DBI Architects

What DBI Architects does

DBI Architects is a privately held, for-profit professional services firm providing full-service architecture and interior design services. Founded in 1973 by Alan Storm, who remains the owner, the firm is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and operates with a headcount of 101–250 employees. Its service offering spans core architecture and interior design delivery without publicly disclosed segment specialization.

The firm's leadership team includes a Founder/Owner, a Vice President (Craig Snider), a Director of Architecture (Alan Hansen), two Managing Directors (Beth Todd; Felipe Turriago-Borrero), and Principals and Senior Managers across functional heads of department — a structure consistent with a mid-sized multidisciplinary design practice. The firm operates on a project-based professional services model typical of U.S. architecture firms, with no public disclosures on pricing, customer logos, segment mix, or revenue.

The input data is notably thin on operating specifics: no named customers, no project portfolio, no revenue figures, no geographic footprint beyond the Reston headquarters, no certifications, no M&A history, and no strategic announcements are disclosed. Substantial data blocks in the input reference a separate architecture, engineering, and planning firm (GreenbergFarrow, founded 1989) which appear to have been aggregated but do not pertain to DBI Architects based on firmographic mismatch (founding year, location, employee count). As a result, this analysis is constrained to the DBI Architects-labeled firmographics and leadership data.

Name

DBI Architects

Legal name

GreenbergFarrow

Website

http://www.dbia.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

DBI Architects is a privately held, full-service architecture and interior design firm founded in 1973, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and operating with 101–250 employees under founder-owner Alan Storm.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK)

Keywords

• Architecture services
• Interior design
• Building design
• Commercial architecture
• Residential design

Headquarters

HQ city

Reston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services / Project-Based Fees: GF generates revenue through project-based professional services including architecture, civil engineering, structural engineering, MEP engineering, interior design, planning, land development, and related consulting services. Revenue is earned through project fees, likely structured as milestone payments or retainer arrangements for ongoing engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

DBI Architects provides full-service architecture and interior design services. The firm delivers integrated architectural planning, building design, and interior design solutions for clients across project types, operating as a traditional professional design practice with 101–250 staff based in Reston, United States, since 1973.

Product overview

GreenbergFarrow (GF) is an architecture, engineering, planning, interior design, landscape architecture, and development services firm offering an integrated suite of professional services. The portfolio includes core offerings such as Architecture, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, MEP Engineering, Energy Engineering, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Sustainable Design (including LEED consulting), Land Development, Planning, Surveying, Online Project Management, and specialized practices like GF Design and GF Retail. These services work together as an integrated team to bring big ideas to life across project types including community/recreation, education, healthcare, industrial, mixed-use, multifamily, residential, restaurants, retail, and corporate interiors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GF Design: Design philosophy intertwining innovation with functionality
• GF Retail

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full-service architectural design and planning services for building and construction projects, delivered to clients commissioning new builds, renovations, or space developments.
• Interior Design Services Comprehensive interior architecture and design services covering space planning, finishes, and interior environment design for commercial and residential clients.

Named customers4 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Gensler: The largest global architecture and design firm with deep interior design practice. Direct peer given overlapping architecture + interiors service model and similar commercial/institutional client mix.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture and design firm with integrated interiors capability and strong healthcare, education, and commercial practices — directly comparable scope and target client base.
• HOK: Major global design, architecture, engineering, and planning firm. Direct peer across commercial, healthcare, education, and interiors work; larger but comparable full-service positioning.
• DLR Group: Integrated design firm offering architecture, interiors, and engineering. Closely comparable mid-to-large integrated practice serving civic, education, and commercial clients.
• Leo A Daly: Privately held US architecture, planning, engineering, and interiors firm of similar mid-size scale. Highly comparable in service breadth, ownership structure, and target markets.
• HKS: Architecture and design firm with strong healthcare, education, and commercial practices plus interiors. Direct peer on integrated building design and target verticals.
• IA Interior Architects: Dedicated interior architecture and design firm focused on workplace, retail, and corporate interiors. Highly comparable for the interior design portion of the subject firm's offering.
• SmithGroup: Integrated architecture, engineering, planning, and interiors firm with comparable mid-to-large scale and similar civic, healthcare, and higher-education focus.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global engineering and architecture services giant. Overlaps with subject firm on commercial and institutional architecture but operates at vastly larger scale across a much wider service portfolio.
• Jacobs: Major global professional services firm with significant architecture and engineering practice. Broad incumbent operating across infrastructure, water, and built environment at a scale well beyond the subject firm.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dbiarchitects
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@greenbergfarrow
• Facebookfacebook.com/dbiarchitects
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dbi-architects
• Instagraminstagram.com/greenbergfarrow
• Pinterestpinterest.com/greenbergfarrow

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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