Hoffmann Lighter

What Hoffmann Lighter does

HOFFMANN-LEICHTER Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH is a Berlin-headquartered German engineering consultancy providing integrated infrastructure planning across four service pillars: Verkehrsplanung (traffic planning), Verkehrsanlagen (traffic facilities), Erschließung (development/media coordination), and Immission (environmental impact). The firm serves municipalities, federal and state agencies, public transportation operators (Deutsche Bahn, BVG), utilities (Berliner Wasserbetriebe, Vattenfall), and private developers (Höffner, Bauhaus, Messe Berlin), with named engagements spanning Berlin, Potsdam, Bad Freienwalde, Rathenow, Bad Belzig, Leipzig, and Dresden.

The firm's offering comprises 15 interconnected service modules ranging from traffic signal planning (LSA-Planung) and microscopic traffic simulation to noise action planning, light immission assessment, climate protection concepts using BISKO methodology, and stormwater management. Core technology is built on macroscopic and microscopic traffic modeling, AUSTAL 3 dispersion modeling for air quality, and HBEFA-based emission calculations. Disclosed digital initiatives focus on AI-assisted planning and verification workflows, data-based quality feedback systems, and continuous optimization — these remain process-automation tools rather than proprietary AI models. EcoVadis Bronze Medal certification, achieved at the TREYSTA Ingenieure Holding GmbH parent level, places the group in the top 35% of rated companies.

Commercially, HOFFMANN-LEICHTER operates a project-based professional services model with custom quotations, multi-year contracts, and revenue routed through public procurement tenders for government clients and direct engagement for private developers. Sales is enterprise field-led, with the firm deploying 74 employees (split 25 traffic planning, 23 traffic facilities, 7 development, 6 immission, 8 administration, 2 IT/EDV) across four German offices. The company is led by Managing Directors Annett Nötzoldt (returned 2020) and Arne Brink (joined 2025), and is part of the TREYSTA Ingenieure Holding GmbH group structure.

Name

Hoffmann Lighter

Legal name

HOFFMANN-LEICHTER Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH

Website

https://hoffmann-leichter.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

HOFFMANN-LEICHTER is a Berlin-based German engineering consultancy delivering integrated infrastructure planning across traffic, traffic facilities, development, and environmental impact assessment. It serves municipalities, federal agencies, transportation operators, and private developers via 74 specialists in four German offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering services for traffic planning, infrastructure design, immission protection, and environmental assessments. Revenue generated through project-based fees, hourly consulting rates, and service contracts with public and private clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

HOFFMANN-LEICHTER is a German civil engineering consultancy providing integrated infrastructure planning across four service areas: Verkehrsplanung (traffic planning including models, investigations, signal planning, and mobility concepts), Verkehrsanlagen (traffic facilities including street design, construction management, traffic safety, and construction site management), Erschließung (development including media planning and rainwater management), and Immission (environmental impact assessments including climate protection, noise action planning, sound insulation, air quality, and light immissions). The firm delivers services from concept through implementation and supervision for public sector and private developer clients across Germany.

Product overview

HOFFMANN-LEICHTER is an engineering consultancy providing integrated infrastructure planning services organized into four main service areas: Verkehrsplanung (Traffic Planning) covering traffic light systems, traffic models, investigations, and mobility concepts; Verkehrsanlagen (Traffic Facilities) covering street design, construction management, traffic safety, and construction site management; Erschließung (Development) covering media planning/coordination and rainwater management; and Immission (Environmental Impact) covering climate protection, noise action planning, sound insulation, air quality, and light immissions. The company follows an integrative approach combining all disciplines of traffic-related development. The portfolio includes 15 distinct service modules that are interconnected and can be delivered as modular components or integrated packages. Services are delivered through four locations in Germany (Berlin-Spandau, Berlin-Mahlsdorf, Leipzig, Dresden) and the company is part of TREYSTA Ingenieure Holding GmbH.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• LSA-Planung (Traffic Light Planning) Complete traffic signal planning services from concept through implementation and commissioning, covering signal concept design, traffic-dependent control, and green wave coordination including public transport acceleration. Targeted at municipalities and transportation authorities.
• Mobility and Traffic Concepts Strategic mobility and traffic concepts for sustainable and efficient mobility development, including mobility concepts for municipalities and quarters, traffic development plans, cycling concepts, feasibility studies, parking concepts, school route concepts, and climate adaptation concepts. Targeted at municipalities and public authorities.
• Traffic Models Macroscopic and microscopic traffic modeling services. Macroscopic models capture traffic networks for forecasts, scenarios, and network-wide plan cases. Microscopic models simulate individual vehicle movements for detailed traffic flow analysis at intersections. Targeted at planners, municipalities, and developers.
• Traffic Investigations Comprehensive traffic investigation services including traffic surveys, traffic and impact assessments, accessibility consulting, and traffic flow, behavior, and conflict analysis. Provides expert opinions as foundations for planning, approval, and development processes.
• Street Design Professional street design services creating functional, safe, and sustainable traffic facilities, covering route and cross-section variant development, street space and cross-section design, junction and traffic area planning, and execution and detail planning. Targeted at municipalities, road authorities, and developers.
• Traffic and Construction Site Management Traffic and construction site management for securing construction processes and temporary events, covering traffic management for events, construction site management, traffic sign plans, detour concepts, and signal timing adjustments.
• Traffic Safety Systematic analysis of traffic facilities for safety-relevant deficiencies, including safety audits in planning and existing facilities, traffic safety analyses, expert opinions, and consulting for safe street space design. Targeted at road authorities and planners.
• Construction Management and Supervision Qualified construction management and supervision ensuring economically sound, on-time, and quality-compliant execution of road construction projects, covering on-site construction supervision, coordination of construction participants, quality and documentation management, billing and change order management, and acceptance and defect management.
• Media Planning and Coordination Planning and coordination services for media infrastructure outside buildings, covering utility media concepts, media inventory documentation, utility and route planning, water management media planning, street lighting, and coordination and interface management.
• Rainwater Management Sustainable stormwater and drainage concepts for resilient infrastructure, covering stormwater and drainage concepts, existing system analysis, hydraulic design, engineering structures planning, heavy rain and flood prevention, coordination and permits, and integration with infrastructure planning.
• Climate Protection Climate protection and climate adaptation concepts for municipalities using BISKO methodology, scenario and target path development, measure programs, traffic emissions analysis using HBEFA, climate adaptation concepts for traffic spaces, and greenhouse gas investigations.
• Noise Action Planning Noise action planning services for municipalities following EU Directive requirements, covering status analysis, measure investigation, quiet area identification, and participation procedures for developing effective noise reduction measures.
• Light Immissions Light immission assessment for development plan procedures, covering verbal assessment of future light situations and forecast calculations of expected light immissions from light-emitting facilities per LAI guidelines.
• Sound Insulation Sound insulation services combining active and passive measures for technically and economically sound solutions, covering traffic noise (road, rail, ship), commercial and industrial projects, sports and recreation noise, development and framework plans, noise contingency per DIN 45691, and measure concept development.
• Air Quality Air pollutant investigations providing precise information on expected air quality, covering expert opinions in planning and approval procedures, air quality studies for streets, air quality expert opinions for spa and recreation areas, dust immission forecasts, and odor immission forecasts using AUSTAL 3 dispersion modeling.

Quantifiable outcome

• Potential reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by up to 41% through bicycle traffic concepts
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TREYSTA Ingenieure Holding GmbHcoreOthersParent company providing strategic direction, sustainability standards, and organizational resources. Hoffmann Lighter operates as a subsidiary within this holding company structure, benefiting from shared resources and EcoVadis sustainability certification.
• EcoVadisminorOthersThird-party sustainability rating provider that assessed TREYSTA Ingenieure Holding GmbH (parent company) and awarded Bronze Medal placing them in top 35% of rated companies.
• Baukammer BerlinminorOthersProfessional chamber of engineers in Berlin - membership provides professional standards, networking, and industry representation.
• BBIK (Berliner Bezirksverein für Ingenieure und Architekten)minorOthersProfessional association for engineers and architects in Berlin districts.
• DVWG (Deutsche Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft)minorOthersGerman transportation science society - professional network for traffic and transportation professionals.
• FGSV (Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen)minorOthersResearch society for road and transport engineering - contributes to development of technical standards and guidelines.
• VSVI (Vereinigung der Straßenbau- und Verkehrsingenieure)minorOthersAssociation of road and traffic engineers - professional development and networking.
• VBI (Verband Beratender Ingenieure)minorOthersAssociation of consulting engineers - represents interests of engineering consulting firms in Germany.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sweco: European engineering consultancy with dedicated German transport, environment, and urban mobility practices. Competes in adjacent categories and has been expanding into the German Verkehrsingenieurwesen market.
• WSP: Global engineering consultancy with a substantial German transport and infrastructure practice. A scale incumbent whose framework-agreement wins can crowd out smaller Ingenieurbüros on larger public tenders.
• Ramboll: Global Danish-headquartered engineering consultancy with sizable German transport, environment, and infrastructure practices. Larger and more diversified, increasingly bidding for the same public infrastructure framework agreements as HOFFMANN-LEICHTER.
• Arcadis: Global design and engineering consultancy with transport planning, mobility, and environmental services across Germany and Europe. Broader portfolio and geographic reach create competitive pressure on mid-sized German specialists.

Direct peers

• PTV Group: Karlsruhe-based traffic engineering firm and leading developer of macroscopic/microscopic traffic simulation software (PTV Visum, PTV Vissim), directly mirroring HOFFMANN-LEICHTER's traffic modeling and Verkehrsmodelle service line. Operates in adjacent transport consulting and competes for similar German municipal traffic planning mandates.
• SSP Consult: German transport planning consultancy focused on traffic models, Verkehrsentwicklungsplanung, and mobility concepts, with overlapping service delivery to German municipalities and öffentliche Auftraggeber. Direct peer in the traffic planning and modeling niche.
• BERNARD Gruppe: Austrian/German engineering group with parallel practices in traffic planning, infrastructure design, and immission protection. Similar integrated offering across Verkehrsplanung, Erschließung, and environmental services — comparable in size and scope to HOFFMANN-LEICHTER.
• durth roos consult: German engineering consultancy specializing in traffic planning, Verkehrsingenieurwesen, and immission assessments with a comparable public-sector client base. Direct head-to-head competitor for municipal traffic studies and immission expert opinions across Germany.
• Schüßler-Plan: German engineering consultancy with a traffic infrastructure, Straßenentwurf, and Bauüberwachung practice closely aligned to HOFFMANN-LEICHTER's Verkehrsanlagen service area. Competes for the same DB, municipal, and federal highway planning mandates.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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