METRO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC

What METRO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC does

Metro Environmental Services, Inc. is a privately held sewer and environmental services company headquartered in Walled Lake, Michigan, operating across Michigan and Northwest Ohio for over 30 years. The company delivers a comprehensive suite of pipeline maintenance, cleaning, and repair services to commercial, municipal, and residential customers, including cabling, high-pressure water jetting, Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) pipeline inspection, vactor vacuuming, excavation (including hydro-excavation and cured-in-place point repairs), street and parking lot sweeping, septic hauling, and portable toilet rentals. Its technical capabilities span pipe diameters from 1-1/2" to 96", with multiple camera systems, high-pressure jetting equipment, and a proprietary confined-area jetting method using easement machines that enables work in residential easements inaccessible to standard trucks.

The company's business model is a sales-led, direct service delivery operation with 24/7 emergency availability. Revenue is generated through on-demand professional services billed per job, recurring preventative maintenance contracts, and subscription-based portable toilet rentals. The company is licensed by the State of Michigan as an industrial waste hauler and by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality as a septage hauler, and all technicians hold Confined Space Entry certification. Customers include construction firms, manufacturers, restaurants, automobile dealerships, shopping centers, apartment complexes, municipal governments, and individual homeowners. Go-to-market relies on a commercial website, Facebook, Yelp, and YouTube for lead generation, with phone and email as primary conversion channels.

Name

METRO ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC

Legal name

Metro Environmental Services, Inc.

Website

https://metrosewer.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Metro Environmental Services, Inc. is a privately held sewer and environmental services company based in Walled Lake, Michigan, providing pipeline cleaning, inspection, excavation, septic hauling, and sweeping services to commercial, municipal, and residential customers across Michigan and Northwest Ohio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Municipal Wastewater Collection (Sewer Networks) (BPALAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

Keywords

• Sewer and drain cleaning
• Pipeline inspection services
• Hydro-excavation services
• Septic tank pumping
• Street sweeping services

Headquarters

HQ city

Walled Lake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sewer and Drain Services: On-demand service revenue from cable, jetting, vacuuming, and excavation services for residential, commercial, and municipal customers. Services are billed per job or service call.
2. Preventative Maintenance Programs: Recurring service contracts for regularly scheduled cleaning and maintenance of pipeline systems to help avoid unexpected problems.
3. Street and Parking Lot Sweeping: Sweeping services using rear broom, vacuum, and regenerative air models for construction sites, municipal roads, shopping centers, restaurants, apartment complexes, and private housing communities.
4. Septic Services: Licensed septic tank cleaning, pumping, inspection, and repair services. Includes drain field rejuvenation.
5. Portable Toilet Rentals: Rental of portable restrooms for events, construction sites, parks, golf courses, and school districts. Includes portable hand washing stations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Metro Environmental Services provides on-site sewer, drain, and pipeline maintenance and cleaning services for commercial, municipal, and residential customers in Michigan and Northwest Ohio. Core offerings include cabling, high-pressure water jetting, CCTV pipeline inspection, vactor vacuuming, excavation and hydro-excavation, street and parking lot sweeping, septic hauling, and portable toilet rentals, supported by 24/7 emergency response and preventative maintenance programs.

Product overview

Metro Environmental Services is a sewer and environmental services company offering a comprehensive suite of pipeline maintenance and repair solutions. The core service portfolio includes Cabling (electric cable machine drain cleaning), High-Pressure Water Jetting (for pipes 2"+ diameter), Pipeline Inspection via Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV for 1-1/2" to 96" pipes), Vactor Vacuuming (industrial waste hauling), Excavation (including hydro-excavation and cured-in-place repairs), Street/Parking Lot Sweeping, Septic Hauling (licensed by Michigan DEQ), and Portable Toilet Rentals. The company serves commercial, municipal, and residential customers across Michigan and Northwest Ohio with 24/7 emergency services. All technicians are Confined Space Entry certified.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cabling Services Electric cable machine drain cleaning for unclogging smaller pipelines including bathrooms and floor drains, plus limited root cutting for 1"-6" diameter pipes and trailer-mounted power rodder for larger pipes, for commercial, municipal, and residential customers.
• High-Pressure Water Jetting High-pressure water jetting to clean and open clogged drains, pipelines, and sewers 2" in diameter and larger, removing sediment, roots, grease, ice, debris, and hardened concrete using use-specific nozzles, for commercial, municipal, and residential customers.
• Pipeline Inspection (CCTV) Closed-circuit television pipeline inspection for 1-1/2" to 96" diameter pipe using push cameras for smaller lines and self-propelled or float cameras for lines 6" and larger, producing PACP-coded computer reports detailing pipeline defects, for commercial, municipal, and residential customers.
• Vactor Vacuuming Vacuum equipment ranging from 55-gallon push-carts to 6,000-gallon trailers for removing liquids, solids, sludge, and dry products from sanitary and storm sewers, catch basins, lift stations, grease traps, and flooded basements, for commercial, municipal, and residential customers.
• Excavation Services Excavation services including hydro-excavation, backhoe/excavator work, hydraulic jack-hammering, and concrete cutting, repairing sanitary and storm sewer mains, water main leaks, and catch basins, and installing cured-in-place point repairs, for commercial, municipal, and residential customers.
• Street and Parking Lot Sweeping Street and parking lot sweeping using rear broom, vacuum, and regenerative air sweeper models for construction sites, municipal roads, shopping centers, restaurants, apartment complexes, private housing communities, and emergency spill sites.
• Septic Hauling Licensed septage hauling by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, including routine septic tank cleaning and pumping, tank and field inspections, electronic location, drain field rejuvenation, and excavation and repair of drainage systems, for residential and commercial customers.
• Portable Toilet Rentals Rental of portable restrooms for special events (graduations, picnics, festivals, parades, family reunions, sporting events, weddings), construction sites, parks, golf courses, and school districts, with units including toilet basin, urinal, hand sanitizer, mirror, and coat hooks, plus portable hand washing stations.

Quantifiable outcome

• Electronic locating combined with CCTV inspection minimizes exploratory excavation needed to find pipe problems
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Wind River Environmental: Regional provider of septic, grease trap, and wastewater services in the Northeast and Midwest U.S. Comparable in septic hauling, vactor vacuuming, and licensed waste handling, with overlapping municipal and commercial customer segments.
• Zoom Drain: Franchise-based drain and sewer cleaning specialist focusing on residential and commercial customers. Comparable in cabling, jetting, CCTV inspection, and trenchless repair offerings and customer base.
• Roto-Rooter: National sewer, drain, and pipe cleaning service franchise operating across the U.S. Most directly comparable to Metro Environmental Services in core offering (drain cleaning, sewer cleaning, hydro-jetting) and customer base (residential, commercial, municipal).
• Mr. Rooter Plumbing: Nationwide plumbing and drain cleaning franchise offering residential and commercial drain, sewer, and pipe services. Closely comparable in service mix (cabling, jetting, inspection) and small/mid-market customer focus.

Broad incumbents

• Clean Harbors: Large publicly traded environmental and industrial services company offering waste hauling, vacuum truck services, and industrial cleaning nationwide. Comparable in vactor vacuuming and industrial waste hauling but operates at much larger scale with broader service portfolio.
• Republic Services: Major U.S. solid waste and environmental services company providing collection, transfer, and disposal. Overlaps with Metro's refuse-related sweeping and waste hauling services but operates at vastly larger national scale.
• Waste Management Inc. Largest U.S. provider of waste and environmental services, including street sweeping and industrial cleaning. Comparable in municipal sweeping and waste-related services but at national scale with much larger customer concentration.
• US Ecology (now part of Republic Services): Major provider of environmental services including industrial waste management and field services. Overlaps with Metro's licensed industrial waste hauling and vacuum services, though it operates at national scale with hazardous waste focus.
• ServiceMaster Restore: National franchise network providing restoration, cleaning, and environmental services to residential and commercial customers. Comparable in field service delivery and 24/7 emergency response model but with broader service scope.

Emerging players

• Curaflo (formerly NuFlow): Trenchless pipe rehabilitation franchise offering cured-in-place pipe lining and sewer repair. Comparable in cured-in-place point repair and pipeline inspection capabilities, though more focused on rehabilitation than cleaning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/MetroSewerCleaners?feature=mhee
• Facebookfacebook.com/110990128957181
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/metro-environmental-services-inc

Compliance3 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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