The Apex Companies

What The Apex Companies does

The Apex Companies is a privately held Minnesota-based engineering, facility services, and water treatment firm operating two co-equal pillars: Apex Water Solutions, which deploys and operates the proprietary WARP (Wastewater Alternate Remediation Process) system for on-site landfill leachate treatment and PFAS/PFOS removal, and inBYLT (formerly Apex Facility Solutions), which delivers facility planning, design, construction management, energy efficiency, and carbon-neutrality services. The WARP System concentrates hazardous chemicals, renders them inert, and returns them to the landfill, with a stated operating cost of approximately one cent per gallon and an outcome that meets National Drinking Water standards. The company generates revenue primarily through project-based professional services contracts with municipal, K-12, higher education, religious, and industrial clients in Minnesota, supplemented by managed-service WARP deployments and PACE-financed infrastructure upgrades.

The go-to-market is a direct enterprise field-sales motion targeting facility directors, public works leaders, and school district administrators via RFPs, public bidding, and relationship-led outreach, with category visibility built through earned media in Waste 360, Waste Today, WasteAdvantage, and WCCO/CBS plus the PFAS Pulse Podcast. The firm is positioned to capture compliance-driven demand ahead of 2026 PFAS regulations, and has expanded its industrial wastewater offering into oil & gas, chemical, food processing, and brewery end markets. Corporate structure consists of Apex Water Solutions, LLC and inBYLT, LLC, both Minnesota LLCs affiliated with the parent brand, alongside the inBYLT Foundation 501(c)(3) charitable arm.

Name

The Apex Companies

Legal name

Apex Water Solutions, LLC

Website

https://apex-co.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Apex Companies is a Minnesota-based engineering and water treatment firm that deploys its proprietary WARP System for landfill leachate and PFAS/PFOS remediation, while its inBYLT division delivers facility planning, design, construction management, and energy efficiency services to municipal, K-12, higher education, religious, and industrial clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Minnesota City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Facility planning, design, and construction management services: Professional services engagements for ice arenas, schools, municipalities, churches, and industrial facilities, typically delivered as project-based contracts with milestone or completion-based billing.
2. WARP System deployment and managed leachate treatment: Deployment and ongoing operation of the WARP system at landfill sites to treat leachate and remove PFAS/PFOS, generating usage-based revenue per gallon treated (approximately 1 cent per gallon stated operating cost basis).
3. Energy efficiency and infrastructure upgrade projects: Project-based revenue from energy efficiency retrofits and infrastructure improvements delivered to facility owners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Apex Companies delivers on-site landfill leachate treatment via its proprietary WARP (Wastewater Alternate Remediation Process) system, which removes PFAS/PFOS and other contaminants to meet National Drinking Water standards, with a stated operating cost of approximately 1 cent per gallon. Through its inBYLT division (formerly Apex Facility Solutions), it provides facility planning, design, construction management, and energy efficiency and carbon neutrality services for municipalities, K-12 and higher education institutions, religious organizations, ice arenas, and industrial clients. Supporting offerings include PACE financing facilitation, performance contracting, and turn-key wastewater treatment for oil & gas, chemical, food processing, and brewery customers.

Product overview

The Apex Companies is a single, integrated service provider — not a SaaS platform — built around two co-equal pillars: (1) Apex Water Solutions and its proprietary on-site WARP System (Wastewater Alternate Remediation Process) for landfill leachate and industrial/municipal wastewater treatment, including PFAS/PFOS removal; and (2) inBYLT (formerly Apex Facility Solutions), which delivers facility Plan-Design-Build, construction management, and energy efficiency/carbon-neutrality services across ice arenas, educational facilities, municipalities, religious organizations, and industrial clients. Supporting these pillars are add-on services such as PACE financing facilitation, performance contracting, and turn-key wastewater treatment for oil & gas, chemical, food processing, and brewery customers, plus the inBYLT Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable arm that has donated over $250,000 to community non-profits. The WARP System is the technological centerpiece — an on-site treatment process that concentrates hazardous chemicals, renders them inert, and returns them to the landfill — while inBYLT and the broader facility services wrap planning, design, construction management, financing, and ongoing service around client projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• WARP System (Wastewater Alternate Remediation Process) On-site landfill leachate treatment system that removes contaminants, including PFAS/PFOS, to meet National Drinking Water standards. Concentrates hazardous chemicals, renders them inert, and returns them to the landfill for permanent containment, eliminating hauling costs and discharge of contaminants. Operating cost is approximately 1 cent per gallon.
• inBYLT Plan-Design-Build and Construction Management Services

Quantifiable outcome

• WARP system operating cost of approximately 1 cent per gallon for landfill leachate / PFAS-PFOS treatment
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Jacobs Engineering: Major engineering and professional services firm with environmental, water, and critical infrastructure practices serving public-sector clients. Overlaps with Apex on facility planning, water treatment, and construction management for municipalities.
• Clean Harbors: Largest North American provider of environmental and industrial services, including hazardous waste and PFAS-related offerings. Comparable to Apex's WARP System on landfill-leachate and contaminant handling but at national scale.
• Tetra Tech: Global environmental and engineering consulting firm with deep PFAS, water, and waste practices. Comparable to Apex in the water/environmental engineering layer but with substantially greater scale, multi-state reach, and balance sheet.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a sizable environmental services and water business. Comparable to Apex on environmental remediation and municipal infrastructure, but with national IDIQ contract capability and far larger headcount.
• WSP Global: Global professional services firm with environmental, water, and property/buildings practices serving municipalities and institutions. Comparable to Apex on integrated facility and environmental engineering for public-sector buyers.
• HDR Inc. Large US engineering, architecture, and construction services firm with strong municipal and water practices. Competes with Apex for public-sector facility, water, and infrastructure work, particularly in the Upper Midwest.

Direct peers

• Brown and Caldwell: Environmental engineering and consulting firm focused on water and wastewater for municipalities and industry. Directly comparable to Apex's water/leachate practice and public-sector facility work.
• Montrose Environmental Group: Environmental services company focused on PFAS testing, water treatment, and remediation. Directly overlaps with Apex's WARP System PFAS/PFOS removal offering and shares the same enterprise landfill and industrial customer base.
• SCS Engineers: National environmental engineering firm specializing in solid waste, landfill services, and leachate/PFAS treatment. Directly comparable to Apex on landfill-leachate compliance, PFAS remediation, and managed-service delivery to municipal and private landfill operators.

Regional players

• Mortenson Construction: Minnesota-based national construction and development firm with significant public-sector, education, and recreation facility work in the Upper Midwest. Comparable to Apex's Plan-Design-Build practice for ice arenas, schools, and municipal buildings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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