AERIS Environmental

What AERIS Environmental does

AERIS Environmental, Inc. is a privately held environmental consulting firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, specializing in air quality regulatory and engineering matters. Its service portfolio covers Title V and non-Title V air permitting, atmospheric dispersion modeling, emission inventories, PSD/NSPS/NSR permitting, regulatory applicability determinations, technology assessments (BACT/GACT/MACT/RACT), auditing, regulatory reporting, EPCRA/SARA reporting, SPCC plans, SWPPP, TSCA reporting, and transportation facility permitting that integrates traffic and level-of-service analyses with dispersion modeling. Core technology consists of regulatory-accepted dispersion models (AERMOD, CAL3QHC, EDMS, ISCSTST3, SCREEN3) and custom Excel-based emission estimation and recordkeeping workbooks developed in-house and transferred to client staff.

The firm serves enterprise clients across at least ten regulated verticals, including chemical manufacturing (e.g., LANXESS, JOWAT, Kao Specialties Americas), mineral and refractory products (e.g., Imerys, Resco Products, Pyrotek, The Quartz Corp), compounding and plastics (e.g., Carpenter, FXI-Foamex, Wikoff Color, Pentair), automotive (e.g., Daimler Trucks North America, GF Linamar, NGK Ceramics USA), textiles, woodworking, aerospace and electronics, coating and plating (e.g., Owens Corning, Praxair Surface Technologies), packaging, transportation infrastructure (Charlotte-Douglas and Raleigh-Durham International Airports), and hospitals. Engagement is delivered by chemical and environmental engineers and scientists led by Principal Engineer Kevin S. Woods, PE, who has practiced since 1988.

AERIS generates revenue through project-based professional services engagements billed per project from conception to completion, with the majority of business coming from repeat clients and referrals. The firm has cultivated working relationships with North Carolina and South Carolina state agencies and maintains additional regulatory experience in Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Marketing is limited to a Squarespace-hosted website, Kevin Woods' LinkedIn profile, and direct outreach, consistent with a boutique consultancy model rather than a scaled platform business. The firm operates with 1–10 employees, has no external funding, no parent company, and no disclosed revenue or app/software product.

Name

AERIS Environmental

Legal name

AERIS Environmental, Inc.

Website

https://aerisenviro.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

AERIS Environmental is a Charlotte, NC-based environmental consulting firm specializing in air quality permitting, dispersion modeling, and regulatory compliance for enterprise manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare clients across the Southeast US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Air Quality & Emissions Management (BPAHAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Compliance & Permitting (BPAHAJAA), Community Right-to-Know (EPCRA) & Emergency Planning Liaison Support (EUAHALAK)

Keywords

• Air quality consulting
• Environmental permitting services
• Air dispersion modeling
• Emission compliance reporting
• Regulatory environmental engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for environmental regulatory and engineering matters, primarily focused on air quality. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements from project conception to completion.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AERIS Environmental is an environmental consulting firm that provides regulatory environmental services with primary focus on air quality, including air permitting (Title V and non-Title V), emission inventories, air dispersion modeling, regulatory applicability analyses, and compliance reporting. The firm also delivers transportation facility air permit applications and supplemental services such as EPCRA/SARA reporting (TIER II and Form R), SPCC plans, SWPPP, and TSCA reporting to industrial and institutional clients.

Product overview

AERIS Environmental is a consulting firm offering regulatory environmental services rather than a software product company. The firm provides a unified set of professional consulting services organized around air quality expertise. The core offerings consist of Air Quality Services (air permitting, compliance, emission inventories, and dispersion modeling), Transportation Facility Permitting, and Additional Environmental Services (EPCRA/SARA reporting, SPCC plans, SWPPP, TSCA reporting). These services are delivered by a team of chemical and environmental engineers and scientists who function as an extension of the client's staff.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Air Quality Services
• Transportation Facility Permitting
• Additional Environmental Regulatory Services

Named customers48 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• GHD: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm providing air quality management, permitting, and compliance services to industrial and infrastructure clients.
• Ramboll: Global engineering, environmental, and health consultancy with air quality permitting, dispersion modeling, and EHS compliance offerings for industrial clients across multiple geographies.
• TRC Companies: Large, multi-disciplinary environmental and engineering consultancy with a deep air quality, permitting, and compliance practice serving industrial and transportation clients nationally — directly comparable services, much larger scale.
• Antea Group: International EHS consulting firm offering air quality permitting, compliance auditing, and regulatory reporting for industrial and manufacturing clients, including specialized dispersion modeling services.
• SLR Consulting: International environmental and advisory consultancy with air quality, permitting, and EHS compliance practices serving manufacturing and infrastructure clients across multiple U.S. regions.
• Haley & Aldrich: Engineering and environmental consulting firm providing air quality, permitting, and compliance services to industrial, manufacturing, and infrastructure clients in the eastern U.S., overlapping AERIS's regional footprint.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Largest pure-play environmental, health, safety, and sustainability consultancy globally; provides air permitting, regulatory compliance, and EPCRA reporting to manufacturing and infrastructure clients comparable to AERIS's segments.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a sizeable environment practice providing air permitting, NEPA, and transportation-facility environmental services comparable to AERIS's offerings.
• Kleinfelder: Engineering, environmental, and construction services firm with air permitting and compliance offerings for industrial and transportation clients across the U.S., including Southeast U.S. operations.

Emerging players

• All4 Environmental: Niche air quality consulting firm focused on permitting, compliance, and dispersion modeling for industrial clients — highly comparable service specialization but with broader national footprint than AERIS.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/kevinwoodspe

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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