Miller-Eads

What Miller-Eads does

Miller-Eads Co., Inc. is a privately held industrial automation and electrical contracting firm headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, founded in 1969 and employing 101–250 people. The company operates across five service lines: electrical contracting, industrial automation and controls integration, self-performed excavation, temperature controls, and an in-house UL-Listed panel shop. It serves manufacturing (primary), healthcare, higher education, and energy customers throughout Indiana and the broader Midwest, with an average employee tenure 50% longer than the national average and a reported 90% client retention rate.

The firm's automation practice is anchored on Ignition by Inductive Automation, where Miller-Eads holds Premier Integrator (Gold Certified) status—the highest tier in the vendor's partner program—built up over more than a decade of specialization. Technical capabilities include custom high-performance HMI design, SCADA system integration, custom CMMS development, and truck scheduling applications, supported by an in-house UL-Listed panel shop, BIM-based project planning, laser measurement, and field tablet integration. Its signature deployment—a software consolidation engagement for Kinetrex Energy—replaced multiple disparate SaaS and on-premises systems with a unified Ignition-based stack spanning SCADA, HMI, accounting, timesheets, scheduling, document management, data historian, and CMMS.

Miller-Eads generates revenue primarily through project-based professional services contracts with quote-driven pricing, supplemented by hardware sales from its UL-listed panel shop. It sells through direct enterprise field sales and brand-agnostic partnership networks with other integration firms and electrical contractors. The company remains under independent family ownership with no disclosed external investors, and its industry recognitions include the 2017 Inductive Automation Firebrand Award, a Control Engineering Magazine cover feature, and Premier Integrator designation.

Name

Miller-Eads

Legal name

Miller-Eads Co., Inc.

Website

https://miller-eads.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Miller-Eads is a privately held Indianapolis-based industrial automation and electrical contracting firm serving manufacturing, healthcare, higher education, and energy customers in Indiana and the Midwest via electrical installation, Ignition-platform SCADA/HMI integration, and an in-house UL-Listed panel shop.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Automation & Electrical Contracting Services

NAICS

Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing (335314), Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (33531)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)

akta.pro primary industry

Electrical Contracting & Wiring (IMAFALAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Control Cabinets & Power Distribution (Panels, Switchgear for Automation) (IMAHAHAK), Process Control & Automation Electronics Manufacturing Services (PLCs, I/O, DCS/SCADA hardware) (IMAGAGAK)

Keywords

• Industrial automation services
• Electrical contracting
• SCADA integration
• Control panel fabrication
• Building temperature controls

Headquarters

HQ city

Indianapolis

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, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Electrical Contracting Services: Specialized electrical installation services with strong focus on emerging technologies. Working closely with construction management, design and trade professionals for on-time, on-budget installations. Services include process improvement and long-term relationship-based delivery.
2. Industrial Automation and Controls Integration: Full systems design, programming, commissioning, and support for all industrial hardware and software. Ranges from square-one conceptual projects to technology enhancement and process improvement projects of any scope.
3. Temperature Controls Services: Smart technology wiring for building heating, cooling, and lighting systems to optimize energy savings.
4. UL Panel Shop Products: Industrial control panels fabricated in-house bearing UL listing for quality and safety.
5. Excavation Services: Self-performed field excavation including trenching, street cuts and pole bases with experienced operators and machinery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Miller-Eads provides specialized electrical contracting and industrial automation and controls integration services. The company designs, installs, integrates, and automates electrical and control systems for industrial, manufacturing, healthcare, higher education, and energy customers. Offerings include full systems design, programming, commissioning and support; in-house UL-Listed control panel fabrication; temperature controls; and self-performed excavation for field work.

Product overview

Miller-Eads is an electrical contracting and industrial automation services company offering a comprehensive suite of integrated solutions. Their core offering combines electrical contracting services with industrial automation and controls integration under one roof, providing a one-stop contracting experience. Key services include electrical installation, full systems design/programming/commissioning, excavation, temperature controls, and an in-house UL-listed panel shop. Their automation capabilities leverage the Ignition by Inductive Automation platform (for HMI, SCADA, and IIoT), supported by their Premier Integrator status. They also offer proprietary solutions including high-performance HMI design, custom CMMS development, and specialized truck scheduling systems. Their services span from plant floor to executive boardroom, serving markets including higher education, healthcare, manufacturing, and energy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electrical Contracting Services Specialized electrical installation, integration, and contracting services with a focus on emerging technologies. Works closely with construction management, design and other trade professionals for on-time, on-budget installations across industrial, healthcare, higher education, and energy projects.
• Industrial Automation and Controls Integration Full systems design, programming, commissioning, and support for industrial hardware and software. Ranges from square-one conceptual projects to technology enhancement and process improvement projects. Leverages the Ignition by Inductive Automation platform to deliver HMI, SCADA, MES, IIoT, custom CMMS, and truck scheduling solutions.
• Excavation Services Self-performed field excavation including trenching, street cuts, and pole bases with experienced operators and machinery, supporting electrical contracting field installations.
• Temperature Controls Smart technology solutions that connect and wire building heating, cooling, and lighting systems to optimize energy savings for commercial and institutional facilities.
• UL-Listed Panel Shop In-house fabrication of industrial control panels bearing UL listing, meeting rigorous safety and quality standards for industrial automation customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Replaced multiple disparate software packages with single integrated platform for enterprise customer
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Kinetrex EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2016Strategic partnership with Kinetrex Energy, the leading supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Midwest. Miller-Eads consolidated Kinetrex's multiple software systems onto a single Ignition platform, implementing SCADA, HMI, accounting, truck scheduling, reporting, data historian, document management, and CMMS solutions. Projects began in March 2016 with ongoing future projects planned. The project won the 2017 Firebrand Award.
• Inductive AutomationcoreTechnology or IntegrationGold Certified, Premier Integrator for Inductive Automation's Ignition platform. Miller-Eads has built their automation division around Ignition for over 10 years, using it to deliver HMI, SCADA, MES, and IIoT solutions. Ignition's unlimited licensing model enables starting small and growing over time.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MYR Group: MYR Group is a publicly traded specialty contractor in electrical construction across transmission, distribution, and commercial/industrial markets, comparable in project-based electrical contracting execution though with a heavier utility focus than Miller-Eads.
• EMCOR Group: EMCOR Group is a publicly traded national leader in mechanical and electrical construction, building services, and industrial services. It competes with Miller-Eads in electrical contracting and industrial automation at a much larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• Quanta Services: Quanta Services is a publicly traded infrastructure solutions provider with a strong electric power construction footprint and growing industrial services exposure. It represents a broader incumbent with the scale and balance sheet to compete on larger integrated electrical and automation projects.
• IES Holdings: IES Holdings is a publicly traded electrical and mechanical services platform with a large industrial/commercial footprint; it is a broader incumbent that offers electrical contracting and automation-adjacent services, overlapping with Miller-Eads in scope if not in regional focus.

Others

• Stantec: Stantec is a global engineering, consulting, and project management firm with industrial and building automation capabilities. It is an adjacent/ecosystem player that competes for some of the same design and controls engineering work as Miller-Eads but from a consulting-led model.
• Inductive Automation: Inductive Automation is the developer of the Ignition platform and a technology partner rather than a direct competitor. It is included as a peer because its platform direction, partner economics, and integrator program directly govern Miller-Eads' automation growth potential.

Direct peers

• Faith Technologies: Faith Technologies is a national electrical contractor and systems integrator with a dedicated industrial automation and controls practice, directly comparable to Miller-Eads' combined electrical contracting + Ignition/SCADA integration offering.
• Helix Electric: Helix Electric is a privately held national electrical contractor with automation and prefabrication capabilities, comparable in its union/non-union mix, project-based delivery, and growing controls integration services to Miller-Eads.
• ATS Corporation: ATS Corporation is a publicly traded industrial automation solutions provider with capabilities spanning automation systems, service, and process control. It is a direct peer to Miller-Eads' systems integration business at significantly larger scale.
• Avanceon: Avanceon is a publicly traded industrial automation and process control systems integrator serving manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure customers. It is a direct peer to Miller-Eads' Ignition/SCADA integration practice and provides a comparable template for productized automation services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MillerEadsCo

Compliance3 records

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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