What Drees & Sommer AG does

Drees & Sommer SE is a private, partner-led consulting and implementation firm founded in 1970 and headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany. The firm operates across three verticals — Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Industry — and delivers services through two integrated lines: Consulting (strategy, digital, sustainability, resilience, technical advisory) and Implementation (EPCM/general planning, project management and controlling, construction management). It serves enterprise, institutional, and public-sector clients with complex construction, real estate, and industrial-facility needs, supported by wholly-owned subsidiaries including macom (facility management and AV), EPEA (Cradle to Cradle environmental consulting), Digitales Bauen (digital construction), and LCM Digital.

The firm’s service portfolio is built around proprietary methodologies — the 360° Consulting approach, Cradle to Cradle design principles (via EPEA), and Lean Design/Site Management — alongside digital delivery tools such as Building Information Modeling. It also operates the Blue Waves podcast and maintains a dedicated Claims and Expert Services practice for construction dispute management. Customers span real estate developers, healthcare providers, semiconductor and industrial manufacturers (imec, Salzgitter Flachstahl, Kedali, DPG Media, Hôpitaux Kirchberg, Aeroporto di Bologna, Unipol Dome), and government/municipal housing entities.

Commercially, Drees & Sommer is a B2B professional services firm with project-based, quote-driven pricing and multi-year contracts; it does not publish standardized rate cards or tiered offerings. Go-to-market is partner-led and relationship-driven through 80+ regional offices across 20+ countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, and North America, supported by sector-specific account managers and thought-leadership channels (MIPIM, Blue Waves, LinkedIn, Instagram). Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the firm is employee/partnership-owned with no parent company or external investment.

Name

Drees & Sommer AG

Legal name

Drees & Sommer SE

Website

https://dreso.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Drees & Sommer SE is a partner-led German consulting and implementation firm serving enterprise, institutional, and public-sector clients across Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Industry, delivering strategy, sustainability, EPCM, and project management services from 80+ global offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction & Real Estate Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD), Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Advisory (BPAHAFAA)

Keywords

• Construction consulting services
• Real estate consulting
• Infrastructure consulting
• Project management services
• Sustainable building consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Advisory services across strategy, organization, digital services, resilience, sustainability, urban development, real estate, and technical advisory. Revenue generated through consulting fees billed to enterprise clients for project advisory and planning services.
2. Implementation Services: Project execution services including EPCM/General planning, project management and control, construction management, and systematic construction solutions. Revenue generated through project-based fees and management contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Drees & Sommer AG provides consulting and implementation services for built-asset projects, covering strategy, sustainability, digitalization, risk advisory, and technical advisory, combined with EPCM/general planning, project management and controlling, and construction management. Services are delivered across three markets — Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Industry — and engage clients either on an advisory-only basis or through full execution as a temporary construction department.

Product overview

Drees & Sommer AG operates as a consulting and implementation company offering integrated professional services rather than discrete software products. The core portfolio consists of Consulting Services and Implementation Services, which work together to provide end-to-end project support—advisory through execution. Consulting Services encompasses strategy, digital transformation, sustainability, risk management, and technical advisory across three main markets: Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Industry. Implementation Services delivers EPCM/general planning, project management, construction management, and systematic construction solutions. Supporting these core offerings are specialized services including the 360° Consulting Approach (a holistic sustainability-focused methodology), Claims and Expert Services (dispute management), and Interdisciplinary Design Research (innovative cross-disciplinary solutions). The company also produces the Blue Waves podcast as a thought leadership content channel. As a 1970-founded, partner-led firm with over 6,500 employees across 80+ global locations, the company positions itself as a sustainability pioneer and digitalization driver, combining traditional consulting expertise with modern technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• macom: Facility management and audio-visual solutions provider
• EPEA
• LCM Digital
• Digitales Bauen
• Blue Waves

Products and services

• Consulting Services Advisory services spanning strategy and organization, user-centric solutions, digital services and technologies, resilience and risk advisory, sustainability and climate solutions, urban and infrastructure solutions, real estate solutions, and technical advisory across the Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Industry markets.
• Implementation Services Project execution services including EPCM/general planning, project management and controlling, systematic construction solutions, and construction management, acting as a temporary construction department for clients across Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Industry markets.
• 360° Consulting Approach Holistic consulting methodology integrating sustainable, cost-efficient, and high-quality solutions with an interdisciplinary team approach from planning through final delivery, emphasizing sustainability as a priority across all client engagements.
• Claims and Expert Services Expert services for managing legal challenges and disputes in construction or infrastructure projects, including claims management, dispute avoidance, dispute readiness, dispute resolution, risk management, and cost minimization.
• Interdisciplinary Design Research

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced construction costs through lean project management and value engineering
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 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.

• Neura RoboticsstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 February 2026Strategic partnership to develop robotics-enabled smart buildings, initially focusing on sanitary facilities. The collaboration aims to create adaptive, interactive environments where robots serve as autonomous, networked assistants that improve hygiene, safety, and efficiency in buildings.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• AFRY: Europe-based engineering, design, and advisory firm serving infrastructure, industry, and energy markets. Comparable Nordic-headquartered peer with overlapping industrial and infrastructure consulting practices.

Direct peers

• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm providing design, engineering, and project management across buildings, infrastructure, and industry. Direct competitor to Drees & Sommer in European real estate and construction consulting with comparable EPCM and sustainability offerings.
• Sweco: Europe-headquartered engineering, design, and consultancy firm with comparable services across buildings, infrastructure, water, and industry. Closest direct peer by European footprint and integrated consulting/EPCM model.
• Turner & Townsend: Independent professional services company specializing in program management, project management, cost consulting, and advisory across real estate and infrastructure. Direct competitor in EPCM/project management for large European projects.
• Gleeds: Independent global property and construction consultancy offering cost management, project management, and advisory. Comparable mid-sized European peer with similar service-line focus on real estate and construction delivery.
• Hill International: Global construction consulting firm specializing in project management, construction claims, and program management. Direct competitor particularly on claims/expert services and complex infrastructure project oversight.

Broad incumbents

• WSP: Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and project management across transportation, property, environment, and energy. Larger-scale incumbent with overlapping real estate and infrastructure consulting capabilities.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management, and development consultancy serving buildings, infrastructure, energy, and industry. Comparable EPCM and sustainability advisory offerings with deeper international bench.
• Arup: Global engineering and design consultancy operating across buildings, infrastructure, and industry. Overlaps with Drees & Sommer on sustainable design, structural engineering, and integrated project delivery.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm delivering design, construction, and program management across transportation, buildings, water, and energy. Larger-scale incumbent competing on mega-projects in the same European markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLjZW9Xr-vmPczz3wL4BXGbigQHsWHI_gr
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/drees-sommer
• Instagraminstagram.com/drees_sommer
• Xx.com/drees_sommer

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments2 records

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