Blackwater Environmental Group

What Blackwater Environmental Group does

Blackwater Environmental Group is a Maryland-headquartered, privately held environmental planning and consulting firm founded in 2009 by Caryn J.G. Brookman. The company specializes in NEPA compliance, environmental planning, public engagement, grant administration, and program management services delivered primarily to state, local, and federal transportation agencies in the Mid-Atlantic and broader Eastern U.S. Its core customer base includes the Maryland, Delaware, Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia Departments of Transportation, the DC DOT, WMATA, the City of Baltimore, and Prince George's County.

The firm's service portfolio is organized around five core lines — Environmental Planning, Natural Resources, Grant Administration & Management, Public Engagement, and Program Management — with sub-services including NEPA documentation, air quality and noise policy, technical analyses (e.g., Section 4(f) evaluations), climate change and resiliency planning, alternative energy planning, and GIS data analysis. Technical delivery relies on the ESRI ArcGIS suite, open-source QGIS, and Adobe Illustrator for spatial, demographic, environmental, and property mapping. The firm holds WBE/MBE/SBE certifications in nine states plus multiple local jurisdictions and the U.S. Small Business Administration, granting access to set-aside government contracts.

Blackwater generates revenue through professional services engagements awarded via direct government procurement and multi-year on-call contracts; pricing is project-based and not publicly disclosed. With a headcount in the 11-50 range and a leadership bench of senior environmental planners and engineers with 20-30+ years of experience, the firm operates as a boutique B2G consulting practice with no disclosed external funding, no parent company, and no acquisition history.

Name

Blackwater Environmental Group

Legal name

Blackwater Environmental Group

Website

https://blackwaterenvironmentalgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Blackwater Environmental Group is a woman-owned Maryland environmental planning firm delivering NEPA compliance, public engagement, grant administration, and GIS-based environmental services to state and local transportation agencies across nine certified states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Compliance & Permitting (BPAHAJAA)

Keywords

• Environmental planning services
• NEPA compliance consulting
• GIS data analysis
• Grant administration services
• Public engagement consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Maryland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Planning Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for environmental planning, NEPA compliance, technical analyses, and impact assessments for transportation agencies. Revenue generated through government contracts and project-based engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Blackwater Environmental Group provides environmental planning and related consulting services for government transportation agencies, including NEPA compliance and documentation, technical analyses and impact assessments, GIS data analysis and mapping, public involvement and stakeholder engagement, grant research and administration, and program management. The firm operates across the Mid-Atlantic region with multi-state WBE/MBE/SBE certifications enabling access to government contracting opportunities.

Product overview

Blackwater Environmental Group provides environmental planning and related services primarily for transportation sector clients. The company operates as a unified service firm offering five core service lines: Environmental Planning, Natural Resources, Grant Administration & Management, Public Engagement, and Program Management. Within Environmental Planning, specific sub-services include NEPA documentation, Air Quality & Noise Policy, GIS Data Analysis & Mapping, Climate Change & Resiliency, Technical Analyses, and Alternative Energy Planning. These services work together to help government agencies integrate environmental and equitable community values into project planning processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Blackwater CommUnity Corps: Employee-run volunteer group established in 2022 to organize and facilitate volunteer opportunities for Blackwater staff, supporting charitable causes and community engagement activities.

Products and services

• Environmental Planning
• Natural Resources
• Grant Administration & Management
• Public Engagement
• Program Management

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: International engineering and environmental consulting firm with transportation-focused environmental planning, NEPA, and natural resources services for public-sector clients. Comparable service portfolio at materially larger scale.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a major U.S. transportation and environmental practice performing NEPA, environmental planning, and air/noise analyses for state DOTs. Overlaps in services and customers; competes primarily as a scaled incumbent.
• Michael Baker International: Large U.S. engineering and consulting firm with extensive NEPA, environmental, and transportation planning practices serving state DOTs. Competes for the same contracts as Blackwater but as a much larger generalist with a national footprint.
• Tetra Tech: Global consulting and engineering firm with deep specialization in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure — including NEPA and transportation environmental planning. Comparable services, broader portfolio, and substantially larger scale.
• WSP USA: Global engineering and professional services firm with a substantial U.S. transportation and environmental practice that performs NEPA documentation and environmental planning for state DOTs. Competes for the same agency contracts at far larger scale.
• Jacobs Solutions: Global professional services firm with transportation, environmental, and NEPA practices serving state DOTs and federal transportation agencies. Competes for similar large on-call contracts across the U.S.

Direct peers

• Mead & Hunt: Mid-sized U.S. engineering and planning firm with transportation-focused NEPA documentation, environmental planning, and public engagement capabilities for state DOTs. Closely comparable in size, business model, and service mix.

Regional players

• KCI Technologies: Maryland-based engineering, construction services, and planning firm with environmental and NEPA capabilities serving Mid-Atlantic transportation agencies. Overlaps directly with Blackwater's service portfolio and customer base but at larger scale across multiple disciplines.
• Whitman, Requardt & Associates: Baltimore/Mid-Atlantic engineering and planning firm with transportation and environmental services for state DOTs and transit authorities. Comparable geographic footprint and customer base, with overlapping NEPA and environmental planning capabilities.
• RK&K (Rummel, Klepper & Kahl): Mid-Atlantic-headquartered engineering and planning firm that performs NEPA documentation and environmental planning for state DOTs, including MDOT and surrounding agencies. Closely comparable in service mix (NEPA, environmental planning, public engagement for transportation) and geography, but operates at materially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance22 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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