Black & Veatch

Kansas City, United States

OtherSolarHydrogenEnergy StorageHydroBiomassPrivate company

Founded 19155000+ employees

Profile last updated: August 11, 2026

About

Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch is a private company headquartered in Kansas City, United States with approximately 5000+ employees specializing in Other, Solar, Hydrogen.

Black & Veatch is a global, employee-owned engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company founded in 1915. It delivers infrastructure across power, water, process, and advisory sectors. Its work includes power plants, water and wastewater systems, LNG, ammonia and hydrogen process solutions, and renewable and energy transition projects such as solar, battery storage, and biomass gasification. The company reports more than 13,000 employees across offices worldwide and is 100% employee-owned through an ESOP with no external investors.

Headquarters

Kansas City, United States

Founded

1915

Employees

5000+

Company type

Private company

Focus areas

engineeringprocurementconsultingconstructionemployee-ownedESOPpowerwaterhydrogenammoniaLNGsolarbattery storageenergy transitionsustainable infrastructure

Products & services

Business models

B2BEPC

Value chain

EngineeringProcurementConsultingConstructionR&D

Service areas (1)

Global engineering and consulting
Engineering, procurement, consulting and construction services for power, water, process, and advisory infrastructure projects.