Name

Kitchen & Associates

Legal name

Kitchen & Associates

Website

https://kitchenandassociates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Thriven Design (formerly Kitchen & Associates) is a 70-person multidisciplinary architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design firm in Cherry Hill, NJ, serving developers, housing authorities, and municipalities with integrated sustainable design services for multifamily, senior, student, and commercial projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Collingswood

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. Professional Design Services: Project-based professional services revenue from architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design engagements. Services are delivered to developers, housing authorities, and institutional clients for new construction and rehabilitation projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kitchen & Associates (now operating as Thriven Design) is a 70+ person multidisciplinary design firm delivering integrated Architecture, Engineering, Planning, and Interior Design services for new construction and rehabilitation projects. The firm serves developers, housing authorities, municipalities, and institutional clients across multifamily, student, senior, and market-rate housing as well as commercial and community revitalization projects.

Product overview

Kitchen & Associates (now operating as Thriven Design) is a multidisciplinary architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design firm that operates as a single integrated service practice rather than a modular software product. The company offers four integrated disciplines: Architecture Services, Engineering Services, Planning Services, and Interior Design Services. These services work together collaboratively, with building systems engineering fully integrated throughout the firm's design practice. The company serves markets including multifamily housing, student housing, market-rate housing, and commercial spaces, with a sustainable mindset focused on community impact.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services Architectural practice offering broad and deep experience in multifamily housing, student housing, market-rate housing, commercial spaces, and other specialty markets. Design approach is grounded in a sustainable mindset focused on the people who will live, work, learn and play in the buildings designed.
• Engineering Services Building systems engineering providing professional design, assessment, and consulting services for new construction and rehabilitation projects. Focuses on cost-effective, energy-efficient building systems that provide healthy environments for occupants. The engineering group is fully integrated throughout the firm's design practice.
• Planning Services Master planning services focused on neighborhood and community revitalization through collaborative efforts infused with sensitive planning and thoughtful design. Helps transform distressed communities and neighborhoods into safe, comfortable and vibrant places to live, work and play.
• Interior Design Services Interior design delivered by a team of four interior design professionals, ensuring accessibility, efficiency, and longevity of spaces. Provides the critical link between buildings and the people who inhabit them, improving quality of life through comprehensive design solutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Buildings designed to be cost-effective to build and operate, energy-efficient, and provide healthy environments for occupants

Named customers2 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

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PennrosecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPennrose is a development partner with whom Thriven Design has co-developed multiple residential projects including the Grand Opening of Good Shepherd Senior Residences. The partnership represents ongoing collaborative development work in the senior housing sector.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• BKV Group: Architecture, engineering, and interior design firm with a nationally recognized multifamily and affordable housing practice. Directly comparable integrated A+E+I service model and similar housing developer client base.
• Hord Coplan Macht: Mid-Atlantic integrated architecture, engineering, and planning firm of comparable size with deep multifamily, senior living, and mixed-use housing practices. Closest direct peer given similar geography, scale, integrated service model, and housing-focused portfolio.
• Dattner Architects: NYC-based architecture firm specializing in housing (multifamily, supportive, senior) and civic projects with integrated sustainable-design credentials. Comparable housing-focused mission-driven practice and LEED-oriented team.
• EwingCole: Philadelphia-based architecture and engineering firm of comparable scale serving institutional, commercial, and developer clients across the Mid-Atlantic. Comparable multidisciplinary integrated practice and similar client mix.
• L2P Architecture Engineering: New Jersey-based architecture and engineering firm of similar size offering integrated design services for multifamily, commercial, and institutional clients. Direct regional competitor for NJ developer and housing-authority work.
• Ware Malcomb: Architecture and engineering firm with established multifamily housing and commercial practices serving developers across the U.S. Comparable integrated design-build service model and similar housing-typology focus, though broader geographic footprint.

Broad incumbents

• DLR Group: Integrated architecture and engineering firm with established housing, senior living, and civic practices serving institutional and developer clients nationwide. Comparable integrated A+E model at meaningfully larger scale.
• Avison Young: Global real estate services firm that includes an architecture and design practice serving commercial, multifamily, and mixed-use developers. Comparable integrated real-estate-adjacent design services at much larger scale.
• Stantec: Global architecture, engineering, and consulting firm with deep multifamily, senior living, and community development practices. Broader incumbent offering same integrated services at much larger scale across North America.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture and design firm with strong housing, healthcare, and education practices and deep sustainability/LEED credentials. Represents the scaled-up, multi-discipline incumbent against which the firm competes for larger institutional commissions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thriven.design
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/thrivendesign
• Instagraminstagram.com/thriven.design
• Xx.com/k_a_design

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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