Lysaght Consultants

What Lysaght Consultants does

Lysaght Consultants is a privately held New Zealand surveying, civil engineering, and planning consultancy founded in 1994-1995 and operating across the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. The firm delivers integrated land development services through licensed cadastral surveyors, certified civil engineers, and town planners, working primarily on residential subdivision projects for property developers as well as landowners, government agencies, architects, and real estate investors. Core service lines include land development consulting, cadastral and topographical surveying (incorporating UAV/drone and Lidar technology), civil engineering design (infrastructure, three waters, roading, low-impact design), and urban and rural planning including resource consent applications.

The business operates on a project-based, fee-for-service professional services model with quote-based pricing that varies by property size, terrain complexity, accessibility, and regulatory requirements. Revenue is generated through individual project engagements rather than recurring contracts, with no publicly disclosed pricing. The firm maintains two physical offices (Mount Maunganui headquarters at 19 Totara Street and Hamilton regional office at 14 Garden Place) and runs a graduate programme to develop talent across surveying, engineering, and planning disciplines. Customer engagement is sales-led and consultation-driven, supported by a website with educational content, a LinkedIn presence, and a portfolio of project case studies that generate referral-based leads from existing developer and council relationships built over 30 years of regional operation.

Name

Lysaght Consultants

Legal name

Lysaght Consultants

Website

https://lysaght.net.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lysaght Consultants is a New Zealand surveying, civil engineering, and planning consultancy serving property developers, landowners, councils, and architects across the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions via integrated land development, surveying, and resource consent services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Engineering and Surveying Consulting

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137), Management Consulting Services (54161), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Development & Feasibility Advisory (Highest-and-Best-Use, Entitlements Support) (BPAJANAC)

Keywords

• Land surveying services
• Civil engineering consulting
• Land development consulting
• Cadastral surveying
• Urban planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Mount Maunganui

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 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 Consulting Services: Fee-for-service professional consulting across surveying, civil engineering, planning, and land development. Projects are scoped individually with quotes provided based on project complexity, terrain, size, and regulatory requirements. Revenue generated through project-based engagements rather than recurring subscriptions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lysaght Consultants is a surveying, civil engineering, and planning consultancy providing integrated land development services across New Zealand's Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. Its offerings span land development consulting, land surveying (cadastral, topographical, and re-establishment surveys), civil engineering design, and urban and rural planning services delivered by licensed cadastral surveyors, certified surveyors, civil engineers, and town planners. The firm guides clients from initial concept through to project completion using in-house teams and technologies such as UAV/drone and Lidar topographic surveys.

Product overview

Lysaght Consultants is a surveying, civil engineering, and planning consultancy operating in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions. The company offers an integrated service model combining land development consulting, land surveying (including cadastral surveys and aerial/LIDAR topographical surveys), civil engineering services, and planning consultancy (urban and rural planning). Their services are delivered through licensed cadastral surveyors, certified surveyors, civil engineering consultants, and town planners. The company also operates a graduate programme for developing talent across all disciplines. All services are provided in-house, allowing the company to guide clients from initial concept through to project completion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 200 new allotments created through 10-stage development over 7 years (Three Creeks Estate)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Beca Group: Beca is one of New Zealand's largest employee-owned engineering and advisory consultancies, offering surveying, civil, planning and environmental services. It overlaps with Lysaght on subdivision and land development work, but operates at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• Tonkin + Taylor: Tonkin + Taylor is a New Zealand environmental and engineering consultancy with strong capabilities in land development, surveying and resource management. It competes with Lysaght on complex subdivision and planning mandates, particularly where environmental assessment is involved.
• WSP New Zealand: WSP is a global engineering consultancy with a substantial New Zealand presence delivering surveying, civil engineering, and planning services. It competes with Lysaght for larger institutional and infrastructure tenders while also serving the broader property development market.
• Aurecon New Zealand: Aurecon is a global engineering and infrastructure advisory firm with New Zealand operations providing land development, civil engineering and planning services. It competes with Lysaght for larger mixed-use and infrastructure-led developments in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions.

Direct peers

• Davis Ogilvie: Davis Ogilvie is a South Island-based surveying, engineering and planning consultancy. While geographically distinct from Lysaght, it operates an equivalent integrated consulting model targeting property developers and councils on subdivisions and land development.
• Woods (Woods Environmental): Woods is a mid-sized New Zealand surveying, planning and engineering consultancy operating across the North Island. It directly competes with Lysaght on residential subdivision, cadastral surveying and resource consent work for developers.
• Fraser Thomas: Fraser Thomas is a New Zealand engineering, surveying and planning consultancy with offices in Auckland, Hamilton and Christchurch. Its Hamilton office overlaps directly with Lysaght's Waikato presence on land development and surveying mandates.
• Harrison Grierson: Harrison Grierson is a New Zealand surveying, planning and engineering consultancy with offices across the North Island, including the Bay of Plenty. It competes head-to-head with Lysaght on cadastral surveying, land development, and civil engineering mandates for property developers and councils.

Emerging players

• Resource Planning (RPL) / 4Sight Consulting: 4Sight Consulting is a New Zealand resource management and planning consultancy with Bay of Plenty presence. It overlaps with Lysaght's planning and resource consent service line and is occasionally engaged as a specialist by surveyors and engineers on subdivisions.
• Mitchell Vranjes (MV) Consulting Engineers: MV Consulting Engineers is a New Zealand structural and civil engineering consultancy that occasionally intersects with Lysaght's civil engineering and land development scope, particularly on smaller residential subdivisions in the Bay of Plenty and Waikato.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lysaght-consultants

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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