What Hydroplan Engineering Company does

Hydroplan Ingenieur-Gesellschaft mbH is a privately held German engineering consulting company founded in 1969 by Dr. Hans-Georg Dillo, headquartered in Worms, Germany since its 1998 takeover by Mr. Alois Lieth. The firm delivers a full lifecycle of consulting and engineering services — feasibility studies, master planning, preliminary and final design, tendering, construction supervision, technical assistance, and training — across six core practice areas: Water Supply, Wastewater Disposal, Solid Waste Disposal, Infrastructure, Agricultural Development, and Renewable Energy & Environment. Since foundation, the company reports completion of more than 1,000 projects in over 100 countries.

The firm operates a professional services model, earning project-based fees negotiated with international development banks (such as KfW and similar multilaterals), government ministries, and municipal authorities in developing and transformation countries. Customer acquisition occurs through direct engagement with these institutional buyers rather than traditional marketing channels. The company maintains ISO 9001:2015 (quality), ISO 14001 (environmental management), and ISO 37001 (anti-corruption) certifications, supported by a dedicated Compliance Officer, which collectively serve as procurement prerequisites for development-bank tenders. Leadership comprises Managing Directors Alois Lieth and Dr. Sabine Lieth, with Commercial Director Frank Rogalla overseeing finance; the team size of 11-50 employees is small relative to the geographic scope, indicating a lean delivery model reliant on specialized expertise rather than scale.

Name

Hydroplan Engineering Company

Legal name

HYDROPLAN Ingenieur-Gesellschaft mbH

Website

https://hydroplan.info

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hydroplan Ingenieur-Gesellschaft mbH is a privately held German engineering consulting firm, founded in 1969 and headquartered in Worms, delivering water, wastewater, waste, infrastructure, agricultural, and renewable energy consulting services to development banks, governments, and municipalities in 100+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consulting Services

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hydropower Plant Development & Permitting (Greenfield/Brownfield) (EUACAEAE)

Keywords

• Engineering consulting services
• Water supply infrastructure
• Wastewater treatment design
• International development consulting
• Municipal infrastructure planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Worms

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Engineering and Consulting Services: The company provides comprehensive consulting and engineering services including analyses, rehabilitation measures, risk assessment, cost estimation, master planning, feasibility studies, preliminary and final design, tendering, technical assistance, construction supervision, and training programmes for international development projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Hydroplan is a privately owned German engineering consulting firm that delivers comprehensive infrastructure consulting services across water supply, wastewater disposal, solid waste management, infrastructure, agricultural development, and renewable energy sectors. The company serves governments, international development banks, and municipalities in developing and transformation countries through the full project lifecycle, including feasibility studies, master planning, preliminary and final design, tendering, construction supervision, and technical assistance.

Product overview

Hydroplan Engineering Company offers a portfolio of interconnected consulting and engineering services organized into six core practice areas: Water Supply, Wastewater Disposal, Solid Waste Disposal, Infrastructure, Agricultural Development, and Renewable Energy & Environment. The company provides comprehensive project services from feasibility studies through final design, tendering, construction supervision, and technical assistance. With over 1,000 projects completed in more than 100 countries since 1969, the consulting services span analyses, rehabilitation measures, risk assessment, master planning, and technology transfer across water, waste, infrastructure, and environmental sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Water Supply Engineering and consulting services for water capture, treatment, storage, and distribution including surface water, rainwater, and groundwater sources with leak detection technologies. Designed for governments, municipalities, and development institutions requiring reliable drinking water infrastructure.
• Wastewater Disposal Wastewater treatment and disposal solutions including centralized and decentralized treatment plants, sewerage systems, rainwater management, and sludge treatment for governments and municipalities in developing and transformation countries.
• Solid Waste Disposal Integrated solid waste management covering collection, separation, sorting, composting, mechanical-biological treatment, thermal treatment, and landfill disposal for public sector clients in developing economies.
• Infrastructure Engineering consulting for architecture, ports and waterways, social infrastructure, and road construction and maintenance serving governments, development banks, and municipal clients.
• Agricultural Development Agricultural infrastructure and rural development services including irrigation, drainage, flood protection, crop intensification, and rural livelihood support for international development projects.
• Renewable Energy & Environment Environmental engineering services covering hydropower plants, wind and solar energy, biogas plants, geothermal power, environmental protection, coastal zone management, and environmental impact assessment for public sector clients.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• COWI: Danish-headquartered global engineering consultancy active in water, environment, energy and infrastructure with a strong international-development project track record — comparable as a much larger international peer bidding in donor-funded water/energy mandates.
• AFRY: Sweden/Finland-based (Pöyry legacy) international engineering consultancy with deep hydropower, water and environmental engineering practices serving multilateral lenders — directly comparable on hydropower development consulting and donor-financed water projects.
• WSP: Canadian-headquartered global professional-services firm with large water, environment and infrastructure consulting capabilities serving governments and development institutions — comparable as a large, diversified peer active in many of the same donor-funded infrastructure markets as HYDROPLAN.
• Stantec: Canadian-headquartered global engineering consultancy with water, environmental and infrastructure practices serving public and international-finance clients — a larger-scale international peer bidding in overlapping donor-funded water and sanitation mandates.
• Lahmeyer International (Tractebel): German-origin (now Tractebel/Engie) engineering consultancy historically dominant in KfW-financed power, water and hydropower consulting worldwide — overlaps HYDROPLAN's hydropower development and water-supply practice as a much larger, incumbent alternative.
• Royal HaskoningDHV: Dutch-headquartered international engineering consultancy with a substantial water, delta and resilience practice serving public-sector and donor clients worldwide — comparable as a large-scale peer operating in the same donor-funded water/wastewater consulting space.

Direct peers

• GFA Consulting Group: Hamburg-based German consulting firm executing donor-funded projects for international development banks and government clients across water, sanitation and infrastructure — a directly comparable German-headquartered peer serving the same multilateral clients and project types as HYDROPLAN.
• Fichtner: Stuttgart-based independent German engineering consultancy with a large hydropower, water and energy infrastructure practice and significant international project execution — overlaps directly with HYDROPLAN on hydropower development consulting, water-supply master planning and donor-funded energy projects.
• Eptisa: European (Spanish-headquartered) engineering consultancy focused on water, environment, transport and institutional-development projects financed by EU, World Bank and EIB — a closely comparable private peer delivering donor-funded infrastructure consulting across developing/transformation economies.
• GOPA Consulting Group: German-based international consulting group providing engineering and project-management services financed by KfW, World Bank, GIZ and EU donors in water, infrastructure and rural development — directly comparable in business model, donor focus and project typology to HYDROPLAN.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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