Planners Group

What Planners Group does

Planners Group is a multi-disciplinary architecture and planning practice headquartered in Chandigarh, India, established in 1972. The firm operates as a family-owned partnership and was founded by Lt. Vijay Malik, who practiced from 1970 until 2016. The current partnership includes Pankaj Malik (with the firm since 1999), Vikram Malik, and Santosh Malik, with a team of approximately 20 architects, interior architects, a quantity surveyor, technical staff, and administrative personnel. The firm offers services across four core disciplines: architecture and planning, interior design, building engineering, and sustainable/green building design, with credentials spanning GRIHA, LEED, and IGBC certification systems.

Name

Planners Group

Legal name

Planners Group

Website

https://plannersgroup.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Planners Group is a 50+ year-old multi-disciplinary architecture, interior design, building engineering, and sustainable/green building practice based in Chandigarh, India, serving enterprise, government, and institutional clients across North India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Master planning services
• Interior design services
• Building engineering services
• Green building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Chandigarh

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural and Planning Services: The firm generates revenue through comprehensive architectural services including master planning, architecture, interior design, landscape design, and building engineering. Services encompass the entire project lifecycle from site feasibility and master planning through building designs, construction documentation, statutory approvals, and supervision.
2. Interior Design Services: Interior design services integrating research on interior spaces including colors, light and shade, material palette, furniture design, layout, and ergonomics to deliver unique and functional designs.
3. Sustainable/Green Building Certification Services: Documentation services for projects seeking LEED/GRIHA/IGBC rating system certification at various levels.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Planners Group is an architecture and planning firm that provides integrated multi-disciplinary building design services across the full project lifecycle. The firm delivers four core offerings: Architecture and Planning Services (site feasibility, master planning, building design, construction documentation, statutory approvals, supervision), Interior Design Services, Building Engineering Services (structural, MEP, fire fighting, acoustics, building automation), and Sustainable Architecture / Green Building Design with LEED/GRIHA/IGBC certification documentation.

Product overview

Planners Group is an architecture and planning firm offering integrated multi-disciplinary services. The company provides a unified service portfolio centered around four core offerings: Architecture and Planning Services, Interior Design Services, Building Engineering Services, and Sustainable Architecture/Green Building Design Services. These services work together to deliver complete building solutions from site feasibility and master planning through construction documentation, interior design, structural and MEP engineering, to green building certification documentation. The firm specializes across multiple project categories including residential, commercial, corporate offices, industrial, institutional, IT buildings, hospitality, healthcare, and educational facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture and Planning Services Full spectrum of architectural and planning services including site feasibility, master planning, building designs, construction documentation, statutory approvals, and supervision. Designed for enterprise clients, government bodies, institutions, and developers across residential, commercial, corporate, industrial, educational, IT, hospitality, healthcare, and cultural project categories.
• Interior Design Services Interior design services integrating research on colors, light and shade, material palette, furniture design, layout, and ergonomics to deliver unique and functional designs. Targeted at corporate offices, retail outlets, banking branches, residential clients, and institutional interiors.
• Building Engineering Services Complete building services including structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire fighting, vertical transportation, acoustics, and building automation engineering. Supports enterprise and government clients requiring integrated engineering alongside architectural design.
• Sustainable Architecture and Green Building Design Eco-responsive built environment through passive designs and active green building design. Provides documentation services for LEED/GRIHA/IGBC rating system certification at various levels. Designed for enterprise, institutional, and government clients seeking certified sustainable buildings.

Named customers24 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• RSP Design Consultants (India): Large Indian architecture, engineering and project management consultancy offering full-lifecycle services including master planning, architecture, structural/MEP and interior design. Directly comparable integrated services portfolio; PG staff have prior tenure at RSP, evidencing close professional adjacency.
• Hafeez Contractor: One of India's largest architectural practices with deep experience across residential, commercial, hospitality and institutional projects. Comparable in core architectural services and Indian enterprise client base, but vastly larger headcount and pan-India footprint than Planners Group.
• C.P. Kukreja Architects: Established Delhi-based architecture firm with portfolio spanning institutional, hospitality, healthcare and government projects. Comparable integrated architecture and planning services; operates at greater national scale than Planners Group's North India base.
• Design Plus Architecture: Indian architecture and interior design firm serving commercial, retail, hospitality and healthcare clients with sustainability focus. Comparable in scale, multi-disciplinary services and Indian enterprise client orientation.
• Morphogenesis: One of India's leading sustainable architecture practices, offering integrated architecture, master planning and interior design with deep GRIHA/LEED expertise. Directly comparable to Planners Group's integrated services and sustainability positioning, but at significantly larger scale and national reach.
• KPDN Architecture (Kanhaiya Prasad Dhokalia & Associates): Indian architecture firm offering architecture, urban design and master planning services to enterprise, institutional and government clients. Comparable mid-sized Indian practice with full-service architecture and planning focus.

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure and design consultancy with extensive India operations spanning architecture, engineering, planning and project management. Competes with PG for large enterprise, industrial and government commissions but at vastly greater scale and capability breadth.
• Foster + Partners: International architecture firm with significant India project portfolio across commercial, hospitality and civic typologies. Competes at the high end of large-scale commissions; PG's Vikram Malik has prior experience with URS Corporation, a comparable global consultancy.
• Arup: Global engineering and design firm with India presence covering structural, MEP, acoustics, fire and sustainability consulting that overlaps with PG's building engineering services. Comparable technical depth but with global R&D and credentialing resources PG lacks.

Regional players

• Chandigarh College of Architecture affiliated regional practices: Smaller Chandigarh/Punjab-based architectural practices drawing from the same talent pool (CCA graduates like PG's Harleen Kaur) and competing for similar North India residential, commercial and institutional clients. Strongest direct regional overlap with PG's core market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 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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