What Paragon Soil and Environmental Consulting does

Note on identity: The firmographic header identifies the subject as "Paragon Soil and Environmental Consulting" (Edmonton, Canada, founded 2002, 51–100 employees, soil and vegetation reclamation). However, all substantive source content describes a different, materially larger entity: Onterris, Inc. (legal name "Onterris, Inc.", previously known as Montrose Environmental), a global environmental solutions company operating across the U.S., Canada, and Australia with offices, laboratories, and field operations. The analysis below is grounded in the actual source evidence.

Onterris is a global environmental solutions company delivering integrated consulting, laboratory testing, and treatment-technology services to enterprise clients across ten industrial verticals: Chemical, Energy, Government, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Mining & Minerals, Solid Waste, Technology & Digital Infrastructure, and Transportation. The company organizes its offering around nine service solutions — Contaminated Land & Remediation; Permitting & Compliance; Planning, Preparedness, Response & Recovery; Health, Safety & Chemistry; Testing & Analysis (including stack testing, source emissions testing, and leak detection/fugitive emissions management); Water Consulting, Testing & Treatment; Community Resiliency; Natural Resources; and Treatment Technologies — and pairs these with a proprietary treatment platform, FOAM-X foam fractionation, for closed-loop PFAS and PFOS destruction.

The underlying technology approach is described as "systems thinking," combining data-driven environmental science with integrated service delivery. The business model is professional services and project-based consulting: revenue is generated from enterprise environmental consulting engagements and laboratory testing/analysis work, with custom/enterprise pricing accessed via a client login portal and a request-a-quote mechanism for laboratory services. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales, supported by a thought-leadership content engine (Onterris Outlook Report, topic briefs on federal methane rules, PFAS, CCL 6, HON MACT), SEO-optimized topic pages, and active social channels. The company rebranded from Montrose Environmental to Onterris in 2026, framing the change as "uniting for Planet & Progress," and maintains an investor relations page (ir.onterris.com), which is consistent with public-company or near-public status rather than the small Canadian consulting firm described in the firmographic header.

Name

Paragon Soil and Environmental Consulting

Legal name

Onterris, Inc.

Website

https://paragonsoil.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Onterris (formerly Montrose Environmental) is a global environmental solutions company providing integrated consulting, laboratory testing, and proprietary treatment technologies (including FOAM-X for PFAS) to enterprise clients across ten industrial sectors in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Edmonton

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional environmental consulting services across multiple solution areas including contaminated land remediation, permitting and compliance, planning and emergency response, health and safety chemistry, testing and analysis, water consulting and treatment, community resiliency, natural resources, and treatment technologies. Services are delivered to enterprise clients across chemical, energy, government, infrastructure, manufacturing, mining, solid waste, technology and transportation sectors.
2. Laboratory Testing and Analysis Services: Advanced laboratory analysis and support services including stack testing, source emissions testing, and leak detection. Services are available through a contact laboratory services request-a-quote mechanism.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Paragon Soil and Environmental Consulting is a consulting firm for reclamation planning and execution focused on soil and vegetation. The firm delivers professional environmental consulting services spanning contaminated land assessment and remediation, permitting and compliance, environmental testing and analysis, water consulting and treatment, emergency response planning, and treatment technologies for complex contaminants such as PFAS. Services are delivered to enterprise clients across chemical, energy, government, infrastructure, manufacturing, mining, solid waste, technology, and transportation sectors.

Product overview

Onterris is a global environmental solutions company offering an integrated suite of professional services and treatment technologies. The portfolio includes nine core service solutions: Contaminated Land & Remediation, Permitting & Compliance, Planning/Preparedness/Response & Recovery, Health/Safety & Chemistry, Testing & Analysis (including Stack Testing and Leak Detection), Water Consulting/Testing & Treatment, Community Resiliency, Natural Resources, and Treatment Technologies. The company also offers proprietary FOAM-X foam fractionation technology for PFAS treatment. Specialized offerings span emergency response services, laboratory analysis, and thought leadership publications. Onterris applies systems thinking to environmental challenges, using data-driven approaches to guide projects toward responsible outcomes across sectors including Chemical, Energy, Government, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Mining & Minerals, Solid Waste, Technology & Digital Infrastructure, and Transportation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contaminated Land & Remediation Proven strategies to assess, remediate, and restore contaminated sites for safe, sustainable reuse, delivered to enterprise clients across industrial sectors.
• Permitting & Compliance Helping organizations meet environmental regulations and simplify permitting with confidence across multiple regulatory frameworks.
• Planning, Preparedness, Response & Recovery Building readiness for decisive environmental action including emergency response capabilities for organizations facing environmental incidents.
• Health, Safety & Chemistry Scientific and regulatory expertise to support organizations managing complex EHS risks and strengthen environmental compliance.
• Testing & Analysis Delivering accurate environmental data including stack testing, leak detection, and laboratory analysis that organizations need to operate with confidence.
• Water Consulting, Testing & Treatment Innovative testing and treatment solutions to protect water quality, manage risk, and ensure sustainability for enterprise clients.
• Community Resiliency Helping organizations adapt to climate risks with forward-looking strategies that build community resilience against environmental pressures.
• Natural Resources Enabling client progress that protects natural systems through environmental consulting and resource management services.
• Treatment Technologies Treatment systems designed, built, installed and operated for PFAS and other complex contaminants, including FOAM-X foam fractionation technology.
• Laboratory Services Advanced laboratory analysis and support services for environmental testing, available through a request-a-quote mechanism for enterprise clients.

Named customers4 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• WSP Global: One of the world's largest engineering and environmental consultancies with a major Canadian practice, including reclamation, soil, and vegetation services. Paragon is comparable as a reclamation provider but operates at a fraction of WSP's scale and geographic reach.
• Stantec: Canadian-headquartered global engineering and environmental consulting firm with active reclamation and environmental remediation practices serving mining, oil and gas, and infrastructure clients. Comparable in service line overlap, vastly larger in scale.
• Arcadis: Global design and environmental consultancy with a sizable Canadian practice, including land remediation, environmental assessment, and reclamation work. Overlaps with Paragon on contaminated land and restoration, but Arcadis offers a much broader service portfolio.
• GHD: Australia-founded global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with a significant Western Canadian presence. Provides soil, water, and environmental services comparable to Paragon, with greater geographic and disciplinary breadth.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a large environmental services practice, including site assessment, remediation, and reclamation. Paragon is comparable on environmental and soil services, but AECOM operates at multi-national scale.
• Jacobs Solutions: Global professional services firm with a large environmental and remediation practice supporting mining, energy, and government clients. Paragon is comparable on environmental and soil services but Jacobs operates at a substantially larger scale.

Direct peers

• SLR Consulting: Mid-size global environmental and advisory consultancy with strong practice in site investigation, remediation, and reclamation. Closest size and service-mix match to Paragon among international players, including work in mining and oil and gas sectors.
• Matrix Solutions Inc. Western Canada-based environmental consultancy serving oil and gas, mining, and infrastructure clients with soil, water, and reclamation services. Direct competitor in Paragon's home region with a comparable service scope.
• Dillon Consulting: Canadian employee-owned engineering and environmental management firm with practices in site assessment, remediation, and natural sciences. Comparable to Paragon in size range and Canadian focus, with overlapping environmental and reclamation work.
• SynergyAspen Environmental Inc. Western Canadian environmental consulting firm providing soil, vegetation, and reclamation services to the oil and gas, pipeline, and utility sectors. The closest like-for-like comparator to Paragon in geography, size, and service scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/onterris
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@onterris
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/onterris
• Facebookfacebook.com/ParagonSoil

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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