Synergie Environnement

What Synergie Environnement does

Synergie Environnement is a privately held, family-owned environmental services company headquartered in Napierville, Quebec, founded in 2014. The company provides a portfolio of environmental remediation services including cleaning, pumping, decontamination, transport, excavation, and confined space work, serving industrial, commercial, infrastructure/government, and residential clients across Quebec. Its business model is built around an event-driven go-to-market motion, operating a 24/7 emergency response unit ("Unité spéciale d'urgence") for spill containment and contamination incidents, supplemented by project-based quotes for industrial work such as tank cleaning and contaminated soil excavation.

The company's core technology is a specialized fleet of environmental service vehicles — vacuum trucks, combination trucks, Super Sucker vacuum trucks, roll-off trucks, cube trucks with hot water pressure systems, and pick-up trucks with trailers — complemented by the Traces Québec platform for regulatory soil traceability compliance. Documented capabilities include large-scale response work, such as 400m containment boom installation on barges for water-based spill recovery. The company holds ISO 9001:2015, WHMIS, Alcumus SafeContractor, Cognibox, and R.B.Q. (5837-2723-01) certifications.

Revenue is generated primarily through professional services and one-time project fees under a quote-based pricing model, with no disclosed customer concentration, no external funding, and no M&A activity. The leadership team is dominated by the Patenaude family, with Daniel Patenaude as President-Founder and Yves Patenaude as General Manager, alongside an operations coordinator, HR/compliance coordinator, accounting technician, and a team of operators and helpers. The company is actively recruiting additional Class 3/Class 1 drivers/operators to expand service capacity.

Name

Synergie Environnement

Legal name

Synergie Environnement

Website

https://synergie-environnement.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Synergie Environnement is a Quebec-based, family-owned environmental services company providing 24/7 emergency response, cleaning, pumping, decontamination, transport, excavation, and confined space services to industrial, commercial, government, and residential clients across the province.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Remediation Services

NAICS

Remediation Services (56291), Remediation Services (562910), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Cleaning & Decontamination (Hydroblasting/Vacuum/Confined Space) (IMAIACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial Cleaning & Decontamination (Tank/Vessel/Confined Space) (IMAIAGAE), Emergency Decontamination & Site Stabilization (Neutralization, Vapor Suppression, Temporary Caps) (EUAIAMAG), Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Spill Response & Decontamination (BPABANAH)

Keywords

• Environmental remediation services
• Industrial cleaning services
• Hazardous material transport
• Spill emergency response
• Contaminated soil management

Headquarters

HQ city

Napierville

HQ country

Canada

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Services: Revenue generated from providing environmental services including cleaning, pumping, decontamination, transport, excavation, and confined space work for industrial, commercial, and residential clients. Services are customized to client needs and include emergency response capabilities.
2. Tank Services: Revenue from tank-related services including tank recovery/pickup, tank cleaning, and tank sales. Tanks are collected from client locations, professionally cleaned, and either disposed of or resold.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Synergie Environnement provides emergency environmental remediation services across Quebec, including industrial/commercial/residential cleaning, specialized pumping, decontamination, hazardous and non-hazardous material transportation, excavation of contaminated soil, and confined space operations. The company operates a 24/7 "Unité spéciale d'urgence" with a specialized fleet of vacuum trucks, Super Sucker vacuum trucks (deployable on barges), hot water pressure cube trucks, roll-off trucks, and boom-deployment capability for spill containment and cleanup.

Product overview

Synergie Environnement is an environmental services company offering a unified suite of services focused on emergency response and environmental remediation. The core portfolio consists of six main service lines: Nettoyage (Cleaning), Pompage (Pumping), Décontamination (Decontamination), Transport (Transportation), Excavation, and Espace clos (Confined Space Work). These services are complemented by specialized tank management offerings including tank recovery, tank cleaning, and tank sales. The company positions itself as an "emergency response special unit" (Unité spéciale d'urgence) providing 24/7 rapid intervention for environmental incidents including spill containment, decontamination, and containment boom installation. The company operates a fleet of specialized vehicles including vacuum trucks, combined trucks, Super Sucker vacuum trucks, roll-off trucks, and hot water pressure trucks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nettoyage (Cleaning Services)
• Pompage (Pumping Services)
• Décontamination (Decontamination Services)
• Transport (Transportation Services)
• Excavation (Excavation Services)
• Espace clos (Confined Space Services)
• Unité spéciale d'urgence (24/7 Emergency Response Unit)
• Reprise de réservoirs (Tank Recovery)
• Nettoyage de réservoirs (Tank Cleaning)
• Vente de réservoirs (Tank Sales)
• Installation d'estacades (Containment Boom Installation)

Quantifiable outcome

• 400m containment boom installation for avgas spill response

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Traces QuébeccoreOthersSynergie Environnement uses the Traces Québec platform (provided by Quebec's Ministry of Environment) for contaminated soil traceability management. This platform tracks every displacement of excavated contaminated soil from the original site, ensuring compliance with Quebec's Règlement sur la traçabilité des sols contaminés excavés.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia North America (Veolia Canada): Global environmental services firm with significant Quebec operations providing hazardous waste management, industrial cleaning, and site remediation. Comparable on service lines and environmental compliance focus, but operates far more broadly and across multiple geographies.
• Republic Services: One of North America's largest environmental services companies offering solid waste, liquid waste, and environmental remediation. Overlaps with Synergie on environmental cleanup and industrial services, though at significantly larger scale and broader scope.
• Stericycle: Large North American regulated waste management and environmental services company. Overlaps with Synergie on hazardous materials handling and waste transport, though its core focus is regulated waste and document destruction rather than emergency response.
• GFL Environmental Services: Large Canadian environmental services company providing solid waste, liquid waste, soil remediation, and industrial services across Canada. Overlaps with Synergie on environmental cleanup, hazardous materials handling, and contaminated soil management, though at a much larger scale.
• Waste Connections: Major Canadian-based environmental services company providing solid waste, liquid waste, and industrial services. Comparable on industrial and environmental services, though at a much larger scale and with broader geographic footprint.

Regional players

• Sanimax: Quebec-based environmental services company focused on rendering, recycling, and organic waste management. Regional player with overlap in industrial waste handling and Quebec environmental services, though its specialization is rendering and bioproducts rather than emergency spill response.
• Source 90 Environmental: Quebec-based environmental services company providing soil remediation, hazardous materials handling, and emergency response. Regional peer with similar service mix and Quebec focus, though operates at a different scale.

Direct peers

• Englobe Corp: Quebec-headquartered environmental services firm specializing in soil remediation, site decontamination, and environmental consulting. Directly comparable as a regional Quebec player offering environmental remediation, contaminated soil handling, and industrial cleaning services.
• Clean Harbors: North American environmental services leader offering hazardous waste management, emergency spill response, industrial cleaning, and decontamination. Directly comparable on service mix (emergency response, vacuum truck, tank cleaning, contaminated site work) and customer profile (industrial, oil & gas, transport).

Emerging players

• Vertex Environmental Services: Canadian environmental services company providing industrial cleaning, vacuum truck services, hydrovac excavation, and hazardous waste management. Comparable service mix to Synergie, particularly on vacuum truck and industrial cleaning, with broader geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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

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