What Flatirons does

Flatirons, Inc. is a Colorado-headquartered land surveying professional services firm that operates from three Front Range offices in Boulder (headquarters), Denver, and Longmont, serving public and private sector clients across Colorado and surrounding regions. Founded in 1985 through John B. Guyton's acquisition of Robinson Engineering, the company is structured as a 100% employee-owned private corporation. It offers five integrated service lines: Residential Services (including Improvement Location Certificates and property boundary verification), Boundary Surveys (Land Survey Plats, ALTA/NSPS surveys, subdivision and condominium maps), Design Surveys (for engineering design and FEMA Elevation Certificates), Construction Layout Services (staking, as-built documentation, monitoring), and Reality Capture (advanced remote sensing). The firm has cumulatively completed over 80,000 projects and counts HDR, JVA Consulting Engineers, Chanin Development, Tetra Tech, Swinerton, Pinkard Construction, Colorado Parks & Wildlife, US Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and the University of Colorado Boulder among its customers.

The service delivery model integrates traditional land surveying methods with modern remote sensing technologies including FAA Part 107-compliant UAS operations, aerial and terrestrial LiDAR collection and processing, photogrammetric mapping, aerial imagery acquisition, and GIS integration. Flatirons maintains a multidisciplinary licensed workforce of Professional Land Surveyors (PLS), Certified Federal Surveyors (CFedS), GISP-certified specialists, and FAA-certified drone pilots, with senior personnel averaging 20-40+ years of experience. The firm was an early adopter of computer-aided drafting in Colorado in 1985 and has historically served as survey partner to engineering firms, commercial and residential developers, public agencies, and residential property owners. Leadership transitioned from founder John B. Guyton to Tom Willis as President in 2022, with branch management distributed across vice presidents in Boulder, Denver, and Longmont.

The firm's revenue is generated through project-based, quote-driven professional services engagements with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers or subscription model. The go-to-market motion is sales-led and direct, relying on phone inquiries, online quote request forms, and in-person consultations at each of the three offices; the company reports no social media, paid advertising, or third-party reseller channels. Customer segments are diversified across private-sector developers, engineering and construction firms, residential property owners, and federal, state, and local government agencies, with several enterprise relationships spanning 20-30+ years. Distribution is exclusively regional and direct, with all services delivered by company employees using company-owned equipment. No venture capital, private equity, or institutional investor capital is indicated, and no subsidiaries, acquisitions, or partnerships beyond the original Robinson Engineering transaction are disclosed.

Name

Flatirons

Legal name

Flatirons, Inc.

Website

https://flatironsinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Flatirons, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned Colorado land surveying professional services firm with offices in Boulder, Denver, and Longmont, serving developers, engineering firms, contractors, government agencies, and residential clients with boundary surveys, construction layout, and reality capture using UAS LiDAR and photogrammetry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Land Surveying Services

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote Sensing & Geospatial Vision (satellite/drone imagery) (HDAAAEAL)

Keywords

• Land surveying services
• Boundary surveys
• Construction layout services
• Reality capture mapping
• ALTA land title surveys

Headquarters

HQ city

Bouldercombe

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Land Surveying Services: Professional surveying services billed on a project basis. Services include boundary surveys, design surveys, construction layout, reality capture, and residential services. Pricing is quote-based, tailored to each project's scope and complexity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Flatirons, Inc. is a 100% employee-owned land surveying firm that provides professional surveying services to public and private sector clients across Colorado. The company delivers boundary surveys, design surveys, construction layout, residential surveying, and advanced reality capture services (UAS photogrammetry, UAS and terrestrial LiDAR, aerial imagery, and GIS mapping) using licensed Professional Land Surveyors, FAA Part 107 UAS pilots, and Certified Federal Surveyors.

Product overview

Flatirons, Inc. is a land surveying company that offers a comprehensive portfolio of surveying services rather than a unified software platform. Their core service offerings include: Residential Services (covering ILCs and residential construction staking), Boundary Surveys (Land Survey Plats, Improvement Survey Plats, ALTA/NSPS surveys, subdivision and condominium maps), Design Surveys (for engineering design with topographic data), Construction Layout Services (staking, as-built surveys, monitoring), and Reality Capture (advanced remote sensing via UAS photogrammetry, LiDAR, and aerial imagery). These services operate as distinct but complementary surveying offerings delivered by a team of licensed professionals, rather than as a software product with modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Services Comprehensive residential surveying services for individual homeowners and residential developers, including Improvement Location Certificates, property boundary verification, house staking, setback and height verifications, and FEMA Elevation Certificates. Designed for single-family and multi-family residential projects on the Colorado Front Range.
• Boundary Surveys Land boundary determination services including Land Survey Plats, Improvement Survey Plats, ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys, subdivision plats, condominium maps, and legal descriptions to establish precise property boundaries. Serves real estate developers, property owners, engineering firms, and government agencies.
• Design Surveys Land surveys tailored for engineering design and planning, including Improvement Survey Plats, ALTA Surveys, and FEMA Elevation Certificates that provide topographic and site feature data for engineering design teams and planners.
• Construction Layout Services Construction staking and layout services including site control verification, building layout, utilities marking, house staking, as-built surveys, monitoring surveys, and clash detection using LiDAR scanning technologies. Targeted at construction firms, developers, and engineering consultancies.
• Reality Capture Advanced remote sensing and mapping services using UAS photogrammetry, UAS and terrestrial LiDAR collection and processing, aerial imagery acquisition, bathymetric surveying, GIS mapping, floor flatness scanning, monitoring surveys, and stockpile volume calculations. Used by government agencies, infrastructure clients, and asset managers.
• Improvement Location Certificate (ILC) Certificate service that identifies potential encroachments by verifying improvements' locations against property boundaries, creating a visual representation of the property including easements and boundary markers. Primarily for residential property owners and real estate transactions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80,000+ projects successfully completed across Colorado and surrounding regions
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bowman Consulting Group: Public nationwide surveying, engineering, and environmental consulting firm offering boundary, construction, and geospatial services with growing Rocky Mountain presence — competes with Flatirons on enterprise engineering and developer clients across the Colorado Front Range.
• ESP Associates: Multi-state surveying, engineering, and geospatial firm specializing in boundary, transportation, and geospatial services — closely comparable in service mix and federal/state contracting posture.
• Merrick & Company: Colorado-headquartered engineering, surveying, and geospatial firm offering land surveying, LiDAR, photogrammetry, and GIS services across the western U.S. — directly comparable to Flatirons' geographic focus, service mix, and integrated surveying/reality-capture delivery model.
• SAM (Surveying And Mapping): National surveying and geospatial services firm known for aerial LiDAR, mobile mapping, and conventional surveying — direct competitor for reality-capture and federal infrastructure projects where Flatirons also bids.
• Matrix Design Group: Colorado-based surveying, engineering, and GIS firm serving Front Range clients with boundary, construction layout, and reality capture services — directly comparable regional competitor with similar client mix of developers, engineers, and public agencies.
• Woolpert: National architecture, engineering, and geospatial firm with a major surveying, LiDAR, and remote sensing practice serving federal, state, and commercial clients — competes with Flatirons' Reality Capture and federal-government service lines, especially for NPS, USFS, and Bureau of Reclamation work.

Broad incumbents

• Kimley-Horn: Large national planning, engineering, and design firm with a substantial surveying practice serving land development and infrastructure clients — overlaps with Flatirons on private developer and engineering customers, but at much larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Terracon Consultants: National geotechnical, environmental, and facilities consulting firm with surveying-adjacent services — broader incumbent that competes for infrastructure and real estate development projects where surveying is a component scope.
• Michael Baker International: National engineering, consulting, and geospatial firm with surveying as part of broader infrastructure and federal services portfolio — competes for the same government and large-enterprise clients as Flatirons but offers a wider range of capabilities.

Regional players

• T. Baker Smith: Gulf Coast surveying, engineering, and environmental services firm with comparable boundary, construction layout, and geospatial capabilities — same professional services model but regional to a different geography, illustrating Flatirons' own growth-type profile if expanded beyond Colorado.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FlatironsInc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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