Wachter, Inc.
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Wachter, Inc. is a nationwide technology solutions integrator founded in 1930 that provides end-to-end services including consulting, design, installation, and managed services for business technology systems. The company serves Fortune 500 companies and local businesses across industries including retail, healthcare, education, financial services, industrial, and data centers. With over 1,700 W2 employees operating from 14 nationwide offices, Wachter integrates technologies spanning electrical ...
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Headquarters
Lenexa, KS
Website
wachter.comFounded
1930
Company size
1001-5000 employees
Offerings
26 active
VenSearch Intelligence
Ideal Customer
- Wachter's sweet spot is large enterprises and Fortune 500 companies with multi-location footprints requiring a single, trusted partner for nationwide technology deployment, installation, and managed services.
- Target customers include national retailers, manufacturers with multi-site needs, logistics providers, and healthcare systems—particularly those needing scalable rollouts across hundreds or thousands of locations.
Key Differentiators
- Wachter's primary differentiator is its 100% W2 employed nationwide workforce of 1,400+ technicians and electricians licensed in all 50 states, enabling consistent quality, accountability, and rapid mobilization (e.g., 100 dedicated crews across 650 locations in 9 weeks) without reliance on subcontractors.
- As a single-source turnkey integrator spanning electrical, IT networking, voice/UC, fire and life safety, physical security, IoT, AV, automation, and managed services, Wachter eliminates the complexity of managing multiple vendors across locations.
Industries Served
- Wachter serves a broad range of commercial and industrial markets including retail, healthcare, financial services, education, government, industrial/manufacturing, logistics and distribution, hospitality, entertainment (movie theaters), food and beverage, mining, assisted living/rehabilitation, and correctional facilities.
- The company has notable specializations in retail technology (with active NRF participation), healthcare patient safety and remote patient monitoring (NOVA virtual patient observation), and industrial automation and controls.
Service Coverage
- Wachter operates as a nationwide solutions integrator serving clients across all 50 states from its headquarters in Lenexa, KS.
- The company maintains strategically placed Regional Technology Offices (RTOs) and, as of recent data, operates across approximately 14–30 office locations nationwide.
Partnerships
- Wachter holds Cisco Gold Partner status with advanced specializations in unified communications, routing and switching, security, and wireless LAN, and has also earned the Cisco Cloud and Managed Services Program (CMSP) Advanced Certification—making it, per its own claim, the only company to hold both simultaneously alongside Rockwell Automation Premier Partner status for automation and controls.
- Additional technology partnerships include Crestron, Extron, Biamp, QSC, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Cisco WebEx, and Poly for AV; RF Controls for enterprise-scale UHF RFID/RTLS deployments; Scenera for edge-to-cloud AI topology management (showcased at NRF 2024); PORTL and Intel for holographic retail experiences; and major fire alarm OEMs including Kidde, Edwards, Bosch, DMP, Firelite, and Silent Knight.
Company Size
- Wachter was founded in 1930 by William Wachter and has grown into a company with approximately 1,415–1,434 employees as of 2026, with revenue estimated at $341.2 million.
- The company grew from a small Midwestern electrical contractor with roughly a dozen employees when Brad Botteron joined in 1980 to its current scale of 14+ offices and a nationwide workforce.
Ownership
- Wachter is a privately held, family-owned company with no outside private equity investors or public market listing.
- The company was founded in 1930 by William Wachter and passed through four generations of family leadership; Brad Botteron (grandson-in-law of the founder) acquired the business from his father in 1989 and served as CEO before transitioning to Chairman in 2018, when COO Brian Sloan was named CEO.
Compliance & Certifications
- Wachter holds an ISO/IEC 27001 certification for its integration/staging center, which governs information security management for its technology staging and configuration operations.
- Its fire alarm monitoring services carry UL (Underwriters Laboratories) certified alarm monitoring status.
Compiled from public sources by VenSearch · Last researched October 14, 2026
Offerings
26 offerings24/7 Help Desk
Wachter operates a 24/7 nationwide help desk providing around-the-clock support for client technology systems. The help desk covers troubleshooting and support for IT networks, voice systems, fire alarm systems, and other integrated technologies.
Audiovisual
Wachter provides audiovisual engineering integrations to keep businesses connected in conference rooms, huddle spaces, training centers, and other areas of an organization. The service includes design and installation of AV systems tailored to the specific needs of the facility.
Automation & Controls
Wachter designs, installs, and maintains a variety of automation and controls systems as a leading automation integrator. The service covers building control systems and industrial automation across multiple facility types and industries.
Constant Presence
Wachter's Constant Presence solution deploys a dedicated on-site electrician or team of 100 or more to provide ongoing electrical systems services at a client's facility. Services provided under this model include pipe and wire, PLC, motors, transformers, UPS systems, lighting, power distribution, and preventative maintenance.
Consulting
Wachter takes a consultative approach to every project, working with clients to conceive, design, and develop technology solutions tailored to their business needs. Services include technology consulting, vCIO-style advisory, data center strategy consulting covering virtualization, compartmentalization, consolidation, and convergence.
ContactWatch
ContactWatch is Wachter's social distancing and contact tracing technology solution designed to mitigate the spread of infectious diseases in workplaces. The solution helps get businesses back on track and keeps employees healthy.
Cybersecurity Solutions
Wachter provides cybersecurity solutions as part of its IT networks and data center service portfolio. Services include data center cyber security and IT network cybersecurity to help protect client systems and infrastructure.
Data Center Services
Wachter provides turnkey design-build services and integrated technology solutions for data centers, colocation facilities, and IT rooms, with three decades of experience. Capabilities include site assessment, design-build, real-time diagnostics, predictive maintenance, server room environment and energy monitoring, network infrastructure optimization, critical power systems, BICSI-certified cabling, network virtualization, and data center cybersecurity.
Design Services
Wachter's engineers develop technology solution concepts, validate them in real-world environments, and produce designs for implementation across one or thousands of sites. Design services span electrical systems, IT networks, fire alarm, physical security, audiovisual, and other integrated technologies.
Digital Transformation
Wachter takes a consultative approach to digital transformation strategy, getting to know a business's needs, pain points, processes, and goals before designing a custom solution. The service integrates existing solutions with new technologies to develop a scalable digital transformation strategy that prepares enterprises for ongoing technology change.
Electrical Systems
Wachter provides nationwide design, installation, and maintenance of electrical systems with a team of over 1,400 W2 employees including electricians and technicians. Services include medium voltage, arc flash survey and remediation, lighting audits and retrofits, emergency lighting, building control systems, critical power, and 24-hour emergency service.
Fire and Life Safety
Wachter installs, inspects, and services fire alarm systems for businesses of all types and sizes, with technicians on call 24/7. Services include commercial fire alarm system installation, emergency responder radio coverage (ERRC) systems, smoke aspiration, voice evacuation, mass notification, system retrofits and upgrades, remote system management, UL certified alarm monitoring, and regularly scheduled inspections.
Internet of Things (IoT) Solutions
Wachter designs and deploys IoT integrations by adding sensors and machine-to-machine technologies to connect devices and systems for data collection and process automation. Solutions include time tracking, traffic measurement, motion detection, predictive maintenance, geofencing and beacons, RFID and NFC asset tracking, industrial IoT, and edge technologies.
IT Networks
As a Cisco Gold Partner, Wachter designs, deploys, and maintains IT network equipment and cable infrastructure for businesses nationwide, serving Fortune 500 companies across single or thousands of locations. Services include structured cabling, network design and analysis, cybersecurity solutions, IT modernization, cloud computing, virtualization, hardware and software upgrades, and 24-hour emergency service.
Managed Services
Wachter provides managed services to keep client systems running and delivering return on investment so businesses can focus on growth. This includes ongoing monitoring, maintenance, and support for critical technology systems across client locations nationwide.
Nationwide Rollouts
Wachter executes national and regional technology rollouts across hundreds or thousands of locations using its workforce of over 1,400 W2 employees. Recent projects have included a 650-location nationwide overhaul and VoIP upgrades across 300+ locations.
New Construction & Remodels
Wachter provides technology integration services for new construction projects and facility remodels, including end-to-end design and build of data centers, IT rooms, and other facilities. The service covers site preparation, installation, and integration of all technology systems within a new or remodeled facility.
NOVA
NOVA is described as the world's most powerful virtual patient observation solution, designed to improve patient care, reduce patient falls, and reduce the cost of one-to-one sitter programs in healthcare facilities. It is part of Wachter's healthcare solutions portfolio.
NoviTizer
NoviTizer is an easy-to-deploy automatic no-touch hand sanitizing dispenser with integrated digital signage features. It is designed to keep employees and patrons healthy in commercial and public-facing environments.
Physical Security
Wachter provides physical security solutions including access control and intrusion monitoring to help businesses protect their assets. The offering includes integration with fire alarm systems and video management systems.
Renewable Energy
Wachter provides renewable and alternative energy solutions including solar and photovoltaic systems, smart panels, building management systems, energy-efficient lighting retrofits, power control systems, and energy audits. The service helps businesses conserve energy, reduce costs, and increase energy efficiency through smart building and renewable energy technologies.
Staff Augmentation
Wachter offers staff augmentation services providing skilled IT and technology professionals to supplement client teams. This is listed as part of both its IT networks and fire alarm services offerings.
Staging & Configuration
Wachter provides staging and configuration services for technology equipment prior to deployment, including voice system staging and configuration as part of its IP communications offering. This service ensures equipment is pre-configured before field installation to streamline rollouts.
TempWatch
TempWatch combines real-time temperature detection accurate to one-tenth of a degree with integrated daily CDC questionnaires for health screening purposes. It can be integrated with access control systems for added functionality.
Voice / IP Communications
Wachter is a Cisco-certified Unified Communications Partner that designs, deploys, and supports end-to-end IP and wireless telephony solutions for businesses nationwide. Services include UC-readiness analysis, UC migration planning, trunk provisioning and monitoring, call center scripting, voice staging and configuration, nationwide deployment, and 24x7 help desk support for moves, adds, and changes.
WTS: Wachter Technology Solutions
WTS is Wachter's technology-focused team that provides cloud, mobility, voice, managed services, and other business technology needs. It operates as a specialized division within Wachter focused on delivering technology-driven services to clients.
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