What SAgroup does

SA Group LLC is a privately held, Cleveland, Ohio-based architecture firm founded in 2011 by Daniel J. Sirk. The firm operates as a collaboration of licensed architects and designers providing professional architectural services to developers, owners, contractors, and institutions across the United States, with stated licensure in 35 states. Its service offering spans architectural design, site planning, building analysis, adaptive reuse, grant applications, historic renovations, owner support, and code compliance, delivered across industry verticals that include senior living, retail, residential, mixed use, historic preservation, commercial interiors, healthcare, industrial, and commercial office work. The firm is staffed by a six-partner team, each with distinct sector specialization (historic preservation, senior living, retail, light industrial, commercial office, multi-family housing), supported by junior architects recruited through an active careers pipeline.

The business model is professional services on a project-by-project, quote-based engagement basis, consistent with standard A/E industry fee structures (typically a percentage of construction cost or fixed fee). Sales motion is direct and referral-driven, with inbound originating from the firm website ([email protected]), industry networking, and direct outreach to developer, owner, and contractor clients. Geographic delivery is national: while the principal office is in Cleveland, the firm maintains a western U.S. practice managed by a partner licensed in Ohio and California, with active projects documented across multiple regions. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the firm is privately held with no funding rounds, parent company, or institutional investor involvement. The underlying technology stack is conventional for an architecture practice — design development, project management, and construction administration tools — with no proprietary software, AI/ML capabilities, patents, or trademarks identified.

Strategically, the firm has pursued vertical diversification and geographic reach rather than scale, growing from a single-founder practice to a six-partner team while extending licensure nationwide. No acquisitions, partnerships, product launches, or external capital events are reported. The principal strategic risks are typical of small professional services firms — key-person concentration around the founder and senior partners, project-based revenue volatility, and limited adoption of generative design or AI-assisted drafting workflows that increasingly differentiate peer firms.

Name

SAgroup

Legal name

SA Group LLC

Website

https://sagroupllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SA Group LLC is a Cleveland-based architecture firm licensed in 35 states, providing architectural design, site planning, adaptive reuse, historic renovation, and code compliance services to developers, owners, and contractors across senior living, retail, residential, commercial, and industrial sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Architectural Services: SA Group LLC generates revenue through providing professional architectural services to developers, owners, and contractors. Services include architectural design, site planning, building analysis, adaptive reuse, grant applications, historic renovations, owner support, and code compliance. Revenue is project-based and likely follows traditional architectural fee structures.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

SAgroup is a licensed architecture practice that delivers architectural design, site planning, building analysis, adaptive reuse, historic renovation, owner support, grant application assistance, and code compliance services to building owners, developers, institutions, and public-sector clients. Operating under a partner-led model with 6 partners and licensure across 35 U.S. states, the firm sells expertise and project-based design services rather than products or software.

Product overview

SA Group LLC is an architecture firm, not a software product company. It operates as a collaboration of licensed architects and designers providing professional architectural services to developers, owners, and contractors. The firm offers a unified suite of services including Architectural Design, Site Planning, Building Analysis, Adaptive Reuse, Grant Applications, Historic Renovations, Owner Support, and Code Compliance. The firm specializes in industry sectors including Senior Living, Retail, Residential, Mixed Use, Historic Renovations, Commercial Interiors, Healthcare, Industrial, and Commercial Office projects. The company was founded in 2011 and is licensed in 35 states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Licensed architectural design services for building owners, developers, institutions, and public-sector clients across 35 U.S. states, producing construction documents and design deliverables for new construction and renovation projects.
• Site Planning
• Building Analysis
• Adaptive Reuse
• Historic Renovations
• Grant Application Support
• Owner Support / Owner Representation
• Code Compliance

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• BHDP Architecture: Architecture firm with strong higher education, workplace, and science & technology practices; comparable size and multi-sector model to SAgroup, competing for similar owner-driven engagements.
• Moody Nolan: Largest African-American-owned architecture firm, also headquartered in Ohio, with multi-sector practice (sports, education, healthcare, residential) that overlaps SAgroup's geographic Midwest base and diversified sector mix.
• CannonDesign: Architecture and engineering firm with prominent senior living and healthcare practices, directly overlapping SAgroup's senior living specialty and recent Preserve @ Mentor Ridge-type project work.
• Page: Architecture and engineering firm with healthcare, higher education, and commercial practices; comparable mid-sized professional services model to SAgroup with overlapping sector focus.

Broad incumbents

• DLR Group: Integrated design firm covering architecture, engineering, and planning with strong K-12, healthcare, and commercial offices practices; competes for similar owner and developer engagements as SAgroup at larger scale.
• HKS: National architecture firm with recognized healthcare and senior living practices, directly overlapping SAgroup's senior living focus area and competing for the same institutional clients.
• HOK: Global architecture and engineering firm where SAgroup's founder Daniel J. Sirk previously worked (Warsaw, Poland); HOK operates across the same healthcare, commercial, civic, and education verticals SAgroup serves, but at vastly larger scale.
• SmithGroup: Integrated design firm with healthcare, higher education, and workplace practices that overlap SAgroup's healthcare and commercial office work; comparable in multi-sector breadth but larger in scale.
• Gensler: Largest global architecture firm with deep practice in commercial office, retail, and mixed-use, directly overlapping SAgroup's core verticals; competes for the same developer and owner clients at enterprise scale.
• Perkins&Will: Major architecture practice with strong healthcare, senior living, and higher-education portfolios that overlap SAgroup's stated sectors; competes for institutional clients nationally and globally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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