Black & Veatch
| Company type | Employee-Owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | Engineering, procurement and construction, and consulting |
| Founded | Kansas City, Missouri (1915) |
| Headquarters | Overland Park, Kansas |
Areas served | Power, water, private telecommunications, oil and gas, mining, government, data centers |
Key people | Mario Azar, Chairman and CEO
Steve Meck, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Michael Williams, Chief Financial Officer Steve Uhlmansiek, Vice President and Chief of Staff Mike Adams, Chief Digital Technology Officer Patrick Hogan, Chief Client Officer Andrea Bernica, Chief People Officer Jennifer Divito, President, Black & Veatch Operations Narsingh Chaudhary, President, Fuels & Natural Resources Jim Doull, President, Power Providers Jim Moos, Interim President, Governments & Communities Jim Moos, President, Technology, Commercial & Industrial Charlie Sanchez, President, Strategic Advisory & Lifecycle Resiliency Services Narsingh Chaudhary, Interim President, Asia Pacific and India Oscar Falcon, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Latin America Youssef Merjaneh, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa |
| Services | Asset management, consulting, data analytics, EPC and design build, operations, physical and cybersecurity, program and construction management, sustainability |
| Revenue | $4.735 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | More than 12,000 (2024) |
Black & Veatch (BV) is a global engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Founded in 1915 in Kansas City, Missouri it is now headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. It specializes in infrastructure development in energy, liquefied natural gas, water, renewable energy including solar, private telecommunications, government, mining, data centers, cybersecurity, advisory services, electrified transportation and smart cities.
In 2023, BV was the 10th largest 100% employee-owned company in the United States with reported total revenue of $4.735 billion. According to Engineering-News Record (ENR) magazine, Black & Veatch is the 13th-largest design firm in the United States based on revenue for design services performed in 2024. In its annual ENR 500 rankings, the magazine also reports that BV is the nation's 4th largest provider of design services to the Power market and 8th largest in Water.
BV has more than 100 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100 countries on six continents.