What CEPro does

CEPRO, Inc. is a U.S.-based critical environment solutions provider founded in 2007 by Michael Kosinski and headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The company delivers integrated design, build, commissioning, certification, and remediation services for controlled environments, serving healthcare systems, higher education research institutions, life sciences companies, and select industrial customers. Its service catalog spans nine core offerings: Specialty General Contracting, Cleanroom Services, Facility Assessment and Remediation, Ventilation Testing, Test and Balance (NEBB/TABB), CxPLUS Commissioning, Laboratory Services (including BSL-3), Certification Testing, and USP <795/797/800/825> pharmacy compounding compliance. The CxPLUS methodology, which bundles traditional commissioning with testing and balancing in a single workflow, is positioned as a proprietary differentiator.

Commercially, CEPro operates a project-based, quote-priced professional services model with multi-year recurring certification contracts. GTM is enterprise field sales — direct engagement with facility managers, engineering directors, and compliance officers at major institutions. Reported client wins include Northwestern Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Rush Copley, Advocate Aurora Health, Edward Elmhurst Health, OSF HealthCare, Sanford Health, University of Chicago Medicine, the University of Illinois Chicago (5-campus COVID HVAC assessment covering 500+ AHUs), Northwestern University (multi-year 5,000+ equipment certification), Purdue University (BSL-3 lab certification), and life sciences customers such as Cardinal Health, AsahiKasei Bioprocess, and LanzaTech. Quantified outcomes claimed include 11% lower real cost and 33% faster time to market via design-build delivery. The firm is privately held and was acquired by Aero Performance Group in August 2025, continuing to operate under the CEPro brand with Kosinski as President.

Name

CEPro

Legal name

CEPRO, Inc.

Website

https://ceproinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CEPro is an Arlington Heights, IL-based critical environment solutions provider delivering integrated design, build, commissioning, certification, and remediation services — including cleanroom, USP pharmacy, BSL-3 lab, and HVAC testing/balancing — to healthcare systems, universities, and life sciences firms across the U.S.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington Heights

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Critical Environment Solutions: Services-based revenue model providing consulting, design/build, certification, testing, and remediation services for critical environments. Revenue generated from project contracts, annual certification/recertification services, and ongoing facility maintenance and compliance testing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CEPro is a single-source critical environment solutions provider offering turnkey design-build-commissioning-certification services for cleanrooms, laboratories, pharmacies, and healthcare facilities. Its services include specialty general contracting, cleanroom and laboratory certification, HVAC test and balance, ventilation testing, USP <795/797/800/825> compounding compliance, and its proprietary CxPLUS commissioning methodology that integrates testing and balancing with functional testing for healthcare, higher education, life sciences, and industrial clients.

Product overview

CEPro is a critical environment solutions provider offering an integrated suite of services organized around specialty general contracting, cleanroom services, facility assessment and remediation, ventilation testing, test and balance, commissioning (CxPLUS), laboratory services, certification testing, and USP compounding compliance. The company operates a single-source accountability model where clients can bundle services for design, budget, build, commission, certification and remediation. Services target healthcare, higher education, life sciences, and industrial markets, with a focus on compliance guarantee and documentation. The company was acquired by Aero Performance Group in August 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Specialty General Contracting Turnkey design-build-commissioning specialty contracting services for critical environments, providing single-source accountability with guaranteed compliance for containment, contamination control, and infection prevention.
• Cleanroom Services Comprehensive cleanroom solutions including design, construction, certification, gap analysis, space programming, concept design, budgeting, construction documentation, and turnkey commissioning with compliance guarantee.
• Facility Assessment & Remediation Assessment of building systems to identify issues, determine root causes, and develop remediation plans for environmental compliance problems in critical facilities.
• Ventilation Testing Infection control inspection, consulting and services including testing, adjusting and remediating critical environments and ventilation systems to ensure compliant functionality and accreditation.
• Test & Balance HVAC testing, adjusting and balancing services for air and water systems according to design intent and NEBB/TABB standards, including diagnostics, design and repair, duct leakage testing, and energy assessments.
• CxPLUS Commissioning Services Integrated commissioning services that combine traditional HVAC commissioning with testing and balancing, integrating functional testing with duct leakage testing, blower door testing, and fire damper testing for cost efficiencies.
• Laboratory Services Comprehensive laboratory solutions including BSL-3 lab certification, Owner's Project Requirements development, mechanical system design, HEPA filtration, building automation commissioning, and routine maintenance planning.
• Certification Testing Cleanroom and laboratory certification testing including airflow testing, room pressurization, HEPA integrity testing, temperature/humidity calibration, viable air testing, fume hood certification, and BSL laboratory certification.
• USP <795/797/800/825> Compounding Compliance Pharmacy compounding compliance services for USP chapters covering nonsterile preparations (795), sterile preparations (797), hazardous drugs handling (800), and radiopharmaceuticals (825), including gap analysis, design, construction, certification and remediation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 11% lower real cost with design-build process
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 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.

• Aero Performance GroupmajorOthersCEPro has been acquired by Aero Performance Group. This acquisition marks a significant milestone in CEPro's growth trajectory, combining expertise in critical environment solutions with Aero Performance Group's capabilities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Haley & Aldrich: Environmental and engineering consulting firm serving healthcare and institutional clients — a broader incumbent with overlapping compliance, building assessment, and remediation capabilities.
• Stantec: Global engineering/consulting firm with deep healthcare and life sciences practices, including cleanroom design and commissioning services for institutional clients.
• Burns & McDonnell: Large U.S. engineering firm serving healthcare, life sciences, and industrial clients with MEP and commissioning practices comparable to CEPro's specialty services.
• Tetra Tech: Large environmental and engineering consulting firm with services to healthcare, higher education, and regulated facilities — broad incumbent in the same compliance-driven institutional market.
• NV5 Global: Diversified engineering, environmental, and technical consulting firm with infrastructure, healthcare, and compliance practices — a broad incumbent with adjacent critical-environment capabilities.

Direct peers

• Commissioning Agents Inc. U.S.-based building commissioning and qualification firm serving healthcare, life sciences, and higher education — directly comparable to CEPro's CxPLUS commissioning and certification practice.
• Affiliated Engineers (AEI): Specialty MEP engineering firm with strong healthcare, laboratory, and higher education focus — closely comparable to CEPro's cleanroom, lab, and HVAC-critical-environment services.
• CRB Group: Engineering, architecture, and consulting firm focused on life sciences facilities with cleanroom and laboratory design/build — directly comparable to CEPro's cleanroom and laboratory services practice.
• CriticalPoint: Sterile/non-sterile compounding compliance training and consulting firm specializing in USP 797/800 — overlaps directly with CEPro's USP compounding compliance services.
• SmithGroup: Design firm with deep healthcare and life sciences practices that incorporate cleanroom, laboratory, and critical environment expertise — comparable specialty overlap with CEPro.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/critical-environments-professionals-inc

Compliance12 records

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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