Daniel J. Keating Company

What Daniel J. Keating Company does

Daniel J. Keating Company is a privately held, family-owned general contractor and construction management firm headquartered in Narberth, Pennsylvania, with a secondary office in Center City Philadelphia. Founded in 1909/1910 as a plumbing business by Dan Keating, the firm pivoted into general construction in 1968 and has remained under Keating family ownership across four generations, with Pierce J. Keating serving as Chairman & CEO since 2006 and Pierce Keating Jr. as President representing the fourth generation. The company operates with 101-250 employees and offers four core service lines: General Contracting, Construction Management, Design-Build, and Historic Renovation. Its underlying capabilities emphasize LEED-certified sustainable construction, historic preservation, large-scale ground-up institutional work, and design-build delivery for complex public-sector projects.

The firm's revenue model is professional services-based, executing project-by-project work under lump-sum contracts, cost-plus contracts, and construction management fee arrangements, with no publicly listed pricing. Projects are acquired through competitive bidding on public sector opportunities (federal, state, and municipal) and negotiated contracts with private institutional clients and developers. Contract values span roughly $3 million to $471 million, with marquee civic projects including the Pennsylvania Convention Center Expansion ($471M, as part of The Keating Joint Venture), the $230M Philadelphia Public Services Building, the $223.5M New Jersey Executive State House renovation, the $100M National Constitution Center, and the Temple University Charles Library ($71M, LEED Gold).

Keating serves four primary customer segments: Government/Public Sector (federal, state, and municipal agencies including NPS, GSA, SEPTA, Philadelphia Water Department); Educational Institutions (Temple, Villanova, La Salle, School District of Philadelphia, Girard College); Cultural & Hospitality (museums, historic hotels, cultural institutions); and Private Real Estate Developers (multifamily and mixed-use). It operates exclusively in the Philadelphia metropolitan area with limited New Jersey reach, with sales executed through direct prime contracting relationships and channel marketing conducted primarily through a project portfolio website, LinkedIn presence, and industry award recognition (AIA, Preservation Alliance, ENR, LEED certifications).

Name

Daniel J. Keating Company

Legal name

Daniel J. Keating Company

Website

https://djkeating.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1910

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Daniel J. Keating Company is a fourth-generation, family-owned general contractor and construction manager based in the Philadelphia metro area, providing general contracting, construction management, design-build, and historic renovation services to government, educational, cultural, and private developer clients across Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Narberth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. General Contracting & Construction Management Services: Revenue is generated on a project-by-project basis through lump-sum contracts, cost-plus contracts, and construction management fees for projects of varying sizes across commercial, institutional, civic, and infrastructure sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Daniel J. Keating Company is a Philadelphia-based general contractor and construction management firm that delivers lump-sum, cost-plus, and construction management services for ground-up construction, historic preservation, institutional, civic, and infrastructure projects. Its work spans large-scale construction management, design-build delivery, and specialized historic renovation for landmark structures across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Projects are sourced through competitive bidding on public opportunities and direct negotiated contracts with private clients, with project values historically ranging from approximately $3 million to over $470 million.

Product overview

Daniel J. Keating Company operates as a general contractor/construction management firm offering four core service lines: General Contracting, Construction Management, Design Build, and Historic Renovation. These services represent the company's unified construction service offering rather than a software product or platform. The company specializes in large-scale ground-up construction, historical renovation, industrial development, and school/university construction projects primarily in the Philadelphia region. Founded in 1909 as a plumbing outfit, the company has grown to become one of the largest and most respected general contractors in the Philadelphia area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Contracting Full-service general contracting with focus on construction methods, schedule management, cost controls, and safety for projects of all sizes across commercial, institutional, civic, and infrastructure sectors. Targets public and private clients securing projects via competitive bidding and direct negotiation.
• Construction Management Collaborative construction management services providing systems of management, communication, and oversight throughout project execution. Delivered on landmark civic, educational, and cultural projects including the Pennsylvania Convention Center Expansion and Philadelphia Public Services Building.
• Design Build Single-source design-build methodology combining design and construction delivery, providing advantages in cost control, enhanced team interaction, and streamlined project delivery. Used on projects such as the Philadelphia Public Services Building transformation.
• Historic Renovation Specialized historic renovation services for Philadelphia's landmark structures, demonstrating sensitivity to architectural beauty and preservation of historic integrity. Featured on projects including Independence Hall Tower Restoration, The Union League of Philadelphia, Memorial Hall at Please Touch Museum, and Philadelphia City Hall Exterior Restoration.

Quantifiable outcome

• Pennsylvania Convention Center was nearly doubled in size to 878,455 SF with a 260,000 SF divisible Exhibit Hall (largest in the Northeast)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers27 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Turner Construction Company: One of the largest US general contractors with a substantial Philadelphia and Mid-Atlantic presence across commercial, healthcare, education, civic, and cultural projects. Directly comparable in scope, customer base, and project size to Keating, and the primary scaled national competitor on many of the same Philadelphia institutional RFPs.
• Torcon Inc. New Jersey-based (Red Bank) general contractor with a multi-sector commercial, institutional, life sciences, and cultural portfolio. Regularly competes for similar Mid-Atlantic public and institutional projects adjacent to Keating's core territory.
• Gilbane Building Company: Family-founded (150+ years), employee-owned general contractor headquartered in the Northeast with a service mix of general contracting, construction management, and design-build for institutional, civic, healthcare, and education clients. Closely comparable in ownership structure, geographic concentration, and customer segmentation to Daniel J. Keating.
• IMC Construction: Pennsylvania-based mid-Atlantic general contractor in a similar size tier focused on commercial, institutional, and senior living projects across the Philadelphia region. Closely comparable in scale, geographic concentration, and customer mix.
• P. Agnes & Associates: Philadelphia-based, family-owned general contractor founded in 1918 with a similar legacy, scale, and institutional / public-sector client focus in the same metro area. Directly comparable across ownership model, customer mix, and project size tier.
• L.F. Driscoll Company: Bala Cynwyd-based regional general contractor focused on healthcare, education, life sciences, and cultural construction in the greater Philadelphia and Mid-Atlantic markets. Competes head-to-head on many of the same institutional and university opportunities that Keating pursues.
• Hunter Roberts Construction Group: Philadelphia-based mid-large general contractor specializing in academic, cultural, healthcare, and residential construction across the Mid-Atlantic. Overlaps directly with Keating on Philadelphia cultural, education, and multifamily work.

Broad incumbents

• Skanska USA: Large international general contractor with established Philadelphia-area operations across commercial, healthcare, civic, and infrastructure. Represents an incumbent competitive threat from a scaled player whose geographic breadth allows it to underwrite larger pipeline and longer-duration work.
• Whiting-Turner Contracting Company: Major Mid-Atlantic general contractor with decades-long track record on university, civic, healthcare, and commercial construction. Operates at a larger scale than Keating but overlaps substantially on institutional and government client base throughout the Mid-Atlantic.
• AECOM (Tishman Construction): Diversified infrastructure services firm with an active construction management practice pursuing large institutional, civic, and infrastructure projects where Keating competes. Brings significantly greater capital resources and engineering scale to bear on the same RFP set.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/daniel-j.-keating-company

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about Daniel J. Keating Company