Burch Associates

What Burch Associates does

Burch Associates is a privately held professional land surveying firm headquartered in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, founded in 1975 by William A. Burch, PLS. The firm provides boundary surveys, ALTA surveys, topographic surveys, construction stakeout, subdivision plans, land development plans, flood elevation certificates, and regulated environmental services including NPDES permitting, erosion and sediment control, stormwater management, and septic system design. Customers span government entities (Northern Dauphin County Government Center), community banks (Susquehanna Bank, Halifax Bank), manufacturers (Harman Stoves), energy distributors (Koppy's Propane), agricultural operations (Chicken House), and real estate developers (Rabbit Hill Estates, Miller Brothers), with geographic delivery concentrated in Dauphin, Schuylkill, and Northumberland Counties in central Pennsylvania.

The service stack combines conventional field-to-finish surveying with civil and environmental engineering tasks gated by state licensure. GPS-supported geodetic control is used for positioning accuracy across boundary, topographic, and construction stakeout work. Pennsylvania-specific Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) and Soil Erosion Operator (SEO) credentials held by founder William A. Burch and SEO Jason C. Turns enable in-house delivery of regulated erosion-control and NPDES submissions rather than subcontracting. Mentioned specializations (ALTA, flood elevation certificates, septic designs) align with lender-driven and county-mandated workflows in the surrounding counties.

Revenue is generated on a project-based, fee-for-service basis tied to construction activity, lender-ordered surveys, public infrastructure projects, and regulatory-driven environmental submissions. The firm operates with a small team of 11-50 employees under a compact leadership structure (Burch, Elizabeth F. Turns as Secretary, Jason C. Turns as SEO) with no disclosed outside ownership, funding, or external partnerships in the available data.

Name

Burch Associates

Legal name

Burch Associates

Website

https://burchsurveying.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Burch Associates is a privately held professional land surveying firm founded in 1975 in Millersburg, Pennsylvania, delivering boundary, ALTA, topographic, and regulated environmental engineering services to government, banking, manufacturing, energy, agricultural, and real estate developer clients across three central Pennsylvania counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Millersburg

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. Surveying Services: Professional land surveying services including boundary surveys, topographic surveys, ALTA surveys, construction stakeouts, and subdivision surveys. Services are provided to developers, government, architectural firms, construction companies, and private landowners across Dauphin, Schuylkill, and Northumberland Counties in Pennsylvania.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Burch Associates is a full-service property and engineering land surveying firm that delivers boundary surveys, topographic surveys, ALTA land title surveys, construction stakeouts, subdivision surveys, land development services, flood elevation certifications, septic system designs, erosion and sediment control planning, NPDES permitting, and stormwater management. Services are delivered across Dauphin, Schuylkill, and Northumberland Counties in Central Pennsylvania to developers, government entities, architectural firms, construction companies, and private landowners.

Product overview

Burch Associates is a full-service land surveying firm offering a unified portfolio of surveying and engineering-related services. The company provides core surveying services (Boundary Survey, ALTA Land Title Surveys, Construction Stakeout, Subdivisions, Topo Survey) complemented by environmental and specialty services (Erosion and Sediment Control, Flood Elevations, Land Development, NPDES Permits, Septic Designs, Stormwater Management). These services are delivered as an integrated suite addressing the full lifecycle of land development projects from initial boundary determination through construction layout and regulatory compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ALTA Land Title Surveys

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Control Point Associates: Mid-Atlantic land surveying firm offering ALTA, boundary, topographic, and construction staking services across PA, NJ, NY, and DE. Closest comparable in service mix, license-driven model, and developer/bank client base within the same regional footprint.
• Herbert, Rowland & Grubic (HRG): Pennsylvania-based engineering and surveying firm serving municipalities, developers, and private clients. Comparable in PA-local regulatory expertise (NPDES, stormwater) and government client base, though broader in engineering scope.
• Pennoni Associates: Northeast US engineering and surveying firm with deep PA presence offering land surveying, civil engineering, and environmental services. Directly comparable in ALTA, boundary, topographic, and subdivision work for developers and municipalities.
• Colliers Engineering & Design (formerly Maser Consulting): Northeast US engineering and surveying firm offering ALTA, boundary, construction stakeout, and land development services. Comparable in mid-Atlantic regional focus and developer/government client mix.
• Bohler Engineering: Northeast US land development consulting firm providing surveying, site/civil engineering, and permitting (NPDES, stormwater) for commercial and residential developers. Highly comparable in full-lifecycle developer service model.
• Carroll Engineering Corporation: Pennsylvania-based civil engineering and surveying firm serving municipalities, developers, and private clients. Comparable in PA-local regulatory expertise, government contracting, and ALTA/boundary service offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Woolpert: National architecture, engineering, and geospatial (surveying/mapping) firm. Overlaps in surveying services for federal, state, and private clients but operates at substantially larger scale and broader service portfolio than Burch Associates.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with surveying and mapping capabilities integrated into large transportation, water, and development projects. Competes for the same government and large developer contracts but from a national platform.
• Langan Engineering & Environmental Services: Northeast US engineering and environmental services firm with a dedicated surveying practice. Comparable in offering boundary, ALTA, and topographic surveys to developers, banks, and institutions, though operates at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Dynamic Survey: Northeast-based surveying firm offering ALTA, topographic, boundary, and construction layout services. Comparable service mix but primarily operates in the New York/New England corridor rather than central PA.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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