Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams

What Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams does

Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams, Inc. (KBJW) is a privately held civil engineering, environmental, geotechnical, and surveying firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, with five offices across Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. Founded in 1990, the firm employs over 140 qualified professionals—including engineers, planners, project managers, surveyors, geologists, and environmental specialists—who deliver integrated land development and infrastructure services from initial site analysis through construction administration. Its service portfolio spans four core disciplines delivered in-house: civil engineering (site development, grading, drainage, utility, and stormwater design), environmental consulting (site assessment, remediation, wetlands delineation, permitting), geotechnical engineering (subsurface investigations, foundation design backed by an in-house US Army Corps of Engineers verified and AASHTO accredited testing laboratory in N. Chesterfield, VA), and surveying (boundary, ALTA, GPS control, and design surveys, with over 15,000 surveys completed in the firm's history). Technical differentiation rests on the accredited testing laboratory, state-of-the-art electronic field surveying equipment, and PE licensure across all 50 U.S. states and 8 Canadian provinces—enabling execution of national-scale load rating, hydraulic analysis, and foundation design work for culverts, pipe arches, and small bridges.

KBJW operates as a project-based professional services firm, generating revenue through design fees, testing services, and construction administration on engagements ranging from small residential developments to utility-scale solar projects. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales driven by reputation, direct client relationships, and competitive bidding/RFPs, with services delivered directly without intermediaries. Customer segments span local, state, and federal government agencies; public and private educational institutions; commercial and residential developers; healthcare and industrial facilities; and—more recently—utility-scale solar developers. Representative engagements include the Spotsylvania Solar project (described as the largest solar project east of the Rockies, spanning 6,350 acres), the Henrico Sports and Events Center, University of Dayton's Roger Glass Center for the Arts, and the Spotsylvania Solar geotechnical and construction materials testing contract with Mortenson Construction.

The firm has grown through both organic expansion and acquisition. It was formed in 2017 via the merger of Koontz-Bryant with Geo-Solutions and Willmark Engineering, then expanded into Ohio with the 2019 acquisition of CBC Engineers and into the Hampton Roads region of Virginia with the 2021 acquisitions of Horton & Dodd and Blakeway Engineering. Ownership remains private, with no external PE or VC sponsor; CEO Brent Johnson is identified as a Principal Shareholder, while founders Greg Koontz and George Bryant have retired. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed, and the firm has no AI/ML product capabilities evidenced in available materials.

Name

Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams

Legal name

Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams, Inc.

Website

https://kbjwgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

KBJW is a privately held civil engineering, environmental, geotechnical, and surveying firm with 140+ professionals across five offices in Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. It delivers integrated land development services to government, education, commercial, residential, solar, healthcare, and industrial clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Engineering Services (54133), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Compliance (BPAHAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Environmental consulting
• Geotechnical engineering
• Land surveying
• Construction materials testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering and Consulting Services: Professional services revenue generated through project-based fees for civil engineering, environmental consulting, geotechnical engineering, and surveying services. Projects range from small residential developments to large-scale infrastructure and solar projects. Revenue is earned through design fees, testing services, and construction administration.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

KBJW provides integrated civil engineering, environmental consulting, geotechnical engineering, and land surveying services for site development, infrastructure, and construction projects. The firm delivers these services in-house through 140+ qualified professionals across 5 offices, supported by a USACE-verified and AASHTO-accredited materials testing laboratory. Its work spans small residential developments through large-scale utility solar projects for government, educational, commercial, residential, healthcare, solar, and industrial clients in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Product overview

Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams (KBJW) is a civil engineering, environmental, geotechnical, and surveying firm offering integrated land development services. The company operates as a single unified service offering with four core disciplines that work collaboratively: Civil Engineering Services handles site design, land planning, landscape architecture, stormwater management, and roadway/traffic engineering; Environmental Consulting Services provides site assessments, remediation, wetlands delineation, and regulatory permitting; Geotechnical Engineering Services delivers subsurface investigations, construction materials testing, and foundation design through a USACE-verified laboratory; and Surveying Services encompasses boundary surveys, design surveys, and construction layout. These four service lines are delivered in-house by a team of over 140 professionals across 5 offices, serving markets including residential, commercial, education, government, solar, healthcare, sports and entertainment, mixed-use, industrial, and infrastructure development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering Services Site development engineering including road, grading, drainage, utility, and stormwater management design for residential, commercial, governmental, and infrastructure projects. Includes land planning, landscape architecture, roadway and traffic engineering.
• Environmental Consulting Services Environmental site characterization, remediation, regulatory compliance, wetlands delineation, and permitting services for contaminated and development sites across residential, commercial, industrial, and government markets.
• Geotechnical Engineering Services Subsurface investigations, construction materials testing, foundation design, and geotechnical analysis backed by an in-house USACE-verified and AASHTO-accredited testing laboratory for soils, concrete, grout, and aggregates.
• Surveying Services Land surveying including boundary, ALTA title, GPS control, design surveys, and construction stakeout services, supported by state-of-the-art electronic field equipment that enables topographic design surveys, 3-D surfaces, and plats for recordation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Performed over 15,000 surveys in over 30 years of business
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Greater Richmond Chamber of CommerceminorOthersCorporate membership and association with regional chamber of commerce for business networking and community engagement
• Home Builders Association of VirginiaminorOthersCorporate membership supporting the residential development and construction industry
• American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC)minorOthersCorporate membership in national organization representing the interests of engineering companies
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)minorOthersCorporate membership in professional engineering organization
• Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)minorOthersCorporate membership supporting military engineering professionals and federal contracting
• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)minorOthersCorporate membership supporting sustainable building practices and green construction
• Virginia Water Environment Association (VWEA)minorOthersCorporate membership in water environment professional association
• Virginia Association of SurveyorsminorOthersCorporate membership in state surveying professional association

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Haley & Aldrich: Geotechnical, environmental, and civil engineering consulting firm. Comparable to KBJW in geotechnical and environmental service lines and in serving developers, institutions, and government clients on site development and remediation projects.
• Clark Nexsen: Multi-discipline architecture and engineering firm with strong Virginia/North Carolina presence across civil, structural, and environmental work. Directly comparable to KBJW in higher education, government, and healthcare verticals in the Mid-Atlantic.
• Waggoner Engineering: Mid-sized civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services firm operating across the Southeast and Mid-South. Closely comparable to KBJW in service mix, project-based revenue model, and government/developer client base.
• Bowman Consulting Group: Mid-Atlantic-headquartered multi-discipline engineering firm offering civil, surveying, environmental, and geotechnical services. Comparable to KBJW in service breadth and public-sector/government client focus, with a meaningfully larger footprint from active M&A.
• Timmons Group: Richmond, VA-based civil engineering, environmental, and surveying firm serving Mid-Atlantic public and private clients. Directly comparable to KBJW in geography, service mix (civil, environmental, geotechnical, surveying), and customer base (municipalities, developers, institutions).

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm. Comparable to KBJW in civil/site development, environmental, and surveying capabilities, but operates nationally and internationally with substantially more resources.
• Tetra Tech: Global engineering and consulting firm with deep environmental, water, and infrastructure practices. Overlaps KBJW's environmental compliance, geotechnical, and site development work but at materially greater scale and with broader service portfolio.
• TRC Companies: National engineering, environmental, and construction consulting firm with strong renewable energy and infrastructure practices. Overlaps KBJW's environmental consulting and solar development support work at a much larger scale.
• Kimley-Horn: National planning, civil engineering, and design consulting firm. Directly comparable in site/civil engineering and surveying services, with strong presence in land development for residential and commercial developers that overlaps KBJW's core market.
• Terracon Consultants: Large national geotechnical, environmental, construction materials testing, and facilities consulting firm. Directly comparable to KBJW's geotechnical engineering and AASHTO/USACE-accredited testing laboratory capabilities, but with significantly larger geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KBJWgroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/KBJWgroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kbjw

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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