Kilgore Industries is celebrating 26 years of helping build Texas. To mark the milestone, we brought our team members and leadership together.
In a brief speech, leadership thanked the crew members who, over the years, have helped shape Kilgore into one of the largest MEP specialty contractors in the nation. Refreshments were served, and the whole team got time to celebrate together.
Where we started
Kilgore was founded in 2000 as a mechanical contractor in Houston.
The company grew by adding trades. Commercial plumbing came in 2002, and electrical services followed in 2009. From then on, an owner or general contractor could hire Kilgore for the full mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) scope of a building and work with one point of contact for all three.
What Kilgore looks like at 26
Today we have more than 800 team members working across Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio.
We self-perform the critical scopes with our own people, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing trades. Our in-house fabrication shop handles pipe, sheet metal, custom metal, and plumbing prefabrication. After a building is turned over, Kilgore Service supports commercial spaces and industrial facilities.
We take on design-build and design-assist work, new construction, and retrofits that bring aging systems up to current codes. Our detailers and estimators are in house too.
The work covers healthcare, aviation, education, government, industrial, multifamily, and data center projects. We have completed more than 1,520 mechanical projects across Houston and Texas.
Recognition in the past year
We reported four outside recognitions between last October and this September.
- Engineering News-Record ranked us No. 216 on its 2025 Top 600 Specialty Contractors list. ENR ranks the top 600 specialty contractors in the U.S. each year, and this was our fourth year on the list.
- The Construction Career Collaborative (C3) has now endorsed us as a Craft Training Champion for ten consecutive years.
- The Houston Business Journal ranked us No. 27 in its 2026 Fastest Growing Companies Awards, with revenue growth of 39.45%. HBJ recognized 50 Houston-area businesses this year.
- The Houston Chapter of the American Subcontractors Association (ASA-HC) named us a Commitment to Safety Platinum member for 2026-27, our third straight year at Platinum.
The Houston Chronicle has also named Kilgore a Top Workplace five times.
For a specialty contractor, revenue grows one project at a time, through bids won, schedules met, and clients who come back.
Thank you
Thank you to the more than 800 people who work at Kilgore today, and to everyone who worked here during the first 25 years. Thank you also to the owners, general contractors, partners, and vendors who keep working with us.
Planning an upcoming project? Contact Kilgore Industries to discuss how our team can support your construction needs.
