Name

Perkins & Will

Legal name

Perkins + Will

Website

https://perkinswill.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1935

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Design-Build & Renovation-Integrated Builders (IMAFABAE), Residential Interior Fit-Out (Multi-Family & High-End) (IMAFANAE)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Sustainable building design
• Mass timber construction
• Healthcare facility design
• Interior design planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices32 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional architecture services billed on a project fee basis, typically a percentage of construction cost or fixed fee for specific project phases. Revenue is project-based and cyclical with construction timelines.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Perkins & Will provides professional architecture, interior design, urban design, and planning services delivered through 33 studios across 30+ countries. The firm serves institutional clients in healthcare, higher education, corporate and commercial, civic, transportation, sports, and residential sectors with specialized capabilities in mass timber construction, evidence-based healthcare design, and sustainability consulting. The firm also produces proprietary research, frameworks, and digital tools (Precautionary List, Living Design Framework, RELi Resilience Standard, Transparency Portal) that support material health and resilience decisions on client projects.

Product overview

Perkins & Will is a global architecture and design firm operating as a single unified practice rather than a platform-plus-modules structure. The firm's offerings span architecture, interior design, urban design, and planning services organized across 20 practice areas (including Health, Higher Education, Corporate and Commercial, Residential, Sports/Recreation/Entertainment, and Transportation). The portfolio includes specialized services in Mass Timber Design, Sustainability Services, Resilience Design, and Living Design Framework. Research offerings encompass Carbon Health Research and Bio-Based and Natural Materials Research. The Transparency Portal provides digital access to material health information. Projects range from cultural institutions like the Suzhou Science and Technology Museum to commercial developments like Cambridge CB1 Estate, sports venue renovations like SAP Center, and academic facilities. The firm acquired A+I architecture firm in September 2025, expanding its combined headcount to around 200.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Design Services Core professional service offering covering architecture, interior design, urban design, and planning across healthcare, education, commercial, civic, residential, sports, transportation, and hospitality sectors for institutional clients.
• Mass Timber Design Specialized architecture service designing mass timber buildings using engineered wood products (CLT, Glulam, DLT) as a lower-embodied-carbon alternative to steel and concrete.
• Sustainability Services Firmwide sustainability consulting covering ESG reporting, carbon neutrality assessments, the Living Design framework, and materials vetting against health and environmental requirements.
• Resilience Design Services Design services addressing climate resilience, including shock-resistant and regenerative building strategies aligned with the RELi Resilience Standard co-developed with industry partners.
• Transparency Portal Online digital platform providing access to embodied carbon and material health data for building products to support informed material selection.
• Carbon Health Research Research offering produced in collaboration with Habitable (formerly Healthy Building Network), generating reports on embodied carbon and material health in building products.
• Bio-Based and Natural Materials Research Research reports on bio-based construction materials including bamboo, cork, hemp, straw, seaweed panels, and microbial coatings, with evaluation, sourcing, and integration guidance.
• Suzhou Science and Technology Museum (project delivery) Full architecture and design delivery for the Suzhou Science and Technology Museum, a ribbon-shaped cultural venue with a garden-covered roof; designed for Suzhou Municipal Government.
• Cambridge CB1 Estate (project delivery) Architecture and design delivery for a 50,000 sq ft commercial development in Cambridge's Central Business District that achieved the city's first BREEAM Outstanding rating for a speculative commercial scheme.
• SAP Center Renovation (project delivery) Full design services for the $500M+ multiyear renovation of SAP Center in San Jose, covering fan experience, concourses, lower bowl, luxury amenities, and restrooms.

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved carbon neutrality in business operations by 2007
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2025LACI leads a consortium with Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) to design and operate BATWorks, a 200,000 sq ft climate innovation hub at Brooklyn Army Terminal. NYCEDC is investing $100 million in this initiative expected to create 600+ jobs and $2.6 billion economic impact over 10 years.
• Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2025CIC partners with LACI to design and operate the BATWorks climate innovation hub, providing startup support, research, prototyping, and testing facilities for climate technology companies.
• CUNYminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2025Academic partner in the BATWorks consortium providing workforce training and job placement programs alongside product research capabilities.
• NYUminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 May 2025Academic partner in the BATWorks consortium contributing to workforce training and research initiatives for climate technology startups.
• SwatchboxminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 May 2025Perkins+Will participated in Swatchbox's private beta of Second Life Samples, a circular sampling program demonstrating up to 90% reduction in material sample waste among participating architecture and design firms.
• Nordic StructurescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNordic Structures is the mass timber manufacturer supplying CLT and Glulam products for Perkins&Will projects including 1 De Haro in San Francisco. The partnership involves factory visits and collaborative design development.
• Schmidt Hammer LassencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPerkins&Will partnered with Schmidt Hammer Lassen (their Copenhagen studio) to design the University of British Columbia Gateway building, combining local expertise with international design collaboration.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gensler: The world's largest privately held architecture and design firm with global studios across multiple sectors including healthcare, education, and corporate workplaces. Directly comparable to Perkins&Will in scale, sector mix, and design-led positioning.
• HOK: Global architecture, engineering, and planning firm with strong practices in healthcare, education, aviation, and sports — overlapping with Perkins&Will's largest segments and serving similar institutional clients.
• Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM): Premier global architecture, engineering, and urban design firm known for large-scale institutional, civic, and commercial projects. Comparable in scope, project scale, and global studio footprint.
• HKS: Large architecture and design firm with leading healthcare and education practices — directly overlapping with Perkins&Will's strongest verticals and evidence-based design approach.
• NBBJ: Global architecture and design firm serving healthcare, higher education, and corporate clients with research-driven, sustainability-focused design — closely aligned with Perkins&Will's positioning.
• HDR: Employee-owned architecture, engineering, and consulting firm with a top-ranked healthcare practice and growing higher education and civic portfolios — overlapping directly with Perkins&Will's institutional client base.
• Stantec: Global architecture and engineering firm with significant buildings practice across healthcare, education, and community infrastructure — competing for similar institutional design mandates.
• Foster + Partners: Renowned global architecture and integrated design firm with comparable scale, sector breadth (cultural, civic, healthcare, workplace), and award-winning design reputation.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a substantial architecture and buildings practice serving healthcare, education, and civic clients. A larger, publicly listed incumbent offering overlapping services as part of a wider portfolio.
• Jacobs: Large publicly listed professional services firm with buildings and infrastructure design capabilities, including healthcare and higher education — a broader incumbent competing for select institutional mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/perkinswill

Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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