What Schwarz-Hanson Architects does

Schwarz-Hanson Architects is a privately held, full-service architecture firm founded in 1995 by Gerald Schwarz and Tod Hanson and headquartered at 2627 Tillar Street, Suite 131, in Fort Worth, Texas. The firm delivers professional architectural design services — master planning, interior design, and full building design across concept, documentation, and construction administration phases — for institutional, commercial, healthcare, religious, hospitality, residential, industrial, educational, financial, retail, parking, and community clients. Active team credentials include Registered Architects, Registered Interior Designers, and Architectural Interns, with active licenses across eight states: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Illinois, North Carolina, and Minnesota. Notable projects span the 24-story XTO Energy high-rise at 714 Main (Fort Worth), the 100,000 SF Frank Kent Headquarters mixed-use renovation, the Murphey Western Institute, and the international Ally Global Safe Home Campus in Nepal in partnership with Envisions Builders Nepal.

The business operates on a project-based professional services model with fees tied to scope, complexity, and construction budget, addressing project tiers from $100K to over $5M. GTM motion is direct client engagement through consultations and presentations, supported by portfolio-driven organic channels (company website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram) and earned media in Fort Worth Business Press, Fort Worth Inc., and General Contractors Magazine. Customer segments are intentionally horizontal — ranging from financial institutions (Security State Bank & Trust, Providence Bank) and healthcare providers (Pecan Valley Centers, Parker County Hospital District, Fischer Dental) to nonprofits (Ally Global Foundation, Fort Worth Zoo, Union Gospel Mission), automotive (Frank Kent Cadillac), and government entities (Weatherford Chamber of Commerce) — reducing dependence on any single vertical.

Ownership is concentrated in a four-principal partnership (Schwarz, Hanson, Naeher, Pathak) with no external institutional investment, no parent company, no disclosed subsidiaries, and no completed M&A. The firm is privately held, profitable-by-implication, and has reached its 30-year operating milestone in 2025 without disclosed funding rounds, regulatory actions, or restructuring events; growth has been funded entirely from operations and reinvested through principal-level ownership transitions.

Name

Schwarz-Hanson Architects

Legal name

Schwarz-Hanson Architects

Website

https://schwarz-hanson.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Schwarz-Hanson Architects is a privately held Fort Worth-based architecture firm founded in 1995 by Gerry Schwarz and Tod Hanson, delivering full-service master planning, interior design, and building design across commercial, healthcare, religious, institutional, residential, industrial, and public-sector clients in Texas and seven additional licensed states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Space Planning & Workplace Design (BPAHAKAI)

Keywords

• Commercial architecture design
• Master planning services
• Healthcare facility design
• Interior design services
• Construction administration oversight

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Worth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional architectural services billed on a project basis. Services span concept design through construction administration across commercial, residential, industrial, religious, hospitality, and public sector project types.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Schwarz-Hanson Architects is a Fort Worth, Texas architecture firm providing architectural design, master planning, interior design, and construction administration services for commercial, healthcare, financial, religious, and community clients. The firm also provides quality control oversight, real estate consulting, and Building Information Modeling (BIM) coordination across projects of varying scale and complexity.

Product overview

Schwarz-Hanson Architects is an architecture firm (not a software/technology company) offering a broad portfolio of architectural design services. The firm provides a unified architectural service rather than a platform-plus-modules structure. Their core offering is comprehensive architectural design spanning multiple building types and specializations, including commercial office, healthcare, industrial, residential, hospitality, religious, educational, community/municipal, parking structures, and retail projects. The firm was founded in 1995 by Gerald Schwarz and Tod Hanson and serves clients throughout Texas and surrounding states with active architectural licenses in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Illinois, North Carolina, and Minnesota.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Core architectural design services for commercial, healthcare, financial, religious, community, and hospitality buildings, delivered from concept through construction documentation.
• Master Planning Site and campus master planning services guiding long-range development, phasing, and built-environment strategy for client sites and facilities.
• Interior Design Interior design services for commercial, healthcare, financial, hospitality, religious, and community spaces, provided in coordination with overall architectural design.
• Construction Administration and Quality Control Ongoing construction administration and quality control oversight during the build phase, including coordination with contractors, ADA and code compliance review, and site observation.
• Real Estate Consulting Real estate consulting supporting clients with site selection, feasibility, and development considerations tied to broader architectural and master planning engagements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of successful projects and happy clients

Named customers20 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Envisions Builders NepalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchwarz Hanson Architects and Envisions Builders Nepal are partners in bringing Ally Global Foundation's vision to life - building safe homes, schools, counseling centers, and vocational training facilities for children rescued from human trafficking and abuse in Nepal.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HKS Architects: Dallas-headquartered architecture firm with similar broad portfolio across healthcare, commercial, education, and civic sectors. Closest large-scale direct peer competing in the same Texas market on comparable commercial, healthcare, and institutional mandates.
• GFF Architects: Dallas-based architecture and interior design firm of similar scale serving commercial, retail, education, and civic clients in the DFW market. Strongly comparable as a regional full-service architecture firm with in-house interior design capability.
• Page (Page Southerland Page): Texas-headquartered architecture, engineering, and planning firm with deep DFW presence covering healthcare, education, civic, and commercial sectors. Competes for the same Class A commercial, healthcare, and institutional project mandates.
• Beck Group: Dallas-based architecture and construction firm offering integrated design-build services across commercial, healthcare, and institutional sectors. Comparable as a regional, broad-scope firm competing for similar Texas-based mandates.
• Corgan: Dallas-based architecture firm specializing in commercial office, healthcare, data centers, and aviation. Comparable as a Texas-headquartered peer competing for corporate HQ and large-format commercial projects.
• LEO A DALY: Privately held architecture and engineering firm with strong Texas presence across healthcare, civic, commercial, and aviation sectors. Comparable as a multi-discipline firm with regional Texas operations targeting similar institutional and commercial clients.
• Architexas: Texas-based architecture firm with a preservation/restoration emphasis that competes in historic renovation and civic/community projects. Comparable as a regional peer in adjacent project categories where Schwarz-Hanson has demonstrated strength (e.g., Granbury Opera House, XTO 714 Main).
• BOKA Powell: Dallas-based architecture firm focused on commercial, healthcare, retail, and restaurant/hospitality projects. Closely comparable to Schwarz-Hanson's commercial/office and hospitality/restaurant specializations in the DFW market.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Global architecture and design firm with a major Dallas office serving commercial office, financial services, healthcare, and retail clients. Overlaps with Schwarz-Hanson's commercial/office and financial/banking verticals at a much larger scale.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with a Dallas office specializing in healthcare, civic, education, and commercial work. Overlaps directly with Schwarz-Hanson's healthcare, education, and civic practices in the same Texas market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SchwarzHansonArchitects
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/schwarz-hanson-architects
• Instagraminstagram.com/schwarzhansonarchitects
• Xx.com/schwarzhanson

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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