CRB Group

What CRB Group does

CRB Group is a privately held, multi-disciplinary engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting firm that designs and builds regulated manufacturing facilities for the life sciences and food and beverage industries. The company's core offering is ONEsolution, an integrated project delivery methodology that consolidates engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting under a single accountable team to deliver FDA- and EU GMP-compliant facilities for cell therapy, gene therapy, antibody-drug conjugates (ADC), aseptic manufacturing, and advanced research laboratories. Underlying technical capabilities include discrete-event simulation, computational fluid dynamics, digital twins, and virtual commissioning, alongside dedicated practices in robotics and intralogistics, operational readiness, and sustainability consulting. CRB operates through wholly-owned subsidiaries across the United States (headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri), Canada, Switzerland (Basel, as European headquarters), and Germany, serving enterprise customers such as AstraZeneca, Catalent, Lonza, MacroGenics, Meati, CSL Seqirus, Umoja Biopharma, CARsgen Therapeutics, and Denali Therapeutics.

The firm generates revenue through professional services fees on a project-based, custom-quoted model covering design, construction, and consulting engagements, with no standardized pricing disclosed. Go-to-market is exclusively enterprise-direct: complex, multi-year capital projects are won through direct business development, industry event presence (PDA, ISPE, ADC Symposium, IISE), referrals, and competitive bidding, and are reinforced by a content-led thought leadership program (Horizons industry reports, insights articles). Strategic positioning is differentiated by deep regulatory domain expertise, multi-disciplinary integration under ONEsolution, a strategic automation partnership with Rockwell Automation, and the 2026 creation of a dedicated Chief Technology Officer role to advance AI-enabled project delivery and digital twin capabilities.

Name

CRB Group

Legal name

CRB Group, Inc.

Website

https://crbgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

CRB Group is a privately held engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting firm that designs and builds regulated manufacturing facilities for life sciences and food and beverage companies, using its ONEsolution integrated delivery method to serve enterprise clients across the US, Canada, and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Basel

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Engineering, Architecture, and Construction Services: CRB provides comprehensive engineering, architecture, and construction services for life sciences and food & beverage facilities. Revenue is generated through project-based fees for design, construction, and consulting engagements.
2. Consulting Services: Operations consulting including process simulation, modeling, warehouse optimization, and operational readiness services billed on project or retainer basis.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CRB provides integrated engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting services for life sciences and food & beverage manufacturers, anchored by its proprietary ONEsolution™ project delivery method that aligns stakeholders on quality, cost, and schedule. Service pillars include engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting solutions for regulated facilities such as cell therapy, gene therapy, ADC, biopharmaceutical, and aseptic manufacturing plants, with specialized offerings in robotics and intralogistics, operational readiness, and modeling/simulation.

Product overview

CRB Group operates as an integrated engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting firm serving life sciences and food and beverage industries. The company's primary offering is ONEsolution™, an integrated project delivery methodology that unifies engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting services under one collaborative team for regulated facilities. Beyond ONEsolution, CRB provides specialized consulting services including robotics and intralogistics, operational readiness, and publishes the Horizons industry research reports. The portfolio is organized around four core service pillars (engineering, architecture, construction, consulting) that are delivered both independently and through the ONEsolution integrated delivery approach.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ONEsolution: An integrated project delivery method for regulated facilities that leverages combined expertise of one project team to deliver facilities safely, leanly and collaboratively.

Products and services

• ONEsolution™ Integrated Project Delivery Integrated project delivery methodology combining engineering, architecture, construction, and consulting services under one collaborative team to deliver regulated life sciences and food & beverage facilities with aligned quality, cost, and schedule outcomes.
• Engineering Solutions Engineering design services for regulated life sciences and food & beverage manufacturing facilities, covering process, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and control systems engineering.
• Architecture Solutions Architectural design services for regulated facilities including cleanrooms, laboratories, and biopharmaceutical or food & beverage manufacturing spaces.
• Construction Solutions Construction services for delivering complex pharmaceutical, biotech, and food & beverage manufacturing facilities, integrated with engineering and architecture.
• Consulting Solutions Consulting services for manufacturing clients covering operations improvement, process simulation, modeling, warehouse optimization, supply chain optimization, and operational readiness.
• Robotics and Intralogistics Specialized consulting for warehouse robotics, automated material handling systems (AMRs, AS/RS), and virtual commissioning for robotic systems integration within manufacturing facilities.
• Operational Readiness Services that prepare newly built or converted manufacturing facilities for full operational deployment, including staffing, training, validation, and startup support.
• Horizons Industry Reports Annual industry research reports built on insights from subject-matter experts, including Horizons: Food Safety and Horizons: Digital Age of Food Manufacturing, covering capital investment trends, production growth, and food safety priorities in food and beverage manufacturing.

Quantifiable outcome

• CapEx validation study saved $2.5 million in CIP equipment for CSL Seqirus
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Rockwell AutomationcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2026CRB partners with Rockwell Automation for automation and digital technologies that strengthen project delivery and long-term facility performance. By integrating control systems and data strategies early in the project lifecycle, CRB reduces execution risk, accelerates startup, and enables more flexible, data-driven operations. The partnership connects facility design, process engineering and automation into a single delivery model.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Jacobs: Large global professional services and EPC firm with a significant life sciences and advanced facilities practice. Competes with CRB on flagship pharma/biotech capital projects but at much greater scale and broader portfolio.
• Burns & McDonnell: Large privately held engineering, architecture and construction firm with food & beverage, pharmaceutical and industrial manufacturing practices. Competes with CRB on integrated design-build for regulated facilities.
• Fluor Corporation: Global EPC firm with a life sciences and advanced manufacturing practice serving pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. Broad incumbent that competes with CRB on larger, more complex capital programs.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with life sciences and industrial manufacturing capabilities (including the former Genesis Architects-Engineers life sciences practice). Competes with CRB on large regulated facility programs at global scale.

Direct peers

• Affiliated Engineers (AEI): Engineering consultancy with deep life sciences building systems expertise, including cleanrooms, aseptic manufacturing and laboratory facilities. Overlaps with CRB's engineering and consulting solutions for regulated facilities.
• IPS (Integrated Project Services): Closest direct competitor to CRB, providing integrated engineering, architecture, construction, commissioning and qualification services for life sciences clients worldwide. IPS is privately held and targets the same regulated pharma/biotech/CGMO buyer with a comparable integrated-delivery model.
• SmithGroup: Integrated AEC firm with a strong science & technology practice covering laboratories, pharmaceutical and biomedical research facilities. Direct peer in the regulated-facility design and consulting space adjacent to CRB's life sciences work.
• DPR Construction: Technical builder with a significant life sciences practice and integrated project delivery capabilities. Competes with CRB on complex pharma/biotech build-outs and shares CRB's emphasis on customer-aligned delivery models.
• Haskell: Integrated AEC firm with a dedicated life sciences and food & beverage practice, delivering design-build services comparable to CRB's ONEsolution approach. Similar customer profile and project delivery structure.
• Barton Malow: Construction firm serving life sciences, food & beverage, and industrial manufacturing clients. Direct competitor on integrated design-build for regulated facilities in CRB's core verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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