Phylmar Group

What Phylmar Group does

Phylmar Group, Inc. is a privately held Los Angeles-based professional services firm founded in 1997 by Mark Katchen that supports Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) and sustainability professionals through three integrated offerings: professionally facilitated member forums, a global affiliate consulting network, and an online training academy. The three forums — the Phylmar Regulatory Roundtable® (PRR), the BioPharma EHS Forum, and the AFIRM GROUP® (Apparel & Footwear International RSL Management) — convene senior practitioners from Fortune 1000 companies across utilities, aerospace, energy, biopharmaceutical, apparel/footwear, and technology for peer benchmarking, regulatory advocacy, and best-practice sharing; combined rosters include 37 PRR member companies with over $1 trillion in aggregate revenue and 27 BioPharma member organizations with 150+ senior EHS professionals.

Underlying the forums is a curated two-sided marketplace: on the supply side, a network of 500+ vetted EHS and sustainability consultants across 50 countries that Phylmar's client advisors match to client engagements; on the demand side, enterprise members seeking EHS audits, compliance assessments, industrial hygiene, ergonomics, product stewardship, and sustainability consulting. The Phylmar Academy® training platform, hosted on LearningCart at phylmar.learningcart.com, delivers online OSHA, transportation safety, mine safety, underground storage tank, heat illness prevention, wildfire smoke, risk communication, and Spanish-language EHS courses, with member discounts on continuing education from partner institutions.

The business model combines recurring subscription revenue from forum membership and academy licensing with project-based fees from consulting engagements routed through the affiliate network. Distribution is sales-led and community-led, driven by experienced client advisors, content marketing (blog, monthly newsletter), and word-of-mouth within the EHS professional community. The company is independent, with no parent, no outside institutional investment, and no subsidiaries; it holds registered trademarks on its four core brands (PRR, AFIRM, BioPharma EHS Forum, Phylmar Academy).

Name

Phylmar Group

Legal name

Phylmar Group, Inc.

Website

https://phylmar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Phylmar Group is a privately held Los Angeles consulting firm that runs three EHS/sustainability professional forums (PRR, AFIRM, BioPharma EHS Forum), curates a 500+ affiliate global consulting network, and delivers online training through Phylmar Academy for Fortune 1000 enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Health and Safety Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Circularity Consulting & Program Management (EPR, Design-for-Circularity, LCA) (EUAIANAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health, Wellness & Lifestyle Noncredit Programs (EDAAAEAH)

Keywords

• Environmental health consulting
• EHS compliance services
• Sustainability advisory
• Occupational safety training
• Industrial hygiene consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

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

Revenue model

1. Forum Membership Fees: The company generates revenue through membership fees for its professional forums (PRR, AFIRM, BioPharma EHS Forum). Members pay for access to peer networking, regulatory updates, best practices sharing, members-only web portals, and continuing education discounts.
2. EHS Consulting Services: Phylmar facilitates consulting engagements between clients and its network of 500+ affiliates. Revenue is generated through consulting service fees for EHS compliance assessments, health and safety audits, environmental services, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, and other specialized services.
3. Phylmar Academy Training Courses: Online employee training and professional education courses offered through the Phylmar Academy platform. Courses include OSHA training, transportation safety, heat illness prevention, risk communication, and other EHS topics available for individual purchase or organizational licensing.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Phylmar Group facilitates professionally run peer forums (Phylmar Regulatory Roundtable®, AFIRM Group, and BioPharma EHS Forum) for EHS and sustainability professionals, delivers EHS, sustainability, and product stewardship consulting through a vetted network of more than 500 affiliates across 50 countries, and provides continuing education through the Phylmar Academy online training platform.

Product overview

Phylmar Group is a professional services firm offering a portfolio of community forums, training, and consulting services for EHS (Environmental Health & Safety) and sustainability professionals. The core offerings include three professionally facilitated forums: the Phylmar Regulatory Roundtable® (PRR) for occupational safety and health professionals, the BioPharma EHS Forum for biopharmaceutical companies, and the AFIRM GROUP® for apparel and footwear restricted substances management. Complementing the forums is the Phylmar Academy® training platform providing online courses, webinars, and onsite training on topics like OSHA compliance, heat illness prevention, and wildfire safety. Additionally, Phylmar offers EHS Consulting and Sustainability/Product Stewardship Consulting services facilitated through a global network of over 500 affiliates across 50 countries. The company operates member-only web portals for each forum requiring login credentials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AFIRM Group: Apparel and Footwear International RSL Management Group - a working forum of leading brands in the apparel, footwear and sporting goods industries working to harmonize product chemical requirements and reduce harmful chemicals in the global supply chain.
• Phylmar Regulatory Roundtable (PRR)
• BioPharma EHS Forum
• Phylmar Academy

Products and services

• Phylmar Regulatory Roundtable® (PRR)

Quantifiable outcome

• PRR members include companies with $1 trillion+ in annual revenues and 1.7 million U.S. workers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• What Works InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2024The Phylmar Group and the What Works Institute formed a founding partnership creating a new research-to-practice think tank and learning community. The partnership focuses on emerging and critical issues such as modernizing EHS metrics, holistic health and wellbeing, neurodiversity, psychosocial issues, and the connection between serious injuries and fatality prevention (SIF) and human and organizational performance (HOP). The collaboration aims to build learning communities across diverse sectors and global regions.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Global environmental, health, safety, and sustainability consulting firm serving Fortune 500 clients across the same verticals Phylmar covers (pharma, apparel, energy). Overlaps on EHS advisory and circular-economy services but at vastly larger scale and broader scope.
• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) incumbent with significant EHS compliance and sustainability service lines. Comparable to Phylmar's EHS auditing and industrial hygiene offerings, though delivered at much larger scale across multiple regulated industries.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a substantial environment and EHS practice serving regulated industries. Overlaps with Phylmar on environmental services, permitting, and compliance advisory at significantly larger scale.
• Arcadis: International design and consultancy firm with a sustainability and environmental services practice serving pharma, consumer goods, and industrial clients — comparable to Phylmar's cross-vertical EHS and product stewardship consulting.
• WSP: Global professional services firm with a sizable environment and EHS advisory practice (including Golder Associates). Comparable to Phylmar's EHS consulting and sustainability offerings, particularly for energy, utilities, and mining clients.
• SGS: World's largest testing, inspection, and certification company with broad EHS and sustainability service lines for apparel, pharma, and consumer goods — comparable to Phylmar's chemical compliance (AFIRM-aligned) and EHS auditing services at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Anthesis Group: Boutique-to-mid-market sustainability and EHS advisory firm focused on product stewardship, chemicals management, and ESG strategy — directly comparable to Phylmar's Product Stewardship Consulting and AFIRM-aligned offerings for consumer-facing brands.
• TRC Companies: U.S.-focused environmental, health, and safety consulting and engineering firm serving utilities, manufacturing, and pharma — highly comparable to Phylmar's PRR-aligned EHS consulting practice and Fortune 1000 client mix.
• Antea Group: International EHS and sustainability consulting firm serving industrial and consumer-products clients. Directly comparable to Phylmar on environmental compliance, health & safety auditing, and product stewardship work for multinational manufacturers.

Emerging players

• Sphera: Enterprise EHS and operational risk software platform (owned by Blackstone). Adjacent competitor to Phylmar's forums and academy on the digital content/regulatory-tracking layer, with embedded workflow tooling that could erode traditional advisory demand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PhylmarGroup
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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