Windrose Land Services

What Windrose Land Services does

Windrose Land Services, Inc. is a privately held Texas land surveying and platting firm founded in 1991 and headquartered in Houston. The company delivers five integrated professional services: land surveying (boundary, ALTA/NSPS, topographic, utility, GPS, and mapping surveys), platting (subdivision plat preparation, representation, public hearings, variances, and Joint Referral Committee administration), GIS (needs assessment, design, implementation, data conversion, and custom mapping), aerial mapping (drone-based data collection with LiDAR photogrammetry), and construction staking (horizontal and vertical location verification). It serves residential land developers, commercial and industrial site developers, public-sector clients (notably the Texas Department of Transportation, Harris County Toll Road Authority, and the City of Houston), architects and engineers, utility and energy operators, and individual property owners across Texas.

The firm operates a survey-grade technology stack built on high-precision field hardware — Leica instruments, Trimble GNSS/RTK units, robotic total stations, drones, and LiDAR photogrammetry — combined with office CAD and GIS software including AutoCAD, Trimble, Carlson, MicroStation, and Esri ArcGIS, all coordinated through an internal Enterprise Resource Planning system for project tracking. Field work is delivered from three staffed Texas offices in Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth (Lewisville), and Central Texas (Selma/San Antonio). The firm holds TX DOT pre-certification in six surveying categories, City of Houston SBE certification, TSPS and ACSM professional memberships, and TWIC credentials for secure transportation infrastructure work.

Windrose generates revenue through project-based, quote-priced professional services engagements scoped per project and influenced by survey type, property size, and scope. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and each engagement begins with a phone call or web form routed to a business specialist. Long-tenured enterprise relationships (Midway Companies, Stonebridge Homes, TAM International, USPS) anchor the book of business, supplemented by mid-market and SMB individual-property work. The firm is registered with the Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying under Firm Registration Number 10108800.

Name

Windrose Land Services

Legal name

Windrose Land Services, Inc.

Website

https://windroseservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Windrose Land Services is a privately held Texas land surveying and platting firm founded in 1991, delivering integrated surveying, platting, GIS, aerial mapping, and construction staking services to developers, government agencies, architects, and property owners across Texas from offices in Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Central Texas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Project-Based Professional Surveying & Platting Services: Primary revenue is generated through fee-for-service project work across surveying (boundary, ALTA/NSPS, topographic, utility, GPS, mapping, builder phase), platting (preparation, representation, public hearings, variances, JRC administration), GIS (needs assessment, design, implementation, custom mapping), aerial mapping, and construction staking. Pricing is quote-based and project-scoped, not publicly disclosed.
2. Multi-Phase Engagement (Design / Construction / Operation): Windrose generates revenue across the full lifecycle of a project — design, construction, and operational phases — by leveraging early client engagement, providing GIS/surveying support during design, construction staking during build, and ongoing GIS maintenance post-completion. Supports land-and-expand across engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Windrose Land Services is a Texas land surveying and platting firm that delivers boundary surveys, ALTA/NSPS surveys, topographic and utility surveys, subdivision platting, GIS, aerial mapping with drone/LiDAR, and construction staking to residential developers, commercial site developers, public-sector clients, and individual property owners across Texas. Engagements are scoped and quoted per project and delivered through three staffed offices (Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Central Texas) using survey-grade field hardware and AutoCAD/GIS office software.

Product overview

Windrose Land Services operates as a single integrated land surveying firm offering a portfolio of five core professional services rather than a unified software platform. The offering comprises Platting (subdivision plat creation, representation, public hearings, variances, and JRC administration), Surveying (land, ALTA/NSPS, Category 1A Condition II, topographic, utility, GPS, and mapping surveys), GIS (geographic data management, needs assessment, implementation, maintenance, and custom mapping), Aerial Mapping (drone-based and LiDAR photogrammetry data collection), and Construction Staking (horizontal/vertical location verification). These services work together as end-to-end capabilities spanning the conceptual planning, design, construction, and operation phases of land development projects across Texas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Platting

Quantifiable outcome

• Industry leaders estimate ~60% cost savings when using drones vs conventional survey techniques
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Texas Department of Transportation (TX DOT)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerWindrose holds TX DOT Small Business Enterprise (SBE) certification and is pre-certified with TX DOT across six surveying categories (15.1.1 Survey, 15.1.2 Parcel Plats, 15.1.3 Legal Descriptions, 15.1.4 Right-of-Way Maps, 15.2.1 Design and Construction Survey, 15.4.1 Horizontal and Vertical Control for Aerial Mapping). Windrose has executed transportation work on US-59, Hardy Toll Road, FM 2100 expansion.
• Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliation displayed via logo on the Windrose homepage; indicates an approved-vendor or working relationship for surveying work on Harris County toll-road infrastructure.
• City of Houston (Joint Referral Committee / JRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWindrose is City of Houston SBE-certified and routinely administers Joint Referral Committee (JRC) abandonment applications on behalf of clients — a process requiring close working coordination with multiple City of Houston departments. Windrose has been involved with dozens of JRC applications.
• Texas Society of Professional Surveyors (TSPS)minorOthersWindrose is a member of the Texas Society of Professional Surveyors; the TSPS logo appears on the homepage and references standards such as Category 1A Condition II surveys.
• American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM)minorOthersWindrose holds membership in the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, listed under Professional Affiliations on the Markets page.
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA) — TWIC CredentialingminorOthersWindrose staff hold Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC), enabling work on secure transportation and maritime-related infrastructure sites.
• Texas Board of Professional Land SurveyingcoreOthersWindrose is registered with the Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying (Firm Registration Number 10108800; Branch Registration Number 10194331). Texas RPLS licensure requires a bachelor's degree plus a two-year apprenticeship.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MSA Professional Services: Regional engineering, architecture, and surveying firm with comparable full-service land development offerings. Similar in scale, multi-office regional model, and municipal/developer client base.
• LJA Engineering: Texas-headquartered multi-discipline engineering firm offering surveying, platting, GIS, and construction-phase services across the same Houston/DFW/San Antonio markets that Windrose serves. Directly comparable in service mix, geography, and Texas public-sector pre-qualifications.
• Ayres Associates: Mid-sized engineering and surveying firm with comparable service mix (boundary, ALTA/NSPS, topographic, GIS, aerial mapping, construction staking). Comparable in scale, public-sector client mix, and use of drone/LiDAR technology.
• Halff Associates: Texas-based engineering and surveying firm with offices across the state and a similarly diversified client base in public works, transportation, land development, and energy. Comparable end-to-end service offering and TX DOT pre-qualification profile.
• Brown & Gay Engineering: Texas civil engineering and surveying firm providing land surveying, platting, and construction services. Closely comparable in geographic focus, TX DOT pre-qualifications, and developer client base.
• Pape-Dawson Engineers: Texas engineering and surveying firm headquartered in San Antonio with offices statewide. Direct competitor on residential subdivision platting, commercial site development, and transportation surveying projects in Windrose's three core metros.

Broad incumbents

• KCI Technologies: Multi-state engineering, surveying, and construction-services firm with growing Texas footprint. Comparable in transportation surveying, GIS, and construction staking, though operates at much larger scale across many geographies.
• WGI (Wantman Group): National engineering, surveying, and geospatial services firm with Texas presence. Comparable end-to-end surveying and aerial mapping offering, including drone and LiDAR capabilities.
• RPS Group: Global consulting firm with significant North American surveying and geospatial practice. Comparable in transportation surveying, GIS, and aerial mapping, though operating at significantly larger scale with broader geographic reach.
• Bowman Consulting Group: National multi-discipline engineering and surveying firm with significant Texas operations acquired through roll-ups. Competes on larger commercial and public-sector surveying engagements and offers a broader service portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WindroseLand
• Facebookfacebook.com/windroseservices
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/windrose-land-services-inc.

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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