R.P.S. Corporation

What R.P.S. Corporation does

R.P.S. Corporation is a privately held American manufacturer of industrial and commercial floor care equipment founded in the mid-1980s and headquartered at 1711 South Street, Racine, Wisconsin. The company originated with a single battery-powered floor sweeper and grew into a multi-line manufacturer of battery-powered floor scrubbers, sweepers, burnishers, and preparation machines, plus complementary proprietary detergents. The product portfolio spans cleaning widths from 17 to 46 inches across approximately 20 named scrubber lines (MICROMAG through Tomcat HD), standalone models such as REBEL and Big Ox Ai32, and the patented EDGE series for chemical-free floor finish stripping using only water.

The business operates as a B2B equipment manufacturer, generating revenue through hardware sales of floor care equipment and proprietary detergent consumables. Distribution is executed exclusively through an authorized distributor and dealer network, with structured tiers including installing distributors (domestic) and master distributors (international). Operating geographies span North America (USA, Canada), Europe (Germany, France, UK), and Asia (India), inferred from the warranty registration form fields. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Marketing relies primarily on the company website (rpscorporation.com), including machine serial number lookup and online warranty registration as customer touchpoints.

R.P.S. Corporation competes against larger industrial floor care equipment manufacturers (such as Tennant and Nilfisk) by positioning on durable, robust product design and differentiated proprietary technologies (EDGE chemical-free stripping, proprietary detergent formulations). The firm has remained independent since founding with no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, or leadership changes in the input data. Its newer product introductions, including the Big Ox Ai32 autonomous mobile robot scrubber, suggest incremental expansion into autonomous cleaning equipment, though no AI/ML capability depth is publicly disclosed.

Name

R.P.S. Corporation

Legal name

R.P.S. Corporation

Website

https://rpscorporation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

R.P.S. Corporation is a privately held Racine, Wisconsin-based manufacturer founded in the mid-1980s that designs and sells battery-powered industrial and commercial floor scrubbers, sweepers, burnishers, and preparation machines, plus proprietary detergents and EDGE chemical-free stripping equipment, distributed through authorized dealers in the US, Canada, Germany, France, the UK, and India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Floor Cleaning Equipment

NAICS

Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing (3256), Soap and Cleaning Compound Manufacturing (32561), Polish and Other Sanitation Good Manufacturing (325612)

SIC

Soap, Detergents, Cleang Preparations, Perfumes, Cosmetics (2840), Specialty Cleaning, Polishing And Sanitation Preparations (2842)

akta.pro primary industry

Floor Cleaning Equipment (Scrubbers, Sweepers, Burnishers) (IMAHALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hard Surface & Multi-Purpose Cleaners (All-purpose, Floor, Bathroom, Kitchen) (CRADAKAG)

Keywords

• Industrial floor scrubbers
• Commercial floor sweepers
• Battery-powered cleaning equipment
• Floor finish stripping
• Floor care detergents

Headquarters

HQ city

Racine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Floor Care Equipment Sales: R.P.S. Corporation generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of industrial and commercial floor care equipment including battery-powered scrubbers, sweepers, burnishers, and preparation machines. The company offers a broad product portfolio spanning multiple sizes and configurations for different cleaning applications.
2. Detergents and Cleaning Solutions: Sale of proprietary detergent formulations complementing the floor care equipment product line

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

R.P.S. Corporation manufactures and sells battery-powered industrial and commercial floor care equipment, including floor scrubbers, sweepers, burnishers, and preparation machines in multiple sizes and configurations. The company also sells proprietary detergents formulated to match its equipment and markets the EDGE Series, a chemical-free floor finish stripping line that uses only plain water. Products are sold through authorized distributors and dealers to facility management, janitorial services, and industrial cleaning customers.

Product overview

R.P.S. Corporation manufactures industrial and commercial floor cleaning equipment including battery-powered floor scrubbers, sweepers, burnishers, and preparation machines, along with complementary detergents. The product portfolio is organized into multiple product lines (MICROMAG, MICRO-HD, MICROMINI, MINI-HD, MAG-HD, PILOT, GTX, GTR, XR, CARBON, HERO, PRO, CRZ, EX, Tomcat HD) and standalone models (REBEL, RIVAL, Big Ox, Kodiak, Bulldog, Pro-Link). The company also offers the innovative EDGE series for chemical-free floor finish stripping. A comprehensive model numbering system indicates brush type (Disk, Cylindrical, Orbital), cleaning width (17-46 inches), and drive type (Brush Assist, Traction, Pad Assist). Supporting services include machine serial number lookup for documentation access and warranty registration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Floor Scrubbers Battery-powered floor scrubbers available in disk and cylindrical brush configurations across compact, stand-up rider, and large rider formats, with cleaning widths ranging from 17 to 46 inches and drive options including brush assist and traction drive. Designed for industrial and commercial floor maintenance customers.
• Floor Sweepers Battery-powered floor sweepers including rider and stand-up models in cylindrical and disk configurations, available in 26 to 32 inch cleaning widths. Originally developed for industrial applications and later expanded to commercial customers.
• Burnishers Floor burnishing machines designed to complement the scrubber and sweeper product lines, providing a complete floor care solution for industrial and commercial customers.
• EDGE Series Floor Finish Stripping Machines Floor finish stripping machines that use proprietary EDGE technology to strip floor finish using only plain water, eliminating the need for chemical strippers. Targeted at environmentally conscious facility maintenance operations.
• Floor Care Detergents Proprietary cleaning detergents formulated to match the toughness and effectiveness of R.P.S. Corporation's scrubbing equipment, sold as a complementary product to the floor care machinery.
• Big Ox Ai32 Automatic Mobile Robot Scrubber

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Powr-Flite: Powr-Flite is a smaller US-based commercial cleaning equipment manufacturer offering floor machines, scrubbers, and vacuums through janitorial distributors, with overlapping but narrower product scope than R.P.S.
• Tornado Industries: Tornado Industries manufactures commercial floor care equipment including scrubbers, burnishers, and sweepers sold through janitorial distributors, with similar channel strategy and comparable product breadth to R.P.S. Corporation.

Direct peers

• Hako: Hako is a German manufacturer of industrial and commercial cleaning machines including scrubbers, sweepers, and burnishers, serving European markets that overlap with R.P.S.'s distributor footprint in Germany, France, and the UK.
• Tennant Company: Tennant is the largest pure-play industrial and commercial floor cleaning equipment manufacturer in North America, offering scrubbers, sweepers, burnishers, and coatings that directly overlap R.P.S. Corporation's core product lines including autonomous robotic scrubbers (T7AMR).
• Nilfisk: Nilfisk is a global Danish manufacturer of professional cleaning equipment with a direct overlap in industrial scrubbers, sweepers, and burnishers, and competes head-to-head with R.P.S. in distributor channels across North America and Europe.
• NSS Enterprises: NSS Enterprises is a US-based manufacturer of commercial floor care equipment including scrubbers, sweepers, and burnishers, serving the same janitorial and facility management distributor channel as R.P.S. Corporation.
• Clarke: Clarke manufactures commercial and industrial floor cleaning equipment including scrubbers, burnishers, and sweepers, with comparable distribution model and customer base to R.P.S. Corporation in facility management.
• Factory Cat: Factory Cat manufactures industrial and commercial scrubbers and sweepers with a focus on durable mid-market equipment, comparable in size, channel approach, and product positioning to R.P.S. Corporation.
• Kärcher: Kärcher is a leading global manufacturer of cleaning equipment including industrial scrubbers, sweepers, and detergents, with a broad product portfolio that overlaps R.P.S.'s offerings in commercial and industrial floor care.

Broad incumbents

• Advance (Nilfisk-Advance): Advance is a Nilfisk-owned brand of industrial and commercial floor cleaning equipment with deep overlap in scrubbers, sweepers, and burnishers, offering broader global scale than R.P.S. across facility management and industrial segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/rps-corporation

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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