Earthsoft
EarthSoft, Inc. develops EQuIS, the world's most widely used environmental and geotechnical data management software suite, serving government agencies, industrial owners, 300+ consulting firms, and 400+ analytical laboratories in 60+ countries.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1994
- HeadquartersPensacola, United States
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Earthsoft does
EarthSoft, Inc. is a privately held Pensacola, Florida-based software firm founded in 1994 that develops and distributes EQuIS, the most widely used environmental and geotechnical data management software suite globally. The company targets four integrated customer segments — government agencies (US EPA, 25+ US state agencies, state transportation departments, NASA), industrial owners managing environmental liability (Dow, BP, RACER Trust, the world's largest mining company), 300+ environmental and geotechnical consulting firms (AECOM, Arcadis, Jacobs, WSP, Wipro), and 400+ analytical laboratories (ALS, Eurofins, AGAT) — and serves end users in more than 60 countries.
Earthsoft firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Earthsoft
- Legal name
- EarthSoft, Inc.
- Website
- https://earthsoft.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1994
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- EarthSoft, Inc. develops EQuIS, the world's most widely used environmental and geotechnical data management software suite, serving government agencies, industrial owners, 300+ consulting firms, and 400+ analytical laboratories in 60+ countries.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Earthsoft industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Environmental Data Management Software
- NAICS
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)
- SIC
- Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Environmental Data Management Platforms (EHS/EMS, LIMS, ELN, Compliance Data Hubs) (EUAHAKAA)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms (BPAMANAM)
Keywords
Where Earthsoft is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Pensacola
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices5 records
Markets served
Earthsoft business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- EQuIS Software Licenses and Subscriptions: EarthSoft sells EQuIS software licenses (on-premise and hosted/EQuIS Online) with annual subscription and maintenance agreements. Revenue is generated from software subscriptions, hosting fees, and software maintenance renewals.
- Professional Services and Implementation: EarthSoft provides implementation services, training, and technical support as billable services. Business Partners (consultants and integrators) implement and configure EQuIS for clients, with ddms cited as an implementation partner.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Enterprise, Professional, and hosted EQuIS Online tiers |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels8 records
Earthsoft product offering
Product offeringCore offering
EarthSoft develops and sells EQuIS, an enterprise software suite for environmental and geotechnical data management offered as Professional (desktop), Enterprise (server), Online (cloud-hosted), and specialized modules. The platform centralizes chemistry, biology, geology, water, air, soil, waste, radiological, and geotechnical data with electronic Chain of Custody, automated data validation, and integrations to Esri ArcGIS, Microsoft Azure AI, and laboratory LIMS systems. Customers in government, industry, consulting, and laboratories use EQuIS for remediation portfolio management, regulatory reporting, ESG/sustainability programs, and field-to-lab digital workflows.
Product overview
EarthSoft's EQuIS is a comprehensive environmental and geotechnical data management platform offered as a unified software suite with multiple modules. The core EQuIS platform manages data types in chemistry, biology, geology, geotechnical, limnology, water, air quality, soil, sediment, noise, radiological, waste, and compliance monitoring. The product portfolio includes EQuIS Professional (desktop application with Standard Library, Data Library, Graphics Library, and Decision Support), EQuIS Enterprise (server-based with Workflow Automation, Dashboards & Widgets, EQuIS Live for IoT data, REST API), EQuIS Data Acquisition tools (EDP, EDGE, Collect for field data), EQuIS Geotech (geotechnical data management supporting DIGGS/AGS4 formats), EQuIS Helios (AI-powered knowledge management portal using Azure AI), EQuIS PlanEngage (storytelling and visualization with AECOM), EQuIS Data Governance, EQuIS Sample Planning Module, EQuIS Data Qualification Module, and cloud hosting options. The platform is scalable, configurable, and enforces data standardization across government agencies, industrial clients, consultants, and laboratories.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- EQuIS: World's most widely used environmental data management software; flagship product suite offering environmental and geotechnical data management systems on one platform.
- EQuIS Helios
- EQuIS Geotech
Products and services
- EQuIS The world's most widely used environmental and geotechnical data management software, offering scalable and configurable end-to-end workflow solutions that enforce data standardization in a secure collaborative workspace. Centralizes chemistry, biology, geology, geotechnical, water, air quality, soil, waste, radiological, and compliance data for government, industry, consultants, and laboratories.
- EQuIS Professional Desktop application tier of EQuIS offering Standard Library, Data Library, Graphics Library, and Decision Support tools for environmental data management. Targeted at professionals needing local desktop access to EQuIS data and analysis tools.
- EQuIS Enterprise Enterprise server-based EQuIS tier offering Workflow Automation, Dashboards and Widgets, EQuIS Live for IoT/time-series data, Enterprise EDP, and REST API connectivity for organizations managing environmental and geotechnical data at scale.
- EQuIS Collect Mobile and desktop application for field data collection that works on phones, tablets, and PCs online and offline, with a simple user-friendly interface that enables electronic Chain of Custody (eCoC) creation and digital submission to laboratories for environmental and geotechnical projects.
- EQuIS Geotech Enterprise geotechnical data management solution that manages geotechnical and environmental data in a single enterprise system, supporting DIGGS and AGS4 industry-standard formats for soils, rock, and materials testing data. Used by state transportation agencies and geotechnical consultants.
- EQuIS Helios AI-powered EQuIS environmental and geotechnical knowledge management portal combining Azure AI-powered data handling and search capabilities with strong privacy and security features. Centralizes various data repositories to streamline information management and access, including automated file processing, document summarization, PII identification, and advanced Azure AI Search with OCR.
- EQuIS PlanEngage Storytelling platform developed with AECOM that unifies various data sources and visualizes complex environmental data using dynamic Esri GIS and interactive tools, facilitating stakeholder alignment on environmental remediation and public health projects.
- EQuIS Hosting Options Cloud-hosted deployment options for EQuIS including EarthSoft-hosted and EQuIS Online (EOL) managed cloud services, offering customers a hosted alternative to on-premise EQuIS installations with ISO 27001:2022 and SOC 2 Type 2 audited security.
- EQuIS Implementation Services Professional services for implementing and configuring EQuIS software solutions, including project setup, data migration, configuration, training, and ongoing technical support delivered by EarthSoft and certified Business Partner consultants.
Quantifiable outcome
- 50% reduction in consultant transition time and effort (Dow Midland site)
- +7 more outcomes
Companies that use Earthsoft
Customer profileNamed customers11 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Earthsoft technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration3 records
AI capability10 records
Feature8 records
Earthsoft partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Ten partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor, core and flagship.
- WipromajorWipro, a leading technology services and consulting company, joined EarthSoft's Business Partner Program. Wipro implements and configures EQuIS software products and holds licenses across the program.
- NICOLE (Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Europe)minorEarthSoft's Chief Commercial Officer presented at the NICOLE Spring 2025 Conference in Frankfurt on monitoring, modelling, and risk assessment with EQuIS for sustainable management of industrial contaminants.
- ddmscoreddms is EarthSoft's Business Partner that implements and configures EQuIS for clients. Selected by RACER Trust through a competitive process for ddms' high level of expertise with EQuIS implementations and consulting support.
- BPflagshipEarthSoft acquired intellectual property associated with BP's OneData software, bringing it to market as EQuIS Helios. BP has a multi-year agreement to use EQuIS and EQuIS Helios. BP sponsored digital workflow development with EarthSoft and ALS, resulting in a 'ground-breaking' fully digital analytical sample workflow with significant cost savings. BP management described the collaboration as 'a game-changer' for large corporate digital lab deliverable programs.
- RACER TrustflagshipRACER Trust selected EQuIS as its Environmental Data Management System for managing environmental data across approximately 60 locations. RACER is one of the largest environmental response and remediation trusts in US history, managing former GM properties.
- AGAT LabsminorAGAT Labs joined EarthSoft's Business Partner Program as a preferred laboratory network, supporting digital data workflows with EQuIS.
- Eurofins Environment Testing US (EET US)coreEurofins, the largest global laboratory network, joined EarthSoft's Business Partner Program as part of the Data Governance Initiative and digitalization movement in the industry. Partnership standardizes data governance processes and establishes protocols for digital data workflows including EDD submissions and verification.
- ALScoreALS was the first global laboratory network to join EarthSoft's Preferred Laboratory Program. ALS and EarthSoft collaborated to integrate ALS' GEL LIMS with EQuIS for fully digital analytical sample workflows, demonstrated with BP in Australia. ALS supports digital CoC records, eSRN, and EDD submissions.
- EsricoreEarthSoft was recognized as a Cornerstone Partner at the 2024 Esri Partner Conference for 20 years of participation in the Esri Partner Network (EPN). EQuIS integrates extensively with Esri ArcGIS for displaying environmental and geotechnical data. EarthSoft first released a plug-in for ArcView in 1999 and continues to utilize Esri technology in desktop and web/Enterprise applications.
- AECOMcoreCollaboration with AECOM to develop EQuIS PlanEngage, a storytelling platform that unifies data sources and visualizes complex environmental data using dynamic Esri GIS and interactive tools. PlanEngage facilitates stakeholder alignment and promotes public health and safety. Used on more than 100 industrial and government projects.
Scale indicators10 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Earthsoft competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Esri: Global GIS platform leader and EarthSoft's Cornerstone technology partner. Comparable because Esri ArcGIS underpins EQuIS's spatial workflows and Esri also offers environmental monitoring imagery and mapping solutions adjacent to EQuIS.
- Sphera: Enterprise EHS/ESG software platform covering operational risk, environmental compliance, and sustainability reporting. Comparable to EarthSoft because both sell enterprise software for environmental compliance and ESG data management to industrial customers.
- S&P Global Sustainable1: ESG and climate data platform offering datasets, analytics, and software for sustainability disclosure. Comparable as a broad ESG/climate data incumbent overlapping with EQuIS's ESG and sustainability reporting workflows.
- Workiva: Cloud platform for ESG, sustainability, and regulatory reporting. Comparable as a broader incumbent whose ESG and compliance reporting workflows overlap with EQuIS's environmental/ESG data consolidation use case.
Direct peers
- Cority: Cloud EHS software platform with environmental, sustainability, and quality modules. Directly comparable to EarthSoft as both serve industrial/government environmental compliance use cases with SaaS-style enterprise software.
- Intelex Technologies: EHS and quality management software provider serving industrial customers with environmental compliance and ESG modules. Directly comparable as an environmental data management platform competitor targeting overlapping industrial/government buyers.
- ProcessMAP: EHS platform with environmental management, sustainability, and compliance modules sold to industrial enterprises. Directly comparable as an environmental data management software vendor with overlapping industrial customer base.
- Enviance (Riskonnect EHS): Cloud-based environmental compliance and EHS management software. Directly comparable to EarthSoft as both deliver enterprise environmental data management platforms to industrial and government customers.
Emerging players
- Watershed: Enterprise carbon accounting and sustainability platform. Comparable as a focused adjacent player in environmental/climate data management whose Scope 3 and ESG reporting capabilities overlap with EQuIS's ESG workflows.
- Persefoni: Carbon and climate management/accounting platform aimed at enterprises for GHG inventory and disclosure. Comparable as a focused environmental/climate data management peer addressing ESG/sustainability use cases overlapping EQuIS Helios.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Earthsoft social profiles
Digital presenceEarthsoft compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
Earthsoft financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Earthsoft leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles8 records
Earthsoft subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries2 records
Earthsoft funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Earthsoft M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Earthsoft
What does Earthsoft do?
EarthSoft develops and sells EQuIS, an enterprise software suite for environmental and geotechnical data management offered as Professional (desktop), Enterprise (server), Online (cloud-hosted), and specialized modules. The platform centralizes chemistry, biology, geology, water, air, soil, waste, radiological, and geotechnical data with electronic Chain of Custody, automated data validation, and integrations to Esri ArcGIS, Microsoft Azure AI, and laboratory LIMS systems. Customers in government, industry, consulting, and laboratories use EQuIS for remediation portfolio management, regulatory reporting, ESG/sustainability programs, and field-to-lab digital workflows.
Is Earthsoft a public or private company?
Earthsoft is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Earthsoft founded?
Earthsoft was founded in 1994. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Earthsoft based?
Earthsoft is headquartered in Pensacola, United States, in the North America region.
How does Earthsoft make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. EQuIS Software Licenses and Subscriptions are the primary driver. The others are professional Services and Implementation.
Who are Earthsoft's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Esri, Sphera, S&P Global Sustainable1 and Workiva. Direct peers are Cority, Intelex Technologies, ProcessMAP and Enviance (Riskonnect EHS). Emerging players are Watershed and Persefoni.
Does Earthsoft have an API?
Yes. EQuIS REST API enables connectivity with esri, Power BI, and other modern tools that require performance with large data sets. The API supports integration with external analytics platforms and is documented at https://earthsoft.com/rest-api/. Developer documentation is at earthsoft.com/rest-api.
What industry is Earthsoft in?
Earthsoft's product category is Environmental Data Management Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAHAKAA, Environmental Data Management Platforms (EHS/EMS, LIMS, ELN, Compliance Data Hubs), with a secondary code of BPAMANAM, Satellite Imagery & Remote Sensing Geospatial Platforms. Its NAICS code is 54151 and its SIC code is 7372.