Designcorp

What Designcorp does

Designcorp is a privately held, San Diego-based design and construction firm founded in 1987 that delivers commercial space planning, commercial design, and interior construction services under the “Power of Yes” brand. The company operates with 11-50 employees from a single headquarters at 4631 Viewridge Avenue, San Diego, which also houses its Innovation Gallery — a physical showcase used to engage prospective enterprise clients. Its service portfolio spans strategic planning, work-phase management, component fabrication, spatial planning, commercial design, and interior construction, delivered as a unified offering rather than as discrete software products.

The firm’s core methodology is a digital design-to-build construction pipeline that combines digital component design, virtual site visits, and certainty-based construction to reduce rework, shorten timelines, and improve cost predictability. Proprietary elements include the Digital-to-Build Construction Pipeline and Virtual Site Visit Technology, which together enable clients to visualize outcomes before physical construction begins. The company markets itself primarily through its website (poweredbyyes.com), a multi-platform social presence (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr), and direct sales via the Innovation Gallery.

Designcorp generates revenue through project-based professional services engagements, with custom quotes based on scope and multi-year contract cadences. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. Its primary customer segment is travel, hospitality, and nightlife (including a documented re-branding engagement that delivered an 8% lift in new visits, 19% in return visits, and 12% in ADR), with a secondary segment in public service and non-profit. Named legacy work includes the early-1990s creation of the M&Ms “spokes-candies” characters and an integrated campaign for the confectionery brand. The company has no disclosed funding, no parent organization, no institutional investors, no partnerships, and no M&A history in the available data.

Name

Designcorp

Legal name

Designcorp

Website

https://poweredbyyes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Designcorp is a privately held San Diego design and construction firm founded in 1987 that delivers commercial space planning, interior design, and build services primarily to travel, hospitality, and nightlife clients via project-based professional services engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Interior Design & Construction Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (541410), Interior Design Services (54141), Architectural Services (54131), Graphic Design Services (541430), Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Design-Build / EPC General Contracting (IMAFAAAD), Building Information Modeling (BIM) & Digital Design Services (BPAHAKAK), Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

Keywords

• Commercial interior design
• Commercial space planning
• Interior construction services
• Design-build services
• Commercial renovation

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

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. Design and Construction Services: Full-service design and build offering encompassing strategic planning, work-phase management, component fabrication, spatial planning, commercial design, and interior construction. Revenue generated through project-based professional services with pricing that is quoted and predictable.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Designcorp provides integrated commercial design and interior construction services spanning strategic planning, work-phase management, component fabrication, spatial planning, commercial design, and interior construction. The firm's digital design-to-build methodology enables clients to design digitally, visit virtually, and build with certainty. Services are delivered as a unified portfolio to enterprise clients in travel, hospitality, nightlife, public service, and non-profit sectors.

Product overview

Designcorp is a design and construction company that offers an integrated suite of services spanning strategic planning, work-phase management, component fabrication, spatial planning, commercial design, and interior construction. The company combines talent and technology to enable clients to design digitally, visit virtually, and build with certainty, emphasizing precision, predictable pricing, leaner timelines, and cleaner, greener job sites. No discrete named products or modules are listed; the offering is structured as a unified service portfolio rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategic Planning Strategic planning service that frames commercial interior design and construction projects at the outset, aligning client goals, scope, and constraints before detailed design and construction phases begin. Targeted at enterprise clients in hospitality, travel, nightlife, public service, and non-profit sectors.
• Work-Phase Management Work-phase management service that coordinates the sequential stages of commercial interior design and construction projects, providing structured oversight from planning through build. Targeted at enterprise clients undertaking commercial interior buildouts.
• Component Fabrication Component fabrication service that produces custom built elements for commercial interior projects, integrated into the same design-to-build pipeline as planning, design, and construction. Targeted at enterprise clients requiring bespoke interior components.
• Spatial Planning Spatial planning service that defines the layout and functional organization of commercial interior environments, preceding detailed design and construction phases. Targeted at enterprise clients across hospitality, nightlife, public service, and non-profit sectors.
• Commercial Design Commercial design service that translates strategic and spatial planning into detailed interior design solutions for commercial properties, including hotels, resorts, restaurants, nightlife venues, and public service or non-profit facilities. Targeted at enterprise commercial clients.
• Interior Construction Interior construction service that executes the physical build of commercial interior projects, managed within the same digital design-to-build pipeline as planning, design, and fabrication. Targeted at enterprise clients in hospitality, travel, nightlife, public service, and non-profit sectors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8% increase in new visits, 19% increase in return visits, 12% increase in ADR for hospitality client re-branding campaign

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• IA Interior Architects: Global firm specializing in interior design and interior architecture for workplaces, hospitality, and retail, with integrated design-build-adjacent services — closely comparable to Designcorp's commercial interior focus.
• Nelson Worldwide: Integrated design firm offering interior design, architecture, and brand strategy across hospitality, retail, and workplace — closely comparable to Designcorp's full-service commercial design offering.
• Cannon Design: Multi-disciplinary design firm combining architecture, engineering, and interior design across hospitality, healthcare, and commercial — comparable in integrated service delivery model.
• SmithGroup: Integrated design firm with strong interior design and architecture practice across commercial, hospitality, and workplace — direct competitor in commercial interior design-build.
• Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA): Specialist hospitality interior design firm serving luxury hotels, resorts, and casinos — directly comparable to Designcorp's primary hospitality and nightlife segment focus.
• Studios Architecture: Architecture and design firm focused on commercial interiors, workplace, and hospitality — comparable in scale and integrated service delivery to Designcorp.
• Meyer Davis: Boutique design studio specializing in hospitality, residential, and commercial interiors with integrated design-build capabilities — comparable in size and vertical focus to Designcorp.
• Ware Malcomb: Design and engineering firm providing architecture, interior design, and civil engineering for commercial real estate — comparable integrated service model and mid-market positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Largest global architecture and design firm with extensive hospitality, retail, and workplace practices; competes for the same enterprise interior design builds as Designcorp but at significantly larger scale.
• HOK: Global design, architecture, and engineering firm with strong hospitality and workplace practices; broader portfolio than Designcorp but directly comparable in commercial interior design and build.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/designcorp-san-diego

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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