# ATCO

> ATCO is a Calgary-based public company that combines regulated electricity and natural-gas networks with modular buildings, remote-site operations, defence support, retail energy and infrastructure investments. Its unusual advantage is not a single technology but a portfolio design: steady utility cash flows support flexible businesses that can sell, lease and operate essential infrastructure wherever demand appears.

- **Founded:** 1947
- **Headquarters:** Calgary, Canada
- **Founders:** S.D. Southern (Co-founder), R.D. Southern (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 8,200 ATCO employees plus about 12,200 employees in non-controlled interests worldwide at year-end 2025
- **Products:** Regulated energy networks, ATCO Structures, ATCO Frontec, ATCO EnPower, ATCO Energy
- **Notable:** Grew from 15 utility trailers and C$1,077 of initial revenue into a group with C$27.668 billion of assets in 2025., Worked in more than 100 countries over its history., Built a modular fleet exceeding 28,500 units across 44 operating locations and 13 manufacturing locations by 2025.

## Products & services

- **Regulated energy networks** — Electricity transmission and distribution plus natural-gas transmission and distribution in Canada and Australia, primarily through Canadian Utilities.
- **ATCO Structures** — Manufactures, sells and leases space rentals, workforce housing, residential housing and permanent modular buildings; the 2025 fleet exceeded 28,500 units.
- **ATCO Frontec** — Facility operations, remote accommodation, disaster response, defence and security support for government, military and commercial clients.
- **ATCO EnPower** — Natural-gas storage, natural-gas-liquids infrastructure, renewable and conventional generation, industrial water, hydrogen exploration and carbon-storage development.
- **ATCO Energy** — Competitive electricity and natural-gas retail plans plus home maintenance, solar and EV-charging services in Alberta.
- **ATCO Australia** — Gas distribution, power generation and energy-infrastructure services across Australia.
- **ATCO Land and Development / Viva Homes** — Commercial real estate and modular townhome development, including factory-built residential options.
- **Neltume Ports investment** — A 40 per cent interest in a port operator with 17 facilities across the Americas.

## Achievements

- Grew from 15 utility trailers and C$1,077 of initial revenue into a group with C$27.668 billion of assets in 2025.
- Worked in more than 100 countries over its history.
- Built a modular fleet exceeding 28,500 units across 44 operating locations and 13 manufacturing locations by 2025.
- Served more than 4 million total customers and more than 360,000 retail-energy customer sites in 2025.
- Recorded 33 consecutive years of annual dividend increases by 2025.
- Received the 2020 Edison Award for the Fort McMurray West 500-kV Transmission Project and an EEI emergency response award for 2023 wildfire restoration.
- Secured final regulatory approval in July 2026 to begin the estimated C$2.9 billion Yellowhead Pipeline.
- ATCO Structures reported C$249 million in new contracts in the second quarter of 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Reported second-quarter adjusted earnings of C$114 million, up from C$101 million a year earlier, while Structures disclosed C$249 million in new contracts across three continents.
- **2026-07** — Received final Alberta Utilities Commission approval for the roughly 235-kilometre, C$2.9 billion Yellowhead Pipeline and said construction would begin immediately.
- **2026-05** — Reported first-quarter adjusted earnings of C$165 million, C$5 million higher year over year.
- **2026-05** — Rona Ambrose joined ATCO's board of directors.
- **2026-02** — Reported 2025 revenue of C$5.143 billion and adjusted earnings of C$518 million; IFRS earnings were reduced by impairments and write-offs.
- **2025-12** — Paused development work on a large-scale low-carbon ammonia export project because of market conditions, infrastructure limitations and policy uncertainty.
- **2025-08** — Reported 73 Indigenous partnerships, MOUs and other arrangements across its operations.
- **2025-07** — Delivered 56 modular units for a Calgary affordable-housing project.

## Links

- Website: https://www.atco.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atco-group/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ATCO
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ATCOLimited
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atcogroup/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ATCOGroup/

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Last updated: 2026-08-23