Action King Services

Action King Services is a Lowell-based septic, grease trap and drain company that says it's been family-run since 1968; BBB lists Francis R. King as president and confirms the 1968 start with an A+ grade (the business is not accredited). Confined-space trained technicians handle septic pumping, Title 5 inspections, hydro jetting, video pipe inspection and catch basin cleaning across the Merrimack Valley and into southern New Hampshire. Trade-press profiles from 2014 to 2019 describe founder Frank King as a longtime board member of the National Association of Wastewater Technicians who prioritizes treating customers fairly. The public record is thin and not reassuring lately. Google shows just a 1★ average from 3 ratings, and in a 2025 review, a customer described calling to fix a urinal blockage — the flush handle started leaking afterward, the crew called that normal, and the customer was still charged. Separately, a 2023 news report described an Action King Services truck crashing through a guard rail and knocking down a mailbox, with waste reportedly flowing toward the Shawsheen River. For Lowell-area septic and drain work, this is a decades-old, licensed local operation, but the small handful of recent public accounts skew negative — worth asking directly about a recent job's outcome before booking.