What EMPACT Engineering does

EMPACT Engineering LLC is a privately held, Texas-based engineering and technology firm serving electric utilities and cooperatives across the United States. The company provides a portfolio of professional services — including underground and overhead electric design, joint use pole attachment management, geospatial data services, digital route analysis for fiber deployment, and grid resilience consulting — delivered alongside its proprietary ELUME cloud platform and the standalone EVI (EMPACT Vegetation Insights) LiDAR-based analytics product. ELUME is the central software asset: a modular, SOC 2 Type 2 compliant SaaS platform offering Joint Use, Vegetation, Geospatial, Engineering (upcoming), and Resilience (upcoming) modules that combine LiDAR, GIS, remote sensing, and 3D modeling — including 3D network modeling delivered via a partnership with Neara — to give utilities real-time visibility into distribution assets, predictive vegetation management, NESC clearance and pole loading analysis, and streamlined permitting workflows.

The business operates a hybrid revenue model combining project-based and ongoing professional services engagements with recurring ELUME software subscriptions and optional data hosting. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct: enterprise field sales targeting utility decision-makers and cooperatives nationwide, supported by thought-leadership content (industry articles, case studies such as the MidSouth Electric Cooperative deployment featured in T&D World Magazine) and bottom-of-funnel 'Let's Talk' CTAs on the company website. EMPACT competes on the combination of domain veteran talent (founding team claims 295+ years of combined distribution power engineering experience), survey-grade LiDAR-derived data accuracy, and an integrated software-plus-services stack, with documented customer outcomes including a 60% reduction in vegetation-related outages and 50% faster vegetation work at reference customers. Ownership is founder-led (CEO Matt Waldron), with no disclosed institutional investors, and the company is actively hiring across engineering, R&D, operations, and support functions consistent with a growth-stage buildout.

Name

EMPACT Engineering

Legal name

EMPACT Engineering LLC

Website

https://empactengineering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

EMPACT Engineering is a Texas-based engineering and technology firm serving U.S. electric utilities and cooperatives with LiDAR-driven vegetation, joint use, geospatial, and grid resilience services, anchored by its ELUME cloud platform and EVI vegetation analytics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electric utility engineering services and asset management software

NAICS

Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution (22112), Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211)

SIC

Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Underground Distribution (Cable, Duct Bank & Vault) EPC (EUAEACAB)

Keywords

• Electric utility engineering
• Vegetation management software
• LiDAR geospatial analytics
• Joint use pole attachment
• Distribution power engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

College Station

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Services: Professional engineering services including underground and overhead electric design, pole loading analysis, permit management, project management, and storm damage assessment; delivered as project-based engagements or ongoing service agreements
2. Software Subscriptions (ELUME): Cloud-based modular software platform with Joint Use, Vegetation, Geospatial, and Resilience modules; offered as subscription-based access with optional full data ownership; SOC 2 Type 2 compliant
3. Joint Use Management Services: Contract management, field services, engineering analysis, mapping, construction coordination, and billing services for pole attachment programs; modular service delivery model
4. Geospatial Data Services: Asset inventory, digital network modeling, digital elevation modeling, corridor design, and clearance analysis using LiDAR and remote sensing; delivered as professional services with data hosting options

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

EMPACT Engineering provides electric distribution utility engineering services and the ELUME cloud-based software platform to investor-owned utilities, public utilities, and electric cooperatives nationwide. Offerings include underground and overhead line design, LiDAR-based vegetation management (EVI), joint-use pole attachment administration, geospatial analytics, digital route analysis for fiber deployment, and grid resilience modeling powered by 3D network analysis.

Product overview

EMPACT Engineering offers a portfolio of electric utility engineering solutions centered on ELUME, a modular cloud-based software platform, complemented by specialized service offerings. ELUME provides a suite of modules for Joint Use management, Vegetation management, Geospatial visualization, and upcoming Resilience and Engineering capabilities. The company also offers standalone solutions including EVI (EMPACT Vegetation Insights), a LiDAR-based vegetation management platform, alongside professional services in Engineering, Joint Use, Geospatial, Digital Route Analysis, and Grid Resilience. The products work together through shared data sources (LiDAR, GIS, field inspections) and unified cloud infrastructure, with the ELUME platform serving as the central hub for data access, reporting, and collaboration across all service areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ELUME: Custom cloud-based software solution for electric utilities and their partners, providing vegetation analysis, system mapping, loading analysis, engineering design, joint use management, pole attachment inventory, weather conditions monitoring, and NESC/NERC requirements compliance.
• EVI (EMPACT Vegetation Insights)

Products and services

• ELUME Platform Modular, cloud-based electric utility asset management software that provides real-time visibility of distribution networks, integrates LiDAR, field inspections, and stakeholder inputs, and supports joint use, vegetation, geospatial, engineering, and resilience workflows.
• EVI (EMPACT Vegetation Insights) LiDAR-based vegetation management software that delivers encroachment identification, hazard tree classification, trim cycle optimization, science-backed budgeting, and regulatory compliance documentation for electric utilities.
• Engineering Services Utility engineering services delivering overhead and underground electric design, 3D modeling, NESC compliance analysis, permit handling, survey-grade field data, project management, and storm damage assessment.
• Joint Use Services Modular joint use solutions delivering pole attachment contract management, field services, engineering analysis, mapping and pole records, construction coordination, and billing services for utility pole owners and attachers.
• Geospatial Services Geospatial data and mapping services using LiDAR and remote sensing to deliver asset inventory, digital network modeling, substation mapping, pole lean and clearance analysis, digital elevation modeling, and corridor design.
• Digital Route Analysis Digital routing analysis service for fiber deployment that combines high-density aerial LiDAR, 3D network modeling, span-level NESC engineering analysis, make-ready classification, and final route delivery to accelerate permitting and coordination.
• Grid Resilience Solutions Grid resilience service combining LiDAR scanning and Neara-powered 3D network modeling to deliver NESC clearance analysis, FEA-based pole loading, conductor clash and gallop prevention, cascading failure prevention, wildfire mitigation, and dynamic line rating for electric utilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced vegetation-related outages by 60%
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• NearacoreTechnology or IntegrationEMPACT partnered with Neara to create a custom software solution for generating exceptionally precise 3D models of utility networks. The Neara-powered network model forms the foundation for all reporting and analysis in EMPACT's Grid Resilience plan, including NESC clearance analysis, pole loading assessment, and conductor tension modeling.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GHD: Global engineering and advisory firm with a power and utilities practice covering T&D, asset management, and resilience consulting. Overlaps with EMPACT's engineering services across utility customer base.
• Cyient: Engineering and digital solutions provider with a utilities practice covering T&D engineering, geospatial, and asset management services. Comparable as both a services and software peer to EMPACT's combined model.
• Aclara (Hubbell): Smart grid and AMI infrastructure provider serving electric utilities. Comparable as a scale platform seller to the same utility buyer persona that EMPACT targets with ELUME.
• Esri (Utility Solutions): Dominant GIS platform provider for electric utilities. Adjacent/overlapping with EMPACT's Geospatial module, which integrates with Esri-based utility GIS environments as a primary data layer.
• Burns & McDonnell: Large employee-owned engineering, architecture, and construction firm with substantial T&D practice. Competes with EMPACT for distribution engineering and resilience engagements from the same utility buyers.
• Trimble (Utilities / Geospatial): Provider of utility GIS, field data collection, and staking solutions. Comparable to EMPACT's Geospatial module and staking-platform integrations that utilities rely on for asset inventory and engineering workflows.

Emerging players

• ikeGPS (IKE): Specialized pole measurement and asset data capture tool used by utility joint-use and staking teams. Directly comparable capability set to EMPACT's joint-use and digital route analysis workflows.
• Neara: 3D network modeling platform for utilities enabling pole loading, conductor, and clearance analysis. Direct technology overlap with EMPACT's Grid Resilience product delivered via the Neara partnership.

Direct peers

• Sharper Shape: Utility-focused LiDAR and drone-based vegetation management and asset inspection provider. Closely comparable to EMPACT's EVI vegetation offering, both selling proactive vegetation and encroachment analytics to electric utilities and cooperatives.
• POWER Engineering Services: Multi-discipline engineering and EPC firm serving power generation, transmission, and distribution utilities. Overlaps with EMPACT's overhead/underground distribution design, permitting, and project management services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PL9gmU6SOletxVWiiuoRl3GmA63BglBLV8
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/empact-engineering

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 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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