What Phoenix Environmental Laboratories Inc does

Phoenix Environmental Laboratories, Inc. is a privately held environmental testing laboratory headquartered in Manchester, Connecticut, operating continuously since at least 1994. The company performs analytical testing of soil, water, air, sludge, and solids for environmental consulting firms, state and federal agencies, municipalities, and small businesses across nine certified jurisdictions in the Northeast (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont). Its clientele spans routine compliance monitoring through complex remediation and federal infrastructure projects.

The laboratory is organized into six specialized departments — Microbiology, General Chemistry, Trace Metals, Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, and Air — supported by an equipment base of 35+ gas chromatography instruments, 30 GC/MS units, Perkin Elmer Nexion 350 ICP-MS, atomic absorption graphite furnaces with Zeeman correction, and a dedicated HPLC laboratory for Formaldehyde, Carbamate, and Diquat. The company holds NELAC accreditation, USACE New England District LQAP approval, NYC SCA approval, and state-specific quality assurance protocols (CT RCP, MA MCP, NJ Reduced Deliverables, NY ASP Cat B), enabling it to bid on federal, state, and municipal contracts. Differentiated technical methods include PCB congener analysis (22 congeners), Soxhlet extraction achieving sub-1 mg/kg PCB detection limits, 1,4-Dioxane testing at 0.25 ug/L, and Air Phase Petroleum hydrocarbon measurement.

The business model is transaction-based per-test pricing with tiered turnaround options (standard 7-10 business days, priority, same-day, emergency). Revenue is generated through direct sales supported by dedicated account representatives, an Albany NY field office, and a courier pickup network covering most of New England, New York City, Long Island, and parts of New Jersey. Clients access reports, invoices, and chain-of-custody documents through the PConnect online client portal. Electronic data deliverables are produced in industry-standard formats including Excel, PDF, GIS Key EDD, and EQuIS EDD.

Name

Phoenix Environmental Laboratories Inc

Legal name

Phoenix Environmental Laboratories, Inc.

Website

https://phoenixlabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Phoenix Environmental Laboratories is a NELAC-certified, privately held environmental testing laboratory in Manchester, CT, performing analytical testing of soil, water, air, sludge, and solids for environmental consultants, municipalities, and state and federal agencies across nine Northeast U.S. states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Testing Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Testing Laboratories and Services (541380)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Laboratory Testing & Analytical Services (in-house/contract labs; microbiology, metals, organics) (EUANAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Potable Water Testing for Food Facilities (Drinking Water Compliance) (AFALAJAA), Stack/Source Emissions Testing & CEMS Support (EUAHACAB)

Keywords

• Environmental testing services
• Analytical laboratory services
• Water quality testing
• Soil and sediment analysis
• Hazardous waste testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Laboratory Testing Services: Core revenue from analytical testing services for environmental samples including soil, water, air, sludge and solids. Services are provided on a per-test basis with various turnaround time options (standard 7-10 days, priority, same-day, emergency). Serving clients from small businesses to large engineering firms and government agencies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Phoenix Environmental Laboratories Inc is an independent environmental testing laboratory that performs analytical testing of soil, water, air, sludge, and solid samples for environmental consultants, engineers, municipalities, and industrial clients. The laboratory operates multiple specialized divisions covering drinking water, wastewater, soil/sediment, hazardous waste, and ecological testing under one facility.

Product overview

Phoenix Environmental Laboratories Inc is an environmental testing laboratory offering comprehensive analytical services across multiple specialized laboratory divisions. The core offering consists of six laboratory departments: Microbiology Laboratory for bacterial and microbial analysis; General Chemistry Laboratory for conventional wastewater parameters; Trace Metals Laboratory for low-level metal detection; Gas Chromatography Laboratory for organic compounds including PCBs and pesticides; Mass Spectrometry Laboratory for volatile and semi-volatile organics; and Air Laboratory for indoor air quality analysis. The company also provides a dedicated Drinking Water Testing service with specialized sample handling. A client-facing platform called PConnect Online Services enables customers to access reports, invoices, and manage accounts. Testing services cover soil, water, sludge, solids, and air matrices with standard 7-10 business day turnaround and priority/same-day emergency options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• PCB detection limits reduced from >100 mg/kg to less than 1 mg/kg, saving client nearly $100,000 in disposal costs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)coreTechnology or IntegrationPhoenix Environmental Laboratories performs analyses in compliance with EPA methods and quality control guidelines. Services include EPA SW-846 methods, drinking water methods (522, 524.2, 525.2, 531.2), air analysis methods (TO-10, TO-14, TO-15), and various EPA-approved testing methodologies.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ALS Environmental (ALS Global): International testing services group with significant US environmental testing operations, including a New England presence, offering water, soil, air and biological tissue analyses to overlapping consulting, municipal and industrial clients.
• Bureau Veritas North America: Global TIC (testing, inspection, certification) company offering environmental laboratory services for water, soil, sediment and air quality analyses — competes for similar industrial, municipal and consulting engagements across the US.
• SGS North America: Global inspection, verification, testing and certification company with environmental services in the US including water, soil and air testing for industrial and municipal clients — a broad incumbent competing for the same regulatory-driven work.
• Eurofins Environment Testing (TestAmerica): Global testing giant with extensive US environmental lab operations offering EPA-method testing across air, water, soil, sediment and biota — directly competes for the same Northeast consulting and government work, but at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Pace Analytical Services: One of the largest privately-held environmental testing laboratory networks in the US, offering a comparable full suite of environmental analyses (soil, water, air, metals, organics) to consulting firms, industry and government — a direct competitor in the same regional and national markets.
• GEL Laboratories: Environmental analytical laboratory providing high-quality organic and inorganic testing for water, soil, sediment, air and biota samples using GC/MS, ICP-MS and radiochemistry — closely comparable technical capability and customer mix.
• Con-Test Analytical Laboratory: New England environmental testing laboratory offering similar EPA-method analyses across air, water, soil and solids with a comparable regional client base — Phoenix's closest direct peer in geography and service mix.
• Microbac Laboratories: Privately-held US environmental testing laboratory network offering environmental, drinking water, and wastewater analyses to industrial, consulting and municipal clients — a closely comparable mid-sized private competitor to Phoenix.
• Alpha Analytical: Massachusetts-based environmental testing laboratory providing drinking water, wastewater, soil and air analyses to New England municipalities and consultants — the most direct head-to-head competitor to Phoenix in the Massachusetts/New England market.
• EMSL Analytical: US environmental testing laboratory offering drinking water, wastewater, soil, asbestos, mold and indoor air quality analyses to consulting and municipal clients — an adjacent mid-sized competitor with overlapping analytical services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

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Valuation estimate

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Funding rounds

Investors

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