What Randall-Paulson Architects does

Randall-Paulson Architects is a privately held, full-service architectural firm founded in 1990 and headquartered in Roswell, Georgia, with a second regional office in Nashua, New Hampshire, serving clients across the Southeast and Northeast United States. The firm delivers architectural design, interior architecture, visualization, and master planning services across a diversified portfolio of market sectors, with industrial, manufacturing, distribution, cold storage, and logistics as the primary verticals, complemented by hospitality, retail, mixed-use, healthcare, childcare, government, and office work. Its enterprise client roster includes Amazon, FedEx, UPS, Gulfstream, Whole Foods, United Natural Foods, Archer Aviation, Georgia Pacific, Boysen Group, and ASOS, with engagements spanning from mid-six-figure build-to-suit projects to multi-million-square-foot distribution and manufacturing facilities.

The firm's core technology is Building Information Modeling (BIM), used to integrate architectural, structural, and MEP functions into a single 3D collaborative model, supplemented by visualization services for conceptual animation and rendering. Delivery methods span build-to-suit, design-build, and design-bid-build across build-to-suit facilities, prototypes, speculative buildings, and tenant improvements. The firm has earned project-level LEED Silver and LEED Gold certifications on industrial facilities and won the 2019 TCA Industrial Design Award and 2026 Zweig Group National Best Firm to Work For recognition.

The business model is professional services: fees are quoted project-by-project based on scope, complexity, square footage, and delivery method, with multi-year contract cadences typical for large enterprise engagements. The firm operates an 'Open Book' management philosophy with employee benefits including 401K, bonus plans, and profit-sharing. Co-founders Alex S. Paulson (President) and the late Michael B. Randall established the firm, with current leadership including John Stantz (VP), Robert Coons (Secretary/Treasurer/Director of Finance), and a team of approximately 40 named professionals across design, BIM, interiors, marketing, finance, and administration.

Name

Randall-Paulson Architects

Legal name

Randall-Paulson Architects

Website

https://randallpaulson.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Randall-Paulson Architects is a privately held, full-service architectural firm serving enterprise clients across the Southeast and Northeast U.S. with industrial, manufacturing, distribution, cold storage, logistics, hospitality, retail, healthcare, and government projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141), Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Commercial architecture services
• Industrial facility design
• Interior architecture services
• Master planning services
• Building information modeling

Headquarters

HQ city

Roswell

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architectural Services: Professional architectural and interior design services delivered through project-based engagements. Services include architectural design, interior architecture, visualization, and master planning across commercial, industrial, hospitality, healthcare, and mixed-use markets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Randall-Paulson Architects is a U.S. architecture firm providing architectural design, interior architecture, visualization, and master planning services for distribution, light industrial, retail, commercial, hospitality, healthcare, mixed-use, and government projects. The firm serves enterprise clients with new construction, renovations, and expansions using Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows.

Product overview

Randall-Paulson Architects is an architecture firm offering a unified service portfolio centered on Architecture Services and Interior Architecture Services, complemented by Visualization Services. The firm serves diverse markets including Industrial, Office, Cold Storage, Retail, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Government, Childcare, and Mixed-Use sectors. Their integrated approach combines architectural design with interior architecture throughout all project phases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services
• Interior Architecture Services Interior architecture services for commercial, corporate, hospitality, healthcare, and mixed-use projects, providing coordinated interior design integrated with the firm's architectural practice for enterprise clients.
• Visualization Services 3D visualization and rendering services that produce visual representations of architectural and interior design concepts to support client review, stakeholder communication, and project decision-making.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30 years of experience delivering award-winning architectural designs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ware Malcomb: Mid-size U.S. architecture firm with strong industrial, distribution, manufacturing, and commercial portfolios — a very close comparable to RPA in size, sector mix (industrial-heavy), and project delivery model.
• BRR Architecture: U.S. architecture firm focused on retail, industrial, and commercial rollouts for enterprise clients. Similar project-type mix to RPA's industrial and retail work, with a comparable team-centered delivery model.
• Legat Architects: Mid-size architecture and planning firm serving commercial, industrial, education, and government markets in the U.S. Comparable in scale, multi-sector approach, and regional operating model to RPA.
• MKC Architects: U.S. architecture firm with industrial, distribution, and commercial work for enterprise clients. Highly comparable in building typology (industrial/distribution focus) and project scale to RPA.

Broad incumbents

• DLR Group: Larger integrated design firm with substantial industrial, civic, education, and commercial practices. Competes for the same enterprise industrial commissions as RPA, but at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• LEO A DALY: National architecture, engineering, and planning firm with a diversified portfolio including industrial, healthcare, and commercial work. Larger and broader than RPA, but competes in several of the same end-markets.
• SmithGroup: National integrated design firm with significant industrial, workplace, healthcare, and education practices. Overlaps with RPA on workplace, commercial, and industrial projects but at a much larger scale.
• HOK: Global architecture and design firm with extensive industrial, workplace, and healthcare practices. Competes with RPA for large enterprise accounts but offers a much broader geographic and disciplinary footprint.
• Gensler: Largest global architecture and design firm with major workplace, industrial, and commercial practices. Competes for the same Fortune 500 enterprise clients as RPA but at a dramatically larger scale.
• Stantec: Global design and engineering firm with architecture, industrial, and infrastructure practices. Overlaps with RPA on industrial and commercial design commissions and competes for large enterprise and public-sector work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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