Compass Land Surveyors

Name

Compass Land Surveyors

Legal name

Compass Land Surveyors, Inc.

Website

https://compass-landsurveyors.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Milwaukie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Surveying Services: Project-based professional surveying services for public and private clients including boundary surveys, topographic mapping, ALTA/ACSM surveys, subdivision plats, construction staking, and as-built documentation. Revenue generated through on-call contracts, task orders, and individual project engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Compass Land Surveyors provides professional land surveying services in Oregon and Washington, including boundary surveys, ALTA/ACSM surveys, cadastral surveys, subdivision and partition plats, topographic mapping, construction staking, FEMA elevation certificates, GIS data acquisition, GPS control surveys, mortgage inspection surveys, utility location mapping, wetland location surveys, legal descriptions, as-built surveys, and site maps for court exhibits. Services are delivered to municipalities, service districts, private developers, contractors, and individuals across the Portland Metro area.

Product overview

Compass Land Surveyors provides professional land surveying services primarily in Oregon and Washington since 1968. Their service portfolio includes boundary surveys, ALTA/ACSM surveys, cadastral surveys, subdivision and partition plats, topographic mapping, construction staking, FEMA elevation certificates, GIS data acquisition, GPS control surveys, mortgage inspection surveys, utility location mapping, wetland location surveys, legal descriptions, as-built surveys, and court exhibit preparation. The company serves diverse clients including municipalities, counties, school districts, service districts, private developers, contractors, and individuals across the Portland Metro area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Boundary Surveys

Quantifiable outcome

• Provided land survey services to 13 schools under Portland Public Schools 2014 bond measure
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global AEC firm with significant Pacific Northwest operations providing surveying, geospatial, and engineering services. A broad incumbent that overlaps Compass's offerings but competes across many more verticals and at much larger project scale.
• Woolpert: National architecture, engineering, and geospatial firm with strong surveying and mapping capabilities, including aerial LiDAR and GIS. Comparable to Compass in core surveying services but operates at significantly broader scale and with proprietary geospatial technology.
• Tetra Tech: Global consulting and engineering firm with substantial water, infrastructure, and surveying practices. Overlaps Compass on water/sewer, transportation, and municipal surveying but offers much broader technical and geographic reach.

Direct peers

• OTAK: PNW-based planning, engineering, and surveying firm with offices in Oregon and Washington. Competes with Compass for public-works surveying, ALTA, subdivision, and infrastructure projects in the same regional market.
• AKS Engineering & Forestry: Oregon-based engineering, forestry, and surveying firm providing boundary, topographic, GPS, and construction-staking services. Directly comparable to Compass as a regional Oregon surveying competitor serving public agencies and private developers.
• David Evans and Associates: Pacific Northwest-headquartered AEC firm offering surveying, mapping, engineering, and planning services across Oregon and Washington. Directly comparable to Compass because it competes for the same municipal, transportation, water, and land-development surveying work in the Portland Metro market.
• Westlake Consultants: Portland-based surveying, planning, and civil engineering firm. Directly comparable to Compass in scale, geographic focus, and service mix — both serve Oregon municipalities, schools, and developers on boundary, topographic, ALTA, and construction-staking assignments.
• KPFF Consulting Engineers: Civil/structural engineering and surveying firm with major Portland presence. Competes with Compass on transportation, transit, and public-infrastructure surveying work in the same Pacific Northwest market, while offering broader engineering capabilities.
• Harper Houf Peterson Righellis: Portland-based civil engineering and surveying firm serving public agencies and private developers across Oregon and Washington. Closely comparable to Compass on geographic footprint, client mix (municipalities, school districts, transit), and core surveying service lines including boundary, topographic, and construction staking.

Regional players

• Mason, Bruce & Girard: Pacific Northwest forestry, natural resources, and surveying firm. Comparable to Compass on surveying and GIS data acquisition, particularly on natural-area, park, and environmental projects, though focused more heavily on forestry clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CompassLS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/620634

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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