Taylor's Industrial Coatings

What Taylor's Industrial Coatings does

Taylor's Industrial Coatings is a privately held industrial services firm headquartered in Irvine, California, founded in 1975 and operating with 101-250 employees. The company delivers industrial painting, protective and specialty coatings, sandblasting, and foam services to industrial customers, with a service scope focused on surface preparation, protective coating application, and foam-related industrial work.

The business model is project-based professional services delivery: engagements are quoted per project scope and executed at customer sites by in-house field crews, typical of the industrial specialty services segment. Geographic operations are anchored in Southern California (Irvine headquarters), consistent with a regional contractor serving the broader West Coast industrial base. Detailed pricing, customer segment mix, and revenue disclosure are not provided in the source material.

The technology stack is conventional industrial coatings and surface preparation rather than proprietary IP; no patented processes, AI/ML systems, or differentiated platforms are disclosed for Taylor's. Strategic positioning rests on operating longevity (50 years), certified applicator capability, and regional execution rather than technology differentiation. Significant evidence gaps exist: no financial disclosure, no named customers, no M&A or growth funding history, and no headcount trend are attributable to Taylor's in the source material.

Name

Taylor's Industrial Coatings

Legal name

Groome Industrial Service Group

Website

https://tic-coatings.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Taylor's Industrial Coatings, founded 1975 in Irvine, California, is a privately held industrial services firm providing industrial painting, protective and specialty coatings, sandblasting, and foam services to industrial customers across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Coatings Services

NAICS

Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities (3328), Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers (332812)

SIC

Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Protective Coatings (Steel/Concrete/Equipment) (IMAIAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Application Equipment & Coating Services (Contract Coating, Surface Prep) (IMAEAGAL), Industrial & Commercial Painting/Coatings/Surface Treatment (IMAIAAAK)

Keywords

• Industrial painting services
• Protective coatings
• Sandblasting services
• Specialty coatings
• Foam coating services

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices22 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Industrial Specialty Maintenance Services: Project-based professional services for industrial facilities including turnkey maintenance, cleaning, coatings, and mechanical services. Services are performed by in-house trained field service engineers at customer sites across the power generation, petrochemical, refinery, manufacturing, and aviation industries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Taylor's Industrial Coatings provides industrial painting, protective coatings, specialty coatings, sandblasting, and foam services for industrial and commercial facilities. The company focuses on applied surface protection and finishing, delivering field-based coatings and surface preparation projects since 1975.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KinetiClean: Patented kinetic shockwave cleaning technology for HRSG boiler and fin tubes that provides deep cleaning effect via controlled detonation and automated high-pressure air distribution.
• Groome Door & Mechanical Systems (GDMS)
• Groome Paint Shop

Products and services

• Industrial Painting Industrial painting services for industrial and commercial facilities, covering structural and equipment coatings applied on-site.
• Protective Coatings Application of protective coatings designed to extend equipment life and prevent corrosion in industrial environments.
• Specialty Coatings Specialty coating applications for unique industrial surface protection and finishing requirements.
• Sandblasting Services Sandblasting services for surface preparation prior to coating application, removing existing coatings, rust, and contaminants.
• Foam Services Foam application services for industrial facilities, covering insulation, sealing, or protective foam coating needs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70-90% of performance losses recoverable with structured maintenance program
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Broad incumbents

• Quanta Services: Large public infrastructure services provider with a meaningful utility and industrial services franchise — relevant as a broader incumbent competing for portions of the same power and industrial maintenance wallet.
• Clean Harbors: Large public environmental and industrial services firm providing industrial cleaning (including hydroblasting), waste management, and specialty maintenance — overlapping with Groome's hydroblast cleaning and broader industrial services reach.
• Curtiss-Wright: Diversified industrial firm with a power generation services segment serving nuclear and conventional plants — broader incumbent with overlapping service capabilities to US power generation customers that Groome also serves.
• Babcock & Wilcox: Established power generation technology and services provider with significant installed-base service exposure in coal-fired and biomass plants — broader, OEM-rooted incumbent serving many of the same power generation customers Groome targets.

Direct peers

• APTIM: Specialty services firm serving power, industrial, and government clients with maintenance, environmental, and infrastructure-related services — comparable to Groome's multi-vertical, project-based specialty maintenance model.
• Mistras Group: Public industrial services provider offering non-destructive testing, inspection, and mechanical services to power generation, oil & gas, and process customers — overlapping with Groome's mechanical, catalyst, and inspection-related work for similar enterprise customers.
• Team Inc. Public industrial services provider for the power and process industries delivering mechanical services, inspection, cleaning, and coating work for refineries, power plants, and petrochemical facilities — directly comparable to Groome's core HRSG/catalyst/cleaning/coating services for the same end customers.
• IES Holdings: Public provider of electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation services to industrial and commercial customers, including power generation and refineries — overlapping with Groome's mechanical and industrial specialty services footprint.
• Brand Industrial Services: Industrial services firm (now part of BrandSafway) providing surface treatment, coatings, scaffolding, and specialty maintenance for power generation and heavy industrial clients — directly comparable in coatings and contracted industrial maintenance.
• North American Boiler: Private specialty services provider focused on boiler and related equipment maintenance for power generation facilities — directly comparable on boiler/HRSG-adjacent services that compete with Groome's explosive cleaning and balance-of-plant work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/taylortalk

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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