What Snyder & Associates does

Snyder & Associates is a privately held, multidisciplinary civil and structural engineering, planning, and design firm founded in April 1977 by Dennis Snyder and Stephen Rowe in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and now headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa. The firm serves municipalities, state transportation agencies, county governments, and private developers across the Midwest, operating from 13 offices in Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Nebraska, and South Dakota, and is licensed in more than 20 U.S. states. Its service portfolio spans six core practice areas: Land Development (commercial, industrial, residential, surveying), Municipal Services (community planning, funding assistance, dedicated City Engineer retainers), Public Spaces (parks, trails, athletic facilities, streetscapes), Structural Engineering (bridges and buildings via subsidiary Shuck-Britson), Transportation (highways, traffic, rail, pavement management, bicycle/pedestrian), and Water (drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, environmental, water resources). The firm employs advanced surveying technology including UAS/photogrammetry/LiDAR/SONAR, applies Pavement Condition Index methodology in collaboration with the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center, and provides integrated planning services rooted in public engagement. Snyder & Associates is structured into business units led by regional and discipline-specific leaders, with services delivered through direct client engagement, RFP/RFQ responses, and long-term City Engineer retainer relationships that serve over 50 communities and have produced a reported 93% client retention rate.

The firm's business model is professional services on a project-fee and hourly-rate basis, supplemented by multi-year municipal engineering retainers, with no standardized pricing tiers publicly disclosed. Revenue derives from a diversified mix of government infrastructure projects (highway safety improvements, water treatment, trail networks, bridge rehabilitation) and private-sector land development (commercial, industrial, residential). Marketing is content-driven through blog resources, podcasts, webinars, LinkedIn, YouTube, and community outreach, targeting municipal decision-makers and infrastructure professionals. The company operates Shuck-Britson as a wholly-owned structural engineering subsidiary acquired in 2008, expanding full-service capabilities. The firm is employee-owned with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or institutional investment ownership, and emphasizes long-term client relationships and steady organic geographic expansion as the primary growth model.

Name

Snyder & Associates

Legal name

Snyder & Associates

Website

https://snyder-associates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Snyder & Associates is a privately held, multidisciplinary civil and structural engineering, planning, and design firm serving municipalities, state agencies, and private developers across the Midwest through 13 offices and a 300+ person team, with over $1 billion in supported infrastructure projects and a 93% client retention rate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD), Landscape Construction Project Management & General Contracting (HSAIABAK)

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Municipal engineering
• Structural engineering
• Land development
• Transportation planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Ankeny

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices13 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Engineering & Planning Services: Professional consulting services billed on a project basis. Services include land development, municipal engineering, transportation, water/wastewater infrastructure, structural engineering, and public spaces design. Revenue generated through project fees, hourly consulting rates, and contracted municipal engineering retainer arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Snyder & Associates is a multidisciplinary civil and structural engineering, planning, and design firm delivering professional services through six main practice areas: Land Development, Municipal Services, Public Spaces, Structural Engineering, Transportation, and Water Services. The firm provides surveying, feasibility analysis, community planning, funding assistance, bridge and building engineering, traffic engineering, pavement management, stormwater, and water/wastewater services to municipalities, state and county agencies, and private developers. Services are delivered by over 300 professionals across 13 Midwest offices, with a wholly-owned subsidiary (Shuck-Britson) providing dedicated structural engineering capability.

Product overview

Snyder & Associates is a multidisciplinary civil and structural engineering, planning, and design firm offering professional services rather than a software product. The company operates as a unified full-service firm organized into six main practice areas: Land Development, Municipal Services, Public Spaces, Structural Engineering, Transportation, and Water Services. Under these categories, the firm provides numerous specialized sub-services including surveying, community planning, funding assistance, athletic facility design, bridge engineering, traffic engineering, stormwater management, and environmental services. The company also operates Shuck-Britson, a wholly-owned subsidiary acquired in 2008 that provides structural engineering services. Services are delivered through a network of 13 offices across the Midwest by a team of over 300 professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Land Development Comprehensive land development solutions including surveying, feasibility analysis, due diligence, and jurisdictional expertise for commercial, industrial, residential, and land planning projects.
• Municipal Services Municipal engineering and planning services including community planning, funding assistance, and municipal engineering solutions for local government clients, with dedicated City Engineer retainer relationships.
• Public Spaces Design services for public spaces including athletic facilities, parks, streetscapes, and trails to enhance community quality of life, with expertise in over 600 miles of paved trail design since the early 1990s.
• Structural Engineering Structural engineering services for bridges and buildings, including inspection, rehabilitation, design, and structural analysis delivered through subsidiary Shuck-Britson, acquired in 2008.
• Transportation Transportation engineering services including bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, pavement management, rail design, streets and highways, traffic engineering, and transportation planning.
• Water Services Water infrastructure services including drinking water, environmental, stormwater management, wastewater treatment, and water resources engineering for municipal and industrial clients.
• Survey Services Land surveying services since 1977 including ALTA/NSPS land title surveys, boundary surveys, topographic surveys, construction layout, and UAS/photogrammetry/LiDAR/SONAR technology.
• Community Planning Services Sustainable community planning including environmental planning, growth management, infrastructure planning, ordinance updates, and place-making with public engagement.
• Funding Assistance Services Infrastructure funding assistance helping communities secure external funding through federal, state, and other funding sources for transportation and utility projects; supported over $1 billion in funded projects in the past decade.
• Municipal Engineering Services Dedicated city engineer services with asset management, construction phase services, plan reviews, and extension of staff support for municipal clients across over 50 communities.
• Trail Design Services Trail design services for multi-use paths including master plans, design, pedestrian bridge and tunnel design, trailhead design, and universal design with intersection safety audits.
• Bridge Engineering Services Full-service bridge engineering including inspection, evaluation, repair, rehabilitation, strengthening, design, load rating, and funding assistance.
• Pavement Management Services Pavement management using Pavement Condition Index (PCI) assessments, preservation strategies, rehabilitation programs, and collaboration with the National Concrete Pavement Technology Center (CP Tech Center).
• Traffic Engineering Services Traffic engineering services including traffic signals, signal timing, roadway lighting, signage, pavement markings, roundabouts, geometric design, and ITS implementation.
• Shuck-Britson (Structural Engineering Subsidiary) Wholly-owned structural engineering subsidiary acquired in 2008, providing extensive civil and structural engineering services from its Des Moines, Iowa office.

Quantifiable outcome

• 31% reduction in injuries through four-to-three lane conversion on Iowa Highway 14 corridor
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Shuck-BritsoncoreOthers · 1 January 2008Structural engineering firm that became part of the Snyder & Associates family in 2008 after decades of working closely together. The acquisition deepened and expanded the full-service capabilities of both firms, providing extensive civil and structural engineering services through the wholly-owned subsidiary.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Bolton & Menk: Midwest-based multidisciplinary civil engineering, planning, and surveying firm of comparable size and service mix to Snyder & Associates, with strong municipal client base across Iowa, Minnesota, and the upper Midwest.
• MSA Professional Services: Midwest civil engineering, planning, and architecture firm with municipal and transportation clients; comparable in service breadth, scale, and Midwest regional focus to Snyder & Associates.
• HR Green: Midwest-headquartered infrastructure consulting firm providing civil engineering, transportation, water, and municipal services across multiple states—directly overlapping with Snyder's practice areas and geographies.
• Ayres Associates: Midwest-based engineering, surveying, and architecture firm serving municipal, transportation, and water clients with similar full-service municipal engineering orientation to Snyder & Associates.
• Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH): Employee-owned Midwest engineering, architecture, and planning firm serving municipal, transportation, and water clients across the upper Midwest; highly comparable in ownership structure and service mix.
• Fehr Graham: Midwest civil engineering, environmental, and surveying firm with strong municipal client base in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin—overlaps directly with Snyder's municipal and water services.
• Foth Infrastructure & Environment: Iowa-headquartered engineering and scientific firm providing civil, environmental, and infrastructure services to municipal, industrial, and government clients across the Midwest.

Broad incumbents

• HDR Inc. Large global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with deep transportation, water, and municipal practices competing for the same public-sector projects as Snyder but at much larger scale.
• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with significant Midwest presence and active municipal water, transportation, and infrastructure practices.
• Kimley-Horn: National planning and engineering design consulting firm with growing Midwest practice across transportation, land development, and water—competes with Snyder on larger municipal and private development projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCPMXjiWGTIBOYCypVQ_209w
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/342589
• Xx.com/snyder_assoc
• Facebookfacebook.com/snyderandassoc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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