Premier Design Group

What Premier Design Group does

Premier Design Group is a privately held civil engineering, architecture, and land surveying firm headquartered in Wentzville, Missouri, founded in 2009 by Steve Marion, a former Wal-Mart design manager. The firm serves residential developers, multi-family developers, commercial, governmental, institutional, and industrial clients, delivering an integrated suite of services that spans site civil engineering (concept design, feasibility, grading and utility plans, drainage and floodplain studies, stormwater compliance, construction documents and observations), land surveying (boundary, topographic, ALTA/NSPS, subdivision plats, legal exhibits, grade staking), architecture, landscape architecture, and environmental services. Its core technology stack is built on current AutoCAD with road design and 3D sanitary/sewer design capabilities, Civil 3D, Carlson Civil Suite, and state-of-the-art survey equipment, which the company highlights as enabling design changes within hours rather than days.

The firm operates as a project-based professional services business with quote-based, scope-driven pricing and no publicly disclosed rates; no products are sold as software. Go-to-market is direct and sales-led, with the founder's relationships and reputation anchoring client acquisition among developers, businesses, and government entities in the St. Louis region. Premier's customer base includes nationally recognized retail and food-and-beverage brands such as Raising Cane's, Freddy's, IMO's Pizza, Sugarfire, and CVS, alongside financial services (Bank of Old Monroe) and government (Spirit of Discovery Park). With 14 employees and approximately $1.2-$1.5M in annual revenue at the FY2018-2019 disclosure point, 12-15% historical growth, and 15-20% forecasted growth through 2021, the firm has scaled modestly but consistently since founding, supported by three regional awards (Small Business Monthly Future 50 in 2018 and 2019, and St. Louis Business Journal #39 Fastest Growing in 2020). The company has no disclosed external investors, no parent, no subsidiaries, and no M&A activity, operating as an independent founder-controlled firm.

Name

Premier Design Group

Legal name

Premier Design Group

Website

https://premiercivil.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Premier Design Group is a Wentzville, Missouri-based civil engineering, architecture, and land surveying firm founded in 2009, serving developers, commercial, governmental, institutional, and industrial clients in the St. Louis region through project-based professional services delivered via integrated engineering and surveying workflows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering and Land Surveying Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAIAA

Civil & Structural Engineering Consulting

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Engineering & Technical Consulting

SECONDARYBPAHAKAC

Landscape Architecture & Site Design

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Architecture, Design & Planning Services

Keywords

• Civil engineering services
• Land surveying services
• Site design engineering
• Stormwater drainage design
• ALTA NSPS surveying

Headquarters

HQ city

Wentzville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Civil Engineering Services: Project-based professional services for civil engineering including concept design, feasibility studies, grading plans, utility plans, drainage studies, stormwater compliance, construction documents, and site observations.
2. Land Surveying Services: Survey services including field surveying, boundary surveys, topographic surveys, subdivision plats, legal exhibits, grade staking, and ALTA/NSPS surveys.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Premier Design Group provides integrated civil engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, environmental, and land surveying services for residential, commercial, governmental, institutional, and industrial developments. The firm executes the full project lifecycle—from concept design, feasibility studies, grading and utility plans, drainage/stormwater studies, and construction documents through field surveying, boundary and topographic surveys, subdivision plats, ALTA/NSPS surveys, and construction layout/observations—delivering projects under one roof using AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Carlson Civil Suite.

Product overview

Premier Design Group offers a unified suite of civil engineering, architecture, land surveying, landscape architecture, and environmental services. Their core service model combines engineering (site design, drainage studies, stormwater compliance, construction documents) with land surveying (boundary, topographic, ALTA/NSPS surveys) to deliver projects from initial survey through construction layout. This integrated approach, supported by AutoCAD and Civil 3D technology, enables streamlined collaboration from concept through completion for residential, commercial, governmental, and industrial developments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering Services Comprehensive civil engineering services including concept design, feasibility studies, site investigation, preliminary design, grading plans, utility plans, site plans, drainage studies, floodplain studies, stormwater regulation compliance, construction documents, and construction layout/observations for residential, multi-family, governmental, commercial, institutional, and industrial developments.
• Land Surveying Services Professional land surveying services including field surveying, boundary surveys, topographic surveys, subdivision plats, legal exhibits, grade staking, and ALTA/NSPS surveys.
• Architecture Services Architecture services for residential, multi-family, governmental, commercial, institutional, and industrial developments.
• Landscape Architecture Landscape architecture services delivered as part of Premier Design Group's comprehensive site development offerings.
• Environmental Services Environmental services integrated with civil engineering and surveying to support complete project delivery.

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Nationally Recognized Retail EntitiesminorOthersPremier Design Group has partnered with nationally recognized retail entities for civil engineering, architecture, landscape architecture, environmental and surveying services. However, no specific named retail partners are identified in the source material.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Olsson: Lincoln, Nebraska-headquartered engineering and design firm offering civil engineering, surveying, and related services across the central U.S. Comparable on integrated engineering/surveying delivery and Midwestern geography, with substantially greater headcount and reach.
• Affinis Corp: Overland Park, Kansas-based civil engineering firm specializing in site development, transportation, and water resources for public and private clients. Directly comparable on civil engineering focus, Midwest footprint, and developer/government client mix.
• Bartlett & West: Topeka, Kansas-based engineering, architecture, and surveying firm serving municipalities, developers, and private clients. Closely comparable integrated service model and regional Midwest positioning to Premier Design Group.
• GBA (George Butler Associates): Lenexa, Kansas-based engineering, architecture, and surveying firm serving public and private clients across the Midwest. Most directly comparable to Premier Design Group on multi-discipline offering, regional Midwest focus, and mixed private/public client base, though meaningfully larger.
• EDM Incorporated: St. Louis area civil engineering and surveying firm serving developers, municipalities, and commercial clients in the same Missouri/Metro St. Louis market Premier Design Group operates in. Highly comparable on local market dynamics, service mix, and client type.

Broad incumbents

• HDR: Omaha-based global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with significant civil engineering and surveying practices. Competes for similar developer, government, and institutional projects but offers a far broader portfolio and global footprint.
• Burns & McDonnell: Kansas City-headquartered global engineering, architecture, and construction firm with broad civil engineering and surveying capabilities. Overlaps with Premier on civil/site design services for developers and government but operates at vastly greater scale and across many verticals.
• WSP: Montreal-based global professional services firm with a substantial U.S. civil engineering, surveying, and land development practice (including former St. Louis regional firm Cochran). Competes with Premier for site development and surveying work in the Midwest but operates at enterprise scale across many disciplines.
• Stantec: Edmonton-based global design and engineering firm with a sizable community development and civil engineering practice. Comparable on site/civil engineering for residential and commercial developers and government clients, but with global scale and significantly broader service breadth.
• Tetra Tech: Pasadena-based global consulting and engineering firm with deep water resources, environmental, and civil infrastructure practices. Overlaps on civil/site engineering and environmental services for developers and municipalities, though at massive enterprise scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/premierdesigngroup
• Facebookfacebook.com/PremierCivilEngineering
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/premier-design-group

Compliance1 record

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

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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