Widseth Smith Nolting

What Widseth Smith Nolting does

Widseth Smith Nolting & Assoc., Inc. is a privately held, full-service architecture, engineering, environmental, and surveying firm headquartered in Baxter, Minnesota. Founded in 1975, the firm operates 13 offices across Minnesota and North Dakota with 270 integrated professionals delivering work across 18 disciplines, including architecture, civil, mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering, environmental services, land surveying, GIS and aerial mapping (through wholly owned subsidiary 95West Aerial Mapping), interior design, and funding assistance. Its project portfolio spans government, commercial, K-12 education, healthcare, manufacturing and industrial, energy infrastructure, housing, and arts and culture clients, with publicly cited projects including the Essentia Health Orthopedic Center in Baxter, the Geotek 105,000-square-foot composite utility pole manufacturing facility in Stewartville, East Gull Lake City Hall, Marshall County Central Schools, and Central Lakes College's dental program expansion.

The firm's service delivery relies on conventional AEC tooling — 3D mechanical modeling, Civil 3D drafting, GIS, and aerial acquisition — combined with domain expertise in stormwater BMP inspection and maintenance, environmental review, wetland delineation, archaeology, permitting, and grant/funding assistance. Widseth markets through its "Widseth Field Notes" blog, the "Widseth Inspired" employee video series, an email newsletter, and AEC industry award submissions (SMPS, Zweig Group, MCEA). The firm pursues clients via direct relationship-based engagement, RFP responses, and design-build collaborations with general contractors including Hy-Tec Construction and McGough Construction.

Widseth generates revenue through project-based professional services contracts with custom fee structures tied to scope and complexity, billing typically on multi-year engagements. The firm's go-to-market is sales-led and regionally concentrated in the Upper Midwest, with no public listing, no disclosed institutional investors, and no identified parent company. Ownership has remained private and founder/employee-led since incorporation, with the most recent structural event being the January 1, 2026 merger with Bogart, Pederson & Associates, Inc. of Becker, Minnesota.

Name

Widseth Smith Nolting

Legal name

Widseth Smith Nolting & Assoc., Inc.

Website

https://widseth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Widseth Smith Nolting is a privately held, full-service architecture, engineering, environmental, and surveying firm founded in 1975, employing 270 professionals across 13 offices in Minnesota and North Dakota to serve government, education, healthcare, commercial, and industrial clients in the Upper Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Baxter

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Project-Based Consulting: Widseth generates revenue through project-based professional services contracts for architecture, engineering, environmental, and surveying services. Projects range from municipal infrastructure to commercial developments, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, and industrial facilities. The firm serves both public sector clients (government entities, school districts) and private sector clients through direct contracting relationships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Widseth Smith Nolting is a full-service architecture, engineering, environmental, and surveying firm that designs buildings and infrastructure for public and private clients. The firm delivers integrated multidisciplinary services—including architecture, civil, mechanical, electrical, structural, and environmental engineering; land surveying; GIS/aerial mapping; interior design; and funding assistance—from concept to completion across the Upper Midwest.

Product overview

Widseth Smith Nolting is a full-service architecture, engineering, environmental, and surveying firm serving the Upper Midwest since 1975. The company operates as a single unified professional services practice offering 18 integrated disciplines including architecture, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, structural engineering, environmental services, land surveying, GIS/aerial mapping (through subsidiary 95West Aerial Mapping), interior design, and funding assistance services. Projects span government buildings, commercial developments, K-12 education, healthcare, manufacturing, energy infrastructure, housing, and cultural facilities across 13 offices in Minnesota and North Dakota.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Successful merger with Bogart, Pederson & Associates adding 23 professionals and 29 years of experience to the firm
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and minor.

• Bogart, Pederson & Associates, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Professional land surveying and civil engineering firm based in Becker, MN merged with Widseth on January 1, 2026. The firm's 23 civil engineers, land surveyors, certified wetland delineators, and associated staff provide services to the northwest metro area and greater Minnesota. Craig Wensmann continues as VP of Widseth leading the Becker team.
• Hy-Tec ConstructionstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerGeneral contractor partner on multiple projects including Crosslake Community School, LAKE Center, and Essentia Health Orthopedic Center. Collaboration on design-build projects across the Upper Midwest.
• Essentia HealthstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare system partnership for the 60,000-square-foot Orthopedic Center in Baxter, MN. Collaborative design-build effort with Widseth and Hy-Tec Construction transforming a former big box building into a modern patient-centered destination.
• McGough ConstructionstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerConstruction partner on GEOTEK's 105,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Stewartville, MN. Tri-party partnership with Widseth for modern manufacturing space design built for efficiency, visibility, and future growth.
• Central Lakes CollegestrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on remodel and expansion of dental clinic and educational facilities. Widseth provided architectural and engineering design services supporting the launch of a new dental hygiene program and expansion of the dental assisting program.
• National Loon Center FoundationstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership supporting National Loon Center project in Crosslake, MN. Widseth created marketing video that helped secure $4,000,000 in LCCMR grant funding. Widseth continues as design partner as project moved to groundbreaking phase.
• 95West Aerial MappingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWholly owned subsidiary of Widseth providing aerial acquisition and geospatial services throughout the United States. Staffed in Grand Forks office alongside Widseth engineering and survey teams.
• Vetter StoneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaterial supplier partnership for Bridge Plaza project. Vetter Stone provided Mankato limestone featured in Mankato downtown development project.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• HDR: Large national AE firm with deep Midwest roots in infrastructure, transportation, and water, competing for the same municipal and institutional work that anchors Widseth's revenue.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with a sizable Midwest presence that competes with Widseth on larger municipal and institutional pursuits, but operates at vastly greater scale.

Direct peers

• Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH): Full-service architecture, engineering, and planning firm headquartered in Minnesota with comparable Upper Midwest footprint and disciplinary breadth, competing directly against Widseth for municipal and institutional work.
• Mead & Hunt: Full-service planning, engineering, and architecture firm with comparable Midwest presence and similar institutional/government client mix, overlapping directly with Widseth's verticals.
• Bolton & Menk: Minnesota-based full-service AE consulting firm of similar scale with offices across the Upper Midwest, directly competitive for municipal, K-12, and infrastructure design work.
• KLJ Engineering: Regional AE firm concentrated in the Upper Midwest with similar size and multidisciplinary offerings, competing head-to-head on infrastructure and community development projects.
• LHB Inc. Minnesota-based full-service AE consulting firm with similar size and scope, directly comparable to Widseth on government, education, and infrastructure projects.
• ISG (I+S Group): Multi-discipline architecture and engineering firm with a strong Upper Midwest footprint and comparable integrated service model, competing for similar municipal and commercial work.
• Braun Intertec: Midwest-based engineering, environmental, and testing firm with shared client base in municipal and industrial sectors, broadly comparable to Widseth's environmental and civil practice.
• WSB: Growing Minnesota-headquartered engineering and consulting firm with comparable Midwest footprint and similar client verticals, increasingly overlapping with Widseth's market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WIDSETHdesign
• Facebookfacebook.com/WidsethDesign

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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