What ACS Environmental Services does

ACS Environmental Services, Inc. is a Brooklyn, New York-based environmental consulting firm founded in 1987 by Louis Illiano, Sr., providing inspections, testing, and project monitoring services focused on asbestos, lead-based paint, and mold hazards for residential and commercial properties across the New York City metropolitan area (the five boroughs, plus Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties). The company operates as a horizontally oriented professional services firm with a fixed-price/quote-based engagement model, reaching customers via inbound phone, website contact forms, and regulatory referrals.

The firm's core service catalog comprises nine tightly interrelated offerings: asbestos investigations (including ACP5 report filing, bulk/air/soil sampling, abatement planning, and clearance testing), third-party project monitoring of asbestos abatement, lead-based paint inspections using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyzers, lead dust-wipe clearance testing, lead risk assessments, NYS-licensed mold assessments using infrared cameras and moisture meters, microbiological water testing (Legionella, E. coli, Coliforms), Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments, and indoor air quality surveys. Underlying technology is conventional scientific instrumentation paired with third-party laboratory analysis rather than proprietary software platforms.

Revenue is generated through professional services fees on a quote basis, with no published pricing and no disclosed financial figures. ACS maintains multiple regulatory certifications that act as entry barriers, including NYS and NYC DEP asbestos inspector credentials, an NYS Department of Labor mold assessor/remediation contractor license, NYS project-monitor/air-sampling technician certification, and an NYS XRF equipment operator license. The customer base spans residential property owners and managers, commercial property owners and businesses, NYC daycare facilities subject to Local Law 1 of 2004, and government/institutional clients requiring HPD or DOHMH violation clearance work — with horizontal segmentation across these use cases rather than vertical specialization.

Name

ACS Environmental Services

Legal name

ACS Environmental Services, Inc.

Website

https://acsenvironmentalinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ACS Environmental Services is a Brooklyn-based, NYS-licensed environmental consulting firm offering asbestos investigations, lead paint inspections using XRF, mold assessments, project monitoring, and water testing for residential, commercial, daycare, and government clients across the New York City metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Asbestos/Lead/Mold Inspection, Testing & Consulting (BPALALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Compliance, Monitoring & Field Services (Sampling/IAQ/Inspections) (IMAIAGAF), Regulatory Compliance, Permitting & Project Management (HazMat Abatement) (BPALALAG), Occupational Health & Industrial Hygiene (BPAHAJAD)

Keywords

• Environmental consulting services
• Asbestos inspections testing
• Lead paint inspections
• Mold assessment testing
• Project monitoring abatement

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional consulting fees for environmental hazard inspections, testing, monitoring, and assessments. Services include asbestos investigations, lead paint inspections, mold assessments, air quality surveys, and project monitoring.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ACS Environmental Services provides professional environmental consulting services focused on asbestos, lead paint, and mold hazards for residential and commercial properties in the New York metropolitan area. The firm delivers inspections, sampling, laboratory analysis, abatement project monitoring, clearance testing, and environmental site assessments using certified personnel and specialized detection equipment including XRF analyzers, infrared cameras, and moisture meters.

Product overview

ACS Environmental Services provides a unified suite of environmental consulting services focused on asbestos, lead, and mold hazards. The company operates as a single integrated service offering rather than a modular platform, with interconnected services including asbestos investigations (survey, sampling, ACP5 filing, abatement planning, and clearance testing), project monitoring services, lead-based paint inspections using XRF technology, lead dust-wipe clearance testing, lead risk assessments, mold inspections with infrared/moisture detection tools, water testing for biological contaminants, and Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments. These services are designed to work together to provide comprehensive environmental hazard management from initial inspection through remediation clearance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Asbestos Investigations

Quantifiable outcome

• Third-party project monitoring ensures compliance with regulations and safe completion of asbestos abatement projects
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• GHD: GHD is a global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm offering asbestos, lead, mold, IAQ, and ESA services — directly comparable service mix to ACS, with much broader geographic reach.
• SGS SA: SGS is a global inspection, verification, and testing company with environmental and industrial hygiene service lines — overlapping with ACS's inspection and compliance testing focus but serving multinational accounts.
• Terracon Consultants, Inc. Terracon is a national environmental consulting firm providing asbestos, lead, mold, and Phase I/II ESA services across commercial, institutional, and government clients — overlapping with ACS's full-service offerings but at significantly larger scale.
• Apex Companies, LLC: Apex is a national environmental consulting and remediation firm providing asbestos, lead, mold, IAQ, and Phase I/II ESA services — direct service-line overlap with ACS, and a likely competitor for commercial and institutional NYC accounts.
• Tetra Tech, Inc. Tetra Tech is a global environmental engineering and consulting firm providing site assessment, remediation oversight, and regulatory compliance — comparable to ACS's consulting and project monitoring capabilities but at enterprise scale.
• TRC Companies, Inc. TRC delivers environmental consulting, inspection, and compliance services for energy, infrastructure, and real estate clients — overlapping with ACS's asbestos/lead/mold inspection and project monitoring service lines.
• Bureau Veritas: Bureau Veritas is a global testing, inspection, and certification firm offering environmental and building health services — comparable broad-capability peer to ACS with much greater geographic and client diversification.
• Eurofins Environment Testing (Eurofins Scientific): Eurofins operates one of the largest global networks of environmental testing laboratories for asbestos, lead, mold, water, and air samples — comparable to ACS's laboratory-backed analytical services but at industrial scale.

Direct peers

• EMSL Analytical, Inc. EMSL is one of the largest US analytical testing networks for asbestos, mold, lead, and IAQ, offering bulk/air sampling, PCM/TEM analysis, and XRF — directly comparable to ACS's inspection, sampling, and laboratory-cleared services.

Regional players

• EnviroScience Consultants (NY-metro region): EnviroScience is a smaller environmental services firm providing asbestos, lead, and mold inspection in the NY-metro area — a closer-size peer to ACS than the national incumbents, and a likely direct competitor for local residential and small-commercial work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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