Desotec - About the company
Desotec is an acquired company based in Roeselare (Belgium), founded in 1990. It operates as a Provides Activated Carbon Solutions. The company has 19 active competitors, including 1 funded and 3 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Arq, Carbonxt and Stratagroup.
Company Details
Desotec develops and provides purification solutions based on activated carbon technology. Its products find applications in areas like wastewater, process water, solvent removal, odour treatment, biogas cleaning, etc. It also builds tailor-made installations. It comes with the largest fleet of mobile interchangeable filters in Europe.
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Key Metrics
Founded Year
1990
Location
Roeselare, Belgium
Stage
Acquired
Investors
Ranked
2nd among 19 active competitors
Annual Revenue
€100M - €500M as on Dec 31, 2024
Employee Count
325 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Exit Details
Acquired by EQT (Nov 21, 2025)
Legal entities associated with Desotec
Desotec is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Reports |
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DESOTEC CIN: 0441.856.180 , Belgium, Active | Nov 06, 1990 | €100M - €500M (As on Dec 31, 2024) | 122 (As on Dec 31, 2022) | - |
Desotec's acquisition details
Desotec got acquired by EQT on Nov 21, 2025.
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Desotec's funding and investors
Desotec is a funded company. Desotec has 2 institutional investors.
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Desotec has 325 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Desotec's employee count trend over the years:
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Desotec's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Desotec include Arq, Carbonxt and Stratagroup. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Desotec, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Arq 1997, Greenwood Village (United States), Public | Developer of environmental technology products for water, land, and air purification | - | 63/100 | |
2nd | Provides Activated Carbon Solutions | - | 55/100 | ||
3rd | Carbonxt 2001, Gainesville (United States), Public | Manufacturer of activated carbon products for air and water purification | - | - | 35/100 |
4th | Stratagroup 2016, Pune (India), Seed | Manufacturer of air purification system | - | 32/100 | |
5th | Puragen 1997, Palm Beach Gardens (United States), Funding Raised | Manufacturer of activated carbon for air and water purification | - | 30/100 | |
6th | InnoFlex 2020, Eindhoven (Netherlands), Funding Raised | Manufacturer of photocatalytic systems for removing harmful industrial air pollutants | - | 29/100 | |
7th | Florida Electrical Industries 1978, Delhi (India), Unfunded | Provider of air purification system | - | - | 29/100 |
8th | Developer of outdoor air purification systems using multi-layer filtration techniques | - | - | 28/100 | |
9th | Clairifier 2023, Mumbai (India), Unfunded | Provider of outdoor air purification systems | - | - | 27/100 |
10th | EcoWorth Tech 2016, Singapore, Deadpooled | Advanced material for managing organic wastes in multiple industrial applications | $1M | 26/100 |
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Desotec's Investments and acquisitions
Desotec has acquired OdorOff. Desotec has not made any investments as of now.Reports related to Desotec
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News related to Desotec
Media has covered Desotec for a total of 6 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about people movement.
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EQT Future to acquire a majority stake in DESOTEC, a leader in circular mobile filtration solutionsTMC•Nov 21, 2025•Desotec, EQT, Blackstone
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ABN AMRO to Acquire NIBC BankBenzinga•Nov 12, 2025•Blackstone, NIBC, Abn Amro, Logicenters and 2 others
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DESOTEC’s Acquisition of Evoqua’s Carbon Reactivation and Exchange Services BusinessGlobal Legal Chronicle•Jul 14, 2023•Evoqua, Blackstone, Desotec, Reed Smith
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DESOTEC Completes Acquisition of US-based Evoqua’s Carbon Reactivation and Exchange Services BusinessFinancial Post•Jun 16, 2023•Desotec, Evoqua
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EQT Private Equity makes minority investment in DESOTEC, a leading European environmental services companyPR Newswire•May 31, 2021•EQT, Desotec
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Blackstone agrees to acquire DESOTEC, a leading European company in the field of environmental servicesBusiness Wire•Mar 18, 2021•Blackstone, Desotec, EQT
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AAC agrees exit of carbon filtration business Desotec to buyout major EQT | AltAssets Private Equity NewsAltAssets•Jul 05, 2017•AAC Capital, Desotec, EQT Ventures
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