KLW Ingenieure GmbH

What KLW Ingenieure GmbH does

KLW Ingenieure GmbH, doing business as KLW Berlin, is a private German engineering consultancy headquartered in Berlin. The firm provides integrated civil engineering services organized around three pillars: Planen (planning), Beraten (consulting), and Prüfen (inspection). Its service portfolio covers Brandschutzplanung (fire protection planning), Tragwerksplanung (structural engineering), Objektplanung (object planning), Projektsteuerung (project management), and Gutachten (expert opinions and damage assessments for buildings and engineering structures). The firm is additionally authorized to perform hoheitliche (government-authorized) testing of structural stability for concrete/masonry and metal buildings and official verification of fire protection concepts required by building authorities — a statutory function that differentiates it from generalist engineering consultancies.

The firm employs a team of certified Sachverständige (expert witnesses), Fachplaner (specialist planners), structural engineers, fire protection specialists, and architects, and claims over 80 years of tradition in the Berlin market. Its technology stack is conventional professional-services delivery: human expert judgment backed by engineering drawings, regulatory standards, and on-site inspection, with no disclosed software platform, AI tooling, or proprietary technology. The client base is construction and building projects requiring structural planning, fire protection, statutory compliance, renovation, and expert opinions, served on a horizontal project-by-project basis.

The go-to-market is sales-led and direct: clients engage the firm through professional referrals and direct inquiry for project-based engineering mandates. Revenue is generated through consulting fees and service contracts scoped per project, with no public pricing, no productized offering, and no recurring subscription layer. The firm operates a single office in Berlin, serves a regional market, and has no disclosed partnerships, distribution channels, or digital marketing presence. The company is privately held with no public listing, no disclosed investors, and no funding history.

Name

KLW Ingenieure GmbH

Legal name

KLW Ingenieure GmbH

Website

https://bauingenieure-klw.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KLW Ingenieure GmbH (KLW Berlin) is a Berlin-based private engineering consultancy providing structural engineering, fire protection planning, expert assessments, and government-authorized statutory inspections for construction and building projects in the German market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering Consulting Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Building Inspection Services (54135)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPABAHAJ

Fire & Life Safety Code Compliance Inspections & Consulting (AHJ Support)

Business & Public Services/Facilities Management & Building Services/Fire, Life Safety & Building Compliance Services

Keywords

• Structural engineering services
• Fire protection planning
• Construction inspection services
• Building expert assessments
• Construction project management

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting Services: Professional engineering services including structural planning, fire protection planning, expert assessments, and official inspections for construction projects. Revenue generated through consulting fees and service contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

KLW Ingenieure GmbH provides integrated engineering planning, consulting, and official inspection services for the construction industry. The firm's offerings include fire protection planning, structural engineering, object planning, project management, expert opinions, and government-authorized inspections of structural stability and fire protection concepts for building authority approvals. Services are delivered by certified expert witnesses (Sachverständige), structural engineers, fire protection specialists, and architects working in direct contact to develop technically and economically optimal solutions.

Product overview

KLW Ingenieure GmbH is an engineering firm providing integrated planning, consulting, and inspection services for the construction industry. The company operates through three core service pillars: Planen (planning), Beraten (consulting), and Prüfen (inspection). The service portfolio includes Brandschutzplanung (fire protection planning), Tragwerksplanung (structural engineering), Objektplanung (object planning), Projektsteuerung (project management), and Gutachten (expert opinions). As an official testing body, the company also performs hoheitliche Prüfung (governmental inspection) for structural stability of concrete/masonry and metal structures, as well as fire protection concept verification required by building authorities. The services are delivered by a team of certified experts, structural engineers, fire protection specialists, and architects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brandschutzplanung (Fire Protection Planning) Fire protection planning services for construction projects, ensuring compliance with fire safety regulations and standards across building projects of varying complexity.
• Gutachten (Expert Opinions and Assessments) Expert opinions and assessments including static-structural condition surveys of existing buildings, fire protection evaluations, and damage evaluations for buildings and engineering structures.
• Objektplanung (Object Planning) Comprehensive object planning services for construction projects of varying complexity, delivered by structural engineers, fire protection planners, and architects.
• Projektsteuerung (Project Management) Project management and control services to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of construction projects.
• Prüfung Brandschutz (Official Fire Protection Inspection) Official government-authorized inspection and verification of fire protection concepts as required by building authorities (hoheitliche Prüfung Brandschutz).
• Prüfung Standsicherheit (Official Structural Stability Inspection) Official government-authorized structural stability inspection (hoheitliche Prüfung Standsicherheit) for masonry/concrete and metal buildings, as required by building authorities.
• Tragwerksplanung (Structural Engineering Planning) Structural engineering planning services for load-bearing structures (Tragwerk) in construction projects of varying complexity.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Buro Happold: International engineering consultancy with fire engineering and structural practices serving complex built environment projects. Comparable service mix to KLW at a much larger scale, useful as a reference for the upper bound of engineering consulting scope.
• DEKRA Automobil GmbH (Industrial Inspection): Major German testing, inspection, and certification company with construction and building services. Represents the large-scale, multi-industry TIC model that could consolidate smaller specialized engineering consultancies over time.
• Sweco GmbH: European engineering consultancy with German operations covering structural, fire protection, and building services engineering. Comparable across KLW's service portfolio but operating at materially larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• WSP in Deutschland: Global engineering professional services firm with strong fire engineering and structural practices operating in Germany. Broader portfolio than KLW but directly comparable in core service lines and target customers.
• TÜV SÜD Industrie Service: Large German testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) firm with building and fire safety inspection services. Adjacent to KLW's hoheitliche Prüfung function but with a much broader, scaled compliance portfolio across industries.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with dedicated fire engineering and structural design practices serving complex buildings and infrastructure. Serves as a broad incumbent reference point for the consulting engineering model KLW operates in, but at vastly larger scale.

Regional players

• HPP Architekten: German architecture and integrated design firm combining architectural, structural, and engineering services for large projects. Comparable in offering integrated Planen services to institutional clients, though primarily a design-led practice.

Direct peers

• Bollinger + Grohmann: German/European structural engineering consultancy with strong focus on Tragwerksplanung and complex building projects. Directly comparable in service mix to KLW's structural engineering core, though larger in scale and broader in geography.
• Kempen Krause Ingenieure: German engineering consultancy offering structural planning, fire protection, and object planning services. Comparable multi-disciplinary construction engineering model with broader geographic reach than KLW.
• hhpberlin (Halfkann + Kirchner): Berlin-based specialist engineering firm focused on fire protection planning (Brandschutz) and structural engineering. Most direct peer given shared Berlin base, overlapping service offering, and similar size profile to KLW.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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