Key Takeaways
- • Katsam Property Services, a St. Louis-based exterior property services company founded in 1986, is rebranding as Gateway Service Group to create a unified commercial property services platform across its regional operations.
- • The rebrand follows a July 2024 investment from Unity Partners, a Dallas-based middle-market private equity firm, which has backed the company's expansion from a single-market business into a six-branch organization.
- • Gateway Service Group now serves clients across 13 states from primary markets in Atlanta, Dayton, Kansas City, Philadelphia/New Jersey, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C.
- • CEO Chris Dick, who has led Katsam since 2013, said the consolidation gives clients a consistent partner with broader capabilities while preserving local service relationships.
- • The brand transition is rolling out across digital channels first, with fleet, uniforms, and signage converted over the coming months, and clients will continue working with the same local teams.
Summary
Katsam Property Services, the St. Louis-based exterior property services company founded in 1986, announced it is rebranding as Gateway Service Group, according to a Business Wire release. The change consolidates the company's regional operations under a single commercial property services platform. The rebrand reflects growth since Unity Partners, a Dallas-based middle-market private equity firm, invested in the company in July 2024.
Since that investment, the company has grown from a single-market sweeping and facility services business into a six-branch organization serving clients across 13 states. Gateway Service Group now operates from primary markets in Atlanta, Dayton, Kansas City, Philadelphia/New Jersey, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. The company provides commercial exterior property maintenance, including power sweeping, pressure washing, day porter services and related property services, to commercial, industrial, and municipal clients across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
CEO Chris Dick, who has led Katsam since 2013, said the company's reputation was built on hard work, dependable service and client commitment over nearly 40 years. He said the Gateway name, inspired by the company's St. Louis roots as the Gateway City, reflects where the company came from and where it is going. Dick said the consolidation would give clients a consistent partner with broader capabilities and geographic reach while preserving local service relationships.
Bobby Schneider, Propel Team Lead at Unity Partners, praised the leadership team and said bringing the regional operations together under one name gives clients a consistent partner and gives employees one company in which to build careers.
The Gateway Service Group brand is launching across the company's digital channels, with fleet, uniforms, signage and other physical assets transitioning over the coming months. Clients will continue working with the same local teams. Gateway is backed by Unity Partners.
Since that investment, the company has grown from a single-market sweeping and facility services business into a six-branch organization serving clients across 13 states. Gateway Service Group now operates from primary markets in Atlanta, Dayton, Kansas City, Philadelphia/New Jersey, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C. The company provides commercial exterior property maintenance, including power sweeping, pressure washing, day porter services and related property services, to commercial, industrial, and municipal clients across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
CEO Chris Dick, who has led Katsam since 2013, said the company's reputation was built on hard work, dependable service and client commitment over nearly 40 years. He said the Gateway name, inspired by the company's St. Louis roots as the Gateway City, reflects where the company came from and where it is going. Dick said the consolidation would give clients a consistent partner with broader capabilities and geographic reach while preserving local service relationships.
Bobby Schneider, Propel Team Lead at Unity Partners, praised the leadership team and said bringing the regional operations together under one name gives clients a consistent partner and gives employees one company in which to build careers.
The Gateway Service Group brand is launching across the company's digital channels, with fleet, uniforms, signage and other physical assets transitioning over the coming months. Clients will continue working with the same local teams. Gateway is backed by Unity Partners.
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