Ontario Bus Inc.

What Ontario Bus Inc. does

Ontario Bus Inc. is a privately-held school bus transportation company founded in 2021 and headquartered at 1410 Lexington Avenue in Rochester, New York. The company provides contracted student transportation services to 7 area school districts plus BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services) in the greater Rochester Area, with a stated emphasis on transportation for students with special needs. The fleet is equipped with video cameras as required by NY State regulations, and the company also operates a charter bus service line that includes a proprietary pre-charter safety and insurance verification process positioned against nationwide charter networks.

The business model is contract-based recurring revenue: Ontario Bus Inc. negotiates multi-year transportation contracts directly with school district procurement offices and BOCES, delivering services through its owned fleet and trained drivers, monitors, mechanics, and dispatchers. The company supplements district contracts with charter services for groups and children, and provides a Parent's Portal for school closing information, lost-and-found listings, and emergency bulletins. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

The company is led by Owner/GM Steve Gor and GM Victoria Yuzbasheva, with dedicated contract supervisors overseeing the Greece District (Jessica Aponte) and Monroe County (Shawn Weaver) contracts. Ontario Bus Inc. operates with 17 employees, is independently owned with no institutional investment or parent company, and is actively hiring across driver, monitor, dispatcher, trainer, and mechanic roles to support continued fleet expansion within the Rochester territory.

Name

Ontario Bus Inc.

Legal name

ONTARIO BUS INC.

Website

https://ontariobus.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ontario Bus Inc. is a privately-held school bus transportation company founded in 2021 in Rochester, NY, providing contracted student transportation — with a specialization in special needs transport — to 7 area school districts plus BOCES in the greater Rochester Area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Transportation Services

NAICS

School and Employee Bus Transportation (48541)

SIC

Local & Suburban Transit & Interurban Hwy Passenger Trans (4100)

akta.pro primary industry

School Bus Transportation Operations (Home-to-School, Field Trips, Athletics) (EDAEADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transportation Operations (Routing, Eligibility, Bus Compliance) (EDAJAHAI), School & Public Transit Contract Bus Operators (TLAFAGAE)

Keywords

• School bus transportation
• Student transportation services
• Special needs transportation
• Charter bus services
• School district contracts

Headquarters

HQ city

Rochester

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. School Bus Transportation Contracts: Contracted transportation services to school districts and BOCES. Revenue is generated through service contracts with educational institutions for student transportation, including special needs transportation services. Contracts are likely structured as recurring service agreements during school terms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Ontario Bus Inc. is a full-service school bus transportation company serving the greater Rochester Area in New York. The company operates a video-camera-equipped fleet per NY State regulations and is contracted to provide student transportation services—including general and special needs transportation—to 7 area school districts and BOCES. Ontario Bus also offers school bus charter services with a pre-charter safety and insurance verification process.

Product overview

Ontario Bus Inc. is a single-service transportation company offering school bus transportation and charter services for the greater Rochester Area in New York. The company operates a fleet of buses equipped with video cameras per NY State regulations and services 7 area school districts plus BOCES, with particular emphasis on special needs transportation. The portfolio consists of core school bus transportation services, charter services, and a Parent's Portal for customer communication regarding school closings, lost items, and emergency bulletins.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• School Bus Transportation Service

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• First Student: Largest North American school bus operator, owned by FirstGroup. Directly comparable as a school bus transportation provider serving school districts and BOCES-equivalent agencies with multi-year contracts, though at vastly greater scale and national footprint.
• Student Transportation of America (STA): One of the largest US school bus operators (now under National Express). Comparable service lines (district, special needs, charter) and direct competition for multi-year school district transportation contracts.
• Durham School Services: Major US school bus and student transportation operator under National Express. Direct competitor for district transportation contracts including special needs routes, with overlapping service offerings and customer type.
• Transdev North America: Global multimodal transit operator with US school and paratransit bus contracts. Competes for the same type of district and student transportation RFPs Ontario Bus targets, with substantially larger scale.

Direct peers

• North American Central School Bus: Regional school bus operator serving districts across upstate New York including the greater Rochester area. Direct competitor for district transportation contracts with comparable mid-sized fleet operations.
• WE Transport / Montgomery: Long-established New York school bus and charter operator serving districts across Long Island, NYC, and upstate NY. Comparable as a contracted school bus provider competing for the same district RFPs and offering special needs and charter services.

Regional players

• Cook-Illinois Corporation: Family-owned school bus operator serving Chicago metro and parts of the Midwest with a multi-decade district contract model. Comparable in business model (district contracts, special needs expertise, multi-generational ownership).
• Birnie Bus Service: New York-based family-owned school bus contractor serving districts across Central and Western New York, including the Rochester region. Closest geographic and segment peer to Ontario Bus given overlapping service territory and similar contract-driven model.
• Quality Bus Service: Long-running New York area school bus and charter operator. Comparable in service offering (district routes, special needs, charters) and regulatory environment (NY State school bus rules).

Others

• Rochester City School District Transportation: In-house district-operated transportation provider within the same Rochester market. Not a direct competitor for contracts but a benchmark buyer and potential customer/contender for the same student transportation dollars.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ontario-bus-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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