Landworks Design Group

What Landworks Design Group does

Landworks Design Group, PA is a full-service landscape architecture and civil engineering firm headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 2006 by Tom McCrory, Steve Wilson, and Matt Langston. The firm provides site design, landscape architecture, land planning, parks and recreation design, greenway and trail design, and civil engineering services—including water/sewer design, storm drainage, grading, roadway design, stormwater detention, and permitting—to both public and private sector clients across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Ohio. Its core technology stack consists of standard A&E tools (AutoCAD Civil 3D, Photoshop, SketchUp, GIS); its competitive differentiation rests on local regulatory relationships, zoning navigation expertise, and an integrated landscape architecture/civil engineering delivery model rather than proprietary software.

The firm generates revenue through project-based professional service fees, priced on a quote basis tied to scope and complexity, with no standardized or publicly disclosed rate cards. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, relying on repeat clients, referrals, and direct engagement with municipalities, developers, homebuilders, and commercial/institutional clients. Customer segments are split roughly evenly between private sector developers and homebuilders (e.g., Faison, Simonini Homes, M/I Homes, Hopper Communities, Standard Pacific) and public sector municipalities and agencies (e.g., Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Mecklenburg County Park & Recreation, Town of McAdenville, Guilford Technical Community College). Following the June 2023 merger with Wirth & Associates, the firm expanded its parks, recreation, and greenway planning practice and now operates as a ~26-person professional association with no disclosed external investors.

Name

Landworks Design Group

Legal name

Landworks Design Group, PA

Website

https://landworkspa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Landworks Design Group is a Charlotte-based landscape architecture and civil engineering firm serving developers, homebuilders, and municipalities across the Southeast with site design, permitting, parks, and greenway planning services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture and Civil Engineering Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (54132), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Land Subdivision (23721)

SIC

Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700), General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial Landscape Design & Installation (HSAIABAJ), Residential Landscape Design (HSAIABAA), Landscape Construction Project Management & General Contracting (HSAIABAK)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Civil engineering services
• Land development design
• Site planning consulting
• Park design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Charlotte

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. Landscape Architecture Services: Project-based professional fees for landscape architecture services including site design, park design, residential and commercial landscaping, planting plans, and construction administration
2. Civil Engineering Services: Project-based fees for civil engineering services including water and sanitary sewer design, storm drainage, roadway design, grading, stormwater detention, and permitting for development projects

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Landworks Design Group, PA is a full-service landscape architecture and civil engineering firm offering land planning and development services to both public and private sector clients throughout the Southeast United States. The firm delivers site design, civil engineering (water, sanitary sewer, storm drainage, roadways, grading, permitting), landscape architecture, parks and recreation design, greenway trail planning, and construction administration services from project conception through completion.

Product overview

Landworks Design Group, PA is a full-service landscape architecture and civil engineering firm offering a wide range of land planning and development services to both public and private sector clients throughout the Southeast. The firm provides comprehensive site design services including landscape architecture, civil engineering, land planning, parks and recreation design, greenway trail design, and land development services. They do not offer a software product platform - they are a professional services firm providing design and engineering consulting services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Services
• Civil Engineering Services
• Park and Recreation Planning Specialized park design services ranging from neighborhood parks to regional park facilities to large-scale nature preserves and conservation areas, including master planning and community input facilitation for municipalities and parks & recreation departments.
• Trail and Greenway Design Trail planning, implementation, and greenway design services including alternative transportation planning for municipalities, counties, and parks & recreation departments.
• Land Planning and Development Consulting Comprehensive land planning and development consulting services including rezonings, land use planning, site feasibility analysis, subdivision design, multi-family housing planning, resort and retirement community design, retail centers, office and industrial parks, and schools.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 80 years of collective experience with hundreds of successful projects
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Wirth & AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 June 2023Wirth & Associates, a Charlotte-based landscape architecture firm specializing in parks and recreation planning, merged with Landworks Design Group in June 2023. The merger combined Wirth's 45-year history of land planning and parks expertise with Landworks' civil engineering and site design capabilities. Both firms had been co-located in the same building since 2021, having previously collaborated on park projects. The merger expanded public sector capabilities and brought over 40 miles of trail planning experience.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global design and engineering firm offering landscape architecture and site/civil engineering within a comprehensive environmental, buildings, and infrastructure practice. Competes for larger Charlotte-area commercial and municipal projects.
• WSP: Global professional services firm with significant Carolinas operations following the Wood E&I and Golder acquisitions. Offers landscape architecture and civil engineering bundled with broader infrastructure and environmental capabilities.
• Kimley-Horn: Top-tier national AEC firm with deep Carolinas presence including Charlotte. Provides landscape architecture and civil engineering as part of a much broader transportation, environmental, and development portfolio, competing on larger commercial and institutional projects.

Regional players

• DRMP: Southeast US-focused engineering and planning firm with strong Carolinas and Florida operations. Competes for similar land development, transportation, and site/civil engineering projects across the Southeast.
• SEPI Engineering & Construction: North Carolina-based civil engineering, surveying, and environmental firm with adjacent landscape architecture and land development services. Competes for similar private developer and DOT/municipal work across the Carolinas.
• ESP Associates: Carolinas-based multi-disciplinary engineering, surveying, planning, and landscape architecture firm. Comparable regional scale, service mix, and developer/government client base in NC and SC.

Direct peers

• WithersRavenel: North Carolina-headquartered engineering, planning, and surveying firm with strong landscape architecture and land development capabilities. Competes for similar developer and municipal work across the Carolinas.
• ColeJenest & Stone: Charlotte-based landscape architecture and civil engineering firm serving private developers, healthcare, education, and corporate clients. Closely comparable in size, geography, and integrated design+engineering service offering to Landworks.
• LandDesign: Charlotte-headquartered multidisciplinary firm offering landscape architecture, civil engineering, urban design and planning services. Direct competitor in the Carolinas market with overlapping developer, municipal, and institutional clients and a similar size and service mix.
• McAdams: Raleigh, NC-based design and engineering firm combining civil engineering, landscape architecture, water resources, and land planning. Directly comparable service mix to Landworks across the Carolinas market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/LandworksPA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/landworksdesigngroup
• Instagraminstagram.com/landworksdesigngroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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