What Taylor & Fraser does

Taylor & Fraser is a private, for-profit industrial services contractor headquartered in Paisley, United Kingdom. The firm provides mechanical, building, and electrical services for industrial processes and piping, indicating an end-market focus on process industries (such as chemicals, distilling, water, power, and similar sectors) that require engineered piping, HVAC, and electrical infrastructure. With 101-250 employees, the company sits in the UK mid-market industrial services segment, where firms typically combine multi-discipline design, fabrication, installation, and ongoing maintenance for plant operators and principal contractors.

The business has been operating continuously since 1906, giving it over a century of accumulated technical know-how, prequalification credentials, and client relationships. Its service scope spans three integrated disciplines: mechanical (piping, process equipment installation), building services (HVAC and related building systems for industrial facilities), and electrical (E&I works tied to process plants). This multi-trade capability is characteristic of UK industrial services firms that act as principal subcontractors on capital projects and maintenance frameworks.

The revenue model is consistent with project-based industrial services contracting: revenue is generated through tendered capital projects, maintenance frameworks, and engineering services for industrial site operators, with pricing typically structured on fixed-price contracts, measured-term contracts, or day-rate engineering services. The firm is privately held with no disclosed parent company, no public funding history, and no publicly available financial statements in the supplied data, which constrains the ability to verify segment mix, customer concentration, or growth trajectory without primary diligence.

Name

Taylor & Fraser

Website

https://taylorandfraser.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1906

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Mechanical, Electrical and Building Services

NAICS

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (3332)

SIC

Construction Machinery & Equip (3531)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial/Process Piping & Mechanical Contracting (IMAFALAG)

Keywords

• Mechanical services
• Electrical services
• Industrial piping
• Building services
• Process engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Paisley

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Taylor & Fraser is a mechanical, building, and electrical services provider for industrial processes and piping. The company delivers multi-discipline engineering, installation, and maintenance services to industrial customers in the United Kingdom, operating from Paisley with a workforce of 101–250 employees. Founded in 1906, the firm combines mechanical, electrical, and building services into integrated industrial project delivery.

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Products and services

• Mechanical services for industrial processes Mechanical engineering, installation, and maintenance services delivered to industrial process clients, centered on industrial piping and process equipment support.
• Electrical services for industrial processes Electrical engineering, installation, and maintenance services provided to industrial customers in support of process and piping operations.
• Building services for industrial facilities Building services tailored to industrial facilities, delivered alongside the firm's mechanical and electrical offerings.
• Industrial process piping services Piping-focused services for industrial processes, integrated with the firm's mechanical, electrical, and building capabilities.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Bilfinger UK: Bilfinger UK delivers industrial services including mechanical, piping, E&I and maintenance to process-industry customers across the UK. It competes head-to-head with Taylor & Fraser for industrial process-piping shutdowns and ongoing maintenance contracts.
• Cape Industrial Services: Cape is a UK-based industrial services contractor providing mechanical access, insulation, painting and site-support services to heavy industry. It overlaps Taylor & Fraser in delivering multi-trade industrial services to process plants and refineries.
• SPIE UK: SPIE UK is the British arm of SPIE Group, providing multi-disciplinary mechanical, electrical, plumbing and HVAC services to industrial and commercial clients. It directly mirrors Taylor & Fraser's MEP/industrial-services bundle and competes for the same industrial process-piping and maintenance work in the UK.
• Alder & Allan: Alder & Allan is a UK-focused environmental and industrial services group providing mechanical, plumbing and site services to industrial clients. Its mechanical-services scope within a UK industrial-services platform makes it a like-for-like comparison to Taylor & Fraser.
• Havelock Ellis (H&H Engineering): H&H Engineering is a Scottish-based multi-trade contractor delivering mechanical, electrical and building services to industrial and commercial customers. Its Paisley/Glasgow roots and MEP bundling make it the closest sub-200 employee peer to Taylor & Fraser.

Broad incumbents

• Petrofac: Petrofac is a large UK-listed energy services contractor delivering mechanical, piping and E&I services to industrial clients. It overlaps Taylor & Fraser on process-piping construction and maintenance but operates at significantly greater scale.
• Babcock International: Babcock International is a major UK engineering services group with mechanical, electrical and nuclear-services capabilities. While much broader, its industrial-services segment competes with Taylor & Fraser on mechanical and electrical scopes for UK industrial customers.
• Worley (UK operations): Worley is a global energy and resources engineering/services firm with significant UK industrial-services operations covering piping, mechanical and E&I work. It competes for the same process-piping scopes as Taylor & Fraser but as a much larger incumbent.
• Stork Technical Services (part of Fluor): Stork provides mechanical, piping, E&I and maintenance services to industrial assets across the UK and NW Europe. Its multi-trade industrial-services model overlaps directly with Taylor & Fraser's mechanical, piping and electrical offering.

Emerging players

• Mitie Engineering Services: Mitie's engineering services business delivers mechanical, electrical and HVAC services to UK industrial and commercial clients. While more facilities-management oriented, it increasingly competes with Taylor & Fraser for industrial-services and process-piping maintenance work.

Market position

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Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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Investments

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