What Epstein does

Epstein is a multi-disciplinary architecture, engineering, and construction firm founded in 1915 by Abraham Epstein in Chicago and operating today as an employee-owned private company. The firm delivers integrated design and construction services spanning architecture, civil engineering, MEP/FP engineering, structural engineering, industrial process engineering, interior design, planning, sustainability consulting (LEED/BREEAM, energy modeling), and DesignBuild project delivery, serving commercial real estate, industrial/food processing, government and public infrastructure, hospitality, convention centers, and transportation clients in the Americas and EMEA.

The firm employs approximately 150 architects and engineers across four offices (Chicago headquarters, New York, Raleigh, and Warsaw) and executes complex projects that include 44-story high-rises in Warsaw, a $41.5M bacon processing plant for Daily's Premium Meats, O'Hare International Airport infrastructure, Illinois Tollway work, and the McCormick Place Convention Center South Hall expansion. Technical scope includes design-criteria preparation for seismic, wind, blast, vibration, and special-occupancy requirements, plus performance-based MEP design and food-processing plant process engineering.

Epstein generates revenue through project-based professional services fees, obtained primarily through enterprise field sales and direct relationships with corporate, institutional, and government clients via professional-services procurement processes. Distribution is direct; the firm has no disclosed public pricing, channel partners, or external capital (no VC/PE/IPO), and growth is funded organically by employee-owners. There are no M&A, funding rounds, or subsidiary disclosures in the input data.

Name

Epstein

Website

https://epsteinglobal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1915

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Epstein is an employee-owned, multi-discipline architecture, engineering, and DesignBuild firm founded in 1915, serving commercial, industrial/food processing, and government clients across the Americas and EMEA from offices in Chicago, New York, Raleigh, and Warsaw.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services Revenue: Epstein generates revenue through professional fees for architecture, engineering, and construction services on projects for commercial, industrial, and public sector clients. Projects range from small renovations to large-scale infrastructure developments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Epstein is a multi-disciplinary design and construction firm providing architecture, civil, structural, MEP/FP, and industrial process engineering, interior design, planning, sustainability consulting, and DesignBuild construction services for commercial, industrial, hospitality, and public-sector clients. The firm delivers projects ranging from food processing plants and airports to high-rise offices, convention centers, and tollway infrastructure through an integrated single-firm delivery model.

Product overview

Epstein is a multi-disciplinary design and construction company offering architecture, engineering, and construction services as an integrated platform. The company's core services include Architecture, Engineering (Civil, MEP/FP, Structural, Industrial Process), Construction/DesignBuild, Interior Design, and Planning. These services span across market sectors including Aviation, Commercial, Industrial/Food Processing, Transportation Infrastructure, Convention Centers, Hospitality, Government, and Residential. Projects range from iconic high-rise office buildings to complex industrial food processing facilities to intricate transportation infrastructure. The company operates globally with offices in Chicago (headquarters), New York, Raleigh, and Warsaw, Poland, supported by a team of approximately 150 architects and engineers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Burns & McDonnell: Employee-owned multi-disciplinary engineering, architecture, and construction firm headquartered in Kansas City, with ~13,000+ professionals. Direct comparable: same employee-ownership structure, integrated design-build delivery, and similar mix of industrial, infrastructure, and government clients.
• HDR Inc. Omaha-based employee-owned A&E firm with strong transportation, water, and healthcare portfolios and 11,000+ professionals. Direct comparable: similar employee-owned model, integrated architecture/engineering delivery, and significant US government/infrastructure exposure.
• Kimley-Horn: Employee-owned planning/engineering firm with 5,000+ professionals and strong land development, transportation, and environmental practices. Direct comparable: same employee-ownership culture and multi-discipline consulting model across commercial, industrial, and public-sector clients.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Canadian-listed global A&E firm with 30,000+ professionals across infrastructure, water, buildings, and environmental markets. Broad incumbent comparable: overlapping service mix (architecture, civil, structural, MEP, industrial process) and similar end markets including food processing and transportation infrastructure.
• WSP Global: Montreal-headquartered global professional services firm with 70,000+ employees in transportation, buildings, and earth & environment. Broad incumbent: substantial overlap with Epstein's structural, MEP, civil, and infrastructure practices, with growing industrial-process capability.
• Arcadis: Amsterdam-headquartered global A&E firm with significant presence in mobility, buildings, and industrial process engineering. Broad incumbent comparable: directly relevant given Epstein's Warsaw office and European ambitions; similar portfolio of architecture, structural, and industrial-process offerings.
• Jacobs Solutions: Global technical professional services firm with critical infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and buildings practices. Broad incumbent: overlaps Epstein's industrial process engineering, aviation infrastructure, and food-processing end-market exposure through consulting/EPC-style services.
• Tetra Tech: Pasadena-based global consulting and engineering firm specializing in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure. Broad incumbent: comparable multidisciplinary engineering services, federal/public-sector procurement exposure, and sustainability-led project wins.

Regional players

• Wight & Company: Chicago-area integrated design-build firm of similar mid-tier scale (~250 staff) with architecture, engineering, and construction services to K-12, civic, and commercial clients. Regional peer: same Chicago HQ geography, similar integrated delivery model, and overlapping public-sector client base.
• Grammatikas Group: Chicago-based multi-discipline A&E firm focused on commercial, industrial, and institutional projects in the Midwest. Regional peer: similar Chicago-area presence, mid-tier scale, and integrated architecture/engineering delivery for food-processing and commercial clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/epsteinglobal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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