R. Baker & Son

What R. Baker & Son does

R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services Inc. is a family-owned industrial services contractor founded in 1935 and headquartered in Marlboro, New Jersey. The company delivers a single, integrated portfolio of heavy industrial services rather than a modular platform: rigging (heavy and precision lifts, including 660-ton crane work), total, selective and interior demolition, dismantling, plant and machinery relocation, environmental remediation and hazardous material abatement, nuclear/coal/steam power plant decommissioning, asset recovery and investment liquidation, warehousing and over-dimensional trucking, and curtain wall services. Execution is built around an in-house team of master riggers, professional engineers and tradesmen operating a fleet of specialized equipment that includes hydraulic cranes, Brokk robotic demolition machines, custom-engineered rigging apparatus, and a heavy transport fleet; the firm has engineered proprietary solutions such as the patent-pending P3 Pigging Process for pipeline/tank environmental remediation and the custom RAFT (Rigging Apparatus for Fire Trucks) for artifact handling.

The company is certified as a Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE), claimed as the oldest and largest such contractor in North America, and has accumulated OSHA VPP Star certifications exceeding most industry peers. Its client base is heavily enterprise: Fortune 500 pharmaceutical firms (Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Pfizer, Novartis), energy majors (Chevron, Con Edison, PSEG, GATX), consumer goods manufacturers (Procter & Gamble, Kimberly Clark, Colgate-Palmolive), telecoms (Verizon), entertainment (Six Flags), and government/nonprofit entities (United Nations, Kings County Hospital, Uncommon Schools Camden Prep). Pricing is project-specific quote-based contracting (fixed-price or time-and-materials), with revenue generated through direct enterprise field sales, competitive bidding, and RFPs; marketing is anchored on portfolio case studies, an in-house quarterly newsletter (The Outrigger), and active membership in NADC, IRA, and SCRA. The company operates across the USA, Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe, India, and the Caribbean with a single corporate headquarters and on-site project delivery.

Name

R. Baker & Son

Legal name

R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services Inc.

Website

https://rbaker.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

R. Baker & Son is a family-owned industrial services contractor founded in 1935, delivering rigging, demolition, dismantling, plant relocation, decommissioning, and environmental remediation for Fortune 500 enterprises and government clients across the USA, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Demolition & Rigging Services

NAICS

Construction Machinery Manufacturing (333120), Material Handling Equipment Manufacturing (33392)

SIC

Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment (3590)

akta.pro primary industry

Shutdown Labor, Rigging & Heavy Lift Support Services (IMAIACAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial/Commercial Equipment & Machinery Moving (Rigging-Light) (HSAKAKAI)

Keywords

• Industrial demolition services
• Rigging and machinery moving
• Plant decommissioning
• Plant relocation services
• Environmental remediation

Headquarters

HQ city

Marlboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Project-Based Industrial Services: R. Baker & Son generates revenue through fixed-price or time-and-materials contracts for complex industrial projects including rigging, demolition, plant relocation, decommissioning, and environmental services. Revenue is project-based with each contract negotiated individually based on scope, complexity, equipment requirements, and timeline.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

R. Baker & Son provides heavy industrial services including rigging, dismantling, demolition, plant decommissioning, plant and equipment relocation, environmental remediation, asset recovery, and transportation/warehousing. The company delivers turnkey project execution using in-house master riggers, professional engineers, and skilled tradesmen operating specialized heavy equipment.

Product overview

R. Baker & Son is a family-owned industrial services company (since 1935) offering a comprehensive suite of heavy industrial services. The company operates as a single unified service organization rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core service portfolio consists of: Rigging Services (complex industrial and pharmaceutical rigging and equipment relocation), Demolition Services (total, selective, and interior demolition), Dismantling Services, Environmental Services (hazardous material abatement and remediation), Plant Decommissioning (power plant decommissioning including nuclear, coal, and steam), Plant Relocation/Machinery Moving, Warehousing/Trucking (logistics and transportation), Asset/Investment Recovery, and Curtain Wall Services. These services are delivered through in-house teams of master riggers, professional engineers, and skilled tradesmen using specialized equipment. The company is certified as a Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) and claims to be the oldest and largest M/WBE-certified demolition contractor in North America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rigging Services

Quantifiable outcome

• More OSHA VPP Star projects than almost every other contractor in the industry
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership with CDI of Maryland for complex controlled demolition projects. Companies previously collaborated on Six Flags' Parachute Ride demolition in December 2024 before partnering on the Kingda Ka roller coaster tower implosion in early 2025. R. Baker & Son served as lead contractor with CDI providing engineering and execution expertise for controlled implosions.
• Plan B EngineeringcoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaborative engineering partnership for complex curtain wall and high-rise demolition projects. Companies worked together on the Manhattan High Rise Project (56 Leonard/Jenga Tower) to develop innovative solutions for removing cantilevered steel I-beams. Plan B provided engineering calculations and specifications while R. Baker executed custom-designed removal procedures.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Controlled Demolition Inc. Maryland-based specialist in controlled implosion and complex demolition projects. Direct peer and named strategic partner of R. Baker & Son on the Kingda Ka and Six Flags engagements, sharing the same high-complexity industrial demolition customer base and implosion engineering capabilities.
• D.H. Griffin Companies: Greensboro, NC-based demolition contractor providing industrial, commercial, and structural demolition services. Directly comparable service offering to R. Baker & Son across multiple verticals with a similar enterprise customer profile in manufacturing, energy, and power generation.
• Penhall Company: Anaheim, CA-based demolition and concrete cutting contractor with national operations. Comparable in offering selective demolition, structural demolition, and rigging services to industrial and commercial clients across multiple U.S. regions.
• BOWEN Engineering: Indianapolis-based heavy industrial contractor providing demolition, mechanical, and rigging services for power, energy, and manufacturing clients. Comparable scope of industrial demolition and plant decommissioning services to R. Baker & Son, particularly in utility and heavy industrial end markets.
• Independence Excavating: Ohio-based demolition and site preparation contractor with national reach. Comparable in offering industrial demolition, environmental services, and complex rigging to enterprise and government clients across the Midwest and Eastern U.S.
• O'Rourke Wrecking Company: Cincinnati-based demolition contractor serving industrial, commercial, and government clients. Comparable in offering total and selective demolition, rigging, and asset recovery services to enterprise customers with similar project complexity and safety requirements.
• Bierlein Companies: Midland, MI-based industrial demolition, environmental remediation, and asbestos abatement contractor. Comparable in plant decommissioning, industrial demolition, and environmental services for power, manufacturing, and refining clients in the Eastern and Midwestern U.S.
• Total Wrecking & Environmental: Specialty industrial demolition and environmental remediation contractor serving industrial clients nationwide. Directly comparable in environmental remediation and industrial demolition services, particularly for power generation and petrochemical facility decommissioning.

Broad incumbents

• Brandenburg Industrial Service Co. Chicago-headquartered industrial demolition, environmental remediation, and rigging firm with national footprint. Operates in the same industrial demolition/rigging space as R. Baker & Son with a deeper balance sheet, broader service portfolio, and ability to absorb larger mega-project risk.

Regional players

• Manafort Brothers: Plainville, CT-based heavy civil and demolition contractor serving the Northeast. Regional peer operating in the same NJ/NY/Connecticut industrial demolition and site preparation market as R. Baker & Son, with comparable capabilities in selective demolition and heavy rigging.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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