URG

What URG does

URG Corporation is a private, family-owned manufacturer of ambient air sampling and analysis instrumentation, founded in 1986 and headquartered at 116 S. Merritt Mill Road, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The company designs, fabricates, and distributes specialized air quality monitoring systems used by government regulatory agencies, academic and research institutions, and industrial facilities. Its product portfolio centers on the Realtime Ambient Ion Monitor (AIM) 9000 Series — instruments that separate and analyze individual ions (anions, cations, particles, gases) in real time — and the URG-3000N Carbon Sampler for organic and elemental carbon in PM-2.5 under the USEPA Chemical Speciation Network. Supporting systems include annular denuders (multi-channel, quartz, glass, coiled), medium-volume particulate, mercury, semi-volatile organic aerosol, and dual sequential fine particulate samplers, plus a catalog of cyclones, PM-10 and TSP inlets, filter holders, and personal sampling accessories. A proprietary Ultra Pure Steam Generator (URG-9000-04) reduces sodium, ammonium, and potassium background contamination in AIM workflows.

Name

URG

Legal name

URG Corporation

Website

https://urgcorp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

URG Corporation, a family-owned Chapel Hill, NC firm founded in 1986, designs and fabricates specialized air sampling and ion analysis instrumentation — including its Realtime AIM 9000 series and EPA Chemical Speciation Network carbon samplers — for government regulators, research institutions, and industrial customers worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Monitoring Instrumentation

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513), Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826), Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (Criteria Pollutants & Air Toxics) (EUAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Process Analytical Instrumentation (Gas analyzers, spectroscopy, pH/ORP, conductivity) (IMAGAFAE)

Keywords

• Air sampling instrumentation
• Ambient air monitoring
• Particulate sampling systems
• Annular denuder technology
• Air quality analyzers

Headquarters

HQ city

Chapel Hill

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Air Sampling Instrumentation Sales: Sale of realtime and manual air sampling systems including the AIM-9000 series and manual sampling equipment
2. Replacement Parts and Maintenance: Sale of replacement parts, maintenance kits, and components for air sampling equipment including vacuum pumps, filters, denuders, syringes, and valve assemblies

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

URG Corporation designs, fabricates, and sells air sampling instrumentation used to measure ambient and source air pollutants. Its product lines include real-time Ambient Ion Monitor (AIM) 9000 series systems, sequential manual sampling instruments (e.g., URG-3000N Carbon Sampler, Annular Denuder System, Medium Volume Particulate Sampler, Mercury Sampling System, Dual Sequential Fine Particulate Sampler, Semi-Volatile Organic Aerosol Sampler, Versatile Air Pollutant Sampler, Weekly Air Particulate Sampler), supporting components (cyclones, inlets, denuders, filter holders, personal sampling products), and the Ultra Pure Steam Generator.

Product overview

URG Corporation offers a comprehensive portfolio of air quality monitoring and sampling instrumentation. The core offering includes Realtime Ambient Ion Monitor (AIM) Systems (9000 series) - state-of-the-art instruments that separate and analyze ions individually in real-time. Supporting the realtime systems is the URG-3000N Carbon Sampler for organic and elemental carbon sampling in PM-2.5. The product line encompasses manual sampling systems (denuder systems, particulate samplers, mercury samplers), inlet/cyclone components (stainless steel, Teflon-coated, anodized aluminum), annular denuders in various configurations, filter holders in multiple sizes, and personal sampling equipment. The Ultra Pure Steam Generator provides critical water purification for AIM systems. All products are complemented by maintenance parts, technical documentation, datasheets, cutsheets, and operation manuals. The company emphasizes EPA-approved, high-quality instrumentation with worldwide distribution.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ambient Ion Monitor (AIM) 9000 Series

Quantifiable outcome

• Ultra Pure Steam Generator reduces sodium from 0.088 µg/m3 to 0.0022 µg/m3, ammonium from 0.0612 µg/m3 to 0.0112 µg/m3, and potassium from 0.0157 µg/m3 to 0.0005 µg/m3

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• ThermocoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational distributor for URG products in China. Phone: +86 010-84193588. Website: www.thermofisher.com
• EcomesurecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational distributor for URG products in France. Phone: +33 1 70 56 44 00. Website: ecomesure.com/en
• Mars BioanalyticalcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational distributor for URG products in India. Phone: +91-114-2634-8940. Website: www.marsbioanalytical.com
• Tokyo Dylec CorporationcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational distributor for URG products in Japan. Phone: +81-3-3355-3632. Contact: Fujino Satoshi. Website: www.t-dylec.net
• APM KoreacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational distributor for URG products in Korea. Phone: +82-32-219-7700. Website: www.apm.co.kr
• Enviro TechnologycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational distributor for URG products in United Kingdom. Phone: +44-1453-733-200. Website: www.et.co.uk
• US EPAflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerURG works closely with the US EPA to ensure systems meet regulatory standards. Products are designed for USEPA monitoring networks including the Chemical Speciation Network and achieve comparable data with IMPROVE PM-2.5 carbon modules.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Aclima: Aclima develops hyperlocal air-pollution sensing and data platforms, incorporating Met One Instruments technology. It represents an emerging, software-led approach to air monitoring that competes for the same ambient-monitoring dollars as URG's hardware.

Broad incumbents

• HORIBA: HORIBA is a large analytical and measurement instrument manufacturer with automotive emissions and stack-monitoring product lines. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with URG in process analytical instrumentation and emissions/ambient air analysis.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher Scientific is a multinational life-sciences and analytical instrument supplier that already serves as URG's distributor in China and offers overlapping ambient and particulate monitoring products in its broader portfolio.

Direct peers

• Aeroqual: Aeroqual produces real-time air quality monitoring sensors and instruments for ambient and indoor applications. It overlaps with URG's realtime AIM product family in serving environmental and research air-monitoring customers.
• TSI Incorporated: TSI manufactures aerosol and air-flow instrumentation including particle counters and air quality monitors. It is a direct competitor to URG in ambient and laboratory air sampling instrumentation sold to researchers and regulators.
• Met One Instruments: Met One Instruments designs and manufactures ambient air quality monitors, particulate samplers, and meteorological sensors. It competes head-to-head with URG in PM-2.5 and ambient monitoring hardware for EPA-style networks.
• Tekran Instruments: Tekran manufactures ultra-trace mercury and atmospheric measurement instrumentation, and its quartz denuders are referenced within URG's annular denuder product line. Tekran is a direct peer in high-sensitivity ambient air sampling for environmental research and regulatory use.
• Teledyne Advanced Pollution Instrumentation (Teledyne API): Teledyne API builds continuous ambient air monitoring analyzers (criteria pollutants) widely deployed in EPA air-monitoring networks. It is a direct competitor to URG in regulatory-grade ambient air sampling and analysis.

Regional players

• Enviro Technology Services: Enviro Technology is URG's UK distributor and an independent air-monitoring instrument supplier serving European markets. It is a regional peer because it sells overlapping ambient-monitoring equipment in geographies where URG does not have its own sales force.
• Ecomesure: Ecomesure is URG's French distributor and a provider of connected air quality monitoring solutions in Europe. It is comparable as a regional air-monitoring hardware and data provider overlapping with URG's product set in French-speaking markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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