name

Compliance West USA, Inc.

Website

https://compwest.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electrical Safety Testing Equipment

NAICS

Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (811210)

SIC

Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Commissioning, testing & energization services (HVT, relay testing, SAT) (EUADAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Electrical safety testing
• Hipot testers
• Ground bond testers
• Leakage current networks
• Surge impulse testers

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Product Sales: One-time sale of safety testing equipment including hipot testers, ground bond testers, leakage current boxes, surge testers, and accessories. Equipment is sold with calibration certificates and warranties.
2. Calibration and Repair Services: Calibration services for products with NIST traceability and A2LA calibration options. Repair services for Compliance West manufactured equipment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Compliance West USA, Inc. designs and manufactures electrical safety testing equipment including hipot (dielectric withstand) testers, ground bond and ground continuity testers, leakage current networks, capacitive discharge testers, surge/impulse testers, and ring wave testers. The company also provides NIST-traceable calibration and A2LA calibration services, as well as repair services for its own manufactured equipment, with all products designed and built in the USA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• HT-2000S Hipot Tester Hipot Tester with 2000Vac @ 20mA output, adjustable ground continuity test (0.08-1.50Ω), and UL listing. Performs ground continuity, leakage and breakdown tests for product safety compliance.
• HT-3000S Hipot Tester AC/DC Hipot Tester with 2000Vac @ 20mA and 2800Vdc @ 5mA output, adjustable ground continuity, UL listed. Combines hipot and ground continuity testing in one unit.
• HT-5000P AC/DC 200mA Hi-Power Hipot Tester High-power AC/DC hipot tester with 5000Vac @ 200mA and 7000Vdc @ 200mA output. Selectable AC or DC via front panel, designed for production line use with precision leakage current and test time setup.
• HT-3000P AC 1A V2 Hi-Power Hipot Tester AC hipot tester with up to 3000Vac output and 1A max continuous duty. Features microcontroller technology with one-button testing, no ramp, no arc detection.
• HT-5000P V2 Hipot Tester Rugged AC/DC hipot tester with up to 5000Vac @ 10mA and 6000Vdc @ 5mA. Features microcontroller technology, withstands 6-inch drop test with no damage.
• HT-5000P ACDC 200mA TD Hi-Power Hipot Tester High-power AC/DC hipot tester with color touchscreen control, USB LabVIEW control, automatic voltage control. Outputs 5000Vac/Vdc @ 200mA and 7000Vdc @ 140mA with up to 4 configurable testing steps.
• HT-2800P V2-RF Portable Hipot Tester Portable hipot tester encased in padded shipping enclosure with 2800Vdc @ 5mA output. All controls accessible without removing from enclosure, designed for rugged field use.
• HT-10KVP AC 100mA Hi-Power Hipot Tester High-voltage hipot tester with 10KV @ 100mA AC output for high-power testing applications.
• GF-30AC-TD Ground Bond Tester Ground bond tester with 30A AC output and 2.8-inch color touchscreen display. Designed for TUV and production line testing with configurable memories and voltage sense circuit.
• GFM-200A-DM Ground Continuity Tester High-current ground continuity tester with 3-200A AC output and digital meters. Four-wire output voltage sensing compensates for lead resistance, designed for testing spot welds, bus bars, and grounding straps.
• GFM-300A-DM Ground Continuity Tester High-current ground continuity tester with 3-300A AC output capability. Premium leads and alligators with digital meters for laboratory and engineering applications.
• GFM-500A-DM Ground Continuity Tester High-current ground continuity tester with 20-500A AC output, zero start safety feature, and 6-minute test time protection. Four-wire sensing with output shutoff at 525A for safety.
• HTT-1S Hipot Function Tester Function tester for verifying hipot and ground continuity tester operation between calibration cycles. Simulates open ground, high leakage current, and dielectric breakdown failure modes.
• HTT-1R Hipot Function Tester Advanced function tester with configurable ground (0.025Ω pass/0.1Ω fail), leakage, and arc detection circuits. Multiple leakage ranges (LomA, MedmA, HimA, ExmA) available for different hipot tester testing.
• CDT-240 Capacitive Discharge Tester Capacitor discharge tester for IEC testing of residual voltage after plug disconnect. CE approved, disconnects line at voltage peak with presets for EN 61010, EN 60065, EN 60950, EN 60601-1, and EN60335 standards.
• LCB Leakage Current Network Leakage current network built to IECEE OD-5013 and IEC 60990:2016 standards. Multiple configurations available (Unweighted Touch, Perception, Let-Go, dc to 100Hz, Wet Locations, UL) with NIST calibration and A2LA calibration options.
• LCB-MINI Leakage Current Network Compact leakage current network mini compliant to most standards. Portable design measuring 2.40 x 1.15 x 4.45 inches with A2LA calibration capability from 20Hz to 1MHz.

Quantifiable outcome

• Equipment built to withstand 6 inch drop tests with no damage
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• McCaleb Tools and SupplyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAlabama-based distributor specializing in serving the manufactured housing industry. Contact: Jerry Harris or Scott Goode. Located at 710 Hwy 43 S, P.O. Box 705, Winfield, AL 35594.
• Calright InstrumentsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSan Diego area distributor. Contact: Andres Discartin. Located at 2232 Verus Street, Suite D, San Diego, CA 92154. Phone: (866) 363-6634.
• Mitchell InstrumentminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCalifornia distributor specializing in production Hipots, Ground Testers and LED products. Located at 1570 Cherokee St., San Marcos, CA 92078. Phone: (888) 270-2690.
• Texso InstrumentsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCarlsbad, CA distributor specializing in production Hipots. Located at 6965 El Camino Real Suite 105, Carlsbad, CA 92009. Contact: [email protected].
• Avalon Equipment CorporationminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVista, CA distributor. Located at 2453 Cades Way, Bldg. B, Vista, CA 92081. Phone: (760) 536-0191.
• Techmaster ElectronicsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVista, CA distributor. Located at 2453 Cades Way, Bldg. C, Vista, CA 92081. Contact: [email protected].
• Tequipment.NETminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNew Jersey distributor. Located at 205 Westwood Ave., Long Branch, NJ 07740. Phone: (877)-742-TEST (8378).
• United Technology Trade CorpminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNew York distributor. Located at 550 Manor Rd., #140252, Staten Island, NY 10314. Phone: (800)-850-9483.
• RW Kennedy & Associates, Inc.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMichigan distributor serving Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Chicagoland. Contact: Ray Kennedy. Email: [email protected].

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Chroma ATE Inc. Taiwan-based leading manufacturer of electrical safety testers (hipot, ground bond, leakage), power meters, and automated test systems. Direct overlap on hipot/safety test instruments serving electronics manufacturing and compliance labs globally; significantly larger scale than Compliance West.
• Associated Research / IKONIX Brand: Closest US-based direct competitor to Compliance West, manufacturing hipot, ground bond, and insulation resistance testers under the Associated Research brand. Overlaps nearly 1:1 in product categories, target customers (production-line safety testing, compliance labs), and value proposition (UL-listed, NIST-traceable instruments).
• Kikusui: Japanese manufacturer of hipot/withstand voltage testers, ground bond testers, and leakage current testers. Operates in the same product-safety compliance segment with comparable precision instrumentation and similar pricing tiers targeting production-line and lab users.
• Hipotronics (Hubbell): US manufacturer of high-voltage test equipment including AC/DC hipot testers and cable withstand systems. Direct competitor in high-voltage dielectric withstand testing applications for power utilities, cable, and electrical equipment OEMs.
• Teseq / AMETEK Compliance Test: Specialist in EMC immunity and surge/impulse generators (including ring wave) serving product safety and EMC compliance testing. Direct overlap with Compliance West's MegaPulse surge/ring-wave product line and similar customer base of safety/EMC testing labs and manufacturers.
• Haefely Test (formerly Haefely Hipotronics): Swiss/European heritage specialist in impulse/surge voltage testing, EMC test equipment and high-voltage measurement. Comparable on the surge/impulse generator product line and serves global customers needing CE/IEC 60060-compliant high-voltage testing.

Broad incumbents

• Megger Group: Global, broad-line electrical test equipment manufacturer with much larger scale than Compliance West. While not focused solely on safety compliance testers, Megger offers insulation/hipot and ground testers that compete at the same purchase occasions for plant maintenance and electrical contractors.
• Fluke Corporation: Dominant broad-line test & measurement company (subsidiary of Fortive) covering handheld electrical testers, insulation testers, and installation testers. Overlaps with Compliance West's ground continuity/portable hipot offerings for electrical installers and maintenance technicians at significantly greater scale.
• Yokogawa Test & Measurement: Large instrumentation company with precision electrical measurement and power analyzer lines that include safety/leakage-related measurement capabilities. Competes for the same engineering and lab purchase occasions where Compliance West's leakage current and high-voltage instruments are specified.

Emerging players

• GW Instek: Taiwan-based emerging test & measurement manufacturer rapidly expanding into safety/hipot testers with competitive price points. Targets the same production-line and compliance customers as Compliance West, particularly in Asia, posing a direct threat on price-sensitive segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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