Parker & Associates

What Parker & Associates does

Parker & Associates is a family-owned civil engineering and land surveying firm headquartered in Salisbury, Maryland, serving the land development industry across Maryland's Eastern Shore and adjacent Delaware submarkets. Founded in 1977 by Philip R. Parker, Sr. and his wife Bonnie as a residential surveying and site development practice, the company has grown into a multi-disciplinary firm completing more than 11,000 projects for over 6,000 clients over nearly five decades. Ownership has transitioned to a second generation, with Phil Sr.'s son Brock (Clemson-trained, dual-licensed PE/PLS in Maryland and Delaware) joining in 1999 and the firm adopting its current name. The company operates from a single Riverside Drive office and serves developers, landowners, commercial businesses, building designers, and government entities.

The firm's service portfolio spans four integrated lines delivered as project-based professional services: land surveying (ALTA, boundary, topographic, construction stakeout, subdivision plats, elevation certifications), civil engineering (site development, stormwater management, sediment control, utility design), land planning (full municipal approval handling from small lots to large tracts), and forestry/environmental services (Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas, forest conservation, wetlands disturbance, FEMA compliance). Technology is conventional: industry-standard design software and traditional surveying equipment, with no disclosed proprietary platforms. The firm's competitive positioning rests on regulatory specialization in Chesapeake Bay Critical Area rules and decades-long municipal relationships that expedite permitting.

Commercially, Parker & Associates operates on a project-by-project, quote-based professional services model. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, with no distributors, resellers, or marketplace channels; customer acquisition occurs through direct outreach, municipal ties, and reputational pull from the project portfolio. Revenue is not publicly disclosed. The company is privately held with no institutional investment, partnerships, or M&A activity, and no AI/ML capabilities are indicated. The customer base is horizontally distributed across residential developers, commercial brands (LongHorn, Regal Cinemas), and individual property owners, with no apparent single-customer concentration.

Name

Parker & Associates

Legal name

Parker & Associates, Inc.

Website

https://parkerandassociates.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Parker & Associates is a family-owned civil engineering and land surveying firm founded in 1977, serving land developers, commercial businesses, and landowners across Maryland's Eastern Shore and Delaware with surveying, engineering, land planning, and forestry services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering & Land Surveying Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Land Subdivision (23721)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Land surveying services
• Civil engineering design
• Land development planning
• Site development services
• Forestry environmental services

Headquarters

HQ city

Salisbury

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Civil Engineering and Surveying: Parker & Associates generates revenue through professional services fees for civil engineering, land surveying, land planning, and forestry services. Revenue is earned on a project-by-project basis for land development work including residential subdivisions, commercial site development, and municipal projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Parker & Associates, Inc. is a family-owned civil engineering and land surveying firm that delivers integrated land development services — including land surveying, civil engineering design, land planning, and forestry/environmental services — taking projects from inception through permit on Maryland's Eastern Shore and Delaware. The firm specializes in residential subdivisions, commercial site development, and municipal projects requiring Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas compliance, stormwater management, and municipal approval navigation.

Product overview

Parker & Associates offers a unified suite of civil engineering and surveying services for land development projects on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The company operates as a single integrated service offering rather than a modular software platform. Their core portfolio consists of four interconnected service lines: Land Surveying Services (encompassing ALTA/boundary surveys, construction stakeout, and topographic surveys), Civil Engineering Services (including site development, stormwater management, and utility design), Land Planning Services (with municipal approval handling), and Forestry and Environmental Services (covering critical areas, forest conservation, and wetlands). These services work together to take projects from inception through permit, with the company handling all civil engineering, land development, and municipal approvals required to bring projects to fruition.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Land Surveying Services Full range of land surveying services including ALTA and boundary surveys, location drawings, elevation certifications, major or minor subdivision plats, construction stakeout, and building and location surveys, provided to land developers, property owners, and commercial clients on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
• Civil Engineering Services Technical expertise to fully engineer any site, providing functional projects that comply with current regulations, including stormwater management designs, sediment control designs, utility design, and site development plans for residential subdivisions and commercial developments.
• Land Planning Services Comprehensive land planning from smallest lots to largest tracts, focusing on aesthetically pleasing and economical products with full municipal approval handling for property developers and landowners.
• Forestry and Environmental Services Environmental guidance including Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas expertise, Forest Conservation plans, wetlands disturbance and mitigation, FEMA regulations, bulkhead and riverine/coastal improvements, and forestry delineation and conservation plans.

Quantifiable outcome

• 11k+ projects delivered on time and within budget
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 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 indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Bohler Engineering: National site/civil engineering and land surveying firm focused exclusively on land development. Highly comparable service mix (surveying, site design, stormwater, permitting) and customer base of developers and commercial clients.
• Pennoni Associates: Mid-Atlantic engineering, surveying, and consulting firm with comparable civil engineering and land development services. Overlaps directly with Parker & Associates on subdivision and site development work in the Eastern region.
• McKim & Creed: Southeast-based civil engineering, surveying, and planning firm serving private developers and commercial clients. Direct comparable in service offering and project-based fee model, though operating in a different sub-region.

Regional players

• Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT): Mid-Atlantic engineering, surveying, and environmental services firm with a strong Maryland presence. Comparable across many service lines but at meaningfully larger scale and with broader transportation/public-sector exposure.
• Rummel, Klepper & Kahl (RK&K): Baltimore-headquartered engineering firm offering civil/site development, surveying, and environmental services across the Mid-Atlantic. Overlaps with Parker & Associates on Maryland land development work but at greater scale.
• Whitman, Requardt & Associates: Baltimore-based engineering, surveying, and environmental consulting firm with significant Maryland footprint. Comparable on civil/site development but heavily skewed toward public-sector infrastructure work.
• KCI Technologies: Mid-Atlantic engineering, surveying, and construction services firm with multiple Maryland offices. Comparable on surveying and site/civil engineering, though at larger scale and broader service breadth.
• Timmons Group: Virginia-based civil engineering, surveying, and geospatial firm serving private developers and public clients. Comparable land development focus and project-based fee model, but operating primarily in Virginia rather than Maryland/Delaware.
• Clark Nexsen: Mid-Atlantic architecture, engineering, and planning firm with civil/site development capabilities. Comparable on planning and site engineering services but with broader multi-discipline portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global engineering and infrastructure consulting firm offering land development, environmental, and surveying services. Competes for the same developer and municipal clients as Parker & Associates, but at vastly larger scale and with a much broader service portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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