Collier Consulting

What Collier Consulting does

Collier Consulting, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned geoscience and engineering firm founded in 1998 by Hughbert and Gail Collier, headquartered in Stephenville, Texas, with eleven offices across nine U.S. states (Texas x3, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin). The company delivers groundwater, environmental, petroleum, and natural-resource geological services; water resource assessment, development, and management; surface, borehole, airborne, and marine geophysical surveys (including drone-enabled methods and, via the May 2022 alliance with Aqua Geo Frameworks, airborne electromagnetic surveys); civil and environmental engineering; and litigation support. Its proprietary asset, HYDROS, is a cloud-based water data and asset management platform sold to groundwater conservation districts and water utilities.

The business operates on a fee-for-service professional services model with project-specific, quote-based pricing across ten vertical segments — Agriculture, Energy Providers, Environmental, Government, Groundwater Management Agencies, Land Developers, Landfill & Disposal Facilities, Municipalities, Petrochemical Facilities, and Water Suppliers. Go-to-market is sales-led via direct client engagement, industry conference presence (SAGEEP, Texas Water, NGWA Groundwater Week, AGWA), and content marketing through the Groundwater Picture of the Month newsletter. The firm's competitive positioning rests on a senior technical bench (multiple PhD/P.G. credentialed practitioners with 25-35+ years of experience), an integrated services portfolio, and government-set-aside certifications (HUBZone, Texas HUB, NCTRCA WBE, SCTRCA WBE). Corporate structure includes a wholly owned sister entity, Collier Geophysics LLC (formed 2018), and the 2022 acquisition of Hager GeoScience, which expanded the firm's Northeast presence.

Name

Collier Consulting

Legal name

Collier Consulting, Inc.

Website

https://collierconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Collier Consulting is a family-owned geoscience and engineering firm founded in 1998, delivering groundwater, water resource, geophysical, and engineering services plus HYDROS water data software to government, municipal, agricultural, energy, and utility clients across nine U.S. states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental and Geoscience Consulting Services

NAICS

Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136), Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Oil & Gas Field Services, Nec (1389), Oil & Gas Field Exploration Services (1382), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Mineral Exploration & Geoscience Services (Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Resource Modeling) (IMAKAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dewatering, Groundwater Control & Construction Hydrogeology (EUAHAFAG), Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAB), Seismic & Geoscience Services (Acquisition, Processing, Interpretation) (EUALABAK)

Keywords

• Groundwater consulting
• Geophysical surveys
• Water resource engineering
• Environmental geoscience
• Hydrogeology services

Headquarters

HQ city

Stephenville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Fee-for-service consulting engagements providing geological, engineering, and geophysical solutions to clients across multiple sectors including government, municipalities, energy, and environmental industries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Collier Consulting delivers professional geoscience, water resources, geophysical, engineering, and litigation-support consulting services to government, municipal, energy, agricultural, and industrial clients, supported by HYDROS, a proprietary cloud-based water asset management software platform. The firm's integrated team of geologists, hydrogeologists, geophysicists, and engineers executes groundwater assessment, aquifer characterization, subsurface imaging, water treatment, and engineering design projects across the U.S. and internationally.

Product overview

Collier Consulting is a geoscience, engineering, and geophysics firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of professional services and software products. The core offerings include HYDROS, a premier cloud-based water data and asset management software platform, alongside professional services spanning geoscience (groundwater, environmental, petroleum, natural resources), water resources (planning, permitting, supply, treatment, managed aquifer recharge), geophysics (surface, borehole, airborne, and marine survey methods including GPR, seismic, EM, magnetic, gravity), and engineering (civil and environmental). The company also provides litigation support and expert witness services. Collier Geophysics LLC operates as a sister company focusing on specialized geophysical services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HYDROS: Premier cloud-based water data and asset management software enabling users to input, store, and visualize water data across web browsers and devices.

Products and services

• Geoscience Services Expert geological solutions including groundwater, environmental, petroleum, and natural resources assessment and development, delivered to government, municipal, energy, and industrial clients.
• Water Resources Services Comprehensive water management services including assessment, development, planning, permitting, conservation, well design and construction, aquifer storage and recovery, managed aquifer recharge, and treatment for municipal, industrial, and agricultural clients.
• Geophysics Services Full range of surface, borehole, airborne (via AGF alliance), and marine geophysical surveys — including ground penetrating radar, seismic, electromagnetic, magnetic, gravity, gamma ray, and borehole logging — for groundwater, environmental, engineering, energy, and mineral exploration applications.
• Engineering Services Civil and environmental engineering solutions including water storage, conveyance, wastewater systems, water treatment systems (reverse osmosis, ion exchange, filtration), and public works projects.
• HYDROS Software

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Aqua Geo Frameworks, LLC (AGF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 May 2022Strategic alliance between Collier Geophysics and Aqua Geo Frameworks, LLC combining Collier's surface, borehole, and marine geophysical expertise with AGF's airborne electromagnetic (AEM) investigations. This alliance provides industry-leading capabilities for water resource exploration, aquifer characterization, managed aquifer recharge, and environmental site characterization. AGF is a Wyoming-based company specializing in natural resource exploration using airborne geophysics with emphasis on AEM surveys.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Kleinfelder: Kleinfelder is an engineering, scientific, and construction management consultancy with strong water, geotechnical, and environmental practices. Competes with Collier for infrastructure, water supply, and environmental site assessment projects across U.S. regions.
• Haley & Aldrich: Haley & Aldrich is a U.S. geotechnical and environmental engineering consultancy with strong hydrogeology and subsurface investigation capabilities. Highly comparable to Collier on environmental site characterization, groundwater, and applied geophysics for private and public clients.
• Montrose Environmental: Montrose Environmental provides testing, advisory, and environmental services including air, water, and site assessment. Comparable to Collier on environmental site investigations, compliance, and water resource work, though with a different service mix.
• Brown and Caldwell: Brown and Caldwell is an environmental engineering and consulting firm focused on water and wastewater infrastructure. Comparable to Collier on municipal water supply, groundwater, and environmental engineering services, primarily in the U.S.
• Geosyntec Consultants: Geosyntec is a specialized environmental and geotechnical consulting firm focused on water resources, site investigation, and remediation. Directly comparable to Collier on groundwater modeling, environmental compliance, and applied geophysics for industrial and government clients.
• SLR International Corporation: SLR is a global environmental and advisory consultancy with strong water resources, hydrogeology, and geophysics capabilities. Closely comparable to Collier in multidisciplinary environmental, water, and energy advisory services.

Broad incumbents

• Arcadis: Arcadis is a large global design and consultancy firm with significant water, environmental, and resilience practices. Competes with Collier on major municipal water and government engagements at much larger scale and international reach.
• GHD: GHD is a large global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with significant water and geoscience capabilities. Comparable on water resources, environmental, and infrastructure consulting; competes for larger municipal and government programs.
• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a large global consulting and engineering firm with deep water, environmental, and geoscience practices. Comparable to Collier as a competitor for municipal water, environmental site assessment, and government infrastructure work, but at significantly greater scale.

Regional players

• Carollo Engineers: Carollo Engineers is one of the largest U.S. water-focused engineering firms specializing in water treatment, supply, and distribution. Comparable to Collier on municipal water supply and groundwater development, though far larger and more specialized in treatment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/collier-consulting
• Xx.com/ccincgeoscience

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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