What Barton Willmore does

Barton Willmore is an independent planning and design consultancy headquartered in Birmingham, United Kingdom. According to firmographic data, the firm was founded in 1936, operates as a private for-profit business, and maintains a workforce of 251–500 employees. The consultancy's name and self-description position it within the UK built environment professional services sector.

Specific details regarding Barton Willmore's service lines, technology platform, pricing model, customer segments, geographic footprint beyond Birmingham, revenue scale, ownership structure, and management team are not disclosed in the available source material. The provided aggregated content does not include primary Barton Willmore documentation; the only tagged third-party source in the input covers Stantec's UK operations and makes no reference to Barton Willmore. Consequently, the operational and commercial picture of the firm cannot be expanded beyond firmographic baseline within the evidence supplied.

Name

Barton Willmore

Website

https://bartonwillmore.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1936

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Barton Willmore is an independent planning and design consultancy headquartered in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Founded in 1936, the private for-profit firm operates with 251–500 employees serving clients in the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Planning and Design Consultancy

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Management Consulting Services (54161), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Engineering & Constructability Consulting (BPAHAIAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC), Brownfield Redevelopment Due Diligence & Grant Support (EUAHAEAD)

Keywords

• Planning consultancy
• Design consultancy
• Urban planning
• Town planning services
• Development planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Revenue generated through professional consulting engagements for infrastructure, engineering, architecture, and environmental projects across public and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Barton Willmore is an independent planning and design consultancy. The firm delivers planning and design advisory services to clients, based in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and has been in operation since 1936 with a headcount of 251–500 staff. Specific service-line detail, client segments, or project portfolios are not described in the provided source data.

Product overview

Stantec is a global design and delivery firm offering a comprehensive suite of professional services organized around five core market sectors: Buildings, Community Development, Energy, Transport, and Water. The company operates as a platform of integrated service offerings with specialized initiatives in Climate Solutions, Nature-based Solutions, Development Economics, Digital Services, and Nutrient Neutrality. Projects span renewable energy infrastructure, data centers, water/wastewater systems, transportation networks, and urban regeneration, supported by expertise in environmental consulting, engineering, and sustainability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Planning and Design Consultancy Independent planning and design advisory services delivered to external clients from the firm's Birmingham, UK base. The firm was founded in 1936 and operates with 251–500 staff.

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EirGridcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026EirGrid appointed Stantec to its Planning and Environmental Specialist Framework, providing access to grid infrastructure planning and environmental assessment services for Ireland's transmission system operator.
• AtkinsRéalis and WatermancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Joint consortium with AtkinsRéalis and Waterman appointed to support the Environment Agency in boosting flood resilience across England, combining multi-disciplinary engineering expertise for major infrastructure projects.
• UK Nuclear IndustrycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Stantec appointed to four major nuclear frameworks in the UK, positioning the firm for decommissioning, new build, and infrastructure work across the nuclear sector.

Scale indicators1 record

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global design, engineering and planning consultancy with a long-established UK planning, urban design and masterplanning practice — a comparable planning/design peer.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with strong UK planning, design, environment and engineering capabilities — competes with mid-sized planning consultancies on multi-disciplinary bids.
• Stantec: Global design and delivery firm offering planning, environmental, engineering and design services across Buildings, Community Development, Energy, Transport and Water — overlapping with Barton Willmore's planning and design remit but at much greater scale and geographic breadth.
• AtkinsRéalis: Global engineering, design and project management consultancy with significant UK planning, environment and infrastructure capabilities — a direct competitor for major UK planning and design framework appointments.
• WSP: Global professional services consultancy providing planning, environment, engineering and design services across property, transport, energy and water — competing head-to-head with Barton Willmore for UK planning and development mandates.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management and development consultancy active across UK planning, environment, energy and infrastructure — directly comparable on planning/design mandates.

Direct peers

• Waterman Group: UK-based engineering, environmental and design consultancy with planning and development capabilities — a comparable mid-sized UK multidisciplinary planning/design peer.
• Savills (Planning Division): Real estate advisory firm with a dedicated UK planning team offering town planning, development and design advisory services — directly comparable planning consultancy practice.
• SLR Consulting: Global environmental, planning and engineering consultancy with a strong UK planning, EIA and design practice — directly comparable on planning, environment and development advisory work.
• CBRE (Planning & Development): Global real estate services firm with a UK planning and development consultancy arm offering town planning, development consulting and design advisory — closely comparable independent planning offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bartonwillmore

Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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