What Vectos does

Vectos is described in firmographic input as a UK-headquartered transport planning consultancy, founded in 2011 and operating privately from London with between 101 and 250 employees. Its stated function is to provide transport planning advice to property development requirements across the United Kingdom.

The broader source material associated with this record depicts a materially larger operation that markets itself under the mission 'Making Sustainability Happen' and positions as a global sustainability solutions platform. This operation is described as having more than 5,000 colleagues across 140+ office locations spanning 6 operating regions (Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, Latin America, USA), organised around three integrated service pillars — Advisory, Digital and Technical — and serving six vertical sectors: Energy, Mining, Finance, Industry & Technology, Government & Infrastructure, and Built Environment. The service mix spans corporate sustainability strategy, responsible finance, energy transition, mining advisory, climate resilience, planning and assessment, engineering and design, environmental and earth sciences, plus productised Digital Services (software, data and tools). Distribution is exclusively direct, sales-led and project-based, with no public pricing disclosure and no named recurring subscription product. Whether this larger profile reflects a parent, an affiliate, an M&A event or a record-level data mix-up is not stated in the input.

At the customer level, named engagements span public-sector and enterprise accounts including UNIDO (V20 Group climate change adaptation funding programme), General Land & Power (Sollair solar engineering and project delivery), CATL (sustainable supply-chain advisory), PE firms and investment funds (pre-investment ESG assessments), and the Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration (Quinapoxet Dam removal and river habitat restoration). Leadership continuity is anchored by Founder and Board Director Mike Axon, with no other management-team detail disclosed. No funding rounds, M&A activity, awards, patents, regulatory actions or restructure events are present in the input.

Name

Vectos

Website

https://vectos.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Vectos is a London-headquartered UK transport planning consultancy, founded in 2011, that provides property-development transport advice to developer and public-sector clients across the United Kingdom.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Advisory, planning & assessment, engineering & design, environmental & earth sciences services provided to clients across multiple sectors including energy, mining, finance, government, and built environment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Vectos provides transport planning advice on a range of property development requirements across the United Kingdom. The firm is supported by a wider advisory, technical, and digital services platform spanning planning and assessment, engineering and design, environmental and earth sciences, and corporate sustainability advisory, delivered by expert advisors and technical specialists who partner with clients throughout the project life-cycle.

Product overview

SLR Consulting offers a unified sustainability solutions platform combining three integrated service pillars: Advisory (corporate sustainability strategy, responsible finance, energy transition, climate resilience), Digital Services (product software, data, and tools providing science-based foresight), and Technical Services (global network of specialists in environmental and sustainability disciplines including Planning & Assessment, Engineering & Design, and Environmental & Earth Sciences). The company pairs these capabilities to support clients throughout project life-cycles from strategy and design through compliance and operations to end-of-life and remediation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transport Planning Advisory

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DIMPACTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDIMPACT, a coalition of leading media organisations including the BBC, Netflix, and Spotify, has commissioned new research from the Carbon Trust to address the environmental impact of AI video generation. SLR supports this initiative as part of their sustainability work.
• Carbon TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Carbon Trust is conducting commissioned research on the carbon impact of AI video generation for DIMPACT, with SLR supporting sustainability initiatives.
• BBCminorOthersMember of the DIMPACT coalition working on understanding the environmental impact of AI video generation.
• NetflixminorOthersMember of the DIMPACT coalition working on understanding the environmental impact of AI video generation.
• SpotifyminorOthersMember of the DIMPACT coalition working on understanding the environmental impact of AI video generation.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with a large UK transport planning and development advisory team. Comparable to Vectos as both firms compete for the same UK developer/landowner clients on transport planning inputs to planning applications, though AECOM operates at far larger scale across multiple disciplines.
• Arup: Arup is a global engineering and design consultancy with a UK transport planning practice serving property and infrastructure developers. Comparable to Vectos in the UK transport planning for property development niche, but operating with a much broader built-environment portfolio.
• WSP UK (formerly WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff): WSP is a global engineering professional services firm with a substantial UK transport planning practice serving developers, local authorities, and infrastructure clients. Comparable to Vectos because both deliver transport planning and development-related advisory across the UK property market, though at materially greater scale and breadth.
• Mott MacDonald: Mott MacDonald is an international engineering, management, and development consultancy with established UK transport planning capabilities. Comparable to Vectos in providing transport planning advice for property and infrastructure development, but as a multi-disciplinary, global incumbent.
• Stantec (UK, formerly Peter Brett Associates): Stantec acquired Peter Brett Associates (a long-standing UK transport planning and development advisory firm) in 2018. Comparable to Vectos as both firms position transport planning as an input to UK property/infrastructure development, with Stantec offering broader planning, engineering, and environmental services.

Direct peers

• Cundall: Cundall is an independent, multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with UK transport planning and development advisory capabilities. Comparable to Vectos as both are mid-sized independent firms offering developer-facing transport planning alongside broader built-environment consulting.
• Hydrock (now part of Stantec): Hydrock was a UK engineering consultancy with a transport planning practice serving property and infrastructure development before its 2024 acquisition by Stantec. Comparable to Vectos in scope (UK transport planning for developers) and as an example of the consolidation trend reshaping Vectos's competitive set.
• Curtins: Curtins is an independent UK engineering consultancy with a sizeable transport planning practice serving property and infrastructure clients. Comparable to Vectos in offering transport planning advice to UK developers and in being a mid-sized specialist competing against larger multi-disciplinary firms.
• Transport Planning Associates (TPA): Transport Planning Associates is a UK-based specialist transport planning consultancy serving private developers and public-sector clients. Directly comparable to Vectos as both are dedicated transport planning firms of similar mid-market scale competing for the same UK development pipeline.
• Phil Jones Associates: Phil Jones Associates is a specialist UK transport planning, engineering, and placemaking consultancy. Comparable to Vectos because both are mid-sized, UK-focused transport planning specialists serving housebuilders, developers, and architects on planning applications and development feasibility.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@SLR_consulting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/slr-consulting
• Xx.com/VectosTP

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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