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Clean Harbors

40-plus years of sustainability in action.

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(NYSE: CLH · $318.76 ▼ 0.7%) Clean Harbors is North America’s leading provider of environmental and industrial services. The Company serves a diverse customer base, including a majority of Fortune 500 companies. Its customer base spans a number of industries, including chemical, and manufacturing, as well as numerous government agencies. These customers rely on Clean Harbors to deliver a broad range of services such as end-to-end hazardous waste management, emergency spill response, industrial cleaning and maintenance, and recycling services. The company reports through two segments, Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions.

Its Environmental Services segment handles the collection, packaging, transportation, recycling, treatment and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous materials, and Clean Harbors operates more than 100 waste disposal facilities in the United States, including incineration, landfill and wastewater sites. Its industrial services include high-pressure and chemical cleaning, decoking, hydro excavation and oilfield production support, while its field services cover tank cleaning, remediation, decontamination and spill response. The company also offers oil, gas and lodging services and runs a 24-hour emergency response hotline.

Through its Safety-Kleen subsidiary, Clean Harbors also is North America’s largest re-refiner and recycler of used oil and a leading provider of parts washers and environmental services to commercial, industrial and automotive customers. Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions' re-refineries produce more than 150 million gallons of base oil annually, a portion of which is blended into finished lubricants under the Performance Plus brand, and the segment also sells KLEEN+ Group II+ base oils to fleet customers, distributors and manufacturers of oil products.

Founded in 1980 and based in Massachusetts, Clean Harbors operates throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.

Private funding before listing

7 rounds. Latest: POST IPO EQUITY, 1 Jun 2026.

DateTypeAmount
1 Jun 2026POST IPO EQUITYNot disclosed
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As of 2026-10-19, Clean Harbors has 8,250 employees, based on the Enrich Layer count of person profiles that list Clean Harbors as their current employer. Its listed company size band is 10,001+.
As of 2026-10-19, Clean Harbors is headquartered in Norwell, MA, US.
Clean Harbors was founded in 1980.
As of 2026-10-19, Clean Harbors is classified in the Environmental Services industry.
Clean Harbors is North America’s leading provider of environmental and industrial services. The Company serves a diverse customer base, including a majority of Fortune 500 companies. Its customer base spans a number of industries, including chemical, and manufacturing, as well as numerous government agencies. These customers rely on Clean Harbors to deliver a broad range of services such as end-to-end hazardous waste management, emergency spill response, industrial cleaning and maintenance, and recycling services.
As of 2026-10-19, Clean Harbors's official website is http://www.cleanharbors.com/.
As of 2026-10-19, Clean Harbors is a public company.