Mataj Architects

What Mataj Architects does

Mataj Architects Inc. is a privately held, founder-owned architecture firm headquartered in Oakville, Ontario, co-founded and led by partners Eva Mataj (20+ years of experience) and Artan Mataj (25 years of experience). The firm delivers full-service architectural design — from project inception through construction documentation and oversight — with a stated specialization in hospitality design that includes new builds, brand conversions, and renovations for major hotel chains such as Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Staybridge, TownePlace Suites, Hyatt House, Hyatt Place, DoubleTree, and Delta. Its portfolio also spans multi-residential (condominiums, apartments), custom residential, medical/healthcare facilities, retirement and senior living, banquet halls, and commercial office buildings.

The business runs on project-based professional services fees, with pricing quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led and almost entirely referral-driven: the firm explicitly states it has grown without paid advertising, relying on word-of-mouth from satisfied clients and developer/colleague relationships, supplemented by a modest LinkedIn and Facebook presence and a website newsletter. The firm is licensed across multiple Canadian provinces (Ontario via OAA; Eva Mataj additionally via NLAA and NSAA), and operates primarily in Ontario with evidence of work in Nova Scotia.

The company is organized as an independent partnership with no external institutional investors, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no disclosed M&A or funding activity. There is no evidence of headcount beyond the two named partners, no disclosed revenue, and no technology platform or software product — the offering is design services, not a tech product. The competitive position rests on the founders' long-tenured design talent, brand-standard fluency for major hotel flag families, and a referral network built over two decades of practice.

Name

Mataj Architects

Legal name

Mataj Architects Inc.

Website

https://matajarchitects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mataj Architects Inc. is a privately held, founder-owned architecture firm in Oakville, Ontario, specializing in hospitality design for major hotel chains (Hilton, IHG, Marriott, Hyatt) and also serving residential, medical, retirement, and commercial clients via project-based professional services and word-of-mouth referrals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Luxury / High-End Home Construction (IMAFABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Luxury Whole-Home Renovation (High-End Finishes & Custom Build) (HSAPAEAI)

Keywords

• Hospitality architecture design
• Hotel design services
• Commercial building architecture
• Residential architecture design
• Construction documentation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakville

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Professional architectural services for hospitality, residential, medical, and commercial building projects. Revenue generated through project-based fees for design, construction documents, and project oversight.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Mataj Architects provides full-service architectural design from project inception through construction documentation, with a primary specialization in hospitality design (hotels, resorts, banquet halls) for major brands such as Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Marriott, Hilton, and Hyatt. The firm also delivers architectural services for residential (condominiums, apartments, custom homes), medical facilities, retirement homes, and office buildings.

Product overview

Mataj Architects Inc. is an architectural firm offering comprehensive design services rather than a software product company. The firm provides architectural design services spanning hospitality, residential, medical, commercial, and specialty building types. The core service offering is architectural design from project inception through construction, with hospitality design being the primary specialization. The portfolio includes hotel designs for major brands (Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Marriott brands, Hyatt, Best Western), residential projects (condominiums, apartments, custom homes), medical buildings, retirement homes, banquet halls, and office buildings. The company operates as a service-based architectural practice, not a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Services

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Lemay: Canadian architecture firm with work across hospitality, residential, healthcare, and commercial verticals. Comparable diversified portfolio and Canadian operational footprint, though at significantly larger scale.
• B+H Architects: Toronto-headquartered global architecture and interior design firm with significant hospitality design practice. Most directly comparable Canadian peer given shared geography, hospitality focus, and full-service architectural offering.
• Diamond Schmitt Architects: Major Canadian architecture firm with broad commercial, institutional, and residential work. Comparable as a Canadian full-service architecture practice serving enterprise clients, though with a larger scale and institutional focus.
• Kasian Architecture: Canadian architecture firm with practice areas in commercial, hospitality, and residential. Comparable mid-sized Canadian architecture practice with similar vertical diversification.
• Bregman + Hamann Architects: Toronto-based architecture firm with multi-residential, hospitality, and commercial work. Comparable Canadian boutique practice with overlapping service verticals and client base.
• DIALOG: Canadian integrated design practice spanning architecture, interior design, and engineering. Comparable multi-vertical Canadian architecture practice with enterprise client base.
• WATG: Global hospitality-focused architecture and design firm. Comparable given its specific specialization in hotel design and brand conversions, directly mirroring Mataj's primary vertical of expertise.
• Hirsch Bedner Associates (HBA): Global hospitality interior design and architecture firm specializing in luxury and select-service hotels. Comparable as a hospitality design specialist with major brand relationships similar to Mataj's portfolio.

Broad incumbents

• HKS: Large global architectural firm with substantial hospitality and hotel design practice. Comparable in hospitality design competencies but at much larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• Gensler: Global design and architecture firm with hospitality, residential, and commercial practice areas. Comparable vertical breadth but operates at enterprise scale far exceeding Mataj's boutique footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/mataj.architects.inc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/matajarchitects

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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