INAF GROUP

What INAF GROUP does

INAF Group is a Guatemala-headquartered environmental services firm founded in 1986 and operating under second-generation family ownership. It runs an ISO/IEC 17025:2017-accredited environmental laboratory (credential OGA-LE-115-24, awarded January 2025) and employs roughly 30 technical professionals. The company delivers an integrated portfolio of seven service lines spanning environmental testing, occupational hygiene, geosciences, regulatory accompaniment, social and biological monitoring, and microbiology, serving industrial clients across Guatemala and Central America.

The firm has anchored its growth around long-term enterprise mandates, including APM Terminals (since 2018), Ternium, Ecoener, and ASAZGUA (since 2019), and has added smaller industrial accounts in energy, agroindustrial, and construction (Hidroeléctrica Poza Verde, INGRUP, Fogel, ACSA, Ingenio Palo Gordo, Proyecto Xochi). Its proprietary methodology, branded 'El Método INAF', packages field sampling, accredited lab analysis, and interpretive consulting into recurring multi-year programs.

Complementing the project-based core, INAF launched Aerosense, a real-time air quality monitoring subscription service built on Kunak scientific-grade sensors. Aerosense adds a recurring revenue layer to the traditional fee-for-service model and represents the company's first technology-platform offering, supported by a technology partnership with the Spanish sensor manufacturer Kunak. The combined business model is therefore a hybrid of accredited laboratory testing, technical consulting, and emerging monitoring-as-a-service revenue.

Name

INAF GROUP

Legal name

INAF Group

Website

https://inafgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

INAF Group is a Guatemala-based, ISO 17025:2017-accredited environmental laboratory and technical consultancy serving industrial clients across Central America with integrated testing, occupational hygiene, and real-time air quality monitoring via Aerosense.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Laboratory Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

EHS Management Systems & ISO Consulting (ISO 14001/45001) (BPAHAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Air & Aerosol Monitoring (Bioaerosols, Mold, Yeast, Airborne Pathogens) (AFALAEAD), Leak Detection, Emissions & LDAR Testing (OGI, methane, fugitive emissions) (EUAEAHAL)

Keywords

• Environmental laboratory testing
• Occupational hygiene services
• Air quality monitoring
• Environmental consulting
• ISO 17025 laboratory

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad de Guatemala

HQ country

Guatemala

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Laboratory testing services: Environmental testing services including air quality, water, soil, acoustic, vibration, and fixed-source emissions analysis under ISO 17025:2017 accredited methods. Revenue is generated on a per-assay/per-project basis, with scope varying by client and project phase.
2. Technical consulting and regulatory accompaniment: Environmental consulting services covering licensing, instruments, audits, and regulatory accompaniment before MARN and INAB. Provided as standalone engagements or integrated with laboratory services.
3. Occupational hygiene services: Workplace exposure assessment services covering noise, lighting, thermal stress, chemical exposure, vibration, and electromagnetic fields. Typically project-based or as part of integrated occupational health programs for industrial clients.
4. Aerosense (real-time monitoring): Continuous air quality monitoring through the Aerosense product, delivering 24/7 data with client-configurable alerts and dashboard access. Operates on a service/subscription model for ongoing monitoring.
5. Forestry advisory: Forestry advisory and INAB permit management services including land-use change applications, forest inventories, and ongoing compliance, inherited from the company's original service line.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

INAF GROUP is a Guatemalan environmental laboratory and technical consultancy, founded in 1986, that sells ISO 17025:2017-accredited environmental testing, occupational hygiene services, environmental consulting, biological monitoring, surface microbiology, forestry advisory, and a proprietary real-time air quality monitoring service branded Aerosense to industrial, infrastructure, energy, and agroindustrial clients. The laboratory operates under accreditation credential OGA-LE-115-24, effective January 2025, and pairs periodic laboratory analysis with continuous monitoring data feeds and dashboards.

Product overview

INAF GROUP operates as an ISO 17025:2017 accredited environmental laboratory offering an integrated portfolio of seven technical service lines: Laboratory ambiental (accredited environmental testing for air, water, soils, emissions, acoustics, and vibration), Aerosense (proprietary real-time air quality monitoring product), Higiene ocupacional (occupational exposure assessment), Consultoría ambiental (regulatory compliance and licensing), Monitoreos biológicos (biodiversity monitoring and conservation), Microbiología en superficies (surface pathogen detection), and Asesoría forestal (forestry advisory and INAB liaison). The integrated service model follows a four-step methodology: measurement, interpretation, accompaniment, and advisory, delivering technically defensible results for high-scrutiny projects in Guatemala and Central America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aerosense: Real-time air quality monitoring product featuring autonomous stations with reference sensors and continuous connectivity. Provides 24/7 data with customer dashboard and configurable alerts. Uses Kunak sensor technology from Spain.

Products and services

• Environmental Laboratory Testing ISO 17025:2017-accredited environmental analysis of water, soil, air, and waste samples for industrial, infrastructure, energy, and agroindustrial clients needing legally defensible results for permitting and compliance reporting.
• Occupational Hygiene Services Workplace exposure assessments and hygiene programs that evaluate chemical, physical, and biological agents to help employers safeguard worker health and meet occupational regulatory requirements.
• Environmental Consulting Technical advisory and environmental consulting services supporting impact assessments, permitting, and compliance program design for industrial, infrastructure, and energy projects.
• Aerosense Real-time Air Quality Monitoring Proprietary continuous air quality monitoring service that delivers real-time data, dashboards, and analytics to industrial and infrastructure clients, integrating continuous monitoring with periodic laboratory analysis to detect and document pollution events.
• Biological Monitoring Biological testing services that evaluate microbiological and biological indicators for industrial facilities, agroindustrial operators, and food processors needing contamination control and biological compliance data.
• Surface Microbiology Surface microbiology testing services that verify hygiene and contamination status on equipment, facilities, and production surfaces, primarily serving agroindustrial and food processing clients.
• Forestry Advisory

Quantifiable outcome

• Aerosense monitors 5 parameters: gases (CO, O₃, SO₂, NO₂), particulate matter (PM₁, PM₂.₅, PM₁₀), and meteorology (wind, humidity, pressure, temperature), with configurable client alerts.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 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

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• KunakcoreTechnology or IntegrationKunak is a European leader in scientific-grade air quality sensors that provides the sensor hardware powering INAF Group's Aerosense real-time monitoring product. Aerosense stations are built on Kunak technology, enabling continuous 24/7 air quality data collection for gases (CO, O₃, SO₂, NO₂), particulate matter (PM₁, PM₂.₅, PM₁₀), and meteorological variables. Kunak is referenced as the technological backbone of the Aerosense product.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Largest pure-play global environmental, health, safety, and sustainability consultancy. Comparable to INAF's environmental consulting and regulatory accompaniment offering, particularly for multinational industrial clients operating in emerging markets.
• Intertek: Global TIC incumbent with environmental, industrial, and product testing services. Comparable to INAF in serving multinational industrial clients with compliance-driven testing and inspection, though Intertek operates at much broader scope and scale.
• Ramboll: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with strong environmental services practice. Comparable to INAF in serving industrial clients with environmental due diligence, monitoring, and regulatory advisory services.
• WSP: Global engineering and professional services firm with a substantial environment and EHS practice. Comparable to INAF in providing integrated environmental consulting, monitoring, and technical advisory services for large infrastructure and industrial projects.
• TÜV SÜD: Global TIC and certification provider with environmental testing and monitoring services. Comparable to INAF in the accredited testing and compliance services layer, particularly for industrial clients operating across multiple jurisdictions.

Direct peers

• ALS Limited: Global environmental and analytical testing services provider with strong Latin American presence. ALS is comparable to INAF in delivering accredited environmental laboratory and field sampling for industrial and infrastructure clients.
• Bureau Veritas: Global TIC firm offering environmental testing, air quality monitoring, and EHS consulting across Latin America. Comparable to INAF in providing accredited laboratory analysis combined with regulatory compliance services for industrial clients.
• Eurofins: World-leading environmental testing laboratory network with ISO 17025-accredited services spanning air, water, soil, and emissions. Eurofins is a direct comparable to INAF's accredited environmental testing core, particularly relevant as a benchmark for accreditation-driven testing economics.
• SGS: Global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) leader with extensive environmental testing, monitoring, and consulting services in Latin America. SGS is the most direct comparable to INAF's accredited environmental laboratory and field-sampling model.

Emerging players

• AGROLAB Group: European environmental and food testing laboratory network with ISO 17025 accreditation across broad environmental matrices. Comparable to INAF as a regionally focused accredited environmental testing specialist, useful as a reference for accreditation expansion strategy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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