ACE Electric is an electrical contractor headquartered in Valdosta, Georgia, founded in 1975 and working across the Southeast in data centers, healthcare, education, industrial, commercial and mission-critical facilities. The firm handles design-build electrical, power distribution, low voltage and communications, instrumentation and controls, and service work. ACE featured in the 2026 AGC of America and NCCER workforce survey as a case study in craft retention: the company netted more than 500 employees in 2026 but had to hire roughly 700 to get there, and its HR director reported that changes to orientation and workforce development cut turnover by more than 40 points over two years. Those figures are the company’s own. The firm runs its own training and skills-testing program, and reported that 83% of workers offered a lower classification after testing accepted it.
Seven division offices carry more than 1,200 people: Valdosta, Statesboro, Macon and Atlanta in Georgia, plus Sanford, North Carolina; Jackson, Tennessee; and Plain City, Ohio. Headquarters is at 4399 Inner Perimeter Road in Valdosta.
Contract sizes over the last five years have run from $300,000 to $130,000,000 across more than 200 projects, which is a wider band than most electrical contractors work in and explains the division structure.
Licensing extends to roughly 17 states. Georgia holdings include general contractor GCCO001796, electrical EN002399 and low voltage LUV00199. Elsewhere: Florida electrical EC0001433, Alabama general contractor 44097, Texas electrical EC31707, North Carolina electrical 26323-U and Tennessee electrical 00059602, with further licences published for Arkansas, Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
The in-house engineering and fabrication arm is the piece that distinguishes the company from a straightforward installing contractor. It covers engraving and phenolic labels, modular assemblies and E-House builds, so switchgear enclosures and skid-mounted assemblies can be built and tested in a controlled shop and shipped to site rather than stick-built in the field.
Preconstruction offerings include design/build and design/assist, virtual design, competitive bid planning, specification projects, negotiated contracts and fee-based work. Market focus runs commercial, mission critical, cold storage, correctional, distribution, food and beverage, government and DOD, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, K-12 and higher education, manufacturing, and service and maintenance.
Named projects include a Dollar General distribution center, GESTAMP, Rockwool RAN 5 in Kearneysville, West Virginia, the Northport C MEPFP distribution center, a Synnex Corporation renovation, Project Beverly in Irvington, Alabama, and an ADAL at Winn Army Hospital.
Workforce development runs through two named programs, Ace University for career development and AMPED for internships. Stated core values are safety, integrity, people and quality, and the company states it prioritises safety over productivity as an operating principle.
