Ashton and Company

What Ashton and Company does

Ashton and Company is a privately held, woman-owned union industrial and specialty construction contractor founded in 2015 and headquartered in Creola, Alabama. The company performs heavy rigging, structural steel erection, piping fabrication and erection, millwright installations, equipment installation and alignment, plant maintenance, shutdown planning and execution, demolition, environmental remediation (including lead abatement), and metal building erection. Service delivery draws on craft labor sourced through affiliations with the Boilermakers, Carpenters, IronWorkers, and Operating Engineers unions, backed by supervisory and project-executive staff. Operations are anchored by two waterfront yards with roll-off capability and more than 100,000 square feet of shop space in Mobile County, Alabama.

The company's commercial posture is that of a direct-hire specialty contractor serving heavy industrial clients across power generation (natural gas, coal, and renewables such as solar and hydro), oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical, metals, pulp & paper, and broader heavy industrial segments. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales driven by direct outreach, repeat and referral business, and formal bid requests submitted via a dedicated email channel. The firm holds ASME U, ASME S, and National Board Inspection Code R stamp certifications, enabling work on pressure vessels, power boilers, and pressure equipment repair. It is licensed to operate in nine U.S. states spanning the Southeast, Gulf Coast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Northeast regions.

Revenue is generated almost entirely through project-based, fixed-scope construction contracts — one-time engagements rather than recurring SaaS-like revenue — with pricing quoted per project and not publicly disclosed. The company pursues diversification across multiple industrial end-markets as a partial mitigant against any single-segment downturn and emphasizes three core safety principles (Knowledge, Training, Audit) as an operational differentiator. No funded rounds, no parent company, and no public-market signals are present in the available data; the firm operates as an independent, privately held construction services business.

Name

Ashton and Company

Legal name

Ashton and Company, Inc.

Website

https://ashtonandco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Ashton and Company is a woman-owned union industrial and specialty construction contractor providing heavy rigging, steel erection, piping, millwright installation, plant maintenance, and remediation services to power, oil & gas, chemical, metals, and pulp & paper clients across nine U.S. states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Creola

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Construction Services: Ashton and Company generates revenue through project-based construction contracts for industrial clients. Services include heavy rigging, steel erection, piping fabrication and erection, millwright installations, equipment installation, plant maintenance, demolition, and remediation. Revenue is earned through one-time project fees rather than recurring contracts, though the company emphasizes repeat and referral business as a growth strategy.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Ashton and Company is a woman-owned union contractor providing direct-hire industrial and specialty construction services. Core offerings include heavy rigging, structural steel erection, mechanical piping fabrication and installation, millwright installations, equipment installation and alignment, plant maintenance, shutdown planning and execution, demolition, and environmental remediation. Services are delivered by skilled craft labor sourced through union affiliations and deployed to project sites across the southeastern and eastern United States.

Product overview

Ashton and Company is a woman-owned union contractor providing industrial and specialty construction services. The company operates primarily as a direct hire contractor focusing on heavy industrial environments, offering services in heavy rigging, steel erection, piping fabrication, piping erection, and millwright installations. The company strategically serves the Gulf Coast region with facilities in Mobile County, Alabama, including waterfront yards and shop space. Services span multiple industrial sectors including power/utility, oil & gas, chemical & petrochemical, metals, pulp & paper, and heavy industrial markets (automotive, commercial buildings, food industry, warehousing). The company also provides specialized capabilities in shutdown planning, demolition and remediation, equipment installation, and environmental services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Construction Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Goal of 100% for Zero accidents through knowledge, training and audit safety principals

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• MasTec: Large diversified infrastructure contractor with an industrial pipeline and energy-services group serving power, oil & gas, and heavy industrial — broader portfolio but overlapping craft scopes in pipefitting, structural, and equipment setting.
• Quanta Services: Largest pure-play infrastructure-services firm in North America with electric power, pipeline, and industrial services — competes in adjacent craft scopes and shares key power-generation and oil & gas end customers.
• Bechtel: Largest U.S.-based EPC contractor with energy, infrastructure, and industrial work — sets the benchmark on large-scale industrial projects and frequently engages craft subcontractors with profiles similar to Ashton.
• Fluor Corporation: Global EPC firm with longstanding energy-solutions and industrial-services practices — operates as a prime contractor on the same mega-projects where Ashton serves as a specialty sub-tier.

Direct peers

• Nooter Construction: St. Louis-based industrial mechanical contractor specializing in heavy rigging, steel erection, and equipment setting for power and process clients — directly comparable craft-intensive model.
• Shambaugh & Son: Indiana-based mechanical and industrial contractor providing piping, steel, and equipment installation for power, chemical, and food-processing clients — closely comparable services and craft-based delivery.
• Limbach Holdings: Public mechanical contractor delivering HVAC, plumbing, and industrial mechanical services across power, healthcare, and industrial end markets — overlaps Ashton's mechanical piping and plant maintenance scopes.
• Zachry Group: Texas-headquartered industrial construction and engineering contractor serving power, refining, and petrochemical clients — overlaps Ashton's power/O&G and structural-mechanical scope with comparable craft-based delivery.
• M.A. Mortenson Construction: Privately held U.S. contractor with a heavy-industrial group serving power, renewables, and oil & gas — comparable end markets and similar union-friendly craft execution model, though at significantly larger scale.
• TIC Industrial (The Industrial Company, Kiewit subsidiary): Heavy industrial contractor and Kiewit subsidiary providing steel erection, mechanical, and rigging services to power, mining, and oil & gas clients — directly comparable craft mix and end markets to Ashton.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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