Geoambiente

What Geoambiente does

Geoambiente is a Brazilian environmental consulting firm founded in 1992, headquartered in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, with additional operational units in Cotia and Rio de Janeiro. The company specializes in Contaminated Area Management (GAC - Gestão de Áreas Contaminadas) under the brand Geoambiente GENUINE®, delivering a vertically integrated service stack that spans environmental site identification and investigation, toxicological risk assessment, intervention planning, active remediation (P&T, SVE, ISCO, bioremediation, chemical surfactants), continuous environmental monitoring, and high-resolution investigation using direct-push screening (MIP, OIP, HPT) and continuous vapor monitoring. The firm maintains INMETRO accreditation under ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 17025 (Certificate CRL 1289) for water and vapor sampling, and operates its own drilling rigs (Hollow Stem Auger systems), sampling fleets, and in-house laboratory.

Geoambiente runs a sales-led B2B professional services model, engaging enterprise clients directly via phone, WhatsApp, and email with project-based, contact-quoted pricing. It serves oil and gas majors (since 2005), industrial manufacturers, real estate developers, banks and insurance firms (notably CAIXA Econômica Federal for property due diligence), government agencies, gas stations, railways, ports, and power plants, with coverage spanning all Brazilian states. The firm is privately held, has 11-50 employees, holds no external funding, and reports no M&A, leadership, or structural changes in the available record. Marketing is minimal — primarily a company website and LinkedIn presence — and the firm relies on relationship-driven sales and 30 years of accumulated technical credibility rather than content or paid digital channels.

Name

Geoambiente

Legal name

Geoambiente

Website

https://geoambiente.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Geoambiente is a Brazilian environmental consulting firm specializing in Contaminated Area Management, offering investigation, remediation, monitoring, and risk assessment services to oil and gas, industrial, real estate, government, and financial clients nationwide under INMETRO ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

São José do Rio Prêto

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for contaminated area management including investigation, remediation, monitoring, risk assessment, intervention planning, and environmental licensing. Services are project-based with specialized expertise across multiple environmental domains.
2. Laboratory and Sampling Services: Environmental sampling and laboratory analysis services with ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. Includes soil, groundwater, surface water, effluent, vapor and air sampling with own teams and equipment.
3. Geotechnical Services: Geotechnical investigation, subsurface characterization, environmental geotechnics, geotechnical monitoring and instrumentation services for construction projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Geoambiente is an environmental consulting firm specializing in Contaminated Area Management (Gestão de Áreas Contaminadas – GAC), providing end-to-end services from site identification, investigation, and toxicological risk assessment through intervention planning, environmental remediation, and continuous environmental monitoring. The firm also delivers ISO/IEC 17025-accredited environmental sampling, geotechnical investigation, topographic surveying, environmental licensing, and water resources permitting for oil and gas, industrial, real estate, government, fuel retail, railway, power, and port clients across Brazil.

Product overview

Geoambiente GENUINE® is an environmental consulting firm operating for 30 years in Contaminated Area Management (Gerenciamento de Áreas Contaminadas - GAC), offering a comprehensive suite of environmental services. The company's portfolio centers on contaminated site investigation, risk assessment, remediation, and monitoring services. Key offerings include: contaminated area identification and investigation; toxicological risk assessment; intervention plan development; environmental remediation using techniques such as P&T, MPE, SVE, ISCO, and bioremediation; environmental monitoring for soil, groundwater, and air; mathematical groundwater modeling; high-resolution environmental investigation; geotechnical services; topographic surveys; and INMETRO-accredited environmental sampling. The company operates across diverse sectors including fuel stations, industries, railroads, government agencies, sugar/ethanol plants, real estate, ports, oil and gas, banks, and insurance companies throughout Brazil.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Identification and Investigation of Contaminated Areas (Identificação e Investigação de Áreas Contaminadas)
• Contaminated Areas Diagnostic (Diagnóstico de Áreas Contaminadas)
• Toxicological Risk Assessment (Avaliação de Risco Toxicológico)
• Intervention Plan Development (Elaboração de Plano de Intervenção)
• Environmental Remediation (Remediação Ambiental)
• Environmental Monitoring (Monitoramento Ambiental)
• Mathematical Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport (Modelagem Matemática de Fluxo Subterrâneo e Transporte de Contaminantes)
• High-Resolution Environmental Investigation (Investigação Ambiental de Alta Resolução)
• Environmental Investigation for Real Estate Market (Investigação Ambiental para Mercado Imobiliário)
• Environmental Consulting (Consultoria Ambiental)
• Environmental Licensing (Licenciamento Ambiental)
• Water Resources Usage Rights (Outorgas de Uso de Recursos Hídricos)
• Geotechnics (Geotecnia)
• Topography (Topografia)
• Environmental Sampling (Amostragem Ambiental)
• Monitoring Well Installation (Instalação de Poços de Monitoramento)

Quantifiable outcome

• 30 years of experience in contaminated area management with operations throughout Brazil

Named customers3 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• CAIXA Econômica FederalminorOthersGovernment financial institution serving as a customer/client for environmental investigation services in the real estate market segment, particularly for environmental due diligence in property financing.
• INMETROcoreOthersNational Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology - Brazilian government agency that provides ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for Geoambiente's laboratory and sampling services, ensuring quality and reliability of results.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ambipar: Brazilian environmental services group with industrial and oil-and-gas environmental management, emergency response, and contaminated site divisions; the most direct domestic peer given its broad GAC-style service portfolio and Brazilian enterprise customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Tech: Global environmental and engineering consulting leader with strong contaminated site management practice; competes with Geoambiente on remediation design, environmental due diligence, and water/groundwater services.
• AECOM: Global engineering and environmental consulting firm with Brazilian operations covering site investigation, remediation, and environmental permitting — broader portfolio but directly comparable services to Geoambiente's GAC scope.
• Bureau Veritas Brazil: Global TIC firm with Brazilian environmental testing, site assessment, and industrial compliance services; competes with Geoambiente on accredited sampling and EHS consulting for industrial and energy clients.
• Arcadis Brazil: Global design and consultancy firm with significant Brazilian environmental practice covering site investigation, remediation, and water services; serves the same oil and gas, industrial, and real estate segments as Geoambiente.
• WSP in Brazil: Global professional services firm (post-Golder integration) offering environmental site assessment, remediation, and earth sciences consulting with significant Brazilian presence and oil-and-gas clients.
• SGS Brazil: Global testing, inspection, and certification company with a large Brazilian operation that competes on accredited environmental sampling, testing, and compliance services — overlapping directly with Geoambiente's ISO/IEC 17025 laboratory scope.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Global pure-play environmental, health, safety, and sustainability consultancy with Brazilian operations; overlapping with Geoambiente on EHS, contaminated site, and environmental due diligence work for energy and industrial clients.
• Ramboll Brazil: Global environmental and engineering consultancy with Brazilian presence in environmental impact assessment, contaminated sites, and climate services; competes in similar RFPs to Geoambiente.

Emerging players

• SLR Consulting: Global environmental and advisory consultancy with growing Latin American presence; overlaps with Geoambiente on contaminated land, environmental due diligence, and EHS advisory for industrial and energy clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/geoambientegenuine

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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