Pro Sales

What Pro Sales does

Pro Sales, Inc. is a privately held specialty industrial distributor and custom fabricator serving the food processing, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries across the Northwest United States. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Tacoma, Washington with a secondary office in Jerome, Idaho, the company operates a vertically integrated service model spanning custom fabrication of stainless steel fittings and complete Clean-In-Place (C.I.P.) skid systems, engineering design and plant remodeling consultation, distribution of sanitary replacement parts and featured products (including GEA/Tuchenhagen cleaners), and on-site installation and welding services. Core technical capability rests on in-house engineering and welding staff combined with what the company describes as one of the largest regional inventories of sanitary replacement parts, enabling rapid response to production-line downtime events for customers.

The business generates revenue through quote-based project pricing for custom fabrication and installation work plus ongoing resale of sanitary parts and equipment from third-party manufacturers, invoiced under Net Cash terms with F.O.B. point of origin shipping and a 20% cancellation liquidated damages provision. Go-to-market is direct field sales targeting enterprise customers in dairy, broader food processing, beverage, and pharmaceutical verticals, supported by a careers page and trade publication visibility (feature in Dairy Foods Magazine recognizing the Umpqua Dairy partnership). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; contracts are negotiated per project.

The company's competitive positioning is anchored in 40+ years of continuous operation, multi-decade customer relationships (most notably Umpqua Dairy spanning over 25 years), regional inventory depth, and bundled design-fabricate-install capability. Operational evidence is constrained by limited public disclosure: there are no published financials, no documented funding rounds, no named management team, and a stated employee count of 1-10. The company is currently building an internal R&D room to test parts and products, indicating modest capability reinvestment, while continuing to expand its vendor ecosystem through partnerships such as GEA/Tuchenhagen distribution.

Name

Pro Sales

Legal name

Pro Sales, Inc.

Website

https://prosalesinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pro Sales, Inc. is a privately held Northwest USA distributor and custom fabricator of sanitary processing equipment, parts, and installation services for food processing, beverage, and pharmaceutical customers, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Tacoma, Washington.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tacoma

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Sanitary Parts and Equipment Sales: Sales of sanitary parts and equipment from trusted manufacturers including GEA sanitary cleaners and Tuchenhagen cleaning equipment. The company maintains one of the largest inventories of replacement parts to ensure customer production lines operate continuously.
2. Custom Fabrication Services: Custom design and fabrication services ranging from simple fittings to complete C.I.P. skid systems, provided from start to finish by engineers and welders.
3. Engineering Services: Engineering consultation and solutions for equipment advice through complete plant remodeling projects, leveraging over 30 years of industry experience.
4. Installation Services: High quality installation services for stainless steel piping and equipment for food processing and pharmaceutical industries, covering both large and small projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Pro Sales designs, fabricates, sells, and installs sanitary processing equipment and replacement parts for the food processing, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries. The company combines engineering, welding, and field sales capabilities to deliver C.I.P. skid systems, stainless steel piping, and related components from quotation through installation.

Product overview

Pro Sales is a distributor of sanitary parts and services for the food processing and beverage industries, operating since 1983. The company offers a portfolio of interconnected services: Custom Fabrication (design and build C.I.P. skid systems and fittings), Engineering Services, Sales of products from trusted manufacturers, Installation (welding and stainless steel piping), and maintains one of the largest Replacement Parts Inventories. Featured products include GEA Sanitary Cleaners (Tuchenhagen brand) for sustainable cleaning in orbital, rotary, or static configurations. The company serves the Northwest region from headquarters in Puyallup, Washington with an additional office in Jerome, Idaho.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Fabrication Design and fabrication services for food processing and beverage companies, ranging from simple fittings to complete C.I.P. (Clean-In-Place) skid systems, executed by in-house engineers and welders from start to finish.

Quantifiable outcome

• Production line uptime ensured through large parts inventory

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Umpqua DairycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term strategic partnership spanning over 25 years focused on advancing dairy process engineering. The collaboration has achieved innovative excellence in dairy processing, with the relationship continuing to grow and find new ways to optimize operations. This partnership demonstrates Pro Sales' capabilities in serving the dairy industry.
• GEA (Tuchenhagen)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPro Sales features GEA Sanitary Cleaners as a featured product line. Tuchenhagen's cleaning equipment is developed for sustainable practice with emphasis on saving valuable resources in the cleaning process. The cleaners achieve optimal cleaning results using orbital, rotary, or static methods across multiple industry sectors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Krones AG: Krones is a German manufacturer of beverage processing, filling, and packaging equipment, including complete plant engineering for breweries and dairy. Direct overlap with Pro Sales' beverage segment in terms of equipment specification and customer base, though at much larger scale.
• Alfa Laval: Alfa Laval is a Swedish multinational manufacturing heat exchangers, pumps, valves, and sanitary fittings widely used in food, dairy, beverage, and pharma processing. Comparable end customers and product categories as Pro Sales, but operates at global scale with a broader equipment portfolio.
• GEA Group: GEA is a global food processing equipment and sanitary component manufacturer whose Tuchenhagen cleaning equipment line is a featured product for Pro Sales. Operates much more broadly across separators, homogenizers, and complete processing lines; functions here both as a channel partner to Pro Sales and as the broader incumbent whose installed base Pro Sales services.
• SPX Flow: SPX Flow designs and manufactures sanitary flow control, mixing, drying, and separation equipment for food, beverage, dairy, and personal care applications. Overlaps with Pro Sales on sanitary pumps, valves, and process skids in the same end markets.
• Tetra Pak: Tetra Pak is a global leader in food processing and packaging solutions for dairy, beverage, and prepared food manufacturers. While primarily focused on processing and aseptic packaging rather than sanitary parts distribution, it competes for the same plant-level capital projects that Pro Sales serves.

Direct peers

• Paul Mueller Company: Paul Mueller is a Missouri-based custom stainless steel fabricator that designs and builds process equipment, tanks, and complete systems for dairy, food, beverage, and pharmaceutical customers. Comparable to Pro Sales in custom fabrication orientation and dairy-processing customer focus.
• Central States Industrial (CSI): Central States Industrial is a US fabricator and distributor of sanitary process equipment, fittings, tubing, and custom skid systems serving food, beverage, dairy, and pharma processors. It is the closest functional peer to Pro Sales — same offering mix (fabrication + distribution + engineering) at slightly larger scale.

Emerging players

• Strahman Valves: Strahman is a US-based manufacturer of sampling valves, wash-down equipment, and specialty sanitary valves used in food, beverage, pharma, and chemical plants. A focused niche supplier whose products are commonly specified into the same sanitary skid systems that Pro Sales fabricates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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