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Top 25 Surface preparation companies based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 1,365 surface preparation companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 10,110 professional contacts across them, including 3,000 with verified work emails. Houston is the largest hub.
This list covers surface preparation companies headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest surface preparation companies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 291 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Painters USA is a nationally certified woman-owned business by the WBENC to help satisfy your supplier diversity goals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 184 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SurfacePrep is North America's premier provider of surface finishing solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 174 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In spring 2020, Marco and APE Companies joined forces.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 166 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 121 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For your complex or challenging painting and coating projects, Long Painting is your reliable resource for comprehensive, long-lasting solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 117 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Pangborn is dedicated to providing superior shot blasting equipment and surface preparation solutions to thousands of customers across a variety of industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 107 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since 1967, Progressive has been a global leader in automated surface treatment machinery and closed-loop process controls for: • shot peening • grit blasting • thermal spray…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 106 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As we grow, our commitment to continuous improvement allows us to provide clients with a full range of industrial services to meet site-specific and client-specific needs in a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 104 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Kaloutas offers commercial painting, industrial flooring, and fireproofing, and gives general contractors and facility managers access to our knowledge and resources to help get…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 96 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “More than brushes & ladders Alpine Painting and Sandblasting Contractors is a full-service commercial, industrial, specialty flooring, welding & shop painting company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Imagine how great it would feel to work with a contractor who gets it right the first time.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 91 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hi-Lite Airfield Services, LLC is the leading Airfield Pavement Maintenance Contractor in North America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Clemco Industries Corporation is the world's largest manufacturer of air-powered blast equipment used to clean, deburr, shot peen, remove coatings, finish, or otherwise improve…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 86 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Main Industries, Inc, an employee-owned company, headquartered in Hampton, Virginia was founded in August 1976.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Thomas Industrial Coatings, we take tremendous pride in every single service we offer - concrete coatings, fireproofing, industrial coating applications and lead abatement just…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “National Coatings is a trusted commercial and industrial painting company serving a broad range of commercial and industrial customers, large and small, throughout the U.S.A.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Avalotis Corporation is certified by the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) for the QP1 and QP2 nationally recognized certification programs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Xtreme Polishing Systems supplies professional-grade surface prep equipment, epoxy resin coatings, and decorative concrete products used by contractors and businesses every day on…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 58 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “H.I.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 53 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 70 years Soep Painting Corp has been New England's leading commercial and industrial painting, coating, and specialty services contractor.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 52 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “KC Painting & Coatings is a specialty contractor with over 30 years of combined experience in the painting and coatings industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “From initial surface preparation to final delivery, we manage all aspects, including abrasive blasting, fireproofing, coating, transport, and direct shipment to your job site.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Specified with Confidence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: surface preparation companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names surface preparation companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of surface preparation companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name surface preparation companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Surface preparation companies based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,365 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among surface preparation companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “surface preparation companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names surface preparation companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among surface preparation companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 3,000 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Surface preparation companies by metro
- Surface preparation companies in Houston30
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names surface preparation companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many surface preparation companies are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 1,365 surface preparation companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Painters USA, headquartered in Glendale Heights, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most surface preparation companies?
Houston leads with 30 headquartered companies, followed by Jacksonville (10) and Denver (9).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 3,000 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,365 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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