What CS2 does

CS2 Chartered Surveyors is a UK professional services firm delivering building surveying, construction consultancy, dilapidations, cost consultancy, energy and sustainability, insurance surveying, and PFI contract expiry advisory services. Founded in 1999 (originally as Construction Surveying & Consultancy Services) and headquartered in Northampton, the firm serves commercial property investors, occupiers, and public-sector clients across retail, offices, industrial and logistics, automotive, student accommodation, education, and healthcare sectors. Its service portfolio spans investment and vendor surveys, party wall and neighbourly matters, planned preventative maintenance, expert witness, project management, quantity surveying, BREEAM and EPC compliance, ESOS, MEES, defect diagnostics, and reinstatement cost assessments, branded under its proprietary Integrated Thinking™ methodology that bundles specialist sector knowledge with multidisciplinary property solutions.

The business is project-based and sales-led, acquiring clients through direct engagement, referrals, and industry-event participation (MIPIM, UKREiiF, BCSC). Pricing is negotiated on a project-by-project basis and is not publicly disclosed. The firm operates from eight regional offices across England and Scotland — London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Edinburgh, and Leeds — and is regulated by RICS, with ISO 9001 certification. CS2 became a subsidiary of RSK Group in 2021, providing access to broader environmental, engineering, and technical capabilities, and retains wholly-owned subsidiaries including Acsestra (founded 2000). Headcount sits in the 101–250 range and named enterprise clients include Vodafone (50-property portfolio), ASDA, DSV, DPD, XPO Logistics, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Starbucks, Pizza Hut, Volkswagen Financial Services, BMW Mini, House of Fraser, Coventry Building Society, ING Car Lease, CBRE Global Investors, Picton Capital, NHS, and Highways England, evidencing cross-sector penetration at both single-asset and programme levels.

Name

CS2

Legal name

CS2

Website

https://cs2.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

CS2 is a UK chartered surveying and cost consultancy firm founded in 1999, delivering building surveying, construction consultancy, dilapidations, cost management, and energy and sustainability services to commercial property investors, occupiers, and public-sector clients across eight UK offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Building Surveying Services: Professional building surveying services including investment surveys, vendor surveys, building inspection, party wall & neighbourly matters, planned preventative maintenance, expert witness, principal designer, and schedule of condition assessments. Typically project-based professional service engagements.
2. Construction Consultancy: Project management, new build, repair & refurbishment, and project monitoring services for commercial and public sector clients.
3. Dilapidations: Dilapidations negotiation and advisory services for both landlords and tenants, including schedules of condition, terminal schedules, and FRS 12 assessments.
4. Cost Consultancy: Cost management, bills of quantities, strategic procurement & contract strategy, whole life costing, reinstatement cost assessments, and feasibility assessments.
5. Energy & Sustainability Services: BREEAM assessments, Display Energy Certificates, EPCs, energy audits, ESOS compliance, sustainability statements, and MEES compliance services.
6. Insurance Surveying: Defect diagnostic, cost validation, and reinstatement cost assessments for insurance purposes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CS2 is a UK chartered surveying and cost consultancy firm delivering project-based professional services to commercial property clients. Its core offerings cover construction consultancy (project management, new build, repair and refurbishment, project monitoring), building surveying (investment surveys, vendor surveys, inspections, party wall, expert witness, principal designer), dilapidations advisory for landlords and tenants, cost consultancy (cost management, bills of quantities, procurement, whole life costing), and energy and sustainability consulting (BREEAM, EPCs, ESOS, MEES compliance). Services are delivered through 8 UK regional offices under its proprietary Integrated Thinking™ methodology.

Product overview

CS2 is a building surveying and cost consultancy firm offering a comprehensive suite of professional services to the commercial property sector. The core offerings include Construction Consultancy (new build, repair & refurbishment, project monitoring), Building Surveying (inspections, investment surveys, expert witness), Dilapidations services for landlords and tenants, Cost Consultancy (quantity surveying, cost management, bills of quantities), Energy & Sustainability consulting, Insurance Surveying, and PFI Contract Expiry services. CS2 serves multiple sectors including retail, offices, industrial & logistics, student accommodation, residential, education, automotive, and defence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Integrated Thinking™: The company's proprietary business approach methodology.

Products and services

• Construction Consultancy Project management, new build, repair and refurbishment, and project monitoring services delivered to commercial and public sector clients across the UK. Includes sub-services New Build, Repair & Refurbishment, and Project Monitoring.
• Building Surveying

Quantifiable outcome

• £5.55m saved in dilapidations negotiations
• +12 more outcomes

Named customers34 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• RSK Group of CompaniesflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021CS2 Chartered Surveyors joined the RSK Group of Companies in 2021. RSK is a global environmental, engineering, and technical services group. The partnership provides CS2 with access to broader sustainability, environmental, and technical service capabilities, and aligns CS2 with RSK's carbon reduction commitments and ESG expertise.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• WSP: Global professional services firm with UK building surveying, cost consultancy, project management and sustainability advisory capabilities through its Property & Buildings business — overlaps with CS2 across multiple service lines.
• CBRE: World's largest commercial real estate services firm with extensive UK building surveying, project management, cost consultancy and investment advisory practices — competes with CS2 for enterprise mandates such as those won with CBRE Global Investors.
• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm with UK cost consultancy (formerly EC Harris), project management and building surveying practices — competing for the same enterprise cost and PM mandates as CS2.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global real estate services firm with UK building consultancy, project management, dilapidations and sustainability practices — overlapping with CS2's full-service commercial property offering.
• JLL: Global real estate services firm with UK building consultancy, project and development services and sustainability advisory — competes with CS2 for enterprise surveying, cost and sustainability mandates.
• Knight Frank: Global real estate services firm with UK building surveying, project management and dilapidations teams serving commercial property investors and occupiers — overlapping with CS2 across multiple service lines but at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Lambert Smith Hampton: UK commercial real estate consultancy offering building surveying, dilapidations, project management and investment advisory — directly comparable to CS2's multidisciplinary surveying and consultancy practice.
• Currie & Brown: UK-headquartered cost consultancy and project management firm providing quantity surveying, cost management and building surveying services to commercial property clients — a direct peer across CS2's core service lines.
• Turner & Townsend: International cost consultancy and project management consultancy delivering cost management, bills of quantities and procurement strategy for commercial real estate and infrastructure clients — closely matching CS2's cost consultancy offering.
• Rider Levett Bucknall: Global cost consultancy and project management firm with significant UK presence providing quantity surveying, cost management and project monitoring — directly overlapping with CS2's cost consultancy and construction consultancy services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CS2_Surveyors
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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cs2

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries2 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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