Piercy&Company

What Piercy&Company does

Piercy&Company is a London-based architecture and interior design studio founded in 2001 by Stuart Piercy, operating as an employee-owned trust since 2022. The firm employs more than 80 architects, designers and researchers in a collaborative 'design house' model out of its studio at the Centro Building in Camden. It serves enterprise clients spanning corporate real estate, property developers, cultural institutions, and high-net-worth private clients, delivering architectural design, interior design, masterplanning, workplace design, residential, cultural, and hospitality projects alongside a specialized reuse and deep-refurbishment practice. Notable commissions include the 157,000 sqft BCG headquarters at 80 Charlotte Street (highest-rated UK workplace in the 2022 Leesman survey), 25 Savile Row for Derwent London (RIBA National Award 2018), the Xylo all-timber net-zero office for Global Holdings, and the ~293,600 sqft One Millennium Bridge retrofit for Angelo Gordon & Beltane.

The studio is structured around a technology stack that combines advanced digital design and fabrication with traditional materials and craft, with documented expertise in circular-economy reuse, retention, and re-enlivening of existing structures. Sustainability credentials are central: the firm is working with Inhabit climate consultancy on a pathway to net-zero operations by 2040, exceeding the Science Based Targets 2050 baseline, and has secured BREEAM Outstanding (Deltic House and The Jellicoe), BREEAM Excellent (Harella House, One Millennium Bridge), and Platinum SmartScore (Network) certifications across its portfolio. Its offering is sold exclusively as bespoke professional services; revenue is generated through project fees on competitive tenders and direct commissions, with no modular product, subscription, or volume pricing model. The firm has no parent company, no identified institutional investment, and no public ticker, and is currently expanding selectively into international markets including India and Ireland alongside its UK base.

Name

Piercy&Company

Legal name

Piercy&Company

Website

https://piercyandco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Piercy&Company is a London-based, employee-owned architecture and interior design studio (80+ staff, founded 2001) serving enterprise clients across corporate workplace, real estate development, cultural, and private residential sectors with award-winning sustainable, reuse-focused design.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Full-service architectural and interior design firm providing design services for commercial, residential, hospitality, cultural and public sector projects. Revenue generated through professional service fees for design, planning, and project management across all project phases.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Piercy&Company is an architectural and interior design studio providing integrated design services across architecture, interiors, masterplanning, workplace, residential, cultural, and hospitality projects. The firm of 80+ architects, designers and researchers delivers concept-to-completion design services for commercial, residential, cultural, and public-sector clients, with specialized expertise in reuse and deep refurbishment of existing structures and sustainable, low-carbon building design. Services are offered through direct engagement, competitive tenders, and commissions with enterprise clients across London and select international locations.

Product overview

Piercy&Company is an architecture and interior design studio offering a unified portfolio of design services rather than discrete software products. The core offering comprises architectural design, interior design, masterplanning, and specialized reuse/repurposing services delivered through an interdisciplinary team of over 80 architects, designers, and researchers. Project types span workplace (offices, headquarters, coworking), residential, cultural, hospitality, and large-scale urban masterplans. The studio is recognized for combining advanced digital design and fabrication technologies with traditional materials, and for its sustainability-focused approach including net-zero carbon buildings and LETI Pioneer projects. Services are delivered through collaborative design house model rather than modular product architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Full-service architectural design spanning residential, commercial, cultural, and mixed-use projects across urban and rural contexts in London and internationally.
• Interior Design Comprehensive interior design services including workspace, hospitality, and residential interiors with a focus on materiality, craft, and bespoke furniture and finishes.
• Masterplan Large-scale urban planning and masterplan design for multi-phase, mixed-use developments including public realm and landscape integration.
• Reuse and Deep Refurbishment Specialized expertise in retrofitting, retaining, and re-enlivening existing structures, emphasizing circular economy, carbon reduction, and heritage preservation.
• Workplace Design Office and workspace design services including headquarters, coworking environments, and commercial interiors focused on flexibility, wellbeing, and sustainability.
• Residential Design Residential architecture including private houses, apartments, and multi-unit residential developments with attention to context and sustainability.
• Cultural Projects Cultural and community buildings including libraries, museums, places of worship, and exhibition spaces with expressive architectural forms.
• Hospitality Design Hotel and hospitality venue design including guest accommodations, restaurants, and public spaces with focus on hospitality-led experiences.

Quantifiable outcome

• BCG headquarters rated highest UK workplace in Leesman 2022 Survey
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• InhabitcoreTechnology or IntegrationClimate consultancy working with Piercy&Company to develop pathway to becoming a net zero business by 2040, aligning with and exceeding Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) target of 2050. Collaborating on Net Zero Strategy Document.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Studio Egret West: London-based architecture and masterplanning practice of broadly comparable size, focused on residential, mixed-use, and large-scale urban regeneration. Overlaps with Piercy&Company on developer-led masterplans and mixed-use schemes in London and the South East.
• WilkinsonEyre: London-headquartered architecture practice working across commercial, cultural, transport, and residential typologies with a strong sustainability profile. Competes for similar BCO, RIBA, and developer-led commissions in the UK market and operates at a comparable mid-large studio scale.
• Heatherwick Studio: London-based design and architecture studio with a comparable emphasis on craft, materiality, and bespoke cultural and commercial projects. Similar studio-style model and overlapping client base in cultural, public realm, and developer-led schemes in London.
• Buckley Gray Yeoman: London-focused commercial architecture and workplace practice with overlapping client base in office refurbishment, headquarters, and mixed-use schemes. Competes directly for developer and corporate HQ commissions in the City and West End.
• Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM): London-headquartered architectural practice of comparable scale with strong commercial, workplace, residential and mixed-use portfolios. Operates in the same enterprise-tender market for developers and corporates, and competes head-to-head for RIBA, BCO, and AJ awards on similar building typologies.

Broad incumbents

• Grimshaw: Internationally active architecture practice headquartered in London with deep expertise in transport, workplace, and sustainability-led design. Competes for similar commercial and developer-led briefs, and shares a focus on carbon performance and adaptive reuse, but operates at significantly larger scale.
• Make Architects: Major London- and international-headquartered architecture practice with strong commercial, workplace, and residential portfolios. Competes for similar corporate HQ and developer briefs in London, and is typically a benchmark on scale and fee structure for UK commercial practices.
• Zaha Hadid Architects: London-headquartered, globally recognised architecture practice with a brand-led, design-house model similar in spirit to Piercy&Company's. Competes for high-profile cultural, commercial, and developer commissions but at significantly larger scale and international footprint.
• Foster + Partners: One of the largest and most established UK-headquartered architecture practices, with a global office network and a portfolio spanning commercial, cultural, residential and masterplan work. Competes with Piercy&Company for marquee London developer and corporate clients but at significantly larger project scale and geographic reach.

Emerging players

• Diller Scofidio + Renfro: New York-based interdisciplinary design studio with an analogous studio-led, design-house model, working across cultural, institutional, and adaptive-reuse projects. Comparable in scale, ethos, and emphasis on cross-disciplinary research and design-driven awards, though operating in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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