What Professionals Associated does

Professionals Associated is a privately held land surveying and construction layout firm operating in the Chicago metropolitan area since 1980, headquartered at 7100 N. Tripp Avenue, Lincolnwood, Illinois. The firm is organized under two Illinois corporations — Professionals Associated Construction Layout & Survey Co. Ltd. and Professionals Associated Survey Inc. — and is led by President Rada Pavlovic. It serves three primary customer segments: residential property owners requiring certified surveys for permits and transactions, commercial and construction companies needing layout and as-built documentation, and government/municipal clients on infrastructure projects.

The company's service portfolio is structured around two core offerings: Land Surveys (including boundary, mortgage, ALTA, topographic, as-built, and subdivision surveys delivered in compliance with 2021 ALTA Standards) and Construction Layout services (caisson layout, pile layout, building layout, utility and civil layout, and settlement monitoring). It maintains specialized expertise in the O'Hare survey monument system, which underpins its work on major airport infrastructure including the Terminal 5 portion of the O'Hare 21 Project and the O'Hare Consolidated Rental Car Facility. WBE certification with the City of Chicago and DBE certification with IDOT, together with membership in Technical Engineers Union Local 130, are core operational credentials.

The business operates on a project-based, quote-driven professional services model. Go-to-market is sales-led, combining a website-based quote and order request flow, a "Pay For Survey" self-serve payment portal, direct enterprise engagement, and an Instagram project showcase (@buildingchi). Services are delivered regionally across six Chicago-area counties (Cook, Lake, DuPage, Will, Kane, McHenry). The firm has no disclosed funding, no external investment, and no public revenue figures; it is privately held with no parent company.

Name

Professionals Associated

Legal name

Professionals Associated Construction Layout & Survey Co. Ltd. AND Professionals Associated Survey Inc.

Website

https://professionalsassociated.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Professionals Associated is a privately held land surveying and construction layout firm founded in 1980 and headquartered in Lincolnwood, Illinois. It serves residential, commercial, and government clients across the Chicago metropolitan area with certified surveys, ALTA-compliant documentation, and large-scale infrastructure layout services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lincolnwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Surveying and Layout Services: Professional surveying and construction layout services provided to residential, commercial, and large-scale construction projects. Services include certified surveys, construction layout, caisson layout, pile layout, building layout, utility and civil layout, as-builts, and settlement monitoring.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Professionals Associated provides licensed land surveying and construction layout services to residential, commercial, institutional, and governmental clients across the Chicago metropolitan area. Its deliverables include boundary determinations, topographic mapping, ALTA/NSPS land title surveys, as-built surveys, subdivision plats, airport-related surveys tied to the O'Hare monument system, and long-term settlement monitoring for structures and infrastructure.

Product overview

Professionals Associated is a surveying and construction layout company providing a comprehensive suite of land surveying and construction layout services in the Chicago metropolitan area since 1980. The core offerings consist of Land Surveys (including boundary, mortgage, ALTA, topographic, as-built, and subdivision surveys) and Construction Layout services (including caisson layout, pile layout, building layout, utility and civil layout, and settlement monitoring). These services support residential and commercial property transactions, permit acquisitions, construction projects, and infrastructure developments including major projects like the O'Hare Modernization and CTA Red Line.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Boundary Survey

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Austin Power PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessionals Associated was hired by Austin Power Partners to perform surveying and layout services for the Terminal 5 portion of the O'Hare 21 Project. Previously worked together on the O'Hare Consolidated Rental Car Facility (CONRAC).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• WSP: Global professional services consulting firm with major presence in transportation, property, and infrastructure, including surveying capabilities. Comparable end markets (airports, transit, mixed-use development), though operating at enterprise scale with global delivery.
• Tetra Tech: Global consulting and engineering firm with deep public-sector infrastructure and surveying-adjacent practices. Comparable overlap in infrastructure and land development work, but operates at vastly larger scale as a public company.
• TranSystems: Transportation-focused engineering and consulting firm with significant Chicago presence serving transit, airport, and roadway clients including O'Hare. Overlaps with Professionals Associated in infrastructure surveying but operates at much larger scale with broader engineering and planning services.
• Stantec: Global sustainable design and engineering firm with surveying, construction administration, and infrastructure practices serving public and private clients. Comparable capabilities in land surveying and construction layout, but as part of a multi-thousand-person organization.
• Burns & McDonnell: Large employee-owned engineering, construction, and consulting firm with aviation, transit, and infrastructure practices. Comparable in serving airport and transit clients on layout/surveying-adjacent scopes, though as part of a much broader full-service portfolio.
• Bowman Consulting Group: National engineering and surveying firm offering land surveying, construction staking, and infrastructure layout services across multiple U.S. markets. Comparable in core surveying offerings but operates across many states with deeper institutional structure.
• Kimley-Horn: National planning, engineering, and design consulting firm offering land surveying, construction services, and site/civil engineering across commercial, residential, and public-sector clients. Comparable service mix but far broader geographic footprint and headcount.

Direct peers

• Wight & Company: Illinois-headquartered architecture, engineering, and construction firm providing integrated design and surveying services across the Chicago metro. Comparable scale and regional focus with overlapping capabilities in site/land surveying for residential, commercial, and institutional projects.
• Alfred Benesch & Company: Chicago-founded engineering firm with strong transportation and infrastructure practice, including surveying for highways, bridges, and airports. Comparable in its blend of government/IDOT-style infrastructure work and Chicago regional footprint, though larger in scale.
• SPACEco: Midwest-based surveying and engineering firm offering land surveying, construction layout, and related geospatial services to public- and private-sector clients. Highly comparable to Professionals Associated in core service mix (boundary, topographic, ALTA, construction layout) and target customer profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/buildingchi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/professionals-associated

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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