V3 Companies

What V3 Companies does

V3 Companies is a Woodridge, Illinois-based multidisciplinary engineering, surveying, landscape architecture, environmental, and construction services firm operating for over 40 years. The company delivers projects through a design/build/manage/monitor model across government and municipal, commercial real estate (education, healthcare, retail, office, hospitality, golf), residential development, power and energy, transportation and rail, and water and environment sectors, with a notable emphasis on nature-based solutions and ecological restoration. Service lines span Construction Engineering, Ecological Restoration, Heavy Construction, Wetlands and Ecology, Environmental, Floodplain and Stormwater Management, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Planning, Site Civil Engineering, Transportation Planning and Design, Railroad, Structural, Water Supply, and Wastewater, supported by a drone fleet used for surveying and native seed planting. The firm's go-to-market mixes public competitive bidding (a Construction Bid Calendar is published on the company website) with direct business development and RFP pursuit by named contacts such as senior estimators; pricing is project-specific and not publicly disclosed.

Revenue is generated through professional services delivered on a project-by-project basis across commercial, government, residential, and infrastructure segments. The firm operates from 14 offices across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Colorado, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alberta, Canada, with the Mongolia Water Compact ($464M Millennium Challenge Corporation program) among its largest disclosed engagements. Approximately one in five employees holds partial ownership, average tenure is 10.5 years, and the firm has been named #1 Healthiest Employer in Illinois and Indiana for six consecutive years (2020-2025). Recent strategic posture includes data center campus development (Stream Data Centers), international water infrastructure work, and an April 2026 board leadership transition.

Name

V3 Companies

Legal name

V3 Companies, Ltd.

Website

https://v3co.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

V3 Companies is an employee-owned multidisciplinary engineering, surveying, landscape architecture, environmental, and construction firm serving government, commercial, residential, and infrastructure clients across the US Midwest, Southeast, and Western Canada, with international water infrastructure projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Woodridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices14 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services and Engineering Consulting: Revenue is generated through multidisciplinary engineering, surveying, landscape architecture, environmental, and construction services delivered across commercial, government, residential, and infrastructure market segments on a project-by-project basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

V3 Companies is a multidisciplinary professional services firm that delivers civil engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, environmental consulting, ecological restoration, and construction services for government, commercial, residential, and infrastructure clients. The firm operates a design/build/manage/monitor model that combines planning, design, environmental, and construction disciplines under a single accountable team to execute site development, transportation, water, and ecological projects across the U.S. and Canada.

Product overview

V3 Companies is a multidisciplinary professional services firm offering civil engineering, contracting, environmental, planning, landscape architecture, and surveying services. The company does not operate a software product platform; instead, it provides a comprehensive portfolio of consulting and engineering service lines. The core service areas include Construction Engineering, Ecological Restoration, Heavy Construction, Wetlands & Ecology, Environmental services, Floodplain & Stormwater, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Planning, Site Civil, Transportation Planning & Design, Railroad, Structural, Water Supply, and Wastewater. These services are delivered across diverse markets including Commercial (Education, Golf, Healthcare, Hospitality & Resorts, Industrial, Mixed Use, Office, Retail), Government & Municipal, Parks Recreation & Conservation, Power & Energy, Residential (Master Planned Communities, Multifamily, Single Family Communities), and Transportation (Rail & Intermodal, Transportation Agencies).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction Engineering

Quantifiable outcome

• Five awards for Simon Moon Park transformation (stormwater design and landscape architecture excellence)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Williams CreekcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWilliams Creek was acquired by V3 in 2018. The firm brought cutting-edge ecological engineering capabilities to V3's portfolio, including stream restoration and nature-based environmental design. This acquisition expanded V3's ecological restoration service line and contributed multidisciplinary expertise that continues to drive the company's nature-based solutions practice.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Tetra Tech: Engineering and consulting firm with a leading water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure practice. Directly comparable to V3's floodplain, stormwater, water supply, wastewater, and ecological restoration service lines.
• Kimley-Horn: One of the largest employee-owned engineering consulting firms in the U.S., offering civil, environmental, land development, and planning services. Closely comparable to V3 in ownership structure, mid-market size, multidisciplinary civil engineering scope, and land-development project mix.
• TRC Companies: Engineering, environmental consulting, and construction management firm active across energy, infrastructure, and public-sector markets. Comparable to V3 in environmental services, infrastructure, and project-based B2G/B2B delivery.
• Michael Baker International: Engineering, planning, and consulting firm focused on infrastructure and environmental markets, including transportation, water, and federal programs. Directly comparable to V3 on transportation, civil, and federal/government contract profiles.
• GHD: Employee-driven global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with strong civil, water, and environmental practices. Comparable to V3 in service mix and employee-centric ownership model.
• HDR Inc. Employee-owned engineering, architecture, environmental, and construction services firm with deep public-sector and infrastructure practice. Comparable to V3 in employee-ownership culture, multidisciplinary engineering model, and government client base.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with a major North American civil and ecological practice. A scaled broad incumbent competing with V3 in site civil, environmental, and water resources, but serving a far larger footprint.
• WSP Global: Global professional services firm with a U.S. transportation, environment, and property & buildings practice that overlaps with V3's civil engineering, environment, and transportation planning work.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with major environment, water, transportation, and design practices. A broad incumbent that competes for the same DOT, municipal, and federal programs as V3.
• Jacobs Solutions: Large global engineering and consulting firm with substantial transportation, water, and environmental practices that overlap directly with V3's core site civil, transportation, and water services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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