freiland Umweltconsulting Ziviltechniker

What freiland Umweltconsulting Ziviltechniker does

freiland Umweltconsulting Ziviltechniker GmbH is an Austrian engineering consultancy (Ziviltechniker) founded in 1991, providing environmental and landscape planning services to public infrastructure developers, energy companies, and municipalities. The firm is structured around four interconnected service lines — Beratung (advisory), Planung (planning), Kommunikation (stakeholder engagement), and Umsetzung (construction supervision) — delivered through a single multidisciplinary team that integrates landscape planning, ecology, water engineering, architecture, and environmental law. Its core specialization is coordination of UVP (Environmental Impact Assessment) and UVE processes for large-scale infrastructure projects, including Austrian road and rail works for ASFiNAG and ÖBB, hydropower expansion for TIWAG, and renewable energy permitting.

The firm operates from three offices in Vienna, Graz, and Bruck an der Mur, with approximately 25 named staff listed on its website. Revenue is generated entirely through project-based professional services fees negotiated per engagement; there is no software platform, no subscription product, and no recurring SaaS component. Client acquisition is driven by direct relationship-based engagement in a public tender environment, with the firm's 30+ year track record and reference portfolio serving as the principal sales assets. The technology foundation is the firm's integrated interdisciplinary methodology rather than a discrete technical platform.

freiland's competitive positioning rests on three pillars: deep regulatory expertise in Austrian UVP procedures, an internally retained multidisciplinary team with long staff tenures, and an end-to-end delivery model that allows clients to engage a single firm from feasibility through construction supervision. The customer base is concentrated in Austrian public infrastructure and renewable energy, with repeat engagements on flagship projects (S7, S10, S36, ÖBB high-speed rail, Kühtai pumped storage) anchoring revenue visibility. The company remains privately held under the leadership of Managing Director DI Oliver Rathschüler, with no disclosed external investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity.

Name

freiland Umweltconsulting Ziviltechniker

Legal name

freiland Umweltconsulting Ziviltechniker GmbH

Website

https://freiland.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

freiland Umweltconsulting Ziviltechniker is an Austrian engineering consultancy providing integrated environmental impact assessment, landscape planning, stakeholder communication, and construction supervision services for public infrastructure, renewable energy, and municipal clients across Austria.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental and Landscape Planning Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Engineering Services (541330), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

Keywords

• Environmental consulting services
• Landscape planning services
• Environmental impact assessment
• Infrastructure permitting coordination
• Stakeholder engagement consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Project-based consulting fees for environmental assessment, planning, and coordination services. Revenue is earned through discrete engagements covering the full project lifecycle from initial feasibility through construction supervision. No recurring subscription model; fees are tied to project scope and phase.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

freiland Umweltconsulting Ziviltechniker GmbH is an interdisciplinary environmental consulting firm that delivers integrated advisory (Beratung), planning (Planung), stakeholder communication (Kommunikation), and implementation/construction supervision (Umsetzung) services for infrastructure, energy, and landscape projects in Austria. The firm specializes in UVP/UVE (Environmental Impact Assessment) coordination for large-scale infrastructure such as motorways, high-speed rail, hydropower, and wind farms, alongside landscape, water, urban, and regional planning. Services are project-based and delivered by an in-house multidisciplinary team across offices in Vienna, Graz, and Bruck an der Mur.

Product overview

freiland Umweltconsulting ZT GmbH is an environmental consulting firm (Ziviltechniker) founded in 1991, providing interdisciplinary consulting, planning, communication, and implementation services for landscape and environmental projects in Austria. It operates as a single unified service offering organized into four interconnected service lines — Beratung (advisory/consulting), Planung (planning), Kommunikation (communication/stakeholder engagement), and Umsetzung (project implementation/construction supervision) — rather than a modular software product or platform. The company has no discrete branded product or software offering; all services are delivered through its multidisciplinary team across offices in Vienna, Graz, and Bruck an der Mur.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Beratung (Advisory/Consulting)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30 years of completed projects, many at UVP scale

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Hager Partner: Swiss landscape architecture and environmental planning firm delivering landscape design, ecological planning, and infrastructure-related landscape consulting — comparable service profile to freiland's planning practice, but operating primarily in Switzerland rather than Austria.
• Planungsgruppe Prof. Laage: German landscape architecture and environmental planning consultancy with infrastructure and environmental assessment expertise — comparable in service offering and UVP-adjacent environmental planning, but based in Germany and not directly competing in Austria.

Broad incumbents

• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm with a substantial environmental and landscape planning practice serving infrastructure and municipal clients — broad incumbent overlapping freiland's environmental assessment and landscape planning capabilities at a much larger scale.
• WSP Global: Global engineering and environmental consulting firm offering environmental impact assessment, permitting, and landscape-related services across infrastructure projects — a broad incumbent that competes for large UVP mandates overlapping with freiland's service lines, but as part of a much wider portfolio.
• Ramboll: International engineering and environmental consulting group with strong environmental impact assessment and infrastructure planning services across Europe — broad incumbent with overlapping UVP/landscape capabilities, but operating across many other domains.

Direct peers

• Ökoteam: Ecological and environmental consulting firm headquartered in Graz, Austria, offering impact assessments, ecological field studies, and environmental planning services — directly comparable to freiland in geography, service scope, and Austrian public-sector client base.
• Knoll Ökologie: Austrian environmental and water ecology consultancy providing ecological assessments, UVP support, and landscape-related consulting for infrastructure and water projects — a close direct peer given overlapping UVP/landscape competencies in the same Austrian market.
• Gruppe F: Vienna-based planning consultancy specializing in urban and regional planning, landscape, and public participation for Austrian infrastructure and municipal projects — directly comparable service mix and client base to freiland's planning and communication service lines.
• Land in Sicht: Austrian landscape planning and environmental consulting firm focused on landscape architecture, ecological planning, and infrastructure-related environmental work — a closely matched direct peer in scope and Austrian geographic focus.

Emerging players

• i.n.n. - innovative naturplanung: Austrian environmental and landscape planning consultancy offering ecological assessments, nature conservation planning, and infrastructure-related environmental work — an emerging player with meaningful service overlap with freiland in the Austrian niche.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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