What Coastal Resources does

Coastal Resources, Inc. (CRI) is a privately held, woman-owned environmental consulting firm headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, founded in 1980 and certified as an MBE/DBE/WBE/SBE/WOSB. The firm delivers natural resources management services to federal, state, and local government clients across the Mid-Atlantic region (Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia), with primary markets in transportation agencies and water/wastewater utilities, and secondary exposure to federal, energy, and county/local government buyers. Its service portfolio comprises 15 integrated disciplines — including wetland delineation and mitigation, stream restoration design and monitoring, environmental planning and NEPA documentation, sensitive species surveys, permitting and agency coordination, water resource engineering, landscape architecture, biomonitoring, GIS/CAD and data analysis, watershed studies, estuarine science, construction inspection, environmental training, and tree/forest conservation — delivered by multidisciplinary teams of environmental scientists, hydrologists, wildlife biologists, aquatic ecologists, landscape architects, GIS specialists, and engineers.

CRI's underlying technology is built on conventional environmental science methods and geospatial tooling rather than a proprietary platform: deep regulatory know-how accumulated over four decades, USACE wetland delineation methodology, Rosgen-level stream assessments, BANCS analysis, quadrat sampling and transect methods for mitigation monitoring, GIS/CAD-based spatial analysis, and authored jurisdictional guidance documents (notably 'Recommendations for Aquatic Organism Passage at Maryland Road-Stream Crossings' developed with the Chesapeake Bay Program). Notable project deliverables include monitoring of over 25 tidal and non-tidal wetland mitigation sites for MDOT SHA since 1993, oversight of nearly 6,000 mitigation trees planted from 2015 to 2021, field investigations at over 380 potential TMDL tree-planting sites, and stream restoration projects delivering quantified sediment and nutrient reductions.

CRI's business model is a professional services, project-based revenue model. Revenue is generated through direct contracting with government agencies — as prime contractor or subconsultant on transportation, water/wastewater, and energy infrastructure projects — via responses to RFPs and relationship-driven business development. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; contracts are individually negotiated and engagements are scoped per project. Marquee engagements include the Intercounty Connector (ICC), the Purple Line transit project, Amtrak's Susquehanna River Bridge reconstruction, and work for Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and D.C. Departments of Transportation, plus WSSC, DC Water, MWAA, MDTA, Amtrak, and CSX. The firm has been recognized with the 2012 ARTBA Globe Award for Highways and the 2015 MDQI Green/Sustainability/Environmental Award.

Name

Coastal Resources

Legal name

Coastal Resources, Inc.

Website

https://coastal-resources.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Coastal Resources, Inc. is a privately held, woman-owned Mid-Atlantic environmental consulting firm delivering natural resources management, NEPA documentation, wetland and stream restoration, permitting, and water resources engineering services to state DOTs and water/wastewater utilities across Maryland, D.C., Virginia, Delaware, and adjacent states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Annapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional consulting services provided to government agencies for natural resources management, environmental planning, and regulatory compliance on infrastructure projects. Revenue is generated through project-based contracts, often as a prime contractor or subconsultant on large transportation, water/wastewater, and energy infrastructure projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Coastal Resources is an environmental consulting firm providing natural resources management services across the Mid-Atlantic region. Its offerings span wetland delineation and assessment, wetland mitigation design and monitoring, stream restoration design and monitoring, watershed studies, sensitive species surveys, estuarine science, biomonitoring and water quality, water resource engineering, NEPA documentation and environmental planning, permitting and agency coordination, landscape architecture, GIS/CAD and data analysis, construction inspection, and environmental training for public-sector and regulated clients.

Product overview

Coastal Resources, Inc. (CRI) is a professional environmental consulting firm providing natural resources management services primarily for the Mid-Atlantic region. The company operates as a single integrated service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. CRI's portfolio consists of 15 core environmental consulting services including wetland delineation and assessment, stream restoration design and monitoring, watershed studies, environmental planning and NEPA documentation, GIS/CAD and data analysis, construction inspection, sensitive species surveys, landscape architecture, permitting and agency coordination, and water resource engineering. These services are delivered through multidisciplinary teams of environmental scientists, hydrologists, wildlife biologists, aquatic ecologists, landscape architects, GIS specialists, and environmental and water resources engineers serving transportation, water/wastewater, federal, energy, and local government markets across Maryland, DC, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wetland Delineation and Assessment

Quantifiable outcome

• Stream restoration projects have achieved sediment reduction values such as 171 lb/yr of nitrogen, 67 lb/yr of phosphorous, and 126,499 lb/yr of total suspended sediment removal
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Chesapeake Bay Program Fish Passage WorkgroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with members of the Chesapeake Bay Program's Fish Passage Workgroup and led efforts to develop guidance document 'Recommendations for Aquatic Organism Passage at Maryland Road-Stream Crossings'. Coordinated with Maryland and out-of-state resource agencies and conservation groups to identify case studies for inclusion in the guidance document.
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Chesapeake Bay Program)minorOthersReceived funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part of the Chesapeake Bay Program Goal Implementation Team Project Initiative, awarded through the Chesapeake Bay Trust. The final guidance document was posted on the Chesapeake Bay Program's Fish Passage Workgroup website for public use.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a large environmental and transportation practice serving U.S. state DOTs and federal agencies. Competes for the same NEPA, wetland, and stream restoration work as CRI but at much larger scale across multiple regions.
• Stantec: Global environmental and infrastructure consulting firm with a strong U.S. transportation and water practice. Overlaps with CRI on NEPA, permitting, wetland, and stream restoration services.
• Tetra Tech: Global environmental and water resources consulting firm with extensive federal/state transportation and water sector work. Highly comparable in wetland, NEPA, and water resource services but operates at much larger scale.
• WSP USA: Global professional services firm with a major U.S. environment and transportation practice. Competes for large DOT IDIQ contracts across the Mid-Atlantic that CRI participates in as subconsultant.

Direct peers

• TRC Companies: U.S. environmental and infrastructure consulting firm with deep state DOT and utility practice covering NEPA, wetlands, and ecological services. Comparable in customer base and core service offering to CRI.
• Kleinfelder: U.S. engineering, environmental, and consulting firm serving state DOTs and water agencies with NEPA, permitting, and natural resource services. Closely comparable service mix and customer base to Coastal Resources.
• Whitman, Requardt & Associates: Baltimore-based engineering and environmental consulting firm with strong MDOT/Virginia DOT practice. Directly comparable in geography, customer mix, and environmental/water resources service offering.
• Rummel, Klepper & Kahl (RK&K): Mid-Atlantic engineering and environmental services firm with deep state DOT relationships across MD, VA, and PA. Overlaps with CRI in transportation environmental compliance and highway/streams mitigation work.
• Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT): Mid-Atlantic infrastructure consulting firm providing environmental, NEPA, and engineering services to transportation and water/wastewater clients. Directly competes with CRI on DOT on-call contracts in MD, VA, DE, and PA.
• KCI Technologies: Mid-Atlantic-based multi-discipline engineering and environmental consulting firm serving state DOTs and public agencies with NEPA, environmental, and infrastructure services. Highly comparable in geography, customer base (MDOT/VDOT/DelDOT), and service mix to Coastal Resources.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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