RPS Group

What RPS Group does

RPS Group is a multinational professional services firm providing technical consulting, advisory, design, planning, environmental, and project management services to enterprise and government clients across six core sectors: property, energy, transport, defence and government services, water, and resources. Founded in 1970 and headquartered in Abingdon, United Kingdom, the firm operates 500 offices across 125 countries and 6 continents, employing 5,000 consultants and service providers (per Tetra Tech-side statements) and executing approximately 100,000 projects annually. Its service portfolio spans eight clusters: advisory and management consulting, communications/creative/digital, design and development, environment, oceans and coastal, planning and approvals, project and program management, and water services.

The company's underlying technology stack centers on its proprietary myProjects platform — a project, program and portfolio management (P3M) solution providing real-time visibility, workflows, and cost control for complex multi-sector programs — alongside a Digital Engagement Space used for community consultation, LiDAR and drone-based spatial surveying, and GIS/spatial intelligence tooling. RPS generates revenue through professional services engagements priced on a project-by-project basis with multi-year contract cadences typical of government and enterprise consulting, including flagship programs such as the Australian Department of Defence Navy Capability Infrastructure Sub-Program ($2.1B), the Logan-Gold Coast Faster Rail ($2.6B in funding commitments), and Brisbane Metro ($944M capital value). Go-to-market is enterprise field sales via direct client engagement, tenders, and RFPs across target sectors.

Since 2021, RPS has operated as 'RPS, a Tetra Tech company' following Tetra Tech's US$770 million acquisition, with European services delivered through Tetra Tech Europe. The firm maintains brand-level autonomy while benefiting from Tetra Tech's broader consulting and engineering resources for cross-sell into environmental, water, and sustainability mandates. Named clients span BAE Systems Australia, Australian Federal Police, Brisbane City Council, Cross River Rail Delivery Authority, Ausgrid, Aurizon, Lendlease, Bank of South Pacific, UPC/AC Renewables, and Lightsource bp, indicating diversified but government-and-infrastructure-anchored demand.

Name

RPS Group

Legal name

RPS Group

Website

https://rpsgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

RPS Group is a UK-headquartered multinational professional services consultancy delivering advisory, design, environmental, planning, and project management services to government and enterprise clients across property, energy, transport, defence, water, and resources sectors in 125 countries. Operating as a Tetra Tech subsidiary since 2021, it executes ~100,000 projects annually for defense, infrastructure, and energy clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering and Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Public Relations Agencies (541820)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Public-Private Partnership (PPP) & Infrastructure-Adjacent Real Estate Advisory (BPAJANAL)

Keywords

• Environmental consulting services
• Project management consulting
• Engineering advisory services
• Infrastructure design services
• Water resource consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Abingdon

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 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 Services - Advisory and Consulting: RPS generates revenue through providing advisory and management consulting services including economics, due diligence, transaction advisory, ESG consulting, and business strategy to government and enterprise clients.
2. Technical Consulting Services: Revenue from delivering technical services including design and development, environmental consulting, planning and approvals, and engineering solutions for building and infrastructure projects.
3. Project and Program Management: Revenue from managing complex building, infrastructure, organizational change and systems projects from inception to completion.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

RPS Group is a global professional services firm providing technical consulting and advisory solutions to enterprise and government clients across property, energy, transport, water, resources, defence and government sectors. The firm delivers eight integrated service clusters including advisory and management consulting, design and development, environment, oceans and coastal, planning and approvals, project and program management, water services, and communications/creative/digital, supported by proprietary tools such as the myProjects P3M platform.

Product overview

RPS is a global professional services firm that operates as a single unified consulting and advisory organization rather than a software-as-a-service platform. The company offers an integrated portfolio of technical consulting services organized into eight service clusters: project and program management (featuring the myProjects P3M software platform), design and development, water services, environment, advisory and management consulting, planning and approvals, oceans and coastal, and communications creative and digital services. RPS delivers these services across six core sectors: property, energy, transport, defence and government services, water, and resources. The company was founded in 1970 and is now part of Tetra Tech.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advisory and Management Consulting Business and project consulting services for enterprises and governments, including economics, due diligence, transaction advisory, ESG consulting, risk management, corporate governance, commercial advisory, project investment and finance, strategy and transformation, cybersecurity, and digital strategy.
• Communications, Creative and Digital Services Communications, community engagement, creative visualisation, immersive design, social advisory and research, data management, spatial intelligence and GIS, and software design for governments and businesses.
• Design and Development Services Technical and consulting services for buildings, infrastructure and cities including architecture, engineering, surveying, landscape architecture, and urban design.
• Environment Services Environmental consulting solutions for responsible, resilient and sustainable development including environmental impact assessment, ecology, contaminated land and remediation, environmental permitting and compliance, flood catchment management, hydrology and hydrogeology, and sustainability and climate resilience.
• Oceans and Coastal Services Technical solutions for marine infrastructure and offshore development including coastal and marine geoscience, coastal engineering, commercial fisheries advice, design criteria studies, marine biology, marine site investigation, 24/7 response modelling and support, marine life mitigation, maritime infrastructure, and metocean science and technology.
• Planning and Approvals Services Development strategy, planning and approval solutions for buildings, infrastructure, transport and city projects and investments, including planning consultancy.
• Project and Program Management Services Project management solutions for complex building, infrastructure, organisational change and systems projects, including program management, project management, and cost management/quantity surveying.
• Water Services Solutions for the water sector including quality monitoring, modelling, infrastructure design, engineering and asset management, including water advisory services.
• myProjects (P3M Platform) A proprietary project, program and portfolio management (P3M) platform that provides real-time visibility, consistent workflows, and better cost control for large-scale complex programs of work across multiple sectors. Used by RPS to support client project delivery engagements.
• Digital Engagement Space Award-winning web-based interactive digital engagement platform used by RPS for deep project engagement with communities on major infrastructure projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Brisbane Metro: Up to 50% reduction in travel times, 21km service, 18 stations, service intervals of under 2 minutes in peak times
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tetra TechflagshipOthers · 1 January 2024RPS was acquired by Tetra Tech, a leading provider of consulting and engineering services worldwide. The acquisition price was US$ 770 million. As of 2026, European services are delivered through Tetra Tech Europe. RPS now operates as 'RPS, a Tetra Tech company'.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AECOM: Multinational infrastructure consulting firm providing design, engineering, construction management, and environmental services. Competes head-to-head with RPS across transport, water, environment, and government/defence sectors globally.
• WSP Global: Global professional services firm offering engineering, environment, and advisory services across property, transport, water, and energy sectors. Directly comparable to RPS in service breadth, sector coverage, and multi-disciplinary consulting model.
• Arcadis NV: Global design and consultancy firm focused on built environment, mobility, resilience, and water. Comparable to RPS across property, transport, water, and environmental advisory service lines.
• AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin): Engineering services and project management firm with nuclear, infrastructure, and clean energy expertise. Competes with RPS in transport, defence, energy transition advisory, and complex program management.
• Stantec: International engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with strong water, infrastructure, and energy practices. Overlaps with RPS in water services, environmental consulting, and infrastructure project management.
• SLR Consulting: Global environmental and advisory consultancy with strong energy, infrastructure, and mining sector presence. Comparable to RPS's environmental approvals, EIA, and resources sector consulting practices.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management, and development consultancy with strong UK heritage. Directly comparable to RPS in transport, water, energy, property, and government advisory services globally.
• Jacobs Solutions: Global technical and advisory services provider with critical infrastructure, water, environment, and advanced facilities practices. Direct competitor for RPS's defence, water, and infrastructure project management work.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): World's largest pure-play environmental, health, safety, risk, and social consultancy. Overlaps with RPS's environment, planning approvals, and ESG advisory service lines across energy and infrastructure clients.

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Tech: Parent company of RPS since 2021, providing consulting and engineering services with focus on water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure. Larger scale incumbent that now encompasses RPS as a subsidiary brand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rpsgroupplc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A57 records

Investments

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