Industrial Waste Solutions

What Industrial Waste Solutions does

Industrial Waste Solutions (IWS) is a privately held environmental services company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, with a second branch in Odessa, Texas opened in 2017. The company provides a unified suite of services centered on hazardous and non-hazardous waste management, organized across four lines: Industrial Services (hydro-blasting at 5–40,000 PSI, tank cleaning, sewer and line cleaning, chemical circulation, vapor controls, remote-operated man-way cannons, unmanned robotic tank cleaning, and hands-free hydro-blasting), Environmental Remediation (mass excavation, in-situ and ex-situ stabilization, landfill construction, spill management, facility decontamination), Bulk Rentals and Transportation (licensed hazardous waste transport, oil field transport, flatbed and van services, roll-off container rental and cleaning), and Consulting (waste sampling, profiling, disposal logistics).

IWS serves industrial enterprise customers across chemical manufacturing, oil and gas production, construction, fabrication, and property management, with primary verticals being chemicals and oil and gas. Service delivery is supported by an owned fleet of approximately 40 trucks plus roll-off containers, vacuum trucks, hydro-excavation equipment, vacuum boxes, frac tanks, and tanker trailers. The company holds OSHA, DOT, and EPA compliance and is a participating member of ISNETWORLD, with a 6-year record of no lost time injuries and 2.3 million safe miles driven in 2020.

The business operates a sales-led, direct enterprise model: services are quote-based and project-driven, with 24/7 phone availability and free consultation via website. Revenue is generated through project contracts for on-site industrial cleaning, transportation and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous materials, remediation engagements, and rental of bulk equipment. Named enterprise customers include Ineos (oversize load contaminated tank movement) and Stepan (pre-demolition chemical facility cleaning). The leadership team consists of Vincent Summa (President and Chief Executive), Rob West (Chief Financial Officer), and Glenn Pitts (President | Operator), with the company claiming 50 years of combined leadership experience in transportation and disposal logistics.

Name

Industrial Waste Solutions

Legal name

Industrial Waste Solutions

Website

https://industrialws.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Industrial Waste Solutions is a Houston-based environmental services company providing industrial cleaning, hazardous and non-hazardous waste transportation, environmental remediation, and consulting to chemical manufacturing, oil and gas, and other industrial enterprises across North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Waste Management Services

NAICS

Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112), Remediation Services (562910), Remediation and Other Waste Management Services (5629)

SIC

Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Chemical Tank Cleaning, Decontamination & Turnaround Waste Services (BPALAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Hazardous Waste Services (Manufacturing, Refineries, Metals, Automotive) (EUAIAFAG), Hazardous Waste Management (Collection/Treatment/Disposal) (IMAIAFAI), Hazardous Waste Compliance, Profiling & Brokerage (Waste Characterization, Vendor Management) (BPALAFAN)

Keywords

• Industrial waste management
• Hazardous waste transportation
• Environmental remediation services
• Industrial cleaning services
• Hydro-blasting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Services: Project-based services including hydro-blasting (5-40,000 PSI), tank cleaning, sewer cleaning, line cleaning, chemical circulation and filtration, vapor controls, and remote-operated man-way cannon operations. Revenue is earned through project contracts for industrial plant cleaning operations.
2. Environmental Remediation Services: Services including mass excavation of soils and sediments, in-situ and ex-situ stabilization of sludge and soil, landfill construction and capping, spill management, and facility decontamination and demolition.
3. Bulk Rentals and Transportation: Licensed hazardous waste transportation, hazardous and non-hazardous beneficial re-use materials transportation, oil field transportation, flatbed services, van services, and rental and cleaning of roll-off containers.
4. Consulting Services: Waste sampling and characterization, waste profiling, disposal services, remediation design and development, and logistics management.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Industrial Waste Solutions (IWS) provides on-site and off-site environmental management services for hazardous and non-hazardous materials, including industrial cleaning (hydro-blasting 5-40,000 PSI, tank cleaning, sewer/line cleaning, chemical circulation and filtration, vapor controls, remote-operated and robotic tank cleaning), environmental remediation (mass excavation, soil/sludge stabilization, landfill construction and capping, spill management, facility decontamination and demolition), licensed bulk transportation and rental of roll-off containers, vacuum trucks, hydro-excavation equipment, vacuum boxes, frac tanks, and tanker trailers, plus waste management consulting (waste sampling, profiling, disposal, remediation design, logistics management).

Product overview

Industrial Waste Solutions (IWS) is an environmental waste management company offering a unified suite of services centered on hazardous and non-hazardous waste management. The company operates four integrated service lines: Industrial Services (hydro-blasting, tank cleaning, robotic solutions), Environmental Remediation (excavation, stabilization, decontamination), Bulk Rentals & Transportation (licensed transport, container rentals), and Consulting (waste characterization, remediation design). These services are delivered through a rental fleet of roll-off containers, vacuum trucks, hydro-excavation equipment, vacuum boxes, frac tanks, and tanker trailers, enabling IWS to serve as a one-stop single-source provider for industrial cleaning, environmental remediation, and waste transportation needs throughout North America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 6 years with no lost time injuries
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ISNETWORLDminorOthersIWS is a participating member of ISNETWORLD, a safety compliance platform for the energy industry that helps contractors meet safety and regulatory requirements.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• HydroChemPSC: Industrial cleaning specialist offering hydro-blasting, tank cleaning, and chemical cleaning services to refineries and chemical plants. Closely comparable to IWS's core industrial services line with similar Gulf Coast customer overlap.
• SET Environmental: Mid-sized hazardous waste services and emergency response provider with industrial cleaning, transportation, and disposal capabilities. Competes with IWS for chemical and oil & gas accounts in Texas and surrounding regions.
• TAS Environmental Services: Texas-based provider of industrial cleaning, waste transportation, and emergency spill response, headquartered in the Permian Basin region. Closest regional peer to IWS with overlapping tank cleaning, remediation, and hazardous transport services.
• Heritage-Crystal Clean: Direct competitor in industrial and hazardous waste services with strong oil & gas and chemical vertical exposure, offering waste collection, treatment, containerized solutions, and on-site industrial cleaning mirroring IWS's service mix.
• Midwest Industrial Services: Industrial vacuum, hydro-blasting, and tank cleaning specialist serving chemical and energy customers. Comparable in service mix and customer vertical to IWS, though with a different geography.
• Ridgeline Industrial Services: Provider of industrial cleaning, decontamination, and waste management services to refineries, chemical plants, and pipelines across the Gulf Coast. Highly comparable to IWS in scope, customer mix, and geography.

Broad incumbents

• US Ecology (now Republic Services Environmental Solutions): Major hazardous waste treatment and disposal operator with significant industrial-customer focus. Competes with IWS on profiling, transportation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous and industrial waste streams.
• Republic Services: Largest US non-hazardous solid waste and recycling services provider with significant industrial customer exposure. Relevant as a broad incumbent with environmental services capabilities that overlap with IWS's bulk rentals and roll-off container rental lines.
• Stericycle: Large diversified regulated waste services company with industrial customer exposure. Competes with IWS in hazardous waste handling and industrial service verticals, though differentiated by a focus on regulated disposal rather than field cleaning.
• Clean Harbors: North America's largest provider of environmental and industrial services, including hazardous waste handling, industrial cleaning, and emergency spill response. Operates as a broad incumbent across all of IWS's service lines at a much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/industrial-waste-solutions-llc

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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