What Axium does

Axium is a private, for-profit software company headquartered in Portland, United States, founded in 1993 by Alan Mills, who continues to serve as founder and CEO. The company positions itself as a provider of "Integrated Software Solutions for Architects & Engineers," indicating a vertically tailored product suite serving architecture and engineering (A&E) professional services firms — a niche that requires domain-specific handling of project accounting, time/billing, document control, and design-adjacent workflows. The firmographic record places headcount at 51-100 employees, consistent with a small, established independent software vendor rather than a venture-scale growth company.

The 32-year operating history under continuous founder leadership implies operational stability and an accumulated body of A&E domain expertise, but the provided source material does not enumerate specific product modules, deployment model (cloud vs. on-premise), integration footprint, pricing tiers, or customer counts. No technology stack, architecture details, or proprietary feature set is disclosed. Capital structure appears light on external investment: the input records a single funding event dated January 2000 referencing General Catalyst as an investor with no disclosed amount, and no subsequent rounds, M&A activity, partnerships, or leadership transitions are documented.

Financial profile, ownership, customer composition, segment mix, and geographic footprint are not disclosed in the source data. The company competes in the same A&E vertical as substantially larger, better-capitalized ERP/PSA suites (e.g., Deltek Ajera for small A&E firms and Deltek Vantagepoint for larger A&E practices), which constrains attainable scale for a 51-100 person independent and limits the precision of any competitive-positioning assessment from this dataset alone.

Name

Axium

Website

https://axium.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Axium is a privately held software company founded in 1993 in Portland, United States, that provides integrated software solutions for architecture and engineering firms under founder-CEO Alan Mills, with 51-100 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture & Engineering Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Application UX, Portals & Low-Code Extensions (BPAEAGAM)

Keywords

• Architecture engineering software
• A&E business software
• Project accounting software
• Integrated ERP software
• Professional services software

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Core offering

Axium provides integrated software solutions designed for architecture and engineering (A&E) firms. The company delivers a unified platform that combines project management, accounting, and operational functionality tailored to the workflows of project-based professional services organizations in the A&E vertical.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Integrated Software Solutions for Architects & Engineers

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Direct peers

• Deltek: Deltek is the dominant ERP and project management software provider for AEC and professional services firms, with explicit A&E products (Vantagepoint, Ajera) targeting the same small/mid A&E customer segment Axium serves. Direct head-to-head competitor on project accounting, resource management, and project lifecycle workflows for architects and engineers.
• BQE Software: BQE Software provides project management, time tracking, billing, and accounting software purpose-built for A&E and professional services firms. BQE Core competes directly with Axium on integrated project-and-accounting functionality for small and mid-sized architecture and engineering practices.
• Newforma: Newforma offers project information management and collaboration software specifically for A&E firms, addressing email, document, and drawing management on projects. It is a direct vertical peer to Axium, sharing the same A&E customer base and overlapping workflow coverage on project delivery.
• Bluebeam (Nemetschek Group): Bluebeam provides PDF markup, drawing collaboration, and project communication tools widely used by architects and engineers. While more focused on design-phase collaboration than project accounting, it competes for the same A&E technology wallet share and is increasingly bundled into broader AEC platforms.
• Foundation Software: Foundation Software provides accounting, job costing, and project management software for construction and field-service contractors. While more construction-heavy, it overlaps with Axium on integrated project-and-accounting functionality and competes for similar mid-market project-based services firms.

Broad incumbents

• Procore Technologies: Procore is the leading construction management platform serving general contractors, specialty trades, owners, and increasingly A&E firms. While primarily construction-centric, Procore is expanding upstream into design-phase collaboration, making it an adjacent incumbent competing for the same A&E customer budgets.
• Autodesk Construction Cloud: Autodesk's AEC portfolio (Revit, AutoCAD, Construction Cloud) is the dominant design and project delivery stack for architects and engineers. It is a broad incumbent that competes for A&E IT spend on BIM, document management, and collaboration, and increasingly extends into project management adjacent to Axium's footprint.
• Trimble Viewpoint: Trimble's Viewpoint division offers ERP and project management software (Vista, Spectrum) for construction and engineering firms. As a broad incumbent with deep AEC roots, Viewpoint competes for the same mid-market A&E and construction customer IT dollars that Axium targets.

Emerging players

• Raken: Raken provides mobile-first field management, daily reporting, and time tracking for construction and A&E field teams. It is an emerging player carving out workflow share that historically would have been captured by integrated platforms like Axium, particularly in the field-data and timekeeping layer.
• Monograph: Monograph delivers project accounting, time tracking, and business intelligence for A&E and design firms, targeting small and mid-sized practices. It is an emerging cloud-native competitor directly attacking the same small/mid A&E segment that Axium serves with integrated software.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/axiumsoftware
• Facebookfacebook.com/AxiumSoftware
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/axium_2

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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