What Hi-Tech Electric does

Hi-Tech Electric, Inc. is a privately held, family-controlled electrical contracting firm founded in Dallas, Texas in February 1985. The company provides electrical construction services for industrial, commercial, medical/healthcare, government, data center, telecommunications, and tenant-finish projects across Texas and Louisiana, operating from four regional offices (Dallas, Houston, Pasadena, and New Orleans). Its underlying technical capabilities center on Building Information Modeling (BIM) with 3D coordination through 6D facilities management (LOD 100–500), in-house prefabrication, and design-build / design-assist delivery methods, complemented by a 24/7 Service Department offering arc flash studies, power quality analysis, thermal imaging, and emergency response.

The firm operates as a specialty subcontractor, engaged primarily through general contractors (Kiewit, Clark/McCarthy, Broadmoor, E.E. Reed, among others) via competitive bidding and negotiated contracts, with direct-to-owner service relationships for maintenance and emergency work. Revenue is project-based with contract values ranging from approximately $850,000 to $31.3 million across diverse end-markets including oil & gas (Shell, Apache, BP, Chevron, Schlumberger), healthcare (VA Hospital New Orleans, LSU Health), government infrastructure (USACE PCCP Pump Stations, Port of Houston), and commercial real estate (Thor Equities Kirby Collection, Mary Kay HQ, River Oaks District). The Canfield family controls governance, with Chase Canfield as Chairman, Will Canfield as President, and Kyle Canfield as VP–Houston Industrial, supported by division-level VPs in Dallas, Houston Commercial, and New Orleans.

Hi-Tech Electric has been recognized in ENR Magazine's Top 100 electrical contracting firms every year since 1996 and has completed over $1.5 billion in cumulative electrical project value. The company is affiliated with the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC), operates a third-party-audited safety program, and maintains a 251–500 employee workforce. No revenue, funding, or M&A activity is publicly disclosed, and the company operates exclusively within the U.S. Gulf Coast and Southwest markets.

Name

Hi-Tech Electric

Legal name

Hi-Tech Electric, Inc.

Website

https://hitechelectric.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Electrical Construction Services: Project-based electrical construction services for new builds, including design-build, design-assist, and plan-spec delivery methods. Revenue is earned through competitive bidding on projects with contract values ranging from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of dollars.
2. Service, Maintenance & Repair: 24/7 emergency response and ongoing maintenance services for commercial and industrial facilities. Provides routine service, repair, and maintenance contracts alongside ad-hoc service calls.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Hi-Tech Electric is an electrical subcontractor that installs and services electrical systems for industrial, commercial, medical, government, data center, telecom, and tenant improvement projects. The company delivers full-scope electrical construction (including design-build, design-assist, and BIM/3D coordination) on projects ranging from approximately $850,000 to $31.3 million, and operates a 24/7 service department providing maintenance, repair, arc flash studies, power quality analysis, and thermal imaging for commercial and industrial customers across Texas and Louisiana.

Product overview

Hi-Tech Electric is an electrical construction services company offering a unified portfolio of services rather than a modular software product. The core offerings include Construction Services (industrial, commercial, medical, and telecommunications sectors), a 24/7 Service Department for emergency response and maintenance, and BIM / 3D Coordination services. Design Build and Design Assist services complement the construction offerings. The company specializes in delivering electrical solutions for projects ranging from industrial petrochemical facilities to commercial office buildings, data centers, and healthcare facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Electrical Construction Services Full-service electrical construction for industrial (petrochemical, manufacturing, electronic and pneumatic instrumentation), commercial (office buildings, tenant finish, warehouse/distribution, hotels/convention centers, laboratories, data centers, call centers, retail), medical (hospitals, medical/professional office buildings, assisted living centers), and telecommunications (cell towers, voice/data cabling, fiber optics, paging systems) projects. Delivered through design-build, design-assist, and plan-spec delivery methods.
• Service, Maintenance & Repair Department

Quantifiable outcome

• Completed over $1.5 Billion in electrical projects since 1985
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Kiewit / M.R. Pittman GroupcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerJoint venture partners on PCCP Pump Stations project for USACE. M.R. Pittman Group appears across multiple government projects including PCCP and GIWW West Closure Complex.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Guarantee Electrical: St. Louis-based mid-Atlantic/regional electrical contractor with comparable industrial and commercial project mix, but operating in different geographies than Hi-Tech.

Direct peers

• Faith Technologies: Top-tier U.S. electrical and specialty systems contractor serving industrial, commercial, healthcare, and mission-critical markets with similar design-build/BIM capabilities and a comparable mix of construction and service revenue.
• Helix Electric: Privately held national electrical contractor with similar industrial, commercial, and data center focus; comparable BIM/prefabrication capabilities and design-build delivery.
• Power Design: Privately held national electrical contractor with strong multifamily and commercial focus; similar scale, BIM-enabled prefabrication, and design-assist delivery.
• Rosendin Electric: Employee-owned electrical contractor with comparable commercial, industrial, data center, and renewable project mix plus 24/7 service operations; similar scale and end-market exposure.
• M.C. Dean: Large-scale electrical and electronic systems contractor specializing in mission-critical, government, and data center work, frequently partnering on federal projects comparable to Hi-Tech's USACE and VA engagements.
• IES Holdings: Public electrical and communications contractor serving commercial, industrial, data center, and residential markets with comparable project delivery models and Texas operational footprint.

Broad incumbents

• MYR Group: Public specialty contractor in electrical construction (T&D and commercial/industrial) with overlapping commercial/industrial capabilities, though skewed more toward transmission and distribution.
• Quanta Services: Largest infrastructure-focused utility contractor in North America; broader portfolio but overlaps on industrial electrical work and Gulf Coast energy infrastructure projects.
• EMCOR Group: Largest publicly traded U.S. mechanical and electrical construction/services firm; broad incumbent across the same end markets but at national scale across multiple trades and geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HiTechElectric
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hi-tech-electric-inc-

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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