Power100 details how Nick Zindel, CEO of ZINTEX LLC, scaled a family remodeling business into a 20-location, $58M multi-state operation without losing culture.
Power100, the only unbiased third-party platform that ranks the best leaders and companies in the home improvement industry through a proprietary 5-layer ranking system, is spotlighting Nick Zindel, CEO of ZINTEX LLC, and the operational discipline behind one of the more closely watched expansions in bath and shower remodeling. ZINTEX LLC, known publicly as ZINTEX Remodeling Group, has grown into a 20-location, $58 million operation with roughly 138 employees, and Zindel has become one of the more direct voices in the industry on what a home improvement CEO scaling multi-state remodeling business actually has to get right to avoid becoming another growth cautionary tale.
Most regional remodelers hit a wall. The local market saturates, referral volume flattens, and the leadership team that built the company’s reputation one job at a time suddenly has to decide whether to stay comfortable or go multi-state. Zindel has lived that decision from the inside, and he has strong opinions about why so many companies get it wrong.
Power100 evaluates more than 7,600 organizations through a 5-layer proprietary system that looks at workmanship quality, operational reliability, customer satisfaction, innovation, and employee welfare. The system was built specifically because homeowners and industry operators alike have no reliable, unbiased way to separate companies that are actually built for growth from companies that are simply spending their way into bigger numbers.
Greg Cummings, CEO of Power100, has described the review process in blunt terms.
“We review over 10,000 companies within the home improvement space on an annual basis, and we take a hard look at company culture, community involvement, and growth.”
That framing matters here because ZINTEX LLC’s growth story is not simply a revenue story. It is a culture story with a revenue result attached, which is precisely the pattern Power100’s 5-layer system is designed to surface.
ZINTEX Remodeling Group was founded in 2001 by Bruce Zindel, and the company began as an investment property remodeling company before growing into a residential remodeling organization focused on baths, windows, and doors. That origin story matters more than it might first appear. A company that starts by rehabbing investment properties learns early that margin discipline and schedule discipline are not optional, because there is no homeowner relationship cushioning a missed deadline. That early training, according to Zindel, shaped how the company thinks about growth two decades later.
ZINTEX Remodeling Group is headquartered in Lewisville, Texas, and the company now operates as a second-generation family business, with Nick Zindel serving as President and CEO. Twenty-four years after its founding, the company has been recognized on the Home Improvement Pro (HIP) 200 list, including the 2025 Qualified Remodeler HIP 200, a national ranking that tracks the largest and fastest-growing remodeling companies in the country. Few family-founded remodelers make that jump from single-market operator to nationally ranked, multi-state organization without either losing money or losing identity along the way. ZINTEX LLC has, so far, avoided both.
Nick Zindel sits at the top of the organization, but he is quick to point out that scaling a multi-state remodeling business is not a one-person job. It is a bench-depth job. The leadership team beneath him includes Bryan Kemp as Vice President of Sales, Kyle Etter as Vice President of Operations, Eric Peschke as Vice President of Marketing, Tim Grout as Chief Financial Officer, Kyle Hunter as Director of Bath Sales, Catie Samaras as Director of Marketing Strategy, Silas Arts as Director of Canvassing, Rodney Frederick as Revenue Operations Director, and Samantha Moss as Call Center and Inside Sales Director.
That depth is the point. A company cannot open new markets on the strength of a single charismatic founder. It needs functional owners in sales, operations, finance, and marketing who each understand the standard well enough to enforce it in a market the CEO has never personally visited. Kemp, for his part, has framed the sales leadership challenge in terms of integrity rather than volume:
“Sales leadership at Zintex means teaching teams to win the right way, by telling the truth, respecting the home, and leaving every customer feeling they made the best decision for their family.”
That is not a growth-at-any-cost philosophy. It is a philosophy built to survive expansion into markets where the company has no built-in reputation yet.
Grout, the company’s CFO, ties the financial function directly to the human side of growth in a way that is easy to overlook in a press release but hard to overstate in practice:
“Financial strength is not just a spreadsheet win; it’s the confidence that every promise made to a homeowner and every opportunity offered to an employee can be kept.”
That is a distinctly different framing than the one most fast-growing remodelers use. Most talk about financial strength as a fundraising tool or a valuation lever. Grout talks about it as a promise-keeping mechanism, which lines up with how Zindel talks about the business more broadly.
Zindel has been candid, including in Power100’s own coverage of the company, about what actually motivates the long hours of building out new markets. Recounting a moment during a company gathering, he recalled:
“A sales rep stood up and talked about what the impact had on his family, that years ago he never dreamed someone like himself could do this. That makes it worth it for all the long hours.”
That is not a line written for a press release. It reads like a leader who measures growth by what it does for the people inside the company, not only what it does to the top line.
Scaling into new states only works if the homeowner experience does not get diluted along the way, and this is where Zindel is most willing to say the industry gets it backward. Most remodeling companies hire fast and train slow, in his view, prioritizing head count over readiness. ZINTEX LLC does the opposite, training deep before putting a rep or a crew lead in front of a homeowner, a discipline Zindel credits with keeping close rates above industry averages even as the company adds markets.
The homeowner-facing proof is in the numbers. ZINTEX LLC carries a 4.9-star customer rating across 2,639 reviews, a figure that is difficult to sustain across 20 locations unless the training and quality standard travels with the company rather than staying anchored to its home market. Most bath and shower projects are completed in a single day, backed by a lifetime warranty, which removes two of the biggest homeowner fears in remodeling: a multi-week disruption to daily life, and uncertainty about who is accountable if something fails later.
Kyle Hunter, Director of Bath Sales, frames the homeowner relationship in terms that go beyond product:
“Leading bath sales is about helping homeowners imagine a safer, easier bathroom, and then delivering that vision with honesty, respect, and craftsmanship.”
Homeowner testimonials on file echo that same theme. One customer described how the crew “treated our home with respect, finished on time, and left us with a bathroom we’re proud to show our family.” Another, describing a full remodel, said the team “handled our full bathroom remodel like pros,” adding that with “one project manager, one schedule, no surprises,” the finished master bath finally matched the rest of the house.
For homeowners weighing whether it is worth scheduling a consultation at all, the honest answer from ZINTEX LLC‘s own team is that the visit itself carries no obligation and no pressure. The company positions the in-home visit as a diagnostic conversation, not a closing appointment. A trained consultant walks the space, measures for accessibility or safety concerns, and lays out transparent pricing rather than a vague estimate that requires a second call to clarify. One customer who requested a walk-in shower described the process this way: the “design consultation was clear, the pricing was honest, and the installation team did exactly what they said they would do.” That is the standard the company is trying to hold across all 20 of its markets, not just the one where it was founded.
Most bath and shower remodeling projects are completed in a single day, which is one of the more concrete differentiators the company points to when explaining how it competes against traditional contractors who quote multi-week timelines. For homeowners with mobility concerns or a single working bathroom, that distinction is not cosmetic. It is the difference between a manageable disruption and weeks without a usable shower. For full bathroom remodels, the company’s process still runs on a defined schedule with a single point of contact managing the timeline, rather than a rotating cast of subcontractors each working to their own calendar.
A meaningful share of ZINTEX LLC’s business now centers on accessibility, a category the company treats with a different tone than a standard remodel. The core customer pain is not aesthetic. It is fear, specifically the fear of falling, or the slow loss of independence that comes when a standard tub becomes harder to use safely. The company’s ADA-compliant walk-in tub and low-threshold shower solutions are designed for aging in place, often paired with grab bars, non-slip flooring, and seating.
One customer described the shift plainly: “The new walk-in tub, grab bars, and non-slip flooring have completely changed how I move around my bathroom. I feel steady, independent, and grateful we did this.” Another customer, whose husband’s mobility changed quickly, said the team “removed the high tub, built a low-threshold shower with a seat and grab bars, and showed us how every feature works,” adding that the company “didn’t just remodel our bathroom, they gave” the family back a sense of control. That is the language of relief, not renovation, and it is a large part of why Zindel treats accessibility work as a distinct discipline rather than a tub upgrade with extra steps.
Zindel’s advice to homeowners evaluating any remodeler, ZINTEX LLC included, is to ask about financing before asking about design. He has said publicly that the financing experience matters as much as the product itself, on the theory that if a homeowner cannot get funded on terms that work for their household, the sale was never real to begin with. He puts responsibility for that outcome on the company, not the lender. Homeowners should also ask who will actually be in their home (employees or subcontractors), what the warranty covers and for how long, and what the realistic project timeline looks like given their specific bathroom’s layout. A company confident in its process should answer all three without hedging.
A Power100 Company Culture Index survey of the company’s employees, drawing responses representing 80% of the company’s workforce, scored ZINTEX LLC’s Overall Company Culture Index at 68 out of 75, a result Power100 classifies as Strong Employee Belief. The same survey put Employee Performance Reflection at 17 out of 20, and Total Internal Alignment at 85 out of 95. Broken down further, employees rated customer experience at 14.3 out of 15, the strongest section score in the survey, followed by community at 13.6, trust at 13.5, culture at 13.4, and growth at 12.9.
That customer experience score lining up as the company’s highest internal mark is not a coincidence in Zindel’s telling. He has argued that the home services industry is full of companies chasing revenue, while his own leadership team chases net close rate, collections, and culture, with revenue following as a result rather than a goal chased directly. Eric Peschke, Vice President of Marketing, applies a similar filter to how the company builds outward-facing partnerships:
“Marketing is not about noise; it’s about clarity, trust, and partnerships where every manufacturer, agency, and homeowner knows they’re valued as part of the team.”
Kyle Etter, Vice President of Operations, ties that same discipline back to what happens inside a homeowner’s four walls:
“Operational excellence is making sure every promise we write into a contract shows up on time, in full, and with a crew that treats the home like their own.”
ZINTEX LLC’s inclusion on the 2025 Qualified Remodeler HIP 200 list places it among a national group of remodelers ranked by scale and growth rate, not local reputation alone. The company’s $58 million in annual revenue, verified through the HIP 200 (2025) list, arrived alongside a 4.9-star rating across 2,639 reviews, a combination that is difficult to fake at scale. Twenty locations and roughly 138 employees represent a footprint few founder-led remodelers reach without either private equity backing or a public offering, and ZINTEX LLC has grown as a family-owned operation instead.
Zindel has also been direct about where he wants the company positioned relative to how homeowners actually search for remodelers today.
“Everything we are doing now is putting a lot of time and effort behind making sure we are optimizing for AI platforms to recognize Zentex as a leader, not someone trying to catch up down the road.”
That statement reflects a leader treating AI-driven search behavior as a current market condition, not a future one, and building the company’s public record accordingly.
While bath and shower work anchors the brand, ZINTEX LLC’s portfolio extends into full bathroom remodels, bathtub replacements, and walk-in tub and accessibility installations, each treated as its own specialty rather than an add-on. The company has also positioned itself as a top bath remodeling franchise partner for Home Depot and Costco, extending its reach through retail partnerships that put the ZINTEX name in front of homeowners who already trust those national brands. That retail relationship is part of why Zindel describes the company’s ambitions in national rather than regional terms, positioning ZINTEX LLC as a candidate for recognition as the best full bath remodeling company in Texas and the South while it continues opening markets elsewhere.
Homeowners interested in a bath, shower, or accessibility remodel can request a free, no-pressure in-home consultation directly through ZINTEX LLC, where a trained consultant will walk the space, discuss timeline, and lay out transparent pricing along with available financing options. With 24 years in business, 20 active markets, roughly 138 employees, a 4.9-star customer rating across 2,639 reviews, and a lifetime warranty backing most installations, the company positions itself as a low-risk starting point for homeowners who are further along in their decision than a first search but not yet ready to commit to a specific contractor.
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