Miller’s Services of Gloucester, which has served customers on the Middle Peninsula for nearly 50 years, announced this week a change in company ownership.
The family owned and operated business will remain in family hands, with the third generation—brother and sister James Lee Miller III (“Jamie”) and Ashley Miller—taking the top spots as co-owners.
James “Lee” Miller Sr. and his wife, Mary M. Miller, founded Miller’s Septic Tank Service in 1973, providing area residents with septic system pumping and disposal services.
Their son, James Lee Miller Jr. (“Jim”) had been involved since the company’s start and eventually he, his wife Sallie Miller, and their son Jamie purchased and incorporated the company in late 2001. For years, Jamie ran the business while his parents worked behind the scenes.
Ashley Miller joined the company as General Manager in 2007, after earning her Bachelor of Science in Business from VCU. Between 2015 and 2016, the expansion of the company and the addition of multiple services prompted the rebranding of Miller’s Septic Tank Service to Miller’s Services.
Over the last two decades, Miller’s Services has grown and expanded to offer full septic, plumbing, drain cleaning, heating and cooling, and electrical services across residential and commercial customers. The company employs nearly 90 employees, has 70 fleet vehicles to serve the areas of the Middle Peninsula, and offers a Registered Apprenticeship program in three out of their five trades offered.
Miller’s Services is SWAM (Small, Minority, and Women Owned) Certified, has an A+ rating with the BBB, and has been voted in Inc. 5000’s Fastest Growing Companies. Thanks to the continued support of customers, Miller’s Services is a multi-year winner of Coastal Virginia’s Best Of.
Jamie Miller has now taken the mantle as CEO and co-owner, and Ashley Miller is CFO and co-owner.
“The success of Miller’s Services and the growth we’ve experienced in the last 20+ years since my entry into leadership has proven to me that I could do whatever I wanted—that I could surpass limits and barriers that other people thought weren’t possible,” Jamie Miller said. “It’s come full circle now that Ashley and I are leading this family business.”
For more about the Miller family and the company that bears their name, visit millers-va.com.