Name

North West Forest Services

Website

https://nwfs.ie

Company type

Private

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forestry Training Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (115310), Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry (115)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Logging Safety, Compliance & Operations Support Services (AFAMABAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Certification Gap Assessment & Readiness Consulting (AFAMALAE), Timberland Asset Management & Consulting (AFAMAAAI)

Keywords

• Forestry training
• Forest management
• Silviculture education
• Arboriculture training
• Forestry consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Tigard

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

North West Forest Services provides full-service training in the fields of forestry. The firm delivers educational and instructional services related to forestry operations and is positioned as a specialized training provider based in Tigard, Oregon.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forestry Training Services Full-service training programs covering forestry-related topics, delivered to organizations and individuals needing professional forestry instruction.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Tree Care Industry Association (TCIA): TCIA is an industry association that delivers credentialing, safety, and arborist training programs to tree-care professionals. Comparable to North West Forest Services as a forestry/arboriculture training organization issuing recognized credentials to working professionals in similar safety and operations domains.
• International Society of Arboriculture (ISA): ISA is a professional association offering arborist certification, continuing education, and training programs. Comparable to North West Forest Services as a credentialing and training body serving forestry-adjacent professionals, with overlapping content on safety, operations, and best practices.
• Forest Safety Solutions: Forest Safety Solutions is a regional provider of safety and compliance training for forestry, logging, and wildfire crews. Comparable to North West Forest Services as a small specialist delivering safety, compliance, and operations training directly to forestry field workers and contractors.

Broad incumbents

• Hampton Lumber: Hampton Lumber is a Pacific Northwest forest products company with in-house forestry, safety, and contractor training programs. Comparable as a regional timber employer whose internal training spend directly competes with or depends on third-party forestry training firms like North West Forest Services.
• Weyerhaeuser Company: Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest private timberland owners in the U.S. and runs internal forestry and safety training programs for its workforce and contractors. Comparable as a major forestry employer/operator with significant in-house training spend that competes with or sources from third-party forestry training providers in the Pacific Northwest.
• Roseburg Forest Products: Roseburg is a vertically integrated forest products company operating timberlands and mills across the U.S. with significant in-house training. Comparable to North West Forest Services as a Pacific Northwest-adjacent forestry employer and potential customer or competitor for forestry training services.
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC): FSC is a global non-profit that sets forest certification standards and trains auditors and companies in sustainable forestry practices. Comparable as a forestry training and certification standards body serving the same end-customers (timber operators, landowners) that North West Forest Services targets.
• Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SPI/SFI): SFI is a North American non-profit that delivers chain-of-custody and sustainable forestry certification with associated training programs. Comparable to North West Forest Services as a forestry-focused training and certification organization serving timber operators and landowners in overlapping geographies.

Emerging players

• COMPASS Wildfire & Safety Training: COMPASS is a private safety training firm specializing in wildfire and forestry field safety courses for crews and contractors. Comparable to North West Forest Services as a specialist forestry safety and operations training provider serving similar working professionals in the western U.S.
• Resource Management Service (RMS): RMS is a forestry consulting and investment management firm that supports timberland owners with silviculture and management services, often including contractor training. Comparable to North West Forest Services as a forestry services firm delivering technical training and consulting to the same timber-operator customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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