ADCO Companies

What ADCO Companies does

ADCO Companies LTD is a privately held, third-generation family-owned industrial boiler room solutions provider headquartered in Bessemer, Alabama, founded in 1964 and currently led by President Taylor Adams. The company sells, rents, services, trains, and supplies parts for commercial and industrial steam and hot water boiler systems, operating from six offices across Alabama (Bessemer, Huntsville, Auburn), Mississippi (Brandon), and Louisiana (Denham Springs, Shreveport) with field service coverage extending into Florida. It serves eleven vertical end markets, with Food & Beverage, Education, Office/Industrial Facilities, Manufacturing, and Healthcare as primary segments and Pulp & Paper, Chemical Processing, Government, Pharmaceutical, Oil & Gas, and Poultry as secondary segments. The workforce of 70+ professionals represents more than 500 years of combined industry experience, with multiple Cleaver-Brooks-certified specialists.

Name

ADCO Companies

Legal name

ADCO Companies LTD

Website

https://adcoboiler.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ADCO Companies is a third-generation, family-owned industrial boiler room solutions provider founded in 1964, headquartered in Bessemer, Alabama. The company sells, rents, services, and supplies parts for Cleaver-Brooks and complementary boiler systems across eleven end markets in the Southeast US, with rentals available nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bessemer

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales: Sale of new boilers including hydronic boilers (500 MBTU to 25,000 MBTU), steam boilers (10 HP to 500,000 lbs/hr), water heaters, and boiler auxiliary equipment. Revenue from manufacturers they represent including Cleaver-Brooks, Camus, and Vapor Power.
2. Boiler and Equipment Rentals: Rental of mobile boiler rooms and large capacity packaged watertube boilers for temporary or emergency applications. Available nationwide with delivery, startup, and full-service support included.
3. Parts Sales: Sale of boiler room and steam system parts including flame safeguards, low water cut-offs, safety relief valves, pumps, gaskets, and specialty components. 24/7 availability with $1 million+ inventory.
4. Emergency and Field Service: Emergency repair services, combustion tuning, troubleshooting, and on-site technical services delivered by strategically located technicians with fully stocked service vehicles.
5. Preventative Maintenance Plans: Customized maintenance plans including annual inspections, tune-ups, safety checks, combustion analysis, and operating controls testing. Preferred customers receive exclusive discounts on parts and services.
6. Training Services: Training seminars including Cleaver-Brooks workshops on boiler operation, electrical troubleshooting, systems levels, and boiler room essentials. On-site, equipment-specific training available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ADCO Companies is a boiler room solutions provider selling, installing, servicing, and renting industrial and commercial boilers and steam/hot water systems. The company represents leading manufacturers (primarily Cleaver-Brooks, plus Camus, Vapor Power, Ace Heaters, Grundfos, and Paco) and offers a complete portfolio including hydronic boilers, firetube boilers, watertube boilers, steam generators, water heaters, boiler controls, deaerators, pumps, and heat recovery systems. Complementing the equipment, ADCO provides 24/7 emergency service, installation, repair, preventative maintenance plans, parts supply with over $1 million in inventory, and operator training programs.

Product overview

ADCO Companies is a boiler room solutions provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of equipment, parts, rentals, and services. The product lineup centers on Cleaver-Brooks equipment (the primary manufacturer represented) including hydronic boilers (condensing and non-condensing from 500 MBTU to 25,000 MBTU), firetube boilers (15 to 2,200 HP), flexible watertube boilers (15-250+ PSIG), and industrial watertube boilers (10,000-500,000 lbs/hr). Supporting equipment includes Camus commercial hydronic boilers, Vapor Power Circulatic steam generators, Ace Heaters products, and extensive auxiliary systems. Boiler controls include Cleaver-Brooks EOS 500 (with Modbus TCP/IP), Hawk, and Hawk 4500 systems (Allen Bradley PLC platform). ADCO maintains a rental fleet of mobile boiler rooms (50-350 HP) and large-capacity packaged watertube units (70,000-110,000 PPH) available nationwide. The company provides comprehensive services including 24/7 emergency response, burner service with combustion analysis, installation/repair (ASME code-compliant), preventative maintenance, training (Cleaver-Brooks workshops), and stocks over $1 million in parts inventory.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cleaver-Brooks Condensing Hydronic Boilers High-efficiency condensing hydronic boilers ranging 500 MBTU to 12,000 MBTU, operating on natural gas and propane at 30 to 125 PSIG, achieving up to 99% efficiency. Designed for comfort heat, schools, commercial buildings, and apartments.
• Cleaver-Brooks Non-Condensing Hydronic Boilers Non-condensing hydronic boilers ranging from 1,500 to 25,000 MBTU/hr (35-600 HP), supporting #2 fuel oil and gaseous fuels with up to 88% efficiency. Used by universities, medical facilities, office complexes, and process applications.
• Cleaver-Brooks Firetube Boilers Firetube boilers from 15 to 2,200 HP for reliable high/low temperature pressure heating with natural gas, #2 oil, #6 oil and combination fuels. Emissions range from less than 9 ppm NOx to less than 30 ppm NOx.
• Camus Hydronic Commercial Boilers Commercial hydronic boilers from 300,000 to 6,000,000 BTU/hr, operating on natural gas or propane with up to 99% efficiency and ultra-low NOx emissions below 9 ppm. Designed for comfort heating in schools, commercial buildings, and apartments.
• Cleaver-Brooks Commercial Steam Boilers Commercial steam boilers from 10 HP to 60 HP designed for comfort heat, schools, commercial buildings, and decentralized facilities. Emissions less than 20 ppm NOx with less than 10% CO.
• Cleaver-Brooks Flexible Watertube Boilers Flexible watertube boilers for rapid response low/high temperature heating and steam process, with backup fuel oil and field erectable options. Pressure range 15 to 250+ PSIG with NOx emissions less than 9 ppm to less than 30 ppm.
• Cleaver-Brooks Industrial Watertube Boilers Industrial watertube boilers (D, A, O and external drum types) with capacities from 10,000 lbs/hr to 500,000 lbs/hr. Design pressure up to 1,750 PSIG, supporting natural gas, #2 and #6 oil, alternative fuels, and combinations. NOx emissions available to less than 7 ppm with ultra-low CO.
• Vapor Power Circulatic Steam Generators Circulatic steam generators from 75 BHP to 600 BHP for brewery/distillation, chemical processing, corrugated/paper, food processing, healthcare, oil and gas, power plant, and institutional facilities. Operating pressure 15 to 530 PSIG.
• Mobile Boiler Room (MBR) Rental Fleet Rental mobile boiler rooms ranging from 50 HP to 350 HP including 350 HP, 246 HP, 200 HP, 150 HP, 100 HP, 60 HP, and 50 HP units. All units include feedwater treatment, boiler feed tanks, and auxiliary equipment, available nationwide with delivery and startup.
• Large Capacity Packaged Watertube Boiler Rentals Large capacity packaged watertube boilers including 82,500 PPH at 350 PSIG, 70,000 PPH at 400 PSIG, and 110,000 PPH at 750 PSIG superheat units available for nationwide rental with delivery, startup, and full-service support.
• Cleaver-Brooks Deaerators and Boiler Feed Systems Deaerators (tray, spray, packed column, boilermate, duo tank configurations from 1,500 to 280,000 lbs/hr) removing oxygen and dissolved gases from boiler feedwater, plus boiler feed systems up to 1,000 gallons capacity for steam and hot water applications.
• Cleaver-Brooks Boiler Control Systems (EOS 500, Hawk, Hawk 4500) Advanced boiler control systems with touchscreen interfaces, integrated flame safeguard, load control, Modbus TCP/IP connectivity, Allen Bradley PLC platform, and factory-programmed configurations meeting UL NFPA 85 or CSA B149.3 standards. Includes Accu-Trim O2 Trim Control for fuel efficiency.
• Cleaver-Brooks Water Treatment Systems Complete water treatment solutions including water softeners (20,000 to 1,500,000 grains capacity), dealkalizers (10,000 to 980,000 grains), filtration systems, chemical feed systems, blowdown separators, and sample coolers.
• Cleaver-Brooks Heat Recovery Systems Heat recovery solutions including stack economizers, condensing economizers (up to 90% fuel-to-steam efficiency), flash tank heat recovery, blowdown heat recovery systems (90% heat recovery), heat recovery steam generators (1 to 45 MW), and waste heat boilers (up to 150,000 lb/hr steam flow).
• Ace Heaters Water Heating Equipment Ace Heaters semi-instantaneous potable water heaters (1 to 300 GPM), storage tanks (50 to 1,615 gallons) with various linings, and steam/water/HTW heat exchangers with single or double wall construction at 150 PSIG working pressure. Designed for schools, hospitals, hotels, and industrial buildings.
• Grundfos and Paco Pumps Complete pump solutions including Grundfos booster systems, boiler feed, multi-stage centrifugal pumps, VSD applications, circulator pumps (up to 80% energy savings), and Paco industrial pumps including horizontal split case, vertical inline, vertical space miser, and end suction configurations.
• Rental Boiler Emissions & Efficiency Add-Ons (CataStak SCR, EconoStak, DataStak) CataStak Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems for ultra-low NOx emissions, EconoStak economizers for fuel efficiency, and DataStak emissions and efficiency monitoring systems with remote monitoring workstation capabilities for rental boilers.
• Emergency Service 24/7 emergency response service with strategically located technicians across Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana. Technicians arrive with fully stocked service vehicles and access to four stocking offices for rapid parts availability.
• Burner Service Combustion analysis services including fuel-to-air ratio check-ups, stack analysis, emissions testing, safety testing, conversion and equipment replacement. Supports gas, oil, and alternative fuels with high-turndown and low NOx burners.
• Boiler Installation and Repair Turnkey installation services including complete boiler room installations, burner/fuel/control retrofits, stack economizer installations, water treatment systems, and skid packages. Comprehensive repair services including certified tube rolling, ASME code-compliant repairs, pressure vessel repairs, and refractory work.
• Preventative Maintenance Plans Customized preventative maintenance plans including annual inspections, boiler cleaning, tune-ups, safety checks, operating controls testing, and combustion analysis. Preferred customers receive exclusive discounts on parts and services.
• Training Services Expert-led training seminars from ADCO, Cleaver-Brooks, and Armstrong International including Boiler Operation and Electrical Troubleshooting, Boiler Systems Plus Level 1 and 2, Boiler Room Essentials (self-paced online), and customized on-site training.
• Boiler Parts Supply Stocking over $1 million in boiler room and steam system inventory. Parts include flame safeguard systems (Honeywell, Fireye, Cleaver-Brooks, Siemens), low water cut-offs, safety relief valves, valves, blowdown valves, steam traps, pumps, transformers, gaskets, pressure switches, solenoid valves, gas pressure regulators, gas valves/actuators, electrodes/ignitors, and steam/temperature regulators.
• Refurbished and Rental Equipment Available refurbished and rental equipment including Cleaver-Brooks models CBI (600 HP, 150 PSIG), CBLE 4D units (200-700 HP, 150-250 PSIG), CBEX-E models (200-300 HP, 150-200 PSIG), and deaerators for purchase or short-term deployment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Combustion efficiency improvements of 2% or more can result in significant fuel cost savings annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Cleaver-Brooks: Cleaver-Brooks is the manufacturer ADCO primarily represents; it is a broad incumbent in commercial and industrial boilers, controls, and packaged boiler room solutions with direct sales, an independent rep network, and aftermarket parts that overlap with ADCO's full stack.
• Burnham Holdings (now part of BDR Thermea Group): Burnham Holdings manufactures residential and commercial hydronic and steam boilers under multiple brands, overlapping with ADCO's Cleaver-Brooks and Camus hydronic lines for institutional and light commercial applications.
• Babcock & Wilcox: B&W is a large incumbent industrial boiler and heat recovery steam generator manufacturer serving power, process, and industrial markets—overlapping with ADCO's industrial watertube, HRSG, and waste heat recovery offerings.

Direct peers

• Camus Hydronics: Camus is one of the manufacturers ADCO distributes (DynaFLO, Advantus lines) and is a comparable commercial hydronic boiler specialist serving schools, apartments, and commercial buildings with ultra-low NOx equipment.
• WARE (Warrior Inc.): WARE is a boiler rental and service company with mobile boiler rooms and temporary steam solutions, directly competing with ADCO on rental fleet availability, emissions packages, and field service response.
• Nationwide Boiler Inc. Nationwide Boiler is a direct competitor in mobile and large-capacity boiler rentals, offering mobile boiler rooms and packaged watertube units nationwide with delivery, startup, and emissions monitoring—overlapping directly with ADCO's rental fleet and CataStak/DataStak offerings.
• Hurst Boiler & Welding Co. Hurst is a boiler manufacturer and aftermarket supplier of firetube, watertube, and biomass boilers, directly comparable to the Cleaver-Brooks and Camus lines that ADCO distributes into industrial and commercial customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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