What Vac-One Services does

Vac-One Services is a US-based provider of vacuum and hydro-excavation services that has been consolidated under the Pro-Vac platform, operating as a wholly-owned brand within Pro-Vac's portfolio of infrastructure maintenance and environmental services companies (which also includes TREX Services, Cyclone Services LLC, and Kantex). The company delivers subsurface infrastructure solutions including hydro-excavation, high-pressure pipe and line-jetting, closed-circuit television (CCTV) pipeline inspection, vacuum sweeping, pipeline repair and grouting, water trucks, water containment, traffic control/flagging, and cathodic protection, supported by a 24/7 emergency response capability. Service delivery relies on a capital-intensive fleet of specialized heavy equipment and operator crews, deployed through 20+ service yards across Washington, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Wyoming, and Oklahoma.

The business model is project-based professional services revenue generated through quote-driven engagements with municipalities, general contractors, industrial facilities, commercial property managers, and US military branches. Go-to-market is sales-led, with field sales teams, a centralized sales line ((888) 565-5665), website-based estimate requests, and a credit application process for qualified customers. Pricing is not publicly listed and is determined per project. Marketing is largely direct, anchored by the company's website and a Seattle Seahawks Small Business Partner sponsorship. The company is privately held with no external investors, funding rounds, or public-company indicators disclosed in the available data, and no certifications, patents, or AI/ML capabilities are documented.

Name

Vac-One Services

Legal name

Pro-Vac

Website

https://vac-one.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Vac-One Services, now a Pro-Vac company, provides hydro-excavation, vacuum, CCTV pipeline inspection, line-jetting, and cathodic protection services to municipalities, general contractors, industrial facilities, and military branches across 11+ US states via a multi-yard field-services fleet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental & Infrastructure Maintenance Services

NAICS

Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (23711), Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Storm Restoration & Emergency Response (Distribution) (EUAEACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Vacuum Systems (Wet/Dry, Dust Extraction) (IMAHALAC), Distribution Substations & Switching Stations (MV) EPC (EUAEACAC)

Keywords

• Hydro-excavation services
• Sewer maintenance services
• Pipeline inspection services
• Cathodic protection services
• Stormwater management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices22 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Services: Service fees for storm/sewer maintenance, hydro-excavation, pipeline inspection, and related environmental services. Revenue is generated through project-based work for municipal, commercial, and industrial customers. The company provides 24/7 emergency response services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Vac-One Services delivers hydro-excavation, storm/sewer line cleaning, CCTV pipeline inspection, vacuum sweeping, pipeline repair and grouting, water trucks, water containment, traffic control, and cathodic protection services. The company operates as part of the Pro-Vac portfolio of infrastructure maintenance and environmental services, with 24/7 emergency response capability.

Product overview

Pro-Vac is a full-service storm/sewer maintenance and environmental services company operating as a unified service platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of infrastructure maintenance solutions including hydro-excavation, pipe and line-jetting, CCTV pipeline inspection, vacuum sweeping, pipeline repair and grouting, water trucks, water containment and tanks, traffic control, and cathodic protection. All services are supported by 24/7 emergency response capability. The company serves municipalities, general contractors, industrial facilities, commercial services, construction projects, property managers, and military branches across multiple U.S. locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hydro-Excavation

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Seattle SeahawksminorGTM or Marketing PartnerOfficial Seattle Seahawks Small Business Partner. This partnership provides brand visibility and community engagement through association with the NFL team.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights8 records

Broad incumbents

• Clean Harbors: Clean Harbors is a large public environmental and industrial services company providing waste management, emergency response, and industrial cleaning across North America. It overlaps with Pro-Vac's storm/sewer maintenance, vacuum sweeping, and 24/7 emergency response services, but operates at much greater scale and breadth.
• Vermeer Corporation: Vermeer is a major industrial equipment manufacturer supplying vacuum excavators, trenchers, and horizontal directional drills used across hydro-excavation, utility installation, and underground construction. As both a potential equipment supplier and ecosystem participant in the hydro-excavation market, Vermeer is broadly comparable to Pro-Vac's fleet operations.

Others

• Vactor Manufacturing: Vactor Manufacturing is a leading producer of sewer cleaners, hydro-excavation trucks, and industrial vacuum equipment. While not a direct service competitor, Vactor is a critical equipment supplier in Pro-Vac's fleet and shapes the economics of hydro-excavation and sewer cleaning service delivery.

Direct peers

• Aegion Corporation: Aegion (subsidiary of New Mountain Capital) provides pipeline rehabilitation, corrosion protection (cathodic protection), and infrastructure services directly competing with Pro-Vac's pipeline repair & grouting and cathodic protection specialty services for municipal and industrial customers.
• Sterling Energy Operations: Sterling Energy provides cathodic protection, corrosion engineering, and integrity management services for oil & gas, water, and infrastructure operators. It directly competes with Pro-Vac's specialty cathodic protection service line across Texas and the Mountain West.
• Miller Pipeline Corporation: Miller Pipeline is a leading pipeline construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation services company serving utility and energy customers. It competes with Pro-Vac on pipeline repair, cathodic protection, and infrastructure maintenance work for gas distribution and water/wastewater utilities.
• Badger Infrastructure Solutions: Badger Infrastructure Solutions (formerly Badger Daylighting) is North America's largest provider of hydro-excavation services and the most direct competitor to Pro-Vac's hydro-excavation and vacuum sweeping lines. Both serve municipal, industrial, and construction customers across North America with non-destructive excavation and underground utility exposure services.
• USIC (Underground Services Inc.): USIC is the largest provider of utility locating and infrastructure services in North America, serving similar municipal, utility, and contractor customers. While USIC focuses more on utility locating, both companies share the underground infrastructure services value proposition and serve overlapping municipal and industrial customers.
• Hydro X LLC: Hydro X is a regional hydro-excavation and industrial services provider offering similar non-destructive excavation, utility locating support, and pipeline services to contractors, municipalities, and industrial customers in the western US — directly overlapping Pro-Vac's Pacific Northwest and Mountain West markets.

Regional players

• Granite Construction Incorporated: Granite Construction is a large heavy civil contractor building water, sewer, and pipeline infrastructure across the western US. While it operates as a general contractor rather than a specialty service provider, it purchases hydro-excavation and pipeline inspection services like Pro-Vac's for its own projects, making it a meaningful customer and adjacent competitor in some regions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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