Kleen Tank

What Kleen Tank does

Kleen Tank LLC is a privately held, bootstrapped mobile service company that provides professional RV holding tank cleaning through a network of authorized mobile dealers across the United States and Canada. Founded around 2011 by Jim Tome and his wife Debbie, both RVers since 2004, the company positions itself as Northern America's leading professional RV holding tank cleaning service, with headquarters in Sycamore, Illinois, and a small core staff of 1-10 employees overseeing a dealer network of nearly 50.

The company's core technology is an exclusive hydrojetting system that delivers water at 1500 PSI, roughly ten times the pressure of the onboard rinsing systems standard on most RVs, paired with a proprietary multi-step cleaning process developed by analyzing thousands of tank cleanings over more than five years. Services are delivered exclusively on-site at RV parks, campgrounds, and rallies, and require full hook-ups (electricity, pressurized water, and sewage drainage). Complementary offerings include tank sensor restoration (with a claimed 95% success rate), conventional water heater flushing at rallies, and retail products such as Calgon Bath Pearls and a tank-solution recipe sold through the company's online store. A complementary transit-bus tank cleaning line is also indicated in firmographic data.

Kleen Tank monetizes primarily through unit-priced service fees ($300-$325 in the U.S. and $400 CAD in Canada at standard pricing, with rally pricing of $250-$275 / $375 CAD), supplemented by small product sales. Distribution runs through nearly 50 trained authorized dealers, attendance at over 100 RV rallies per year, and "preferred service" partnerships with major RV owner organizations including FMCA, the Tiffin Allegro Owners Club, and the Airstream Owners Club. The company does not disclose financials, has no external institutional funding, and has not made any acquisitions; growth has been organic and dealer-network led.

Name

Kleen Tank

Legal name

Kleen Tank

Website

https://www.kleentank.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kleen Tank is a tank cleaning service provider that provides unique RV and transit bus holding tank cleaning services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

RV Holding Tank Cleaning Services

NAICS

Car Washes (811192)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Vacuum & Tank Cleaning Services (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAL)

Keywords

• RV tank cleaning
• Holding tank cleaning
• Mobile tank cleaning
• RV waste system service
• Tank sensor repair

Headquarters

HQ city

Sycamore

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Mobile Tank Cleaning Services: Kleen Tank's primary revenue comes from on-site RV holding tank cleaning services performed by mobile dealers who travel to customer locations at RV parks and campgrounds. Services include black tank cleaning, gray tank cleaning (up to 2 included), and complimentary water heater flushing. Additional tanks available for small upcharge. Normal pricing ranges from $300-$325 in the U.S. and $400 CAD in Canada, with rally pricing discounted to $250-$275 (U.S.) and $375 CAD (Canada).
2. Tank Solution Products: Sale of tank solution products including Calgon Bath Pearls which are used in Kleen Tank's recommended tank maintenance recipe. Products available through the company's online store and included as complimentary samples with cleaning services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kleen Tank provides professional mobile RV holding tank cleaning services using proprietary 1500 PSI hydrojetting technology delivered through a network of nearly 50 authorized dealers across the U.S. and Canada. The service cleans waste holding tanks to factory-clean condition, restores malfunctioning tank sensors in 95% of cases, clears clogs and odors, and includes a complimentary conventional water heater flush; complementary products (Calgon Bath Pearls) are sold via the company's online store.

Product overview

Kleen Tank is a mobile RV holding tank cleaning service network operating across North America. The core offering is professional hydrojetting-based tank cleaning at 1500 PSI pressure to restore tanks to factory-clean condition, which also fixes malfunctioning tank sensors in 95% of cases. The company sells complementary products including their proprietary tank solution recipe (Calgon Bath Pearls + Pine-Sol mixture) and Calgon Bath Pearls directly. Service is delivered through a network of nearly 50 authorized dealers trained through an intensive one-week program. The company primarily operates at RV rallies and events across the U.S. and Canada.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• RV Holding Tank Cleaning Service
• Tank Sensor Repair Service
• Calgon Bath Pearls

Quantifiable outcome

• Tank sensors restored to working condition in 95% of cases after professional cleaning
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA)coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2024Kleen Tank is the preferred and recommended professional tank cleaning service for FMCA members. The partnership includes special member pricing, sponsorship at FMCA rallies and events, and educational sessions for members on proper RV tank maintenance.
• Tiffin Allegro Owners ClubcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2024Kleen Tank serves as the preferred professional tank cleaning service for Tiffin Allegro Owners Club members. Partnership includes special pricing, rally sponsorship, and educational presentations at club events.
• Airstream Owners ClubcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2024Kleen Tank is the preferred professional tank cleaning service for Airstream Owners Club members. Partnership includes special member pricing, sponsorship at Airstream rallies and events (including the International Rally), and educational sessions.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Thetford Corporation: Thetford is a leading manufacturer of RV sanitation products including toilets, holding tank treatments, and care chemicals. It competes directly with Kleen Tank in the RV holding tank care category — Thetford on the DIY/additive side and Kleen Tank on the professional service side — serving the same RV owner customer base.
• Camco: Camco manufactures and distributes RV accessories and consumables, including tank treatments, hose fittings, and waste-handling products. It targets the same RV-owner customer base as Kleen Tank through the DIY aftermarket channel and represents a substitute-path competitor for RV tank maintenance.

Broad incumbents

• Dometic Group: Dometic is a global incumbent in RV and marine sanitation, climate, and appliances. It addresses RV waste holding tanks through toilets, sanitation systems, and OEM relationships — overlapping with Kleen Tank's customer problem space but as part of a much broader product portfolio serving OEMs and dealers rather than end-consumer service delivery.
• Camping World Holdings: Camping World is the largest U.S. retailer of RV services, parts, and accessories with a national service center footprint. As a broad incumbent in RV aftermarket services, it could readily add or scale tank cleaning as a service line and represents the most likely well-capitalized competitor or potential acquirer for Kleen Tank.

Regional players

• Unique Camping + Marine: Unique Camping + Marine operates an RV service center network across the U.S. with mobile service offerings. While not exclusively focused on tank cleaning, it competes for RV service revenue and offers adjacent RV maintenance to a similar customer base, making it a regional comparable for service-driven RV maintenance.

Emerging players

• RV Master Techs: RV Master Techs operates as a mobile RV technician network providing on-site repair and maintenance. It overlaps with Kleen Tank in mobile service delivery to RV owners at campgrounds and homes, addressing adjacent maintenance needs (plumbing, electrical, appliances) within the same target customer.

Others

• Calgon Carbon (tank/water hygiene): Calgon (the bath-pearls brand Kleen Tank recommends) is a water-care and cleaning brand now under ALGreat Lakes. It is an adjacent enabling brand in tank-care consumables rather than a direct competitor, but its products are explicitly cross-sold with Kleen Tank's service.
• Mr. Green Chem-Dry (mobile cleaning service): Chem-Dry is a national franchise mobile cleaning service with a comparable dealer-network economics model, providing on-site cleaning at customer locations. While it serves carpets/upholstery rather than tanks, its franchise structure, route density, and mobile-service GTM are directly analogous to Kleen Tank's dealer network economics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/KleenTank
• Instagraminstagram.com/kleentank
• Xx.com/KleenTank

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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