Southeastern Land Company

What Southeastern Land Company does

Southeastern Land Company, Inc. (SLC) is a privately held, regional professional services firm specializing in easement acquisition, fee simple land acquisition, project management, and consulting for infrastructure projects. Founded in 1996 and owned by William F. Saunders, Jr., the firm is headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and is licensed to operate in South Carolina and North Carolina. It employs 65 full-time, licensed real estate professionals and has been continuously active in the land acquisition field since 1986 through predecessor engagements. SLC delivers services to electrical utilities, electric cooperatives, gas utilities, municipal/county/state/federal governments, and telecommunications and cable companies, working on distribution projects, electrical transmission projects, utility relocations, stormwater drainage, road projects, beach renourishment, and aerial-to-underground conversion projects along the South Carolina Coast.

The firm's core service portfolio comprises four integrated lines (Easement Acquisition, Land Acquisition, Project Management, and Project Consulting) supported by ancillary capabilities including Rights-of-Way Acquisition, Cost Studies, Title Abstraction, Appraisal Services, Expert Witness Testimony, and Survey Services. Notable qualifications include demonstrated experience administering projects subject to the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 for federally funded engagements (e.g., Army Corps of Engineers beach renourishment, HUD drainage projects, FAA airport expansion, FEMA acquisitions). SLC claims completion of work for virtually all electrical transmission providers in South Carolina and North Carolina, including Duke Energy, Dominion Energy, Santee Cooper, Progress Energy, and Piedmont Natural Gas, plus electric cooperatives (Central Electric, Palmetto Electric, Horry Telephone Cooperative), municipalities (City of Myrtle Beach, City of North Myrtle Beach), counties (Horry, Georgetown, Allendale), and telecom/cable clients (Spectrum, Verizon).

The business model is project-based professional services: revenue is earned through fees for easement acquisition, fee simple acquisition, complete project management engagements, and consulting services, with no disclosed pricing or recurring SaaS component. Distribution is purely direct enterprise field sales through established client relationships and industry reputation; the company does not use resellers or distribution partners and markets primarily through its website (southeasternlandco.com) and direct phone contact. The company is privately held by a single founder/owner with no disclosed external investment, parent company, acquisitions, partnerships, or restructuring events.

Name

Southeastern Land Company

Legal name

Southeastern Land Company, Inc.

Website

https://southeasternlandco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Southeastern Land Company is a privately held, Myrtle Beach-based professional services firm that provides easement and land acquisition, project management, and consulting for utilities, governments, and telecoms across South Carolina and North Carolina.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Land and Easement Acquisition Services

NAICS

Title Abstract and Settlement Offices (541191), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370)

akta.pro primary industry

Right-of-way access, foundations & civil works for T&D projects (EUADAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mineral Rights, Leasing & Land Management (EUALAAAB), Transitional/Development Land Brokerage (Entitled, In-Path-of-Growth) (BPAJADAJ)

Keywords

• Easement acquisition services
• Land acquisition services
• Rights-of-way acquisition
• Utility project management
• Real estate consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Conway

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. Professional Services - Project-Based Fees: Southeastern Land Company generates revenue through professional services fees for easement acquisition, land acquisition, project management, and consulting services. Services are provided on a project basis for utilities, governments, and telecommunications companies. Revenue is earned through fee simple acquisition services, complete project management, and consulting engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Southeastern Land Company, Inc. (SLC) is a licensed professional services firm that provides easement and fee simple land acquisition, rights-of-way acquisition, and complete project management services. The firm supports electrical utilities, gas utilities, electric cooperatives, telecommunications and cable companies, and municipal, county, state, and federal government clients across South Carolina and North Carolina. Ancillary offerings include cost studies, surveys, title abstraction, appraisal services, and expert witness testimony for infrastructure projects.

Product overview

Southeastern Land Company offers a unified professional services offering centered on land and easement acquisition for infrastructure and utility projects. The core portfolio consists of four integrated service lines: Easement Acquisition, Land Acquisition, Project Management, and Project Consulting, supported by ancillary services including Rights-of-Way Acquisition, Cost Studies, Title Abstraction, Appraisal Services, Expert Witness Testimony, and Survey Services. These services are designed to work together to provide end-to-end support for electrical transmission and distribution projects, utility relocations, stormwater drainage, beach renourishment, road projects, and aerial to underground conversions across South Carolina and North Carolina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Easement Acquisition

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Universal Field Services: Privately held ROW and land acquisition services firm with comparable end-to-end offerings (easement negotiation, title, project management) for utilities and public agencies across the U.S. Directly competitive service model.
• O.R. Colan Associates (ORC): National right-of-way acquisition and relocation consulting firm serving utilities, government agencies, and infrastructure owners. Direct competitor to SLC in the easement and fee simple acquisition services market.
• Percheron (now part of Atlas Professional Services): National land services firm providing ROW acquisition, project management, and title services to utilities, pipelines, and government clients. Closest scaled, multi-state peer to SLC's service mix.

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Tech: Global consulting and engineering firm with significant utility T&D and water infrastructure practices. Overlaps with SLC in supporting infrastructure projects from the engineering side, including ROW-related work.
• WSP USA: Global professional services consultancy with a major power, utilities, and infrastructure practice. Competes for federal- and utility-funded project management and engineering work in the same geographies.
• Stantec: International engineering, architecture, and environmental services firm with a strong utility and community development practice. Competes for the same end-customer budgets as SLC.
• ICF International: Public professional services firm with infrastructure and energy practice areas including ROW and environmental compliance for utilities and federal agencies. Larger, more diversified competitor.
• TRC Companies: Public infrastructure consulting firm offering ROW, environmental, and engineering services to utilities and government. BROAD_INCUMBENT given its scale and broader service portfolio beyond pure ROW.
• POWER Engineers: Employee-owned engineering and environmental services firm specializing in T&D, power generation, and telecom. Provides project management services to the same utility and cooperative customers as SLC.

Regional players

• McKim & Creed: Southeast-based engineering, surveying, and planning firm with strong utility and coastal infrastructure practices. Comparable to SLC on regional scope, Carolinas focus, and end-to-end project delivery model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 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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