Utility Services Group

What Utility Services Group does

Utility Services Group, Inc. (USG) is a family-owned specialty underground infrastructure contractor founded in 2005 and headquartered in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. The company delivers trenchless inspection, maintenance, and rehabilitation services for sanitary sewer, storm sewer, manhole, culvert, and underground utility assets across six Mid-Atlantic states (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Delaware). Its primary customer base is split between municipal and government clients (accessed in part through the COSTARS cooperative purchasing program) and commercial/industrial property owners, with secondary exposure to residential and engineering-firm segments.

The company's technical core is polyurethane chemical grout injection for soil stabilization, void filling, leak sealing, and slab leveling, executed with NCFI Terrathane (24-003, 24-010, 24-042) and Terra-Lok 24-120 systems. Supporting capabilities include robotic CCTV inspection (NASSCO-certified operators), ground-penetrating radar utility locating, laser pipe profiling, hydro vacuum excavation, centrifugally cast-in-place pipe lining, sectional cured-in-place point repairs, and flow metering. Equipment assets include a late-model fleet of combination flusher/vacuum units, CCTV trucks, recycler jet trucks, and hydro-excavation rigs. The company employs a registered Professional Engineer with 20+ years of geotechnical consulting experience, and management holds 150+ combined years of industry expertise.

USG operates a project-based revenue model with per-job quoting, free site visits, and government-side procurement through COSTARS. Marketing is largely direct, anchored by the company website, an extensive published case-study library, and Lunch-and-Learn educational sessions aimed at engineering firms and facility managers. In 2021 the company absorbed the Hi-Tech Soil Stabilization operation to extend its soil-stabilization menu, and in 2025 marked 20 years of continuous operation as an independently held, debt- and investor-free enterprise.

Name

Utility Services Group

Legal name

Utility Services Group, Inc.

Website

https://usginc.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Utility Services Group is a family-owned specialty underground infrastructure contractor serving municipalities, government facilities, and commercial-industrial clients across six Mid-Atlantic states with trenchless polyurethane soil stabilization, CCTV inspection, and sewer rehabilitation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Underground Infrastructure Services

NAICS

Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (23711), Utility System Construction (2371), Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (237110)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Gravity Sewer Collection Networks (Sanitary Sewers) (EUANACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Emergency Response & Sewer Repair (Blockages, Collapses) (EUANACAL), Trenching & Utility Excavation (IMAFAKAD)

Keywords

• Underground infrastructure services
• Soil stabilization
• Trenchless pipe repair
• Sewer rehabilitation
• Polyurethane injection

Headquarters

HQ city

Camp Hill

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Specialty Underground Infrastructure Contracting Services: USG generates revenue through project-based service contracts for underground infrastructure inspection, maintenance, rehabilitation, and repair. Services include sanitary sewer cleaning/inspection, storm sewer services, soil stabilization, structure rehabilitation, and miscellaneous infrastructure services. Projects are quoted on a per-job basis and billed upon completion, with some municipal clients accessing services through COSTARS municipal purchasing contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Utility Services Group is a specialty underground infrastructure contractor that performs trenchless inspection, maintenance, and rehabilitation of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, manholes, culverts, and underground structures. Its core service is polyurethane chemical grout injection for soil stabilization, sinkhole remediation, void filling, leak sealing, and concrete slab/floor lifting, delivered with a fleet of combination flusher/vacuum units, CCTV trucks, and recycler jet trucks across the Mid-Atlantic region.

Product overview

Utility Services Group (USG) is a family-owned specialty underground infrastructure contractor offering a comprehensive suite of services rather than a unified software product. The core offerings include Sanitary Sewer Services, Storm Sewer Services, Soil Stabilization (which absorbed former Hi-Tech Soil Stabilization in 2021), Structure Rehabilitation, and Miscellaneous Services. Key techniques include Polyurethane Injection Services using NCFI Terrathane and Terra-Lok systems, CCTV Inspection Services, and various rehabilitation methods. Specialized services include Manhole Rehabilitation, Culvert Rehabilitation, Sidewalk Leveling, Commercial Floor Leveling, Sinkhole Repair, Elevator Pit Waterproofing, Flow Metering Services, Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Support, and Cross Bore Services. The company operates a late-model fleet of combination flusher/vacuum units and CCTV trucks across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Delaware.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sanitary Sewer Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Pool stabilization completed in 2 days without excavation or replacement
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature11 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• NCFI PolyurethanescoreTechnology or IntegrationUSG uses NCFI Polyurethanes' Terrathane and Terra-Lok product lines as the primary chemical grout and polyurethane materials for its soil stabilization, sinkhole repair, and infrastructure rehabilitation services. Products include Terrathane 24-003 (structural polyurethane for void filling and soil stabilization), Terrathane 24-010 (high-lift polyurethane for slab leveling), Terra-Lok 24-120 (single-component polyurethane for leak sealing), and Terrathane 24-042 (hydro-insensitive system for wet conditions). NCFI provides specialized geotechnical polyurethanes that are integral to USG's service delivery.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Michels Corporation: Family-owned energy and infrastructure contractor with deep trenchless and underground utility capabilities across North America — competing incumbent with broader service lines and far greater scale than USG.
• Garney Construction: Employee-owned heavy civil and water/wastewater contractor building and rehabilitating treatment plants, pump stations, and large-diameter pipelines — competes with USG for municipal underground work at larger scale.
• Aegion Corporation: Publicly-traded (formerly) parent of Insituform and other trenchless brands offering CIPP, structural renewal, and energy services at national scale — the leading broad incumbent in trenchless underground infrastructure.
• Insituform Technologies: Pioneer of CIPP technology and now part of Aegion; offers large-diameter sewer and pressure pipe renewal at much greater scale than USG, but competes in the same trenchless rehabilitation RFP pool.

Direct peers

• Inland Pipe Rehabilitation (IPR): Specialty trenchless contractor offering CIPP lining, manhole rehabilitation, and geopolymer/polyurethane infrastructure renewal — directly overlaps USG's structure rehabilitation and grout-injection capabilities.
• Visu-Sewer, Inc. Midwestern-based specialty contractor providing sewer cleaning, CCTV inspection, and trenchless rehabilitation (CIPP, manhole rehab) — almost identical service mix to USG but operating across WI/IL/IN rather than the Mid-Atlantic.
• Reline America: Manufacturer and installer of UV-cured CIPP liners for trenchless sewer and storm pipe rehabilitation — a closer trenchless competitor in the pipe renewal space where USG also operates.
• Perma-Liner Industries: Manufacturer and licensor of CIPP and sectional lining systems used by plumbers and contractors for lateral sewer rehabilitation — adjacent trenchless player serving a similar SMB municipal/residential customer profile.

Others

• Hammerhead Trenchless Equipment: Manufacturer of trenchless replacement tools (HammerHead Mole, JackHammer pipe bursting) used in the same underground infrastructure projects USG services — equipment supplier to USG's competitive set rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Oscar Renda Contracting: Heavy-civil underground utility contractor focused on water, sewer, and pipeline projects across the South-Central US — comparable underground infrastructure scope to USG but geographically non-overlapping with the Mid-Atlantic.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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