Arcadis N.V. is a design, engineering and consultancy group headquartered at Parnassusweg 793 in Amsterdam and listed on Euronext Amsterdam under the ticker ARCAD. It advises and designs for owners of natural and built assets across water, environment, energy, buildings, transport and infrastructure, and its environmental restoration and water teams work on industrial sites, river systems and utility networks that sit close to the energy value chain.
A consultancy rooted in Dutch water engineering
The company traces its origins to 1888, when it was set up in the Netherlands to convert unusable wetlands into farmland, and it presents itself as having more than 135 years of expertise. It employs around 34,000 people in over 30 countries and reported 4.87 billion euros of gross revenues for 2025. Arcadis N.V. is registered with the Chamber of Commerce in Amsterdam under number 09051284, and publishes an annual integrated report alongside quarterly trading updates. Heather Polinsky is chief executive officer.
Three global business areas
Arcadis organises its work into three global business areas, each with its own growth profile:
- Resilience covers water, environment and energy work, including US water infrastructure programmes, the United Kingdom water industry's AMP8 investment cycle, German electricity grid expansion, climate adaptation in the Netherlands and environmental restoration in Latin America
- Places covers buildings and industrial facilities, where demand from data centre clients in the United States and United Kingdom and from US pharmaceutical customers offset continued weakness in the Property & Investment business in Canada and China
- Mobility covers rail, highways and transport infrastructure, with growth in North America, Germany and the Netherlands partly offset by the wind-down of a large UK project
Delivery is increasingly routed through global excellence centres, and the group says it has redeployed more than 200 leaders into customer-facing roles as part of a shift to a more commercial, sector-aligned organisation.
Half-year 2026 results and record backlog
In results published on 30 July 2026 Arcadis reported organic net revenue growth of 1.5 per cent for the first half and 2.2 per cent for the second quarter, an improvement from 0.8 per cent in the first quarter. Operating EBITA margin for the quarter was 11.4 per cent against 11.3 per cent a year earlier, held back in part by 25 million euros of non-operating restructuring costs. Order intake rose 13.5 per cent organically to 1.1 billion euros in the quarter, taking the backlog to a record 4.0 billion euros, with book-to-bill of 1.13 times in the quarter and 1.16 times for the half. On the strength of that, the company raised its 2026 organic net revenue growth guidance from flat to low single digits while reaffirming an operating EBITA margin of 11.7 to 12.0 per cent. Voluntary staff turnover improved to 10.7 per cent.
Acquisitions, AI and the 2027-2029 plan
Arcadis bought SATEL, a Spanish power and data centre engineering firm, to strengthen its position in energy markets, and took a small strategic stake in Nomic, a US developer of AI engineering workflow tools intended to speed up design on lump-sum contracts. In the summer of 2026 the group set out strategy and financial targets for 2027 to 2029: mid-single-digit organic net revenue growth over the cycle and an operating EBITDA margin in the mid to high teens by 2029, pursued by concentrating investment in selected sectors, simplifying the organisation around client sectors and standardising delivery. The plan was presented to investors at a Capital Markets Day in Amsterdam on 29 September 2026, with a third-quarter trading update scheduled for 28 October 2026.
Water, energy and climate mandates
Water is the thread running through much of the portfolio. Arcadis works on flood risk reduction, drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, and the design of net-zero data centres, and it has set a target of becoming a net-zero company by 2035. Its energy transition work includes grid expansion in Germany and power engineering for critical infrastructure, while environmental restoration projects in Latin America and contaminated-site work in Europe and North America serve industrial clients. The company is also ranked in the top 2 per cent of its industry by Sustainalytics for ESG performance and appears in Fast Company's 2024 list of the world's most innovative companies.