Provac Sales

What Provac Sales does

Provac Sales, Inc. is a privately held industrial equipment distributor and service provider headquartered in Soquel, California, founded in 1990. The company buys, sells, and services vacuum pumps and helium leak detectors, operating as the Northern California manufacturer's representative and distributor for MD-Kinney and Inland Vacuum — relationships that have been in place since inception. Provac also distributes new and rebuilt equipment from more than 20 manufacturers including Agilent, Atlas Copco, Busch, Edwards, Leybold, Pfeiffer, and Varian, across 18+ equipment categories ranging from turbo and scroll pumps to cryo pumps, ion pumps, chillers, vacuum gauges, and helium leak detectors. The company claims one of the largest inventories of new and rebuilt ready-to-ship vacuum pumps in the United States, with 2,399+ SKUs listed online.

The business operates on a sales-led, direct-distribution model. Equipment is sold primarily via a quote-based, contact-for-pricing approach with a transactional e-commerce storefront at provac.com; some accessories (vacuum oils, filters) carry listed prices in the $20-$2,999 range while industrial pumps range from approximately $750 to $30,739+. An aftermarket pump repair service extends the lifecycle of customer equipment and provides recurring service revenue. Customer segments are organized by use case into Industrial Manufacturing, Scientific Research & Labs, and Semiconductor Industry, with semiconductor and contamination-sensitive applications (dry pumps, cryo pumps, ion pumps, oil-free diaphragm pumps) representing a meaningful share of the addressable market.

The company is a small operation (1-10 employees) operating exclusively in Northern California with no disclosed expansion plans, no external funding, no parent company, and no management team disclosed in the source data. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, revenue figures are not reported, and the business appears to be independently/founder-owned. Its competitive position is anchored on multi-decade distribution agreements, inventory scale, and a broad multi-brand catalog rather than proprietary technology or technology-driven differentiation.

Name

Provac Sales

Legal name

Provac Sales, Inc.

Website

https://provac.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Provac Sales is a Northern California distributor and service provider of new and rebuilt vacuum pumps and helium leak detectors, operating as a manufacturer's representative for MD-Kinney and Inland Vacuum and serving industrial, scientific, and semiconductor customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Vacuum Equipment Distribution

NAICS

Pump and Compressor Manufacturing (33391), Warm Air Heating and Air-Conditioning Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (42373)

SIC

Pumps & Pumping Equipment (3561)

akta.pro primary industry

Vacuum Pumps & Systems (IMAHANAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Pump & Compressor Packages (Skids, Booster Sets) (IMAHANAG)

Keywords

• Vacuum pump distribution
• Helium leak detectors
• Industrial vacuum equipment
• Vacuum pump repair
• Semiconductor vacuum systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Soquel

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Equipment Sales: Revenue from selling new and rebuilt vacuum pumps, helium leak detectors, and related vacuum equipment. Products include blowers, boosters, chillers, cryo pumps, diaphragm pumps, diffusion pumps, dry pumps, ion pumps, liquid ring pumps, piston pumps, scroll pumps, turbo pumps, vane pumps, and accessories.
2. Pump Repair Services: Provac provides pump repair services for vacuum equipment, supporting their product sales with maintenance and rebuild capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Provac Sales buys, sells, and services vacuum pumps and helium leak detectors, operating as a manufacturer's representative and distributor for MD-Kinney and Inland Vacuum in Northern California since 1990. The company maintains one of the largest inventories of new and rebuilt ready-to-ship vacuum pumps in the United States, offering equipment across dozens of pump categories along with vacuum fluids, gauges, pumping stations, and repair services.

Product overview

Provac Sales, Inc. is a vacuum equipment distributor and service provider operating as a manufacturer's Northern California representative for MD-Kinney and Inland Vacuum since 1990. The company maintains one of the largest inventories of new and rebuilt vacuum pumps in the United States. Their product portfolio consists of multiple distinct product categories that work together within vacuum systems: Turbo Pumps, Turbo Pump Controllers, Scroll Pumps, Dry Pumps, Diaphragm Pumps, Piston Pumps, Vane Pumps, Liquid Ring Pumps, Diffusion Pumps, Cryo Pumps & Compressors, Ion Pumps, Blowers & Boosters, Chillers & Coolers, Oil Filtration Systems, Vacuum Fluids & Greases, Vacuum Gauges, Helium Leak Detectors, and Pumping Stations (complete systems combining multiple pump types). They also offer Pump Repair Services for equipment maintenance. The company serves industrial, scientific, semiconductor, aerospace, and research applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MD-KinneycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1990MD-Kinney is Provac's key manufacturing partner. Provac has been the Northern California representative and distributor for MD-Kinney since the company's inception in 1990. This is a flagship distribution relationship for the company's core business.
• Inland VacuumcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 1990Inland Vacuum is Provac's key manufacturing partner. Provac has been the Northern California representative and distributor for Inland Vacuum since the company's inception in 1990. This is a flagship distribution relationship for vacuum fluids and related products.

Scale indicators4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Leybold: Long-established European manufacturer of vacuum pumps (rotary vane, dry, roots, diffusion, turbomolecular) and leak detection. Sells into the same semiconductor, R&D, and industrial coating/process vacuum markets that Provac serves from Northern California.
• Busch Vacuum Solutions: Family-owned manufacturer of oil-sealed rotary vane, dry claw, and rotary screw vacuum pumps and blowers. Targets packaging, food processing, and industrial applications overlapping with Provac's industrial manufacturing customer base.
• Agilent Technologies (Vacuum Products): Agilent supplies rotary vane, dry scroll, turbomolecular pumps and vacuum gauges through its former Varian portfolio. Sells into laboratories, semiconductor, and analytical instrument OEMs, overlapping heavily with Provac's customer profile.
• Edwards Vacuum: One of the largest global manufacturers of vacuum pumps (rotary vane, dry, turbomolecular, cryo) and abatement systems. Edwards serves the same semiconductor, scientific, and industrial end customers as Provac and competes directly via direct sales and regional distribution channels.
• Anest Iwata: Japanese manufacturer of oil-free scroll, rotary vane, and dry vacuum pumps plus compressors. Sells into semiconductor, automotive, and industrial coating markets that overlap with Provac's distribution portfolio.
• Pfeiffer Vacuum: German manufacturer of turbomolecular, ion, diaphragm, and rotary vane pumps plus leak detectors and gauges. Targets the same semiconductor, analytics, and research lab customers, competing with Provac on the equipment side of the same opportunity.
• Vacuubrand: Manufacturer of oil-free diaphragm, rotary vane, and screw chemistry vacuum pumps plus complete pumping stations. Focused on laboratory, pharma, and chemistry end markets where Provac also distributes competing equipment.
• ULVAC: Japanese manufacturer of cryogenic, turbomolecular, dry, and ion pumps for semiconductor, flat-panel display, and analytical instrument customers. Competes directly with Provac's high-end vacuum product lines in the same Northern California customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Atlas Copco (Vacuum Solutions): Atlas Copco's Vacuum Solutions division (incorporating former Busch and Edwards-in-compressor lines, plus acquired brands) is a broad vacuum equipment incumbent. Larger and broader portfolio than Provac's, serving the same industrial and semiconductor customers but as part of a much wider compressor/vacuum portfolio globally.

Emerging players

• Kashiyama Industries: Japanese manufacturer of dry vacuum pumps and semiconductor process equipment. Active in North American semiconductor fab markets where Provac also supplies equipment, though smaller and more niche than the major incumbents above.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/provacsalesinc
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/provac-sales

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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