What Dalcour Maclaren does

Dalcour Maclaren is a UK-based land and environmental consultancy serving exclusively the utilities and infrastructure sector. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Bicester, Oxfordshire, the firm operates 21 offices across the UK and Ireland with approximately 650 employees and reported 40% year-on-year growth through November 2025. It delivers four integrated service lines—Environment & Planning, Geomatics, Land & Property, and Stakeholder Engagement—across vertical markets including digital infrastructure, energy (electricity, hydrogen, nuclear, oil & gas, renewables), water, transport, and flood & coastal resilience.

Its geomatics practice rests on GIS, CAD, 3D laser scanning, LiDAR, drone/UAV and digital-twin capabilities. A proprietary OS NGD + LiDAR Desktop Analysis methodology combines Ordnance Survey National Geographic Database data with LiDAR and HMLR land-ownership records to produce unified 3D models earlier in the planning cycle, enabling visibility, line-of-sight and scenario testing ahead of formal consenting. Service delivery spans DCO/NSIP consenting, compulsory acquisition, land assembly, environmental impact assessment, heritage, arboricultural, ecological, and flood-risk work, plus landowner liaison and stakeholder consultation on nationally significant projects such as HS2 (15,000+ meaningful stakeholder engagements) and the National Grid Cross Border Connection.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional services delivered primarily under multi-year framework agreements and direct enterprise appointments to utilities, infrastructure JVs and public-sector clients (National Grid, Severn Trent, Welsh Water/Dŵr Cymru, Hafren Dyfrdwy, Yorkshire Water, BP, Equinor, SSE, NIE Network, Outer Dowsing/Mona/Awel y Môr Offshore Wind, Align/EKFB/Fusion/SCS/Costain Skanska JVs); pricing is negotiated on a project-by-project basis and not publicly disclosed. Distribution is relationship-driven enterprise field sales supplemented by named-supplier status on the Crown Commercial Service's RM6343 Estate Management Services 2 framework and competitive tendering for AMP8 water frameworks. The firm is regulated by RICS and ISEP, achieved B Corp certification in June 2026, employs a 50:50 gender-balanced workforce with an 11.41% mean gender pay gap (below UK average), and was named standout supplier at the October 2025 National Grid Supplier Awards (6 of 12 awards).

Name

Dalcour Maclaren

Legal name

Dalcour Maclaren Limited

Website

https://dalcourmaclaren.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Dalcour Maclaren is a UK-based, multidisciplinary land and environmental consultancy that delivers planning, geomatics, land/property and stakeholder-engagement services exclusively to utilities and infrastructure clients across the UK and Ireland from 21 offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Infrastructure Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213)

SIC

Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900), Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Stormwater Compliance (BPAHAJAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD), Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

Keywords

• Land and environment consultancy
• Utility infrastructure services
• Geomatics and surveying
• Stakeholder engagement consultancy
• Planning and land assembly

Headquarters

HQ city

Bicester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices21 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Dalcour Maclaren generates revenue through professional consulting services across land and property, geomatics, environment and planning, and stakeholder engagement. Services are delivered to utilities and infrastructure clients through framework agreements and project-based engagements. The company has achieved 40% growth over the past year driven by rising infrastructure demand.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Dalcour Maclaren is a UK-based land and environmental consultancy providing integrated professional services exclusively to the utilities and infrastructure sector. The firm delivers planning and environment consents, land assembly, geospatial expertise, and stakeholder engagement through four service divisions: Environment & Planning, Geomatics, Land & Property, and Stakeholder Engagement. Services are delivered across infrastructure sectors including water, energy, transport, digital infrastructure, and flood and coastal resilience.

Product overview

Dalcour Maclaren is a land and environmental consultancy providing integrated professional services exclusively for the utilities and infrastructure sector. The company operates four core service divisions: Environment & Planning, Geomatics, Land & Property, and Stakeholder Engagement. These services are delivered across focused sector areas including Digital Infrastructure (formerly telecoms), Energy (electricity, hydrogen, nuclear, oil & gas, renewables), Water, Transport (airports, rail, roads), and Flood & Coastal Resilience. The company operates across the UK and Ireland from 21 offices with approximately 650 employees. The February 2026 acquisition of Geomap Ltd strengthened their geomatics and water sector surveying capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environment & Planning
• Geomatics
• Land & Property
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Water Sector Services
• Energy Sector Services
• Transport Sector Services
• Digital Infrastructure Services
• Flood & Coastal Resilience Services
• Data Centre Advisory
• Agricultural Liaison Officer (ALO) Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved 40% growth in one year driven by infrastructure demand
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Geomap LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 February 2026Dalcour Maclaren acquired Geomap Ltd, a specialist geomatics and land surveying consultancy based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. Geomap has over 15 years of experience delivering high-accuracy surveying and geospatial data to water and wastewater companies. The acquisition strengthens Dalcour Maclaren's geomatics expertise ahead of the UK water sector's AMP8 investment programme aimed at improving network resilience and environmental outcomes.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• AtkinsRealis (formerly Atkins / SNC-Lavalin): Global engineering and project management consultancy with a large UK infrastructure practice spanning rail, water, energy and transport planning. Comparable as a multi-disciplinary infrastructure consultancy that competes for many of the same utility and major-project framework agreements, and is also an existing DM client partner on HS2.
• WSP in the UK: Global engineering professional services firm with a significant UK practice covering transport, property, environment and water. Comparable as a large multidisciplinary infrastructure consultancy that competes for utility, rail and water-sector framework work across the same customer set.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with deep UK presence across environment, planning, transport, water and energy. Directly comparable as a multi-disciplinary competitor on UK utility and major infrastructure frameworks.
• Mott MacDonald: Employee-owned global engineering consultancy with strong water, environment, transport and energy sector coverage. Comparable as a multidisciplinary infrastructure consultancy that overlaps with DM in water utility advisory, environmental impact assessment, and consenting work.
• Jacobs: Global professional services firm with UK infrastructure, water, environment and advanced-facilities practices. Comparable as a large-scale infrastructure consultant competing for water utility, transport and energy sector framework work.
• Stantec UK: International engineering, architecture and environmental consultancy with a strong UK water and infrastructure practice. Comparable as a water and infrastructure specialist that directly competes on AMP8 framework and environmental assessment work.
• Turner & Townsend: Independent UK-headquartered project management and cost consultancy with a major infrastructure practice covering rail, energy, water and real estate. Comparable as a UK infrastructure advisory competing for advisory, PMO and project controls work on the same major programs (HS2, National Grid, water AMP cycles).
• Arup: Global engineering and design consultancy with a strong UK infrastructure, energy, water and built-environment practice. Comparable as a multidisciplinary infrastructure consultancy that frequently appears on the same tenders for major utility, rail and renewable projects.

Direct peers

• RPS Group (part of Tetra Tech): UK-headquartered environmental, planning and infrastructure consultancy acquired by Tetra Tech. Closely comparable in service mix — environment, planning, land, surveying and stakeholder engagement — and competes head-to-head on water utility, planning and infrastructure projects.
• Waldeck Consulting: UK-based engineering, asset management and digital consultancy with strong water, environment and infrastructure sector coverage, including digital/digital twin capabilities. Closely comparable as a mid-sized UK firm combining water-sector engineering, environmental and digital/surveying services for utility clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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