KING-GAGE

What KING-GAGE does

KING-GAGE is the trade name under which King Engineering Corp. operates, a privately held U.S. manufacturer founded in 1937 and headquartered in Berea, Ohio. According to the available firmographic data, the company designs and manufactures liquid level measurement and filtration solutions, which places it in the industrial process instrumentation niche — a category serving manufacturers, chemical processors, food and beverage producers, and other operators of fluid handling systems that require reliable level sensing and fluid purification.

The company's core offering therefore centers on engineered hardware (level sensors/transmitters and filtration assemblies) rather than software or analytics. The source material does not surface detailed product specifications, underlying sensor technology, proprietary features, or a platform architecture, so the technical depth claim reduces to "established industrial instrumentation specialist." Likewise, no products, services, certifications, or API/integration footprint were disclosed in the available data, and the company's own website did not return parseable content during data collection (returning only a loader/verification page). The principal inference is that KING-GAGE operates as a small, mature OEM with a long-standing specialty product line and a modest engineering footprint.

The business model is not characterized in the source data: no pricing models, customer segments, distribution channels, or revenue mechanics are disclosed. With 11–50 employees and 87 years of operating history, the most plausible profile is a niche industrial OEM selling engineered equipment through direct sales and distributor channels to a fragmented industrial customer base, but this is inferred from category norms rather than confirmed by the input. Headcount is the only structured scale signal available, and named customers, partnerships, awards, and certifications are all absent from the source material.

Name

KING-GAGE

Website

https://king-gage.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1937

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KING-GAGE (King Engineering Corp.), founded 1937 and based in Berea, Ohio, is a privately held U.S. manufacturer of liquid level measurement instruments and filtration solutions serving industrial process customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Process Instrumentation

NAICS

Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables (334513)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823)

akta.pro primary industry

Process Automation Instrumentation & Control (DCS, Valves, Actuators, Analyzers) (IMAHAHAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sensors & Feedback Devices (Pressure, Flow, Position, Encoders, Transducers) (IMAHAGAK), Water Softener, Filtration & Treatment System Installation (HSAOAAAH), Water Systems & Treatment (Pumps/Boilers/Water Heaters/Filtration) (IMAIABAK)

Keywords

• Liquid level measurement
• Industrial filtration systems
• Process instrumentation
• Level sensors
• Tank gauging equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Berea

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Core offering

King Engineering Corp. (KING-GAGE) designs and manufactures liquid level measurement and filtration solutions for industrial process applications. The company supplies instrumentation used to monitor and control liquid levels and filtration in tanks and process systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• VEGA Americas: VEGA is a leading global specialist in level measurement instrumentation (radar, ultrasonic, capacitive, hydrostatic), directly overlapping with KING-GAGE's liquid level measurement core offering and serving the same process industry customers.
• Endress+Hauser: Endress+Hauser is one of the largest process instrumentation suppliers globally, with a deep level measurement portfolio and a strong footprint in food & beverage, water, and chemical processing — directly competing with KING-GAGE in liquid level gauges and transmitters.
• Gems Sensors & Controls: Gems Sensors manufactures level, flow, and pressure switches and sensors for industrial and OEM applications. It is comparable to KING-GAGE in liquid level sensing technology and customer base, particularly for tank and vessel applications.
• Magnetrol (Ametek): Magnetrol specializes in level and flow instrumentation for process industries and is now part of AMETEK. It is a direct comparable in level measurement technology, including guided-wave radar and displacer-style gauges used in the same applications as KING-GAGE products.
• Clark-Reliance (Jerguson Level Gauges): Clark-Reliance's Jerguson brand is a long-standing US manufacturer of sight glasses and level gauges for process industries, making it one of the closest direct comparables to KING-GAGE in the same niche of mechanical and electronic liquid level instrumentation.
• KROHNE: KROHNE manufactures level, flow, and process instrumentation with particular strength in hygienic/sanitary applications, closely mirroring KING-GAGE's positioning in liquid level measurement for food, beverage, and pharma.

Broad incumbents

• Emerson Automation Solutions (Rosemount): Emerson's Rosemount line is a broad-line process instrumentation incumbent offering level, pressure, flow, and temperature products. It competes head-to-head with KING-GAGE in liquid level measurement across process industries, but as part of a much wider automation portfolio.
• ABB Measurement & Analytics: ABB offers a broad process automation portfolio including level and analytical instrumentation, serving the same oil & gas, chemical, water, and power customers as KING-GAGE, but with significantly greater scale and a wider product range.
• Yokogawa Electric: Yokogawa's process instrumentation and control portfolio competes with KING-GAGE in liquid level measurement for oil & gas, chemical, and power customers, particularly via its pressure/level transmitter line.
• Siemens Process Instrumentation: Siemens provides SITRANS-level and process instrumentation as part of its broader industrial automation stack. It targets the same process-industry buyers as KING-GAGE but competes through bundled automation solutions rather than standalone gauges.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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