The Paul Hogarth Company

What The Paul Hogarth Company does

The Paul Hogarth Company is a 35-year-old, founder-owned landscape architecture, urban design, and planning practice headquartered in Edinburgh, with additional offices in Belfast (since 1999) and Dublin (since 2019/2020, with a new enlarged Smithfield studio from 2026). The firm is structured around three core disciplines — Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, and Planning — delivered through specialised service areas including distillery visitor experiences, heritage and conservation projects, public realm design, masterplanning, tourism and visitor experience development, greenways and active travel, and interpretation and signing. Its practice methodology is built on landscape and visual impact assessment (LVIA), heritage landscape restoration, ecological design, and community-engaged masterplanning, supported by an in-house Climate & Biodiversity Action Plan 2025-2030 that structures its approach to climate and biodiversity across all projects.

The firm's client base is anchored in the UK and Irish public sector, with named engagements spanning the National Trust (182-hectare Runnymede Explored), Historic Royal Palaces (£24m Hillsborough Castle and Gardens), Tourism Northern Ireland, and multiple county and district councils across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. On the private side, the practice has sustained an 18+ year partnership with the Edrington Group on The Macallan Estate (485 acres, ~80,000 trees planted) and ongoing work for Diageo (Glenkinchie and the Johnnie Walker Experience) and other whisky brand owners.

The business model is a project-based professional services firm earning fees from competitive tendering, framework commissions, and direct client engagement, with no public revenue disclosure and no external funding rounds. The firm operates a horizontal segmentation across government and public sector, private developers and brands, and heritage and conservation organisations, and markets itself through industry awards (Landscape Institute, RHS, Irish Landscape Institute, Civic Trust, RICS, RTPI), LinkedIn, Instagram, and a company blog. Headcount is in the 11-50 employee band, and the company is privately held with no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no public listings.

Name

The Paul Hogarth Company

Legal name

The Paul Hogarth Company Limited

Website

https://paulhogarth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Paul Hogarth Company is a 35-year-old, founder-owned landscape architecture, urban design, and planning practice headquartered in Edinburgh, with offices in Belfast and Dublin, serving UK and Irish government bodies, heritage organisations, distillery operators, and private developers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Edinburgh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 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 - Landscape Architecture: Core landscape architecture services including site analysis, design development, construction documentation, and project oversight for public parks, gardens, heritage landscapes, and urban spaces.
2. Urban Design Services: Strategic urban design and planning services encompassing neighbourhood regeneration, town centre masterplans, and public realm improvements.
3. Planning Consultancy: Planning services including policy development, development management, and planning applications for regional and local projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Paul Hogarth Company provides professional landscape architecture, urban design, and planning consultancy services across the UK and Ireland. The practice delivers site analysis, design development, construction documentation, and project oversight for parks, gardens, heritage landscapes, urban spaces, and public realm. It also offers urban design and planning services including neighbourhood regeneration, town centre masterplans, public realm improvements, and policy/development management work for government and private sector clients.

Product overview

The Paul Hogarth Company is a service-based landscape architecture, urban design, and planning practice with over 35 years of experience. Rather than a software product or platform, the company offers professional consultancy services organized around three core disciplines: Landscape Architecture (design and stewardship of streets, parks, waterfronts, estates, and woodlands), Urban Design (strategic planning of neighbourhoods, towns, and cities), and Planning (development management from regional policy to delivery). The practice operates across specialized service areas including distillery visitor experience projects (Glenkinchie, The Macallan, Talisker, Ardnahoe, Mossburn, Elixir), heritage and conservation work (Hillsborough Castle, Runnymede, Johnstown Castle), public realm design (streetscapes and urban squares), masterplanning (town and city frameworks), tourism and visitor experience development, greenways and active travel infrastructure, and interpretation and signing systems. Projects span the UK and Ireland with offices in Edinburgh, Belfast, and Dublin.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Design and stewardship of environments including streets, parks, squares, waterfronts, estates, and woodlands for public and private sector clients across the UK and Ireland.
• Urban Design Strategic design and planning of the built environment, encompassing neighbourhoods, villages, towns, and cities for councils, developers, and regeneration bodies.
• Planning Management of contextually appropriate development, from regional and local policy to delivery of positive, sustainable change for public and private sector clients.
• Distillery Visitor Experience Projects Specialist landscape design for whisky distilleries creating brand homes and visitor experiences, including Glenkinchie, The Macallan, Talisker, Ardnahoe, Mossburn, Midfearn, and Elixir Distillery projects for clients such as Diageo and Edrington.
• Heritage and Conservation Projects Historic landscape restoration and conservation work for heritage trusts, royal palaces, and conservation bodies, including Hillsborough Castle, Runnymede, Johnstown Castle, Westport House, and Dalquharran Castle.
• Public Realm Design Design of public spaces, streetscapes, and urban squares for councils and developers, including Custom House Square Belfast, Dungannon Public Realm, and Bonnyrigg Town Centre.
• Masterplanning Comprehensive planning frameworks for towns, cities, and rural areas, including Letterkenny 2040, Newry City Centre Masterplan, and Edenderry Blundell Masterplan for councils and public bodies.
• Tourism and Visitor Experience
• Greenways and Active Travel Design of cycling and walking routes for public sector clients, including Connswater Community Greenway, Carryduff Greenway, and Greater Shankhill Greenway.
• Interpretation and Signing Development of interpretative elements, signage, and wayfinding systems for public sector clients, including Edinburgh Parks Signage, Stirling Orientation Signing, and Forth Bridges Trail.

Quantifiable outcome

• 485 acres of estate managed with biodiversity enhancements including wetlands, hedgerows, meadows, and 80,000 trees planted at The Macallan
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 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

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• National TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership with National Trust for heritage landscape restoration and visitor experience projects. The Runnymede Explored project involved masterplanning, detail design, and phased implementation across 182 hectares of National Trust landscape, with extensive stakeholder engagement.
• Edrington Group (The Macallan)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner18+ year ongoing partnership for master-planning, estate management, and landscape stewardship at The Macallan Estate spanning 485 acres. The partnership includes overseeing large and complex landscapes, biodiversity enhancements, and climate resilience initiatives.
• Historic Royal PalacescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the £24m Hillsborough Castle and Gardens restoration project, managing the official residence of the UK Royal Family and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
• DiageocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership with Diageo for Glenkinchie Distillery visitor experience and brand home garden design, as part of the wider Johnnie Walker Experience across Scotland.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• LDA Design: UK-based landscape, urban design, and environmental planning consultancy with broad public sector and developer client base. Highly comparable in service mix, sector exposure (heritage, regeneration, greenways), and use of masterplanning-led approaches.
• HTA Design LLP: Multi-disciplinary practice combining landscape architecture, urban design, planning, and architecture across the UK. Comparable in delivering mixed public and private sector commissions, with significant overlap on residential, public realm, and regeneration projects.
• Gross Max: Edinburgh- and London-based landscape architecture and urban design practice with a similar focus on public realm, regeneration, and masterplanning. Directly comparable in scale, multi-office UK presence, and project types including public realm and heritage work in Scotland and beyond.
• Gillespies: One of the UK's largest landscape architecture and urban design practices with offices in London, Manchester, Glasgow, and internationally. Directly comparable in service offering (landscape architecture, urban design, masterplanning) and target market (public sector, heritage, premium private clients), and the firm where Senior Landscape Architect Reema Khan previously worked.
• Optimised Environments (OPEN): Landscape architecture and urban design practice with strong UK and international presence, particularly in public realm, green infrastructure, and climate-responsive design. Directly comparable on the sustainability/biodiversity positioning that is central to Paul Hogarth's practice.
• Grant Associates: Specialist landscape architecture and environmental design practice with a focus on ecology-driven and nature-based design. Comparable in scale, UK/Ireland presence, and emphasis on biodiversity and climate adaptation in landscape projects.

Broad incumbents

• Scott Tallon Walker Architects: Major Irish architecture, urban design, and planning practice with integrated landscape and masterplanning capability. Comparable on Dublin- and Ireland-based urban regeneration, public realm, and tourism-related commissions where The Paul Hogarth Company competes.
• Stantec (BDP Landscape): Global design and engineering firm with significant UK and Ireland landscape architecture capability following the BDP acquisition. Represents the large, well-capitalized incumbent that competes for major public and private sector commissions at scale.
• Arup (Landscape Architecture): Global engineering and design consultancy with integrated landscape architecture, urban design, and masterplanning teams. Competes for large-scale regeneration, infrastructure, and climate-resilience projects where multi-disciplinary integration is required.

Regional players

• Mitchell Associates: Northern Ireland-based landscape architecture practice with comparable expertise in public realm, regeneration, and heritage projects. Regional peer that overlaps on Belfast/Northern Ireland public sector commissions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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