What McElroy's Inc. does

McElroy's Inc. is a privately held, family-owned full-service mechanical contractor headquartered in Topeka, Kansas, founded in 1951 by Homer McElroy and now in its third generation of family leadership under President Dan Beal. The company designs, installs, and services HVAC, plumbing and pipefitting, refrigeration, process piping, and building automation/controls systems for commercial, industrial, healthcare, government, education, science/laboratory, data center, entertainment/hospitality, and residential customers across Kansas, with a self-reported installed base of more than 12 million square feet of mechanical systems. Its core technology stack centers on integrated MEP design-build delivered under single-source responsibility, supported by two in-house prefabrication shops that use virtual design and construction plus laser-guided positioning for off-site assembly of HVAC, plumbing, and sheet-metal components, and a dedicated Building Controls Division operating as an authorized Solidyne Direct Digital Controls dealer (90+ sites, 1,000+ controllers) with Niagara 4 certifications and Johnson Controls/York integration.

The business operates four interlocking revenue streams: (1) project-based construction services (design-build, HVAC, plumbing, pipefitting, refrigeration, controls) sold via competitive bid or negotiated design-build; (2) recurring service and preventive maintenance contracts including 24/7 emergency response; (3) residential HVAC, plumbing, repair, and new-equipment installation with consumer financing; and (4) prefabricated components built in the fabrication shop. Commercial and industrial work is the primary segment, with healthcare, government, and education as core institutional verticals and science/laboratory and data center as emerging specializations; go-to-market is direct field sales via phone, website contact forms, and emergency dispatch, anchored by a regional customer base that includes Stormont Vail Hospital, the City of Topeka, the State of Kansas, the VA Medical Center, JM Smucker, Bimbo Bakery, CoreFirst Bank & Trust, Security Benefit, Washburn University, Emporia State University, and the University of Kansas.

The company is supported by 101-250 employees and Carrier, Johnson Controls/York, and Solidyne OEM relationships, and holds no disclosed external institutional investors, parent entities, or M&A activity. Pricing is predominantly quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with one disclosed residential diagnostic fee of $89; the absence of any published revenue or financials limits external triangulation, but the scope of named anchor accounts and project scale indicate a stable, mid-sized regional MEP platform rather than a high-growth venture-backed business.

Name

McElroy's Inc.

Legal name

McElroy's Inc.

Website

https://mcelroys.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1951

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

McElroy's Inc. is a family-owned, third-generation full-service mechanical contractor founded in 1951 in Topeka, Kansas, delivering HVAC, plumbing, pipefitting, refrigeration, building controls, and design-build services to commercial, industrial, government, healthcare, education, and residential customers across Kansas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Topeka

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction Services: Project-based construction services for HVAC, plumbing, pipefitting, and building controls including new construction, renovations, and replacements for commercial and industrial clients.
2. Service and Maintenance: Ongoing service contracts, preventive maintenance, and emergency repair services for mechanical systems. Includes 24/7 emergency response capabilities.
3. Residential Services: Residential HVAC, plumbing, repair, and maintenance services for homeowners including new equipment installation and financing options.
4. Prefabrication: Custom prefabricated components for HVAC, plumbing and pipefitting projects, built off-site in company fabrication shops.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

McElroy's Inc. is a full-service mechanical contractor delivering HVAC, plumbing, pipefitting, refrigeration, and building controls for commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential customers in Kansas. The company operates in-house licensed engineers, two prefabrication shops, and a building automation division, and completes projects via design-build delivery, preventive maintenance programs, and 24/7 emergency service.

Product overview

McElroy's Inc. is a full-service mechanical contractor offering integrated building systems services through a unified platform of construction, prefabrication, and maintenance capabilities. The core portfolio spans HVAC systems, plumbing and pipefitting, building controls, refrigeration, and residential services. The company operates a centralized service model where these offerings interconnect—construction projects leverage prefabrication for off-site component building, building controls integrate with HVAC installations, and preventive maintenance programs support all installed systems. The portfolio includes specialized laboratory and data center services, emergency response, and design-build project delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Servicing more than 12 million square feet of mechanical systems
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Solidyne ControlscoreTechnology or IntegrationAuthorized Solidyne Controls Dealer offering factory-trained specialists in Solidyne Direct Digital Controls (DDC). Solidyne has been designing and building electronic controls since 1969. McElroy's has over 90 Solidyne installations with more than 1,000 controllers.
• CarriercoreTechnology or IntegrationCarrier Residential Factory Authorized Dealer. Carrier is a world leader in high-technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions.
• Johnson ControlscoreTechnology or IntegrationJCI building automation systems used in projects. Johnson Controls provides building automation and control systems integrated into McElroy's mechanical installations (Metasys controls).
• York (Johnson Controls brand)coreTechnology or IntegrationInstallation of York brand chillers including 400-ton water-cooled centrifugal chillers with variable-speed drive for government and commercial projects.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• EMCOR Group: Largest publicly traded mechanical and electrical construction and facilities services firm in the U.S. Competes for the same institutional, healthcare, government, and data center accounts that McElroy's serves.
• APi Group: Public holding company of safety, specialty, and industrial services including mechanical contracting and building services subsidiaries. Overlaps with McElroy's commercial mechanical service and maintenance offerings.
• Carrier Global: Global HVAC and refrigeration OEM; McElroy's is a Carrier Factory Authorized Dealer. Carrier's broader service and controls franchises compete in adjacent parts of the value chain.
• Johnson Controls: Global building controls and HVAC OEM whose Metasys platform McElroy's integrates. A key partner and a broad incumbent with overlapping service, controls, and energy retrofit offerings.

Direct peers

• TDIndustries: Private, employee-owned mechanical contractor headquartered in Texas with similar design-build MEP, prefab, and service model targeting healthcare, education, government, and industrial customers.
• Limbach Holdings: Public specialty mechanical contractor focused on design-build HVAC, plumbing, and building controls for commercial, healthcare, and institutional customers; nearly identical service mix and customer verticals.
• U.S. Engineering Company: Private Midwest-based mechanical contractor with MEP design-build, prefabrication, and building automation services; comparable regional scale and customer mix to McElroy's.
• Murphy Company: Private mechanical contractor providing HVAC, plumbing, process piping, and building automation for commercial, industrial, healthcare, and institutional customers in the central U.S.
• Comfort Systems USA: Public national mechanical contractor providing HVAC, plumbing, and building controls for commercial and industrial customers. Same core service lines and design-build delivery model as McElroy's but at national scale.

Regional players

• Henderson Engineers: Private building systems engineering firm specializing in MEP design for healthcare, higher education, and data centers; complements and sometimes competes with McElroy's design-build delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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