Liberty Environmental, Inc.

What Liberty Environmental, Inc. does

Liberty Environmental, Inc. is a privately held, multi-disciplinary environmental consulting and engineering firm headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania, founded in 2004. The firm delivers professional environmental services across eleven practice areas: regulatory compliance, air quality, natural resources and wetlands, water resources, wastewater treatment design, site assessment and remediation, building assessment, energy efficiency, landfill engineering, construction management, and geotechnical engineering. Its technical staff includes professional geologists, environmental and water resources engineers, wetlands biologists (including a USFWS-recognized qualified bog turtle surveyor), hazardous materials managers, auditors, and air quality and sustainability specialists licensed in multiple states. The firm maintains five physical offices across Pennsylvania (Reading, Lancaster, Philadelphia/Berwyn), New York City, and New Jersey (Lebanon), and reports technical contacts with over 30 state air regulatory agencies and most EPA regions.

The firm generates revenue through project-based professional services engagements with multi-year contract cadence, priced on scope and complexity rather than fixed subscription. Customers span four primary segments: industrial manufacturers (e.g., Hershey Creamery since 2008, Clorox since 2005 across 52 facilities), real estate developers and investors requiring environmental due diligence and Phase I/II site assessments, financial institutions needing environmental risk reviews for lending, and government entities handling permitting and brownfield redevelopment. Auxiliary verticals include brownfield redevelopers and building owners navigating NYC Local Law 87/97 compliance. Notable project outcomes include securing a ~98%+ PA DEP permit approval rate, having performed over 1,750 real estate due diligence projects by a single senior practitioner, and savings quantified at "thousands of dollars annually" in avoided permitting fees for one Pennsylvania college client.

The go-to-market model is enterprise field sales supplemented by thought leadership: principals present at industry conferences (President Jim Cinelli presenting at the 2026 PA Brownfields Conference on Vapor Intrusion Mitigation), the firm operates the Environmental Experts Radio podcast (50 episodes), publishes regulatory blog content and a quarterly newsletter, and distributes case studies for mid-funnel nurturing. The firm is independently owned and operated by principals James P. Cinelli (President), Gavin L. Biebuyck, David S. Coyne (Principal and COO), Jonathan Wickstrom, and senior personnel; no private equity or venture capital ownership is identified in the source data.

Name

Liberty Environmental, Inc.

Legal name

Liberty Environmental, Inc.

Website

https://libertyenviro.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Liberty Environmental, Inc. is a privately held, Reading, Pennsylvania–based environmental consulting and engineering firm founded in 2004, serving manufacturers, real estate developers, financial institutions, and government clients across Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey with services spanning air quality, site assessment and remediation, water resources, wetlands, and regulatory compliance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Reading

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional services revenue from environmental consulting and engineering services including site assessments, remediation, regulatory compliance, air quality management, water resources, and other environmental services. Services are provided to manufacturers, private landowners, land developers, financial institutions and government entities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Liberty Environmental is a multi-disciplinary environmental consulting and engineering firm providing professional services including Phase I/II site assessments, soil and groundwater remediation, air quality permitting, wetlands delineation, water resources engineering, regulatory compliance, building assessment, energy efficiency, landfill engineering, construction management, and geotechnical engineering. The firm serves manufacturers, private landowners, land developers, financial institutions, and government entities across the United States through its offices in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey.

Product overview

Liberty Environmental, Inc. is a multi-disciplinary environmental consulting and engineering firm providing advisory and professional services rather than a software product platform. The firm offers a comprehensive portfolio of environmental services including Regulatory Compliance, Air Quality, Natural Resources/Wetlands, Water Resources, Wastewater Treatment Design, Site Assessment & Remediation, Building Assessment, Energy Efficiency, Landfill Engineering, Construction Management, and Geotechnical Engineering. These services are delivered by a team of professional engineers, geologists, wetlands biologists, and environmental specialists. The firm also produces the Environmental Experts Radio podcast as an educational resource for clients and industry professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Regulatory Compliance Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Saved $36 million project through environmental site remediation services
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a sizable environmental services division covering site assessment, remediation, air, water, and compliance. Larger and broader than Liberty, but competes for the same RFPs at the federal/state level.
• WSP USA (formerly Golder): Major engineering consultancy with strong U.S. environmental and earth sciences practices post-Golder acquisition. Comparable in remediation, air, and water service offerings; much larger global footprint.
• Ramboll Americas: Global engineering, consulting, and environmental services firm with a growing U.S. environmental and health sciences practice. Competes for similar environmental site assessment, remediation, and EHS mandates as Liberty.

Direct peers

• Arcadis: International design and consultancy firm with a major environmental services practice covering site investigation, remediation, permitting, and water \u2014 directly overlapping Liberty\u2019s core service lines.
• Haley & Aldrich: Mid-sized environmental and geotechnical engineering consultancy serving real estate, industrial, and infrastructure clients. Closely comparable in scale, service mix, and client base to Liberty.
• SCS Engineers: Environmental engineering and consulting firm focused on solid waste, landfill, air quality, and site remediation. Direct overlap with Liberty\u2019s landfill engineering, air permitting, and remediation services.
• Environmental Resources Management (ERM): Pure-play global environmental, health, safety, and sustainability consultancy. Competes with Liberty for manufacturing and real estate environmental due diligence, EHS compliance, and sustainability reporting work.
• Tetra Tech: Global environmental and engineering consulting firm with leading U.S. practices in water, air quality, site assessment, and remediation. Closest large-scale direct peer to Liberty\u2019s multi-disciplinary environmental services portfolio.

Regional players

• RETTEW Associates: Pennsylvania-headquartered engineering and environmental consulting firm. Strong direct regional overlap with Liberty in PA markets, particularly in site assessment, water resources, and compliance work.

Emerging players

• Brownfield Science & Technology (BST): Smaller environmental consulting firm specializing in brownfield assessment, remediation, and regulatory closure. Overlaps with Liberty\u2019s PA Act 2 and site assessment work but at a more niche scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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