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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Founded | 1935 |
| Founder | Samuel Oscar Blanc |
| Headquarters | , |
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Number of employees | 3,600 |
| Parent | Chemed Corporation |
Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Water Cleanup (formerly called Roto-Rooter Plumbing & Drain Service) is a plumbing company based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company, founded in 1935, originally specialized in clearing tree roots and other obstructions from sewer lines.
As of 2020[update], it employs thousands of plumbers, and service technicians throughout the US and Canada who provide plumbing and sewer and water damage cleanup services. Roto-Rooter also employs manufacturing technicians and assembly workers at its manufacturing plant in West Des Moines, Iowa. The plant manufactures the company's patented, proprietary Roto-Rooter sewer and drain cleaning machines as well as sewer and drain cleaning cables and blades.[1] Roto-Rooter is one of the two subsidiary divisions of the publicly traded Chemed Corporation, of which the other one is a hospice care provider VITAS Healthcare.
- ^ Abrams, Paul. "Journalist Center". Roto-Rooter Plumbing, Drains & Water Cleanup Service. Retrieved 2006-10-08.