Vapor Pin Enterprises, Inc.

What Vapor Pin Enterprises, Inc. does

Vapor Pin Enterprises, Inc. is a privately held specialty manufacturer founded in 2011 and headquartered in Plain City, Ohio, that designs, patents, and distributes physical sampling devices used in vapor intrusion investigation and mitigation. Its core product, the Vapor Pin® Sampling Device, is a leak-proof conduit manufactured from stainless steel, brass, or anodized aluminum with replaceable silicone sleeves, used to collect sub-slab soil-gas samples, perform de-pressurization studies, stray gas evaluations, source characterization, pressure field extension testing, long-term monitoring, and thermal remediation monitoring. The product family has been extended with the FLX-VP™ flexible variant, the Mini Vapor Pin® for space-constrained deployments, the Vapor Pin® Insert for pre-construction installation beneath vapor barriers, the Vapor Pin® Capsule for passive sampling, and the VSOL Hybrid Kit. Design and methods are protected by seven granted US patents and a registered Vapor Pin® trademark.

The company operates with a small team of approximately five employees and does not publicly disclose revenue, pricing, funding, or leadership composition. Vapor Pin® has, by its own account, become the global standard for vapor intrusion sampling since introduction. The product is described in environmental industry methodologies and used in site characterization and remediation projects for properties contaminated with volatile organic compounds.

Vapor Pin generates revenue through hardware sales of reusable sampling devices and consumable sleeves and caps, distributed globally via a network of regional distributors (with dedicated sites for Latin America, Brazil/Portugal, and Europe/UK & Ireland) alongside direct e-commerce through vaporpin.com. Its customer base is horizontal, targeting environmental consulting firms and vapor intrusion practitioners, with technical content marketing (knowledge base, videos, SOPs, FAQs, industry events) used to reach professionals. There is no evidence of public listings, institutional funding, acquisitions, or management changes; the company operates as an independent, founder-controlled specialty hardware business.

Name

Vapor Pin Enterprises, Inc.

Legal name

Vapor Pin Enterprises, Inc.

Website

https://vaporpin.coxcolvin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vapor Pin Enterprises, Inc. is a privately held Ohio-based manufacturer that designs patented Vapor Pin® sampling devices used by environmental consultants for sub-slab soil-gas collection, vapor intrusion investigation, and mitigation monitoring worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Sampling Equipment

NAICS

Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

SIC

Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)

akta.pro primary industry

Soil Vapor Intrusion (SVI) & Vapor Intrusion Assessment (EUAHAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Vapor Intrusion Assessment & Mitigation Due Diligence (EUAHAEAE), Vapor Intrusion Mitigation & Soil Vapor Extraction (SVE, Sub-slab Depressurization) (EUAIALAH)

Keywords

• Vapor intrusion sampling
• Soil gas testing
• Environmental remediation equipment
• Subsurface monitoring devices
• Site characterization tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Plain City, Ohio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Product Sales: Vapor Pin generates revenue through the sale of physical sampling devices and accessories. The core products (Vapor Pin® Sampling Devices) are reusable, with consumables including Vapor Pin® Sleeves and Vapor Pin® Caps that require replacement after device extraction and cleaning. Products are sold as individual parts, complete sets, bundles, and accessories through direct e-commerce and distributor channels.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Vapor Pin Enterprises, Inc. manufactures and sells the Vapor Pin® line of proprietary physical sampling devices used for vapor intrusion testing and mitigation. The devices provide a leak-proof conduit for measuring and collecting soil gas samples in support of sub-slab soil-gas sampling, de-pressurization studies, stray gas evaluations, source area characterization, mitigation progress monitoring, pressure field extension testing, long-term monitoring, and thermal remediation monitoring. The product range includes Vapor Pin® Sampling Device Sets (Brass, Stainless Steel, FLX-VP™), the Mini Vapor Pin®, the Vapor Pin® Capsule, the Vapor Pin® Insert, the VSOL Hybrid Kit, and consumable sleeves and caps.

Product overview

Vapor Pin Enterprises, Inc. offers a unified portfolio of physical sampling devices and accessories for vapor intrusion investigation and mitigation. The core product line centers on the Vapor Pin® Sampling Device family, available in multiple material variants (Brass, Stainless Steel, FLX-VP™, and Anodized Aluminum), including a Mini version for space-constrained applications. Supporting products include the VSOL Hybrid Kit, Vapor Pin® Capsule for passive sampling, and the Vapor Pin® Insert for use beneath vapor barriers. The company also provides consumables (Sleeves and Caps), Individual Parts, Accessories, Tubing, Secured Covers, and bundled Sets for complete sampling solutions. These products serve applications including sub-slab soil-gas sampling, de-pressurization studies, stray gas evaluations, site characterization, long-term monitoring, pressure field extension testing, and thermal remediation monitoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FLX-VP™: FLX-VP™ is a variant of the Vapor Pin® Sampling Device Sets, made from flexible materials.

Products and services

• Vapor Pin® Sampling Device Sets The primary sampling device offering available in Brass, Stainless Steel, and FLX-VP™ variants. Provides a leak-proof conduit for measurement and collection of soil gas samples for site characterization, sub-slab soil-gas sampling, de-pressurization studies, stray gas evaluations, and mitigation progress monitoring.
• VSOL Hybrid Kit A hybrid sampling kit combining VSOL technology with Vapor Pin® devices for enhanced soil gas sampling capabilities.
• Mini Vapor Pin® Sampling Device Compact sampling device made from anodized aluminum, designed for space-constrained applications while maintaining the same leak-proof sampling capabilities as standard Vapor Pin® devices.
• Vapor Pin® Capsule Passive sampling capsule designed for long-term monitoring of vapor conditions beneath vapor barriers and in subsurface environments.
• Vapor Pin® Insert PVC housing specifically designed for monitoring vapor conditions beneath chemically resistant vapor barriers. Installed pre-construction before barrier installation, with a threaded cap for positioning at final floor height.
• Vapor Pin® Sleeves Replaceable silicone sealing sleeves for Vapor Pin® sampling devices, required replacement after devices are extracted and cleaned for reuse.
• Vapor Pin® Caps Replacement caps for Vapor Pin® sampling devices, required replacement after the sampling devices have been extracted and cleaned.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Regional DistributorscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGlobal network of distributors with dedicated regional web presences for Latin America (vaporpin.lat), Brazil/Portugal (vaporpin.com.br), and Europe/UK & Ireland (vaporpin.eu). Distributors sell and distribute Vapor Pin sampling products in their respective regions.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Restek Corporation: Restek manufactures GC columns, sample preparation products, and air sampling consumables (canisters, sorbent tubes) used in environmental and vapor intrusion laboratory workflows. It is a direct peer as an independent manufacturer of consumables and hardware used in soil gas and indoor air sampling.
• Geoprobe Systems: Geoprobe designs and manufactures direct-push drilling rigs and soil/groundwater sampling tools used in environmental site investigations. It is a direct peer in the niche of physical subsurface sampling equipment used by environmental consultants for site characterization and remediation.
• HNU Systems: HNU Systems manufactures portable gas detectors, photoionization detectors (PIDs), and environmental monitoring instruments. It is comparable to Vapor Pin because its products are used in the same vapor intrusion field workflows for VOC screening and soil gas monitoring.
• Sensidyne: Sensidyne manufactures air sampling pumps, gas detection equipment, and environmental sampling accessories. It is a direct peer in the field of environmental air and gas sampling hardware sold to industrial hygiene and environmental consulting customers.
• Markes International: Markes International specializes in thermal desorption instruments, sorbent tubes, and air sampling consumables for trace-level VOC analysis. It is a direct peer in the vapor intrusion and soil gas sampling value chain, particularly for sorbent tube-based VOC collection referenced in Vapor Pin's workflow.
• SKC Inc. SKC manufactures air sampling pumps, media, and consumables for occupational hygiene and environmental monitoring. It is directly comparable to Vapor Pin as a specialty manufacturer of physical sampling hardware and consumables used by environmental professionals for field sample collection.
• Entech Instruments: Entech Instruments specializes in sample preparation and introduction technologies for VOC analysis, including whole-air sampling canisters and preconcentration systems. It is a direct peer in physical sampling hardware for sub-slab and ambient VOC monitoring.

Broad incumbents

• Agilent Technologies: Agilent is a broad incumbent in analytical instruments and laboratory supplies, including GC/MS systems used for vapor intrusion sample analysis. It is comparable as a larger player addressing the same environmental testing end customers, but its focus is on instruments rather than field sampling hardware.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific: Thermo Fisher is a broad incumbent offering analytical instruments, sample collection consumables, and complete environmental testing workflows. It is comparable as a larger player that overlaps with Vapor Pin's customer base in environmental laboratories and consulting firms, though it does not specialize in the discrete sampling conduit niche.

Emerging players

• TSI Incorporated: TSI manufactures aerosol and gas monitors used in indoor air quality, occupational hygiene, and environmental applications. It is an emerging peer with partial overlap in environmental gas monitoring instruments that can be used alongside or in place of sub-slab sampling devices for vapor intrusion investigations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/VaporPin
• Facebookfacebook.com/vaporpin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vapor-pin-enterprises-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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