Mailänder Consult

What Mailänder Consult does

Mailänder Consult GmbH is a privately held German engineering consultancy founded in 1986 and headquartered in Karlsruhe, with additional offices in Stuttgart and Frankfurt am Main. The firm employs over 300 people organized into twelve or more specialized departments spanning railway engineering, civil/structural engineering, architecture, environmental planning, environmental construction supervision, land management, local public transport, and species/soil/water protection. Its service portfolio covers the full project lifecycle for transportation, environmental, and energy infrastructure assets, delivered through interdisciplinary teams.

The firm operates a sales-led, project-based professional-services model, acquiring work through direct client engagement and competitive public tenders. Core technical capabilities are grounded in BIM methodology and HOAI-compliant planning processes applied to railway line expansion and electrification, station modernization, road construction, and energy-transition infrastructure. Revenue is generated through individually negotiated project engagements, primarily for railway-infrastructure companies (Deutsche Bahn entities, ÖBB, SBB) and energy suppliers, with public-sector agencies such as Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe as a secondary client base.

Geographically, the firm is concentrated in southwestern Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Hesse) with selective cross-border delivery in Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Austria, and Switzerland. The firm holds EMAS environmental management certification (renewed March 2026) and is led by four Managing Directors: Theodor Mailänder, Klaus Frei, Coskun Doganci, and Michael Scherrer. The business is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or M&A activity.

Name

Mailänder Consult

Legal name

Mailänder Consult GmbH

Website

https://mic.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Mailänder Consult GmbH is a German engineering consultancy (300+ staff, founded 1986) providing BIM-based planning, environmental, and project management services for railway, road, and energy infrastructure, primarily to Deutsche Bahn, ÖBB, SBB, and energy suppliers across the DACH region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Infrastructure Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Infrastructure engineering consulting
• Railway infrastructure planning
• Environmental planning services
• Civil engineering design
• Project management consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Karlsruhe

HQ country

Germany

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering services for infrastructure projects including railway infrastructure, road construction, environmental planning, and architectural services. Revenue generated through project-based consulting engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mailänder Consult is an engineering consulting firm that plans, develops, and manages infrastructure projects across transportation, architecture, environment, and energy sectors. The firm delivers project-based engineering services including railway infrastructure planning, road and bridge engineering, environmental planning and construction supervision, land management, architecture, and species/soil/water protection for railway operators, energy suppliers, and public sector clients.

Product overview

Mailänder Consult is an engineering consulting firm offering innovative engineering services across traffic/infrastructure, architecture, environment, and energy sectors. They operate as a service-based consultancy rather than a software product company. Their service portfolio spans multiple specialized divisions including railway infrastructure, environmental planning and construction supervision, land management, structural engineering, architecture, project management, local public transport, and species/soil/water protection. The company serves railway infrastructure companies and energy suppliers as primary clients, with projects ranging from railway station upgrades to environmental impact assessments and infrastructure planning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Railway Infrastructure Engineering Planning and engineering services for railway infrastructure projects including line expansion, electrification, and station modernization, delivered to railway operators such as DB Netz AG, ÖBB Infrastruktur AG, and SBB Infrastruktur.
• Environmental Planning Services Environmental impact assessment, permitting support, and ecological planning for infrastructure projects, provided to railway and energy clients to address regulatory compliance and environmental constraints.
• Environmental Construction Supervision On-site environmental construction supervision (Umweltbaubegleitung) ensuring infrastructure construction activities comply with environmental regulations, species protection, and water/soil protection requirements.
• Land Management Services Land and property management services (Flächenmanagement) for infrastructure projects, including land acquisition, easement coordination, and property-related planning for railway and road schemes.
• Structural Engineering Services Structural and civil engineering (Ingenieurbau) services for bridges, supporting structures, and other infrastructure assets associated with railway and road projects.
• Architectural Services Architectural design and planning services (Architektur) for railway station developments, public buildings, and infrastructure-related construction projects.
• Project Management Services Project management and approval/permit management (Planlauf- und Genehmigungsmanagement) services for complex infrastructure schemes, covering planning procedures, approvals, and stakeholder coordination.
• Landscape and Nature Protection Services Landscape planning, species protection (Artenschutz), and soil/water protection (Bodenschutz und Gewässerschutz) services supporting environmentally compliant infrastructure delivery.
• Local Public Transport and Road Engineering Engineering services for local public transport (Nahverkehr) and road infrastructure (Straße) projects, serving municipal and regional transport authorities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successful completion of major railway infrastructure projects including ABS/NBS Karlsruhe-Basel (350M €)

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Drees & Sommer: Larger German engineering and consulting group with broader real estate, infrastructure, and energy transition exposure; overlaps with Mailänder on civil engineering, project management, and environmental planning mandates.
• Buro Happold: International engineering consultancy with German presence in infrastructure, environment, and rail advisory work—competes for the larger, more complex mandates that Mailänder also targets.
• Arcadis (Germany): Global design and engineering consultancy operating in Germany with rail, mobility, and environmental consulting practices that compete for the same public infrastructure programs.
• ILF Consulting Engineers: International engineering consultancy with strong DACH presence in transport, energy, and environment—overlaps with Mailänder on large rail and energy transition planning mandates.
• Sweco (Germany/DACH): European engineering consultancy with substantial German operations providing rail, road, and environmental services; a much larger incumbent competing on the same public-sector infrastructure tenders.

Direct peers

• Vössing Ingenieure: Mid-sized German infrastructure engineering firm working on railway, road, and bridge projects, with comparable staff scale and similar public-sector client base in DACH.
• KREBS+KIEFER: German engineering consultancy with strong rail, civil, and environmental planning capabilities; competes directly with Mailänder for public infrastructure tenders in the DACH region.
• Intraplan Consult: Specialist German transport planning consultancy focused on rail and public transport, overlapping with Mailänder's Nahverkehr and railway planning practices.
• Schüßler-Plan: German engineering consultancy of similar mid-sized scale with deep specialization in railway infrastructure planning and design, making it the closest head-to-head competitor for DB-related mandates.

Regional players

• Spitzke SE: Germany-focused rail infrastructure services provider with engineering and construction capabilities; competes for some of the same DB and regional rail programs, though more weighted toward execution than planning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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