The Eco Group

What The Eco Group does

The Eco Group is a privately-held, multi-divisional sustainable solutions business headquartered in a custom-built 3,000 m² facility in Annan, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, operating across the UK and into north England. Founded by Eddie Black in 2009 (legal vehicle Eco Genics (Holdings) Ltd), the group runs ten sub-brands spanning industrial dry ice blasting (Dry Ice by Eco, SQA-accredited with three proprietary qualifications), managed IT and communications (Integrity by Eco, Microsoft Solutions Partner, BT and Gamma accredited, Sophos Gold Partner), cybersecurity services (Resilience by Eco), modular construction from recycled glass composite panels with a 60-year Lloyd's of London warranty (VASO by Eco, four-day house superstructure build), climate control (EIS by Eco), workspace fit-out, training, process management, and creative design. Group employs 80 staff and houses both manufacturing and office operations at the HQ.

The company makes money through a blend of project-based industrial cleaning services, managed IT and communications contracts, subscription-style cybersecurity and carbon accounting software, and unit sales of modular structural panels. Pricing across divisions is quote-based and tailored to enterprise requirements, with key named customers spanning NHS, Eden Valley Hospice, Peacock Precision, Armstrong Watson LLP, Cochran Ltd, and various industrial SMBs; go-to-market relies on direct field and inside sales teams, regional events, and public sector frameworks including the SHED 5 housing procurement channel. Strategic capital partners include Cynergy Business Finance, South of Scotland Enterprise, and BE-ST, alongside technology and commercial partners Levidian (LOOP hydrogen/graphene), Delkia, CBN Expert (carbon accounting), Lloyd's of London (VASO warranty), and the European Innovation Council (EIC Pathfinder Challenge).

Underlying proprietary technology spans SQA-accredited cryogenic dry ice blasting; VASO composite panel manufacturing from recycled glass with BIM/CDE digital design; EcoMetrix carbon accounting compliant with SECR and GHG Protocol; the LOOP system for methane decarbonisation into hydrogen and graphene; and Resilience's cybersecurity stack anchored by Sophos and Microsoft tooling. Recent strategic activity includes the Feb 2025 launch of Resilience, an Oct 2025 EIC Pathfinder collaboration targeting 13 million new homes and off-planet construction, and Feb 2026 grant-backed scale-up of VASO production lines alongside SHED 5 framework inclusion.

Name

The Eco Group

Legal name

Eco Genics (Holdings) Ltd

Website

https://teameco.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Eco Group is a privately-held UK multi-divisional sustainable solutions business operating from Annan, Scotland, with 80 staff serving industrial, IT, cybersecurity, modular construction, and carbon accounting customers across the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial and Sustainable Solutions Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Audit-Ready Controls, Assurance & Compliance Workflow Tools (CSRD/SEC/ISSB) (EUABAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Data Measurement & IoT/Telemetry Enablement (Energy/Meter/Asset Data Ingest) (EUABAEAI), Energy & Water Efficiency Programs (Corporate Resource Management) (EUAHAJAG), Climate Resilience & Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) (BPAGABAK)

Keywords

• Dry ice cleaning services
• Industrial cleaning solutions
• IT managed services
• Cybersecurity services
• Modular construction systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Annan

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dry Ice Blasting Services: Eco's award-winning dry ice blasting business provides industrial cleaning, decontamination, surface preparation, restoration, and disaster recovery services across sectors including nuclear, food and drink, printing, automotive, aerospace, marine, and fire restoration. Revenue is generated through service contracts with industrial and commercial clients on a project/service basis.
2. IT and Communications Solutions (Integrity by Eco): Integrity IT Solutions designs, supplies, supports and installs IT systems including IT support packages, cloud migration, server hardware, WiFi installation, and hosted telephony services. Founded in 2009 and acquired by Eco Group in 2020. Revenue comes from service contracts and solutions delivery.
3. Cybersecurity Services (Resilience by Eco): Resilience by Eco delivers cybersecurity services including managed detection and response (MDR), penetration testing, cyber auditing, Cyber Essentials certification, training, and incident response. Services are delivered by an in-house team of cyber experts on a subscription or service contract basis.
4. Modular Construction (Vaso by Eco): Vaso by Eco designs, develops and manufactures composite structural panels from recycled glass for the construction industry. Revenue is generated through the sale of building modules and construction systems to registered social landlords, housing providers, and private house builders, as well as commercial building projects.
5. EcoMetrix Carbon Accounting Platform: EcoMetrix is a carbon accounting software platform delivered as part of EcoGoZero range of carbon mitigation strategies. Eco helps businesses benchmark their carbon footprint, set reduction targets, and track progress. Revenue model combines software subscription elements with professional advisory services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Eco Group is a multi-division solutions business operating across the UK, providing dry ice blasting industrial cleaning (Dry Ice by Eco), IT and communications managed services (Integrity by Eco), cybersecurity services (Resilience by Eco), and modular construction using composite panels made from recycled glass (VASO by Eco). It also offers climate control (EIS by Eco), workspace design and fit-out (Eco Projects), carbon accounting software (EcoMetrix), and SQA-accredited training, primarily serving commercial, industrial, public sector, and residential customers.

Product overview

Eco Group is a privately-owned, multi-disciplined solutions business operating across the UK in diverse sectors including eco-friendly industrial cleaning, IT services, cybersecurity, sustainable construction, and carbon management. The portfolio comprises core brands: Dry Ice by Eco (sustainable dry ice blasting cleaning), Integrity by Eco (IT solutions and communications), Resilience by Eco (cybersecurity services), and VASO by Eco (modular construction from recycled glass panels). Supporting services include Eco Industry Solutions (climate control), Eco Projects (workspace design/fit-out), Eco Training (SQA-accredited qualifications), Eco Process (process management), Eco Creative (design/marketing), EcoMetrix (carbon accounting), EcoGoZero (net zero solutions), and LOOP Technology (hydrogen/graphene production). The company operates from its custom-built 3,000 sq ft headquarters in Annan, Dumfries & Galloway.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Dry Ice by Eco: UK industry leaders in dry ice blasting with 13 years of experience providing award-winning, innovative and sustainable cleaning solutions.
• Integrity by Eco
• Resilience by Eco
• VASO by Eco
• EIS by Eco

Quantifiable outcome

• 4-day four-bedroom house superstructure build vs 20+ weeks for traditional construction
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Lloyd's of LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 March 2026Lloyd's of London has agreed to underwrite the warranty for Vaso by Eco's manufacturing and product, providing third-party validation of the technology and a 60-year warranty for buildings constructed using VASO panels. This provides significant credibility and market confidence in the modular construction system.
• SHED 5 Framework PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 13 March 2026Vaso by Eco was selected for the SHED 5 framework, joining 25 SMEs that gain facilitated access to social housing providers, registered social landlords, and local authorities over a three-year period to trial its modular construction system. This framework provides a structured channel to the UK social housing market.
• European Innovation Council (EIC) / EIC Pathfinder ChallengeflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 October 2025Eco signed a collaboration agreement under the EIC Pathfinder Challenge alongside Omid Hajishirmohammadi and other partners. The collaboration aims to provide up to 13 million new homes and explore opportunities to create buildings on the moon and beyond. Eco's circular innovation using recycled glass is viewed as a vital element of the collaboration.
• Nith Valley Leaf Trust (NVLT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 September 2025Vaso by Eco, Nith Valley Leaf Trust (NVLT), South of Scotland Community Housing, and South of Scotland Enterprise commissioned a feasibility report for a brownfield site in Dumfries and Galloway using the VASO construction system. NVLT collaboration focuses on affordable housing deployment, with plans underway for a development at Closeburn.
• South of Scotland Community HousingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 September 2025South of Scotland Community Housing is a partner with Vaso by Eco, Nith Valley Leaf Trust, and South of Scotland Enterprise on a brownfield development feasibility study in Dumfries and Galloway using the VASO system. The partnership aims to deploy affordable, sustainable housing in the region.
• Spitfire AA810 Project / Spitfire AA810 Restoration LtdminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 May 2025Eco Group provided specialist dry ice cleaning expertise to help restore a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine from an RAF Mosquito — centrepiece of a planned national memorial for the RAF's Photo Reconnaissance Unit. Steven McCreadie and Gordon Keenan carried out the engine cleaning at the Classic Collective in Bicester.
• Sirolli Institute (Dr Ernesto and Martha Sirolli)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 September 2023Eco partnered with globally-renowned business mentors Dr Ernesto and Martha Sirolli, joining a network with companies in Italy, Switzerland, and the USA. The partnership focuses on the Boundary Rider programme — scanning the business and society horizon for innovations with potential to transform Eco. The Sirollis' TEDx talk 'Shut up and Listen' has been downloaded over 3 million times.
• DelkiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 August 2023Eco and Delkia signed a memorandum of understanding to bring game-changing innovations in sustainable technologies to aerospace, clean energy, maritime, and other industries. Eco brings its LOOP technology and dry ice expertise; Delkia brings technical knowledge, CE&I system integration capabilities, and sector relationships in defence, nuclear, and clean energy. The collaboration aims to speed up adoption of innovative green technologies in heavily regulated industries.
• LevidiancoreTechnology or Integration · 30 August 2023Eco partnered with Cambridge-based climate tech company Levidian to deploy the LOOP system technology — the world's first remote implementation with fully integrated hydrogen separation — at Eco's Annan HQ. Levidian provides the LOOP10 device that decarbonises methane-rich gas to deliver hydrogen and graphene on site. Eco has committed to deploying over 60 LOOP1000 units over five years.
• CBN ExpertcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 May 2023Eco launched its EcoMetrix carbon accounting platform in partnership with CBN Expert, which developed the software. CBN Expert brings carbon accounting expertise and methodology compliant with SECR and GHG Protocol. The partnership enables Eco to offer simple carbon accounting to businesses across the UK.
• BT (Authorised Partner)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegrity IT Solutions is an authorised partner of BT, enabling it to design, supply, support and install BT business telecommunications and IT systems. As an authorised partner, Integrity can provide BT products and services to its client base across Cumbria and southern Scotland.
• Gamma (Accredited Partner)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegrity IT Solutions is an accredited partner of Gamma, enabling it to supply and support cloud telephony and communications solutions. Gamma provides the hosted telephony platform that Integrity resells and manages for its business clients.
• Sophos (Gold Partner)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegrity IT Solutions and Resilience are Sophos Gold Partners, providing access to advanced threat protection, endpoint security, and managed detection and response technologies. Sophos is a leading cybersecurity vendor providing the technology foundation for Resilience's security services.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cold Jet: Cold Jet is a global leader in dry ice blasting equipment and services, directly comparable to Dry Ice by Eco's industrial cleaning business — both sell cryogenic cleaning into nuclear, food, aerospace and manufacturing with mobile/project-based delivery.
• Persefoni: Persefoni is a leading carbon accounting and climate management platform (Scope 1/2/3, GHG Protocol), directly comparable to EcoMetrix by Eco — both sell enterprise-grade carbon measurement and reporting software to mid-market and enterprise.
• Cryonomic: Cryonomic is a European specialist in dry ice (CO2 snow) blasting technology, directly comparable to Dry Ice by Eco — competing for the same industrial and surface-prep cleaning contracts with overlapping target customers.
• Greenly: Greenly is a carbon accounting and ESG platform focused on SMEs and mid-market in Europe, directly comparable to EcoMetrix by Eco — both target the SME segment with simplified carbon footprinting and reduction plans.
• Ilke Homes: Ilke Homes was a UK leader in modular/volumetric housing built in a factory setting, a directly comparable category to VASO by Eco's recycled-glass modular panel system targeting UK social housing and affordable housing providers.
• Watershed: Watershed is a carbon accounting and sustainability reporting platform built on GHG Protocol and CDP frameworks, directly comparable to EcoMetrix by Eco for businesses needing audit-ready carbon disclosures.
• TopHat Technologies: TopHat is a UK modular housing manufacturer using factory-built panelised systems, directly comparable to VASO by Eco — both sell rapid-build, sustainable housing modules to developers and housing associations in the UK.

Others

• Levidian: Levidian is the Cambridge-based climate-tech company behind the LOOP system that Eco has deployed at Annan; while formally a partner, Levidian's own decarbonisation, hydrogen and graphene offerings make it thematically comparable to Eco's LOOP technology roadmap.

Broad incumbents

• Legal & General Modular Homes: Legal & General Modular Homes is a large, well-capitalised UK modular housing platform backed by a major financial institution, broadly competing with VASO by Eco in the social/affordable housing market with a much larger balance sheet and pipeline.

Emerging players

• EcoAct: EcoAct is a Paris-based carbon consulting and advisory firm now part of Schneider Electric, emerging as a comparable to the EcoGoZero / EcoMetrix combination — overlapping on carbon strategy and advisory rather than pure software.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles19 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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