Wilhelm Commercial Builders

What Wilhelm Commercial Builders does

Wilhelm Commercial Builders is a Maryland-based commercial general contractor and construction management firm founded in 1991, headquartered in Annapolis Junction at 10979 Guilford Rd Suite B. The company provides project-based commercial construction services including new builds, renovations, and specialized build-outs for clients across professional services, hospitality, fitness, storage/real estate development, and religious/community sectors. Wilhelm generates revenue through fixed-price contracts for completed projects, secured via direct client relationships, referrals, and targeted business development within the Maryland region. The firm is privately held with no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, or external funding.

Wilhelm's core capability centers on creative construction means and methods using non-traditional materials and innovative building approaches. The company's flagship innovation is a 144,000 square foot self-storage facility built from 417 repurposed 40-foot shipping containers creating 1,072 storage units, delivered in 9 months at approximately 25% cost savings versus conventional brick-and-mortar construction. Other notable projects include a 46,000 square foot worship facility employing green-building practices, a 20,000 square foot law firm build-out featuring custom millwork and switch glass partitions, dual restaurant concepts with high-end finish work, and a boutique fitness studio build-out. Technical competencies span EIFS and metal-clad facades, custom millwork, copper resin bar tops, energy-efficient building systems, and adaptive reuse of industrial materials.

The company operates a lean team of 11-50 employees and serves clients through a direct sales motion targeting enterprise customers including property developers (Beatty Development, GreenSpace Holdings), hospitality operators (Wecker Hospitality Group), professional service firms (Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny), and nonprofit organizations (Mosaic Christian Church). Wilhelm relies on its website portfolio and word-of-mouth referrals rather than formal marketing channels, with no disclosed app, API, or digital product surface.

Name

Wilhelm Commercial Builders

Legal name

Wilhelm Builders

Website

https://wilhelmbuilders.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Wilhelm Commercial Builders is a Maryland-based commercial general contractor founded in 1991, delivering project-based construction services including new builds, renovations, and specialized build-outs across legal, hospitality, fitness, storage, and religious sectors via creative construction methods.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Construction Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (23622)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial General Contracting (New Build) (IMAFAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Renovation, Remodeling & Tenant Improvements (General Contracting) (IMAFAAAE)

Keywords

• Commercial construction services
• General contracting
• Construction management
• Commercial tenant build-outs
• Green building construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Annapolis Junction

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Commercial Construction Services: Project-based commercial construction services including new builds, renovations, and specialized build-outs for various commercial clients. Revenue is generated through fixed-price contracts for completed projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Wilhelm Commercial Builders provides general contracting and construction management services for commercial clients across Maryland. The company executes new builds, renovations, and tenant build-outs for offices, restaurants, fitness studios, worship facilities, and storage developments, with a focus on creative construction means and methods using non-traditional materials.

Product overview

Wilhelm Commercial Builders is a commercial construction company offering a portfolio of construction projects across diverse sectors including corporate office, worship facilities, hospitality/restaurant, fitness studios, and innovative storage solutions. Projects include: a 20,000 sq ft law firm office (Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny), a 46,000 sq ft worship center (Mosaic Christian Church), a 144,000 sq ft shipping container storage facility (GreenSpace Holdings), dual restaurant establishments (Cured Table & Tap and 18th & 21st), and a 2,195 sq ft spin-cycle studio (Resistance Cycle). The company emphasizes creative construction means and methods, including non-traditional materials like shipping containers for storage facilities, and green-building construction practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial General Contracting Project-based general contracting for commercial construction including new builds and major renovations, delivered to enterprise and mid-market clients through fixed-price contracts in the Maryland region.
• Construction Management Construction management services for commercial projects, encompassing project oversight, scheduling, and trade coordination for clients undertaking commercial build-outs and renovation work.
• Commercial Tenant Build-outs Specialty build-out service for commercial tenants, including office interiors, restaurant build-outs, fitness studios, and worship spaces, delivered as a single contracted scope for property developers and business operators.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25% cost savings achieved over conventional brick and mortar construction for storage facility project
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Wecker Hospitality GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWilhelm Builders partnered with Wecker Hospitality Group to construct two restaurant concepts - Cured Table & Tap (neighborhood bar and restaurant) and 18th & 21st (prohibition era supper club with jazz lounge) at Merriweather One in Downtown Columbia. The partnership involved high-end custom millwork, copper resin bar tops, onyx backed bar taps, art deco metal panels, and sophisticated design elements.
• Beatty DevelopmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBeatty Development is the developer of Harbor Point where Wilhelm Builders constructed the Resistance Cycle spin-cycle studio. The partnership involves constructing tenant improvements in the Harbor Point development for fitness business operators.
• Mosaic Christian ChurchcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWilhelm Builders partnered with Mosaic Christian Church to build a 46,000 square foot worship facility in Elkridge, Maryland. The project included roof raising, exterior facade refresh with EIFS and metal clad panels, glass sectional garage doors, audio-visual sound system, and green-building construction practices.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Whiting-Turner Contracting Company: Baltimore-based, mid-Atlantic-headquartered commercial general contractor. The closest geographic and segment peer to Wilhelm — both operate as commercial GCs serving developers and businesses across Maryland and the broader mid-Atlantic region, and compete for many of the same office, retail, and institutional build-out projects.
• Clark Construction Group: Bethesda, Maryland-based commercial general contractor with a deep mid-Atlantic footprint. Directly comparable to Wilhelm in commercial GC scope, including office build-outs, mixed-use developments (Columbia/Merriweather type), and institutional projects across the same geography.
• Coakley & Williams Construction: Maryland-based commercial general contractor of comparable scale to Wilhelm, focused on commercial, institutional, and tenant improvement projects in the mid-Atlantic. Strong direct overlap in vertical mix (office, hospitality, religious/educational) and regional customer base.
• Hess Construction + Engineering: Maryland-based commercial GC specializing in commercial, educational, and institutional projects. Direct mid-Atlantic peer to Wilhelm with similar project size profile and customer segments, and competes for the same regional developer work.
• W.M. Schlosser Company: Maryland-based commercial general contractor with a strong tenant improvement and renovation portfolio. Highly comparable to Wilhelm's renovation and TI mix (law firm, worship, restaurant build-outs) and operates in the same regional market.
• Bozzuto Construction Company: Greenbelt, Maryland-based commercial general contractor affiliated with the Bozzuto real estate platform. Comparable to Wilhelm in commercial construction scope, mid-Atlantic geography, and project size — and similarly tied to a developer ecosystem.
• Southway Builders: Maryland-based regional commercial general contractor with a portfolio spanning commercial, institutional, and tenant improvement work. Closely comparable in size, regional focus, and project types to Wilhelm's commercial GC offering.

Broad incumbents

• DPR Construction: National commercial general contractor with a significant mid-Atlantic presence. Broader incumbent peer — same commercial construction category and same regional office, but larger scale, broader vertical coverage, and deeper institutional client base than Wilhelm.
• Gilbane Building Company: National commercial general contractor with strong mid-Atlantic operations. A broad incumbent in the same commercial construction space as Wilhelm, but operating at materially larger scale across multiple geographies and verticals.
• Barton Malow Company: National commercial general contractor serving commercial, institutional, and industrial markets with a mid-Atlantic office. Larger-scope incumbent peer to Wilhelm in the same commercial GC category, with broader geographic and vertical reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wilhelmbuilders
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wilhelm-commercial-builders

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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