What Survey Solutions does

Survey Solutions is a UK-based engineering surveying firm founded in 1998, headquartered in Solihull (West Midlands) following a 2026 relocation from Ipswich. It provides land, engineering, rail, and utility surveying services to contractors, developers, and engineering consultants, including land surveys, utility mapping, geospatial services, and monitoring for infrastructure projects. The company self-identifies as the UK's largest independent engineering surveying business, operating from 16 offices nationwide with more than 250 employees and supporting a customer base that includes Thames Water, Transport for London, Aecom, Jacobs, Balfour Beatty, and Kier.

The company's core technology is a digital survey delivery platform used to execute rail and engineering projects, built around ease-of-use and digital workflows rather than proprietary AI. Its business model is professional services-based, delivering project work via a direct sales motion through a national network of regional offices. Distribution is entirely UK-domestic, with revenue generated from day-rate and project-based engagements on infrastructure, construction, water, and transportation programmes.

Since a December 2023 management buyout backed by private equity firm WestBridge, Survey Solutions has executed a roll-up strategy, acquiring JWG Survey & Engineering in October 2024 to enter the rail sector and SurvaTec in March 2025 to add utility surveying capability, the latter adding approximately 200 employees and 14 offices. Leadership is provided by CEO David Lowe, who has publicly framed the acquisitions as foundational to a broader growth and consolidation plan. The combined platform now serves as a multi-vertical UK surveying group with scale advantages versus independent competitors, though pricing, contract structures, and financial performance remain undisclosed.

Name

Survey Solutions

Legal name

Survey Solutions

Website

https://survey-solutions.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Survey Solutions is a UK-based engineering surveying firm providing land, utility, rail, and geospatial surveying services to contractors, developers, and engineering consultants across 16 UK offices, operating as the country's largest independent in the sector.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ipswich

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering Surveying Services: Provides engineering surveying and monitoring services to contractors, developers, and engineering consultants across the UK rail and infrastructure sectors

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Survey Solutions provides engineering surveying, monitoring, land surveying, utility mapping, geospatial, and rail surveying services to contractors, developers, and engineering consultants across the UK. The company delivers these surveying engagements through 16 regional offices, with capabilities enhanced by the 2024 acquisition of JWG Survey & Engineering (rail) and the 2025 acquisition of SurvaTec (utility surveying).

Product overview

Survey Solutions operates as an integrated platform offering comprehensive engineering surveying services. The company has grown through acquisitions, combining its core surveying capabilities with acquired brands SurvaTec (utility surveying, land surveys, utility mapping, geospatial) and JWG Survey & Engineering (rail surveying). The unified offering enables delivery of engineering surveying, monitoring, rail surveys, and utility mapping services across 16 UK offices to contractors, developers, and engineering consultants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Engineering Surveying Services Core suite of engineering surveying services — including engineering surveying, monitoring, rail surveys, utility surveying, land surveys, utility mapping, and geospatial services — delivered to contractors, developers, and engineering consultants across the UK via 16 regional offices.
• JWG Survey & Engineering (Rail Surveying) Railway survey and engineering services acquired via JWG Survey & Engineering in October 2024; provides specialized rail surveying and engineering services for UK transportation infrastructure projects.
• SurvaTec (Utility Surveying) Utility surveying services acquired via SurvaTec in March 2025; provides land surveys, utility mapping, and geospatial surveying with 14 regional offices and 200 employees, serving clients including Thames Water, Transport for London, Aecom, Jacobs, Balfour Beatty, and Kier.

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Plowman Craven: UK-based engineering surveying firm offering land surveys, utility mapping, and geospatial services to construction and infrastructure clients. Closely comparable business model, customer base, and geographic focus to Survey Solutions.
• Severn Partnership: Independent UK surveying firm providing land, engineering, and measured building surveys across multiple sectors. Direct competitor in core surveying services with similar target clients in construction and infrastructure.
• Malcolm Hughes Land Surveyors: Established UK land surveying firm serving construction, infrastructure, and engineering clients with similar surveying and geospatial service offerings. Comparable scale and operating model to Survey Solutions.
• Murphy Surveys: Ireland-headquartered surveying firm with significant UK presence offering land surveying, utility mapping, and monitoring services. Comparable in scale and service portfolio, with regional rather than fully overlapping geographic footprint.
• Subscan Technology: UK utility surveying specialist providing subsurface utility mapping and geospatial services to water utilities, contractors, and infrastructure clients. Highly comparable to the SurvaTec-acquired capability within Survey Solutions.

Broad incumbents

• AtkinsRéalis: Global engineering consultancy with significant UK presence providing surveying, geospatial, and infrastructure design services as part of a broader portfolio. Overlaps with Survey Solutions on surveying but operates at much larger scale across engineering, design, and project management.
• WSP: Global professional services firm with UK surveying and geospatial capabilities embedded within broader engineering and environmental consulting services. Comparable end-market exposure but materially larger and broader in scope.
• Stantec: International engineering and design consultancy with UK surveying capabilities supporting infrastructure, water, and environmental projects. Comparable client base but operates as a much broader multidisciplinary consultancy.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with surveying and geospatial service lines that serve the same UK contractors and utilities as Survey Solutions. Also a disclosed Survey Solutions customer, illustrating the buyer-supplier overlap typical of the surveying services value chain.

Emerging players

• MGISS: UK-based geospatial technology and services firm focused on asset surveying, GIS, and digital twin solutions for utilities and infrastructure operators. Smaller and more technology-oriented than Survey Solutions but with overlapping use cases in utility mapping.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A3 records

Investments

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