Private company

Environmental Quality Management

Environmental engineering company

Environmental Quality Management, Inc. (EQM) is an environmental engineering and remediation company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio that has been active in providing environmental remediation support in response to terrorist attacks, the space shuttle disaster, superfund site cleanup, hazardous chemical spills and natural disasters.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Environmental Quality Management, Inc. (EQM) is an environmental engineering and remediation company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio that has been active in providing environmental remediation support in response to terrorist attacks, the space shuttle disaster, superfund site cleanup, hazardous chemical spills and natural disasters.2

The story

EQ was established in 1990, to provide nationwide environmental consulting, engineering, and remediation/restoration services from its offices throughout the country. In addition to its Cincinnati headquarters, EQM has offices in Chicago, Illinois; Denver, Colorado; Durham, North Carolina; Las Vegas, Nevada; New Orleans, Louisiana; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; Roanoke, Virginia; Sacramento, California; San Antonio, Texas; and Seattle, Washington. According to the July 7 issue of Engineering News Record’s (ENR) listing of The Top 200 Environmental Firms, EQ is currently ranked as the 43rd largest environmental firm in the US; the 17th largest in hazardous waste projects, the 16th largest overall governmental environmental contractor, and the 9th largest “All Environmental” firm in the US.

The company provides services in the following areas:

Air Quality Services

Emergency Response

Environmental Management

Industrial Hygiene

Steel

Cement

From Wikipedia’s article on Environmental Quality Management, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$946.3M 2008–2025
Figures by year
YearFederal contractsTotal
2025$135.2M$135.2M
2024$42.6M$42.6M
2023$81.9M$81.9M
2022$25.5M$25.5M
2021$14.9M$14.9M
2020$26.3M$26.3M
2019$47.0M$47.0M
2018$71.9M$71.9M
2017$50.8M$50.8M
2016$44.8M$44.8M
2015$43.3M$43.3M
2014$70.6M$70.6M
2013$46.6M$46.6M
2012$45.0M$45.0M
2011$42.3M$42.3M
2010$49.9M$49.9M
2009$59.8M$59.8M
2008$47.9M$47.9M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2008–2025, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest contracts

  1. Oct 31, 2005$106.8M from Environmental Protection Agency: Kat-hurricane katrina hazardous waste operations5 To ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, INC Award 68S60201EP0056
  2. Jan 23, 2025$40.1M from Environmental Protection Agency: Fema 2025 socal wildfires emergency response and removal services. this is a declared national emergency.6 To ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, INC Award 68HE0925F0017
  3. Jul 7, 2006$31.5M from Department of the Air Force: Hsw/pkv environmental quality manageme carillon blvd cincinnati oh iz iraq maint/office buildings construction not discernable7 To ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, INC Award 0005
  4. Aug 10, 2023$23.6M from Environmental Protection Agency: New task order; 2023 maui fires; fema ma 4724-dr-hi-epa-02; emergency and rapid response services (errs) related to the release of hazardo8 To ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, INC Award 68HE0923F0079
  5. Sep 3, 2005$23.2M from Environmental Protection Agency: Hurricane katrina-debris and hazardous waste clean-up activities9 To ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT, INC Award 68S60201EP0052