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🔹 Technical Manifest for List Building of Independent MRO Companies
👤 Client: 🇺🇸 USA Member since 2025-06-06
💰 Price: $60
🚩 Problem: Gather a list of independent U.S. and Canadian companies providing maintenance, repair, installation, and overhaul services for pumps, motors, and valves in water/wastewater facilities.
📦 Existing: Not specified

Specifications:

[Target] - Independent MRO companies focusing on pump, motor, and valve service for water/wastewater facilities, municipal utilities, industrial plants, commercial buildings, and transportation infrastructure. Exclude PE-backed, public, or subsidiaries; pure manufacturers; pure distributors with no service arm; general mechanical/HVAC contractors; food & beverage/pharma sanitary specialists.
[Method] - Scraping from EASA member directory (easa.com), Hydraulic Institute (pumps.org), WEFTEC and AWWA ACE exhibitor lists, WWEMA, state water/wastewater association directories, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Apollo.
[UI/UX] - N/A
[Stack] - Python with BeautifulSoup or Scrapy for web scraping, Pandas for data processing, Excel for final output.
[Security] - Ensure compliance with GDPR and CCPA. Use proxies to avoid IP blocking during scraping.
[Format] - Google Sheet/Excel file: Company name, website, HQ city/state, est. revenue, est. employee count, owner/CEO name, owner/CEO email, owner/CEO LinkedIn, owner/CEO mobile phone.

Workflow:

1. Define the target companies based on industry and financial criteria.
2. Scrape relevant directories and websites for company information using Python with BeautifulSoup or Scrapy.
3. Clean and process data using Pandas to ensure accuracy and completeness.
4. Validate scraped data against exclusion criteria.
5. Export final list in Google Sheet/Excel format.