Protect Environmental buys ARC Insulation to widen home services reach

Protect Environmental has acquired Chicagoland contractor ARC Insulation, expanding beyond radon and environmental services into a broader home performance platform. The deal adds insulation, air sealing and energy-efficiency work as the company pushes to become a national home services provider.

Why it matters: - Protect Environmental is using the deal to broaden its role from environmental services into a wider home services platform. - The combined business aims to help homeowners improve health, safety, comfort and energy efficiency in the same visit. - The acquisition deepens Protect Environmental’s presence in Chicagoland, where the company has already served homeowners for years.

What happened: - Protect Environmental announced the acquisition of ARC Insulation on July 22, 2026. - ARC Insulation is a Chicagoland insulation and home performance company. - Protect Environmental is based in Louisville, Kentucky. - The acquisition marks a strategic step in Protect Environmental’s shift toward a national home services platform.

The details: - Protect Environmental has spent more than two decades focused on radon testing and mitigation, indoor air quality, laboratory services and environmental consulting. - ARC Insulation was founded in 1993. - ARC Insulation provides insulation, air sealing, home energy assessments, mold remediation and building performance solutions. - Protect Environmental says the deal brings together complementary expertise to support healthier, safer, more comfortable and more energy-efficient homes. - Customers will keep working with the ARC Insulation team while gaining access to Protect Environmental’s national resources, operational expertise and broader service portfolio. - Protect Environmental says the move reflects a long-term strategy to build a trusted national platform centered on protecting a homeowner’s largest investment. - The company says the acquisition expands its ability to care for the entire home, from the ground beneath it to the air families breathe. - Protect Environmental has completed more than 250,000 projects across all 50 U.S. states and two U.S. territories. - The company says its home services focus includes insulation, radon, chemical vapor intrusion and water quality management. - ARC Insulation says it has helped thousands of homeowners improve comfort, reduce energy costs and enhance indoor air quality. - ARC Insulation describes its work as grounded in building science and craftsmanship.

Between the lines: - The acquisition suggests Protect Environmental is betting that homeowners want one provider for multiple home performance problems, not separate contractors. - The move also points to a broader consolidation strategy in a market where trust, local service and technical expertise matter. - Protect Environmental is pairing a national operating footprint with a locally established Chicagoland brand. - Byron Crews, Protect Environmental’s CEO, said the company wants to be the most trusted name homeowners call when protecting the health of their home and the people inside it. - Crews also said the partnership fits both companies’ shared focus on solving problems the right way, educating homeowners and building lasting relationships.

What's next: - Chicagoland homeowners will see an expanded set of residential services under the combined platform. - Protect Environmental is expected to keep building out its home protection services portfolio. - The company is continuing to recruit as it scales. - More information is available at protectenvironmental.com or by calling 502-221-3373.

The bottom line: - Protect Environmental is turning a radon and environmental services business into a broader home performance platform, and ARC Insulation gives it a larger foothold in one of its key regional markets.