HDOM Group

What HDOM Group does

HDOM Group is a private environmental consultancy headquartered in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, founded in 2009 as a spin-off from the Forest Management Laboratory (LMF) of the National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA). The company specializes in forest carbon project development for the Amazon region, operating as either project developer or technical team partner under the Tero Carbon and Verra voluntary carbon standards. Its core service portfolio comprises three integrated offerings: (1) Forest Carbon Projects — full project development for certification; (2) Forest Inventory — field sampling and biomass/carbon stock quantification; and (3) Feasibility Studies — technical viability assessment for prospective REDD+ projects. The company's underlying technology is a proprietary QA/QC protocol for carbon estimation in Amazonian tropical forests, supported by statistical and remote sensing methods (GIS, geostatistics, remote sensing) applied by a 5-member team including a PhD-level forest engineer.

HDOM operates a professional services business model on a quote-based consulting engagement structure with no publicly disclosed pricing. Its go-to-market is sales-led and direct, relying on website contact forms, phone, and email to engage enterprise customers and government clients. The customer base spans carbon project developers (Infrapar, Permian Global, Biofílica, Ngee Ann Tropics), energy companies (Amazonas Energia, Transpetro), government agencies (Governo do Estado do Amazonas, Governo do Estado do Acre, Embrapa), international development organizations (JICA, FUNBIO), and NGOs (Fundação Amazônia Sustentável). All revenue is generated within Brazil, and the company has no disclosed subsidiaries, no external funding rounds, and no M&A activity. Operating geographies are limited to the Amazon region, with the Manaus-based team providing local logistics expertise as a key differentiator against non-Amazon-based competitors.

Name

HDOM Group

Legal name

HDOM

Website

https://hdom.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HDOM Group is a Manaus-based environmental consultancy, spun off from INPA in 2009, specializing in REDD+ forest carbon project development, forest inventory, and feasibility studies for certification under Verra and Tero Carbon standards across the Amazon region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPADALAF

Forestry, Land Use & REDD+ Programs

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Climate, Environment & Sustainable Development Programs

SECONDARYEUABACAE

GHG Monitoring Plans & Sampling Design (Field Protocols, QA/QC)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Carbon & Climate Solutions (Carbon Markets, Offsets, CCS/CCUS)/Carbon Credit Verification, Validation & MRV (VVBs, Auditing, Remote Sensing)

SECONDARYEUABAKAD

Scope 1–3 GHG Inventory Strategy, Data Governance & Controls (advisory)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Carbon & Climate Solutions (Carbon Markets, Offsets, CCS/CCUS)/Corporate Net-Zero & Climate Strategy Services (Targets, Transition Plans, SBTi Support)

Keywords

• Forest carbon consulting
• REDD+ project development
• Forest inventory services
• Carbon credit certification
• Biomass quantification

Headquarters

HQ city

Manaus

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for forest carbon projects including project development, feasibility studies, and forest inventory services for REDD+ certification

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

HDOM Group is an environmental consultancy that provides technical services for forest carbon projects in the Amazon region. The company develops REDD+ projects for certification under Tero Carbon and Verra standards, conducts forest inventories to quantify biomass and carbon stocks, and performs technical feasibility studies for forest carbon initiatives. It originated as a spin-off from INPA's Forest Management Laboratory and serves as either project developer or technical team partner.

Product overview

HDOM Group offers a unified portfolio of environmental consulting services focused on forest carbon projects in the Amazon. The three core services—Forest Carbon Projects, Forest Inventory, and Feasibility Studies—operate as an integrated offering: feasibility studies assess project viability, forest inventory quantifies biomass and carbon stocks using proprietary QA/QC protocols, and the carbon projects service handles full project development for certification under Tero Carbon and Verra. The company positions itself as a technical partner or project developer for REDD+ initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Forest Carbon Projects Development of forest carbon projects for certification under Tero Carbon and Verra standards, serving as project developer or technical team partner for REDD+ initiatives.
• Forest Inventory Sampling of target forests to quantify biomass and carbon stocks using proprietary QA/QC protocols for carbon estimation in Amazonian forests.
• Feasibility Studies Technical feasibility studies for forest carbon projects, evaluating viability before full project development.

Named customers12 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

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• INCT (Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerINCT (National Institute of Science and Technology) is listed as a support partner and alliance in HDOM's partnership section
• Incubadora INPAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerINPA's business incubator that supported HDOM's formation as a spin-off from the Forest Management Laboratory (LMF) of INPA
• INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHDOM originated as a spin-off from the Forest Management Laboratory (LMF) of the National Institute for Research in the Amazon (INPA)

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Carbonext: Brazilian nature-based carbon credit company developing forest conservation and reforestation projects in the Amazon. Direct Brazilian competitor with comparable customer profile (corporates seeking REDD+ offsets) and similar service model.
• Biofílica: Brazilian carbon project developer and consultancy specializing in REDD+ and forest carbon credits. Direct competitor in the same Brazilian Amazon market, with overlapping service offerings (project development, validation, MRV) and overlapping customer base (Biofílica is even listed as an HDOM client).
• Permian Global: International nature-based carbon project developer focused on forest conservation projects including REDD+. Comparable scope in project development and MRV services, and an existing HDOM customer, indicating shared service procurement patterns in the Amazon.

Emerging players

• Sylvera: Carbon credit ratings and analytics provider using satellite data to assess forest carbon project quality. Adjacent service offering that influences buyer perception of REDD+ credits and indirectly affects demand for HDOM's MRV and project development services.
• Tero Carbon: Brazilian carbon certification body whose standards HDOM develops projects against. Functions as both a partner/standard-setter and an indirect competitor for project development mandates within the Brazilian Amazon.
• Earthshot Labs: Nature-based solutions company developing forest and land-based carbon projects in Latin America. Comparable geographic and ecosystem focus (Latin American forests) with overlapping enterprise buyer relationships in the voluntary carbon market.
• Pachama: Tech-enabled carbon credit marketplace and MRV platform leveraging satellite imagery and AI for forest carbon measurement. An emerging-tech competitor whose remote-sensing-based MRV approach could substitute for traditional field inventory services over time.

Others

• Verra: Operator of the VCS Program — the dominant global voluntary carbon standard for REDD+. Standards-body whose methodology decisions directly govern HDOM's service demand; included as a peer because standards setting shapes the addressable market.
• Climate Action Reserve: North American carbon offset registry and standards body. Adjacent standards-setter whose forest project protocols influence the broader voluntary carbon market structure in which HDOM operates.

Broad incumbents

• South Pole Group: Global carbon project developer and climate consultancy with a significant REDD+ and nature-based solutions portfolio. Larger incumbent offering overlapping forest carbon project development services across multiple geographies, including competition for HDOM's enterprise clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HdomBR
• Facebookfacebook.com/HdomBR
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hdombr
• Instagraminstagram.com/hdom.ambiental

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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