Belfor

BELFOR began as a Quality Awnings & Construction company in Dearborn, Michigan in 1946. The company changed its name to INRECON L.L.C. (for Insurance Reconstruction) in 1981. Taylor, Michigan-based Masco bought 25 percent of the company in 1997, and completed its purchase of INRECON in 1999.

Haniel EnviroServices, a new division of the old European conglomerate Haniel, began in Germany in 1980. Its name was changed to Belfor in 1998.

Masco sold INRECON to Haniel in 2001 and it became part of BELFOR. At the time, the company had annual sales of $180 million and employed 1,000 staff.

As of February 2019, Belfor Holdings Inc. was in discussions regarding a potential sale to the American Securities equity firm. These were concluded successfully in April 2019.

BELFOR USA Group Inc, doing business as BELFOR Property Restoration, is based in Birmingham, Michigan and provides integrated disaster recovery and property restoration services. Belfor USA Group Inc. operates as a subsidiary of BELFOR Europe GmbH.

In 2007, BELFOR USA acquired Ductz International, LLC, an air duct cleaning and HVAC restoration franchise network with locations in 22 states. It acquired Hawaii Restorative Services of Honolulu and Coach's Catastrophe in 2010. BELFOR acquired BAMCOR in 2015.

BELFOR opened an office in Corpus Christi, Texas, and a San Antonio office in 2016. As of that year, BELFOR globally had 7000 employees.