SJB Group

Name

SJB Group

Legal name

SJB Group, LLC

Website

https://sjbgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1954

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

SJB Group, LLC is a privately held civil engineering and land surveying firm headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serving commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental clients across the Gulf South with surveying, subsurface utility engineering, civil engineering, and program management services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Baton Rouge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Civil Engineering Services: Comprehensive civil engineering design and consulting services including utilities, transportation, drainage systems, stormwater management, site development, and gas distribution systems. Revenue generated through project-based fees for design, planning, and engineering services.
2. Land Surveying Services: Professional land surveying including boundary surveys, topographic surveys, ALTA surveys, subdivision, right-of-way mapping, and construction surveys. Billed as professional service engagements.
3. Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE): Utility locating, mapping, and clash detection services using GPR and vacuum excavation. Project-based professional service fees.
4. Program Management: Comprehensive program management services including permitting, scheduling, estimating, and inspection services for multi-project programs.
5. Environmental Services: Environmental consulting including diligence, coastal, wetland mitigation, compliance, and impact analysis services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

SJB Group is a civil engineering and land surveying firm delivering professional services to commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental clients across the Gulf South. Its core offerings include professionally-licensed land surveying (3D scanning, ALTA, topographic, mobile LiDAR, boundary, subdivision, ROW, hydrographic, and railroad monitoring surveys), Subsurface Utility Engineering using GPR and vacuum excavation, multidisciplinary civil engineering design (utilities, transportation, drainage, stormwater, site development, gas distribution), planning services, program management, environmental consulting, and expert consulting for regulatory and ADA compliance.

Product overview

SJB Group is a civil engineering and land surveying firm providing professional services across the Gulf South Region for 70+ years. The company offers an integrated portfolio of seven core service lines: Surveying Services (including 3D scanning, ALTA surveys, mobile LiDAR, hydrographic surveying, and railroad monitoring), Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) for underground utility mapping using GPR and vacuum excavation, Civil Engineering covering utilities, transportation, drainage, and site development, Planning Services for feasibility and master planning, Program Management for project oversight, Environmental Services for compliance and mitigation, and Consulting Services for regulatory and expert support. These services work together to support infrastructure projects for commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Surveying Services Professionally-licensed land surveying solutions for construction, land development, and environmental assessment projects, including 3D scanning/modeling, topographic surveying, ALTA surveys, aerial scanning, mobile LiDAR scanning, boundary surveying, subdivision, ROW mapping, hydrographic surveying, and railroad monitoring. Targeted at commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental clients in the Gulf South.
• Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Engineering services that map and manage underground utilities using Ground Penetrating Radar, utility coordination, utility coordination during design, utility mapping, utility relocation estimating, and vacuum excavation to ensure safety and cost-effectiveness for construction and infrastructure projects in the Gulf South.
• Civil Engineering Multidisciplinary engineering design services covering utilities, transportation, drainage systems, stormwater management, site development, gas distribution system management and compliance, and critical path method analysis for commercial, industrial, institutional, and governmental clients.
• Planning Services Due diligence and strategic planning services including site diligence, feasibility studies, master planning, entitlement, impact studies, and landscape architecture to help clients minimize risk and make informed choices on development and infrastructure projects.
• Program Management Comprehensive program management services encompassing permitting, scheduling, estimating, and inspection services to streamline multiple projects, optimize resources, and drive efficiency from inception to delivery for infrastructure programs across the Gulf South.
• Environmental Services Environmental consulting including permitting, diligence, coastal studies, wetland mitigation, compliance, and impact analysis to help clients navigate regulatory frameworks and safeguard ecosystems across infrastructure and development projects.
• Consulting Services Engineering consulting services including DBE support services, expert witness testimony, mediation/dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, and ADA compliance for clients seeking project-specific guidance and problem-solving support.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Neel-Schaffer: Regional civil engineering and surveying firm headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, with deep Gulf South / Southeast US presence and comparable service lines including transportation, water, and surveying — directly overlapping SJB's geography and offerings.
• Halff Associates: Texas-headquartered mid-size civil engineering, surveying, and environmental firm with a comparable integrated service model and similar employee scale, competing for overlapping Gulf-region infrastructure work.
• Jones|Carter: Texas-based civil engineering, surveying, and planning firm of similar size offering land development, transportation, water resources, and surveying — a directly comparable regional peer with overlapping service lines.
• TRC Companies: Public professional services firm providing engineering, environmental, and infrastructure consulting nationwide; overlaps with SJB on environmental, infrastructure, and surveying-adjacent work and serves as a scaled comparable for valuation.
• NV5 Global: Public technical engineering and consulting firm offering infrastructure, environmental, and geospatial services — comparable in service mix and customer types to SJB, and useful as a scaled valuation benchmark.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global engineering professional services firm that competes with SJB on large transportation, water, and environmental infrastructure programs and increasingly on regional mid-size projects through acquisitions.
• WSP: Global engineering consultancy with a strong US infrastructure practice; competes for the same governmental and transportation clients SJB serves and pressures regional pricing on larger bids.
• Stantec: International engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with growing Gulf South presence; offers overlapping civil, surveying, and environmental capabilities as part of a much wider portfolio.
• Jacobs: Global professional services firm with major US infrastructure and water practices; competes for governmental transportation, water, and environmental work that overlaps with SJB's portfolio.
• Burns & McDonnell: Employee-owned engineering, architecture, and construction firm with strong US infrastructure, environmental, and utility practices; a broad incumbent competing for similar governmental and industrial clients in the Gulf region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sjbgroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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