KLT Group

What KLT Group does

KLT Group, LLC is a privately held, woman-owned environmental consulting firm headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, serving primarily state departments of transportation, federal agencies, and emergency management entities across the mid-Atlantic region. The firm's service portfolio spans NEPA documentation and guidance (including categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, findings of no significant impact, and EIS/records of decision), vulnerability and sustainability assessments, GIS and data visualization, grant management, training facilitation, innovation and process improvement, and public outreach and stakeholder engagement. Headcount is concentrated with approximately 14 named professionals including a President/CEO, Vice President, Associate VP, Directors of GIS Services and Outreach & Engagement, plus specialists in GIS, planning, outreach, government affairs, and administration.

The firm monetizes through project-based professional services contracts with government clients, supplemented by on-site embedded staffing placements at MDOT MTA and MDOT SHA. Notable project credentials include serving as Lead Environmental Manager on the $28.8M Baltimore-Washington SCMAGLEV EIS/ROD coordination of 32 cooperating and participating agencies, and supporting BOEM on the Skipjack Wind Farm EIS/ROD offshore energy review. The proprietary VirtualNEPA platform, trademarked and operated through a sister site, provides a collaborative framework for NEPA project review intended to reduce document size and increase transparency.

KLT Group holds WOSB, WBENC, and DBE/MBE/SBE certifications across Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, West Virginia, Georgia, and Washington DC, granting eligibility for set-aside and small-business contracting vehicles. Five industry awards between 2019 and 2024 include the MDOT Environmental Excellence Award (2019), Women in Transportation Woman of the Year (2020), the Kramer Memorial Award for Environmental Excellence (2020), the I-95 Woman of Influence Award (2022), and Women in Transportation Employer of the Year (2024). The firm has not disclosed funding rounds, external investment, or financial metrics; it operates as an independent LLC with no parent company.

Name

KLT Group

Legal name

KLT Group, LLC

Website

https://kltgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

KLT Group is a Baltimore-based, woman-owned environmental consulting firm providing NEPA documentation, GIS analysis, sustainability planning, and grant management services primarily to state departments of transportation and federal agencies across the mid-Atlantic United States, with a proprietary VirtualNEPA collaboration platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Project-based consulting engagements with government agencies, primarily transportation departments. Services include NEPA documentation, environmental management, GIS analysis, sustainability planning, and stakeholder engagement. Revenue is generated through professional services contracts and project engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

KLT Group is a woman-owned environmental consulting firm providing NEPA documentation, GIS mapping and analysis, sustainability and resiliency planning, vulnerability assessments, grant management, emergency management support, and stakeholder outreach and engagement services to government transportation, energy, and emergency management agencies. Its flagship technology offering is VirtualNEPA, a collaborative platform for navigating the National Environmental Policy Act environmental review process.

Product overview

KLT Group is a woman-owned environmental consulting firm offering a portfolio of professional services centered on environmental compliance, sustainability planning, and stakeholder engagement. Their primary technology product is the Virtual NEPA Application, a collaborative platform for navigating environmental review processes. The service offerings span NEPA documentation, vulnerability and sustainability assessments, training facilitation, process improvements, GIS and data visualization, sustainability and resiliency planning, grant management, and public outreach—all designed to help transportation, energy, construction, and planning sector clients achieve environmental compliance and sustainability goals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VirtualNEPA: A technology-driven collaborative project review platform for navigating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental review process.

Products and services

• VirtualNEPA Application A technology-driven collaborative platform for navigating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental review processes, providing real-time information access for small-scale community projects through large-scale capital projects. Used by government agencies and project stakeholders.
• NEPA Documentation and Guidance Comprehensive NEPA compliance services including categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, findings of no significant impact, environmental impact statements, and records of decision, delivered to government transportation and infrastructure agencies.
• Vulnerability and Sustainability Assessments Infrastructure risk and vulnerability assessments, standard operating procedure development, FEMA grant administration, and hazard mapping for state and local emergency management agencies.
• Training Development and Facilitation NEPA and environmental process training, Title VI training, and adaptation/resiliency training delivered in-person and virtually for government staff and project teams.
• Innovation and Process Improvements Development of internal procedures, standard operating procedures, process mapping, and programmatic agreements to reduce environmental review time and costs for client agencies.
• GIS and Data Visualization Spatial analysis, visualizations of environmental and socio-economic impacts, interactive GIS applications, StoryMap development, and GIS data hub services for transportation and planning projects.
• Sustainability, Resiliency, and ESMS Sustainability plan development, vulnerability assessments, resiliency planning, adaptation measures toolbox creation, and environmental management system coordination.
• Grant Management Grant writing, technical assistance, benefit-cost analyses, and grant-funded project management oversight for federal, state, and local programs; KLT has helped clients win over $26M in grant applications.
• Public Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement Equitable outreach strategies, community engagement plan development, government affairs, marketing communications, and non-discrimination compliance for infrastructure and planning projects.
• On-Site Environmental Management Services Embedded staff providing environmental management, engineering, environmental justice, and GIS analyst services at client facilities such as MDOT MTA and MDOT SHA.

Quantifiable outcome

• Won over $26M in grant applications for clients
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Rummel, Klepper & Kahl (RK&K): RK&K is a Baltimore-based transportation engineering and environmental services firm with extensive MDOT work, overlapping directly with KLT on highway and transit NEPA, planning, and environmental documentation.
• VHB: VHB is a Mid-Atlantic-based engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firm with deep state DOT relationships and a major NEPA/transit practice—directly comparable to KLT's service mix and geography, though materially larger.
• Michael Baker International: Michael Baker is a national infrastructure consulting firm with a significant NEPA, environmental, and transportation practice serving federal and state DOTs—directly comparable services though at much larger scale than KLT.
• Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT): JMT is a Maryland-headquartered transportation, environmental, and infrastructure consulting firm serving MDOT agencies with NEPA, planning, and engineering services—a direct peer in geography, client base, and offering.
• Mead & Hunt: Mead & Hunt is a multi-disciplinary planning, engineering, and environmental consulting firm with a substantial NEPA/transportation practice serving state DOTs—overlapping service mix and similar mid-size positioning.
• Gannett Fleming: Gannett Fleming provides transportation, environmental, and water resources consulting to state DOTs and federal agencies, with NEPA documentation as a core service—comparable in offering though broader in geographic and service scope.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with a large environmental and NEPA practice serving DOTs, federal agencies, and energy clients—a broad incumbent bidding against KLT on larger transportation and energy EIS projects.
• Kimley-Horn: Kimley-Horn is a large national planning and engineering consultancy with environmental and NEPA services for transportation and land development clients—a broader incumbent competing in the same RFP pools as KLT.
• ICF International: ICF is a major environmental and energy consulting firm with deep NEPA, climate, and federal client work—competing for the same federal EIS and energy infrastructure environmental review engagements that KLT pursues.
• Stantec: Stantec is a global design and consulting firm with a large environmental services practice serving transportation, energy, and infrastructure clients—broader incumbent overlapping with KLT's NEPA, permitting, and GIS offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/klt-group

Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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