Laboratory Service

What Laboratory Service does

Laboratory Service Inc. (LSI) is a privately held New Jersey corporation, founded in 1949, that provides quality and quantity control services to the chemical and petrochemical industry. The company operates a "one-call source" service model spanning sampling, laboratory testing, marine inspection, repackaging, and DOT/IATA-compliant sample shipment, with primary customers being chemical manufacturers, traders, and bulk marine transport operators. Its analytical capabilities rest on standard bench analyses and spectroscopy instrumentation — specifically gas chromatography (GC), infrared spectroscopy (IR), ultraviolet spectroscopy (UV), and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) — with registered status under FDA (USP/NF), USCBP (independent gauger/inspector), ASTM (listed laboratory), and ISO 9001-2015 (DNV Registrar) at its Carteret, NJ headquarters.

LSI is a sales-led B2B professional services firm that generates revenue through per-test fees, inspection event charges, and multi-year service contracts with enterprise industrial clients. Pricing is project-scoped and not publicly disclosed. The company delivers services directly through eight company-owned facilities strategically positioned along the principal US bulk chemical logistics corridors: Carteret, Bayonne, and Perth Amboy (NJ), Philadelphia (PA), Kemah and Texas City (TX), Harvey (LA), and Savannah (GA), with 24/7 analytical coverage for vessel discharge operations.

The company maintains no public-facing investor disclosures, no disclosed funding history, no identifiable headcount, and no digital product or AI capabilities; its competitive position is grounded in regulatory credentials, embedded chain-of-custody workflows, and physical proximity to terminal operations rather than technology differentiation.

Name

Laboratory Service

Legal name

Laboratory Service Inc.

Website

https://lab-service.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Laboratory Service Inc. (LSI), founded 1949 in New Jersey, provides sampling, analytical testing, marine inspection, repackaging, and DOT/IATA-compliant sample shipment services to chemical, petrochemical, and bulk marine transport clients across eight US sites.

Ownership category

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Product category

Chemical Testing and Inspection Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (541380), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Release Testing & Batch Certification (QC) (HLAGADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Bunker Quality Testing, Surveying & Quantity Measurement (Lab, MARPOL Annex VI) (TLAHAKAH)

Keywords

• Chemical testing services
• Marine gauging inspection
• Petrochemical quality control
• Bulk liquid sampling
• Independent laboratory analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Carteret

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Laboratory Testing Services: Analytical testing services for chemical and petrochemical products. Services include sampling, quality testing, and certification of analysis. Revenue is generated through per-test fees and service contracts with industrial clients.
2. Marine Inspection Services: Independent gauging and inspection services for bulk chemical transfers, terminal operations monitoring, and custody transfer verification. Revenue generated through service fees for inspection events and ongoing monitoring contracts.
3. Sample Shipment and Warehousing Services: Sampling and shipment services including DOT/IATA compliant hazardous sample handling, custom bench-scale blending, and inventoried sample warehousing for client market development support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Laboratory Service Inc. (LSI) provides analytical testing, marine inspection, and sample shipment services for the chemical and petrochemical industries. The company operates as a one-call source for sampling, quality testing, marine inspection, repackaging, and shipment of bulk chemicals and petrochemical products, using standard bench analyses and advanced spectroscopy methods (GC, IR, UV, ICP-OES) under ISO 9001-2015 certified quality management.

Product overview

Laboratory Service Inc. offers a unified suite of laboratory and inspection services for the chemical and petrochemical industry. The core portfolio consists of three integrated service lines: Analytical Services (providing chemical testing via spectroscopy methods including GC, IR, UV, and ICP-OES), Marine Inspection (USCBP-approved gauging and quantity/quality inspections for bulk chemical transfers), and Sample Shipment Services (sampling, compliant shipment, and custom blending). Repackaging services support the shipment operations. Together these services provide clients with a one-call source for sampling, quality testing, marine inspection, repackaging and shipment of products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Analytical Services Laboratory testing services providing sampling and analytical services for bulk chemical discharge or shipments via marine vessel, including standard bench analyses and spectroscopy methods (GC, IR, UV, ICP-OES) for chemical product testing.
• Marine Inspection US Customs and Border Protection approved independent gauger and inspector service providing quantity and quality inspections of bulk chemicals, marine movements, terminal operations monitoring, shore tank and pipeline inspection, and custody transfer sampling.
• Sample Shipment Services Product sampling from drums, rail cars, tank wagons, iso-containers, and storage tanks; DOT and IATA compliant hazardous and non-hazardous sample shipment; custom bench-scale blending; inventoried sample warehousing; and analytical testing for client market development support.
• Repackaging Services Repackaging and shipment of customers' chemical and petrochemical products as part of the one-call service offering.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Eurofins Scientific: International testing group operating a network of analytical laboratories across many industries; the environmental and industrial testing lines overlap with LSI's GC/IR/UV/ICP-OES analytical capabilities, though Eurofins serves a much broader end-market mix.
• SGS SA: World's largest testing, inspection, and certification company; operates Oil, Gas & Chemicals services that directly overlap with LSI's bulk chemical inspection, custody transfer, and laboratory testing capabilities, but at global scale and across many other industries.
• ALS Limited: Global testing services provider with hydrocarbon, environmental, and life sciences laboratories; the hydrocarbon/oil and gas testing line competes with LSI's chemical analytical services, though ALS operates at larger scale and broader scope.
• Intertek Group: Global TIC company with a dedicated chemicals and petroleum business line covering laboratory testing, cargo inspection, and custody transfer - directly comparable service portfolio to LSI but with broader geographic and sector reach.
• Bureau Veritas: International TIC group whose Marine & Offshore and Commodities divisions offer independent gauging, laboratory testing, and inspection services for chemical and petrochemical bulk transfers - overlapping with LSI's marine inspection and analytical services.

Direct peers

• Cotecna: Independent inspection, testing, and certification firm active in bulk commodities including chemicals and petroleum; provides cargo inspection, sampling, and laboratory analysis directly comparable to LSI's marine inspection services.
• Saybolt (SGS): Long-established petroleum and chemical inspection brand (now part of SGS) specializing in custody transfer, sampling, and laboratory testing of bulk liquids - a near-identical service offering to LSI's marine inspection and analytical business.
• Inspectorate (Bureau Veritas): Global commodity inspection and testing company acquired by Bureau Veritas; provides petroleum, chemical, and bulk liquid cargo inspection, sampling, and laboratory analysis - the closest direct competitor to LSI's marine inspection and custody transfer services.

Others

• Roper Technologies (testing portfolio): Diversified technology holding company that owns niche testing and measurement software/instrument businesses (e.g., Construction Solutions, Industrial Technology) - adjacent rather than directly competing, but illustrates the consolidator thesis around specialized testing assets that could apply to LSI.

Regional players

• Pace Analytical Services: US-based commercial testing laboratory network with strong environmental and industrial testing capabilities; comparable to LSI in geographic focus on the US and in operating multi-site analytical labs, though with broader end-market exposure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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