Amicus

What Amicus does

Amicus is an Australian commercial interior design, strategy, and fitout company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Sydney, with additional offices in Melbourne and Brisbane. The firm delivers end-to-end workplace transformation services spanning workplace strategy consulting, interior design, construction and fitout, workplace technology integration, and asset finance across five primary verticals: corporate office, laboratory/scientific, healthcare/medical, education, and hospitality. Its specialist laboratory capability is delivered through the Amicus Labline subsidiary (formed from the 2015 merger with the Lurie family's Labline business, which traces back to the 1980s in South Africa), and asset finance is delivered through Amicus Finance. Technology services including video conferencing, room and desk booking, visitor management, and workplace analytics are packaged as a Technology as a Service (TaaS) subscription offering.

The company generates revenue primarily through professional services fees on bespoke fitout and design projects, priced on a per-project or per-square-metre basis (laboratory fitouts typically range from $4,000 to $7,000 per sqm). The go-to-market is consultative and sales-led, with projects sourced via competitive tender, direct appointment, and repeat-client relationships across enterprise corporates, government, healthcare providers, property developers, and educational institutions. Amicus employs 101-250 people and reported over 250 projects delivered nationally in 2022.

Notable technical and domain differentiators include the proprietary Touchline workplace strategy methodology (deployed for over five years), triple ISO certification (9001/14001/45001), and deep compliance expertise in regulated environments such as Class 8 laboratory buildings, AS1428-accessible healthcare facilities, and NCC-compliant medical fitouts. The competitive moat is anchored in multi-decade domain expertise, particularly in laboratory and medical fitouts, rather than proprietary software, with technology serving as an integrated add-on rather than a core product.

Name

Amicus

Legal name

Amicus

Website

https://amicus.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Amicus is an Australian workplace strategy, design, and fitout company serving enterprise corporates, healthcare providers, laboratories, educational institutions, and hospitality clients across Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane through its Amicus, Amicus Labline, and Amicus Finance brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Strategy, Design and Construction: Amicus generates revenue through professional services fees for workplace strategy consulting, interior design, and construction/fitout services. Projects range from office refurbishments to complex laboratory fitouts. Laboratory construction typically costs $4,000-$7,000 per square metre.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Amicus provides end-to-end commercial interior design and fitout services for office, laboratory, medical, education, and hospitality clients across Australia. Its offering integrates workplace strategy consulting, interior design, construction and fitout delivery, workplace technology integration, and asset finance. The company is differentiated by its specialist laboratory division (Amicus Labline) and its Technology-as-a-Service subscription model bundling workspace technology under a single monthly fee.

Product overview

Amicus is a workplace strategy, design, and fitout company operating across Australia with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. The company offers an integrated suite of services spanning strategy consulting, interior design, construction/fixtout services, specialist sector expertise (office, laboratory, medical, education, hospitality), technology integration (video conferencing, room booking, visitor management, workplace analytics), and asset finance. The core offering combines strategy, design, construction, technology, and finance into end-to-end workplace transformation solutions. Amicus Labline serves as the specialist laboratory division, while technology services are delivered through a Technology as a Service (TaaS) subscription model.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Amicus Labline: Specialist laboratory design, furniture, construction and fitout services for STEM industries, research facilities, and scientific workplaces
• Amicus Finance

Products and services

• Workplace Strategy Consulting service helping organisations align their workspace with business goals, culture, and operational needs. Includes change management and leadership development components. Targeted at enterprise and mid-market corporate clients.
• Office Design Interior design services for corporate office environments, from concept to construction, integrating technology and design for connected work environments.
• Office Fitout Fully integrated construction services and bespoke fitout solutions for offices, managing projects from concept to completion with a people-first design approach.
• Laboratory Design and Fitout (Amicus Labline) Specialist laboratory planning, design, and construction services for biotech, clinical, industrial, and educational laboratory environments, delivered by the Amicus Labline division with 35+ years of family laboratory industry experience.
• Medical Clinic Design and Fitout Design and fitout services for medical centres, dental surgeries, veterinary clinics, and life sciences laboratories with human-centred design and smart workflow planning.
• Education Design and Construction Learning space design and construction services for educational environments from kindergarten to university, focusing on flexible layouts, modular furniture, and advanced technology.
• Hospitality Design and Fitout Hospitality and commercial construction services across Australia and New Zealand, from hotels to coworking spaces, delivered end-to-end.
• Technology as a Service (TaaS) Monthly subscription-based digital workplace service including workspace and meeting space design, integrating modern workplace technology (video conferencing, room/desk booking, visitor management, workplace analytics) without large upfront capital investment.
• Asset Finance (Amicus Finance) Equipment financing solutions including rental, hire purchase, leasing, and chattel mortgage arrangements to help businesses acquire equipment and resources without upfront costs, delivered via the Amicus Finance subsidiary.
• Commercial Interior Design (Multi-Sector) Commercial interior design service spanning multiple sectors (office, laboratory, medical, education, hospitality) delivered as part of Amicus's integrated strategy-to-completion model.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 250 projects delivered nationally in 2022 alone
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cox Architecture: Australian architecture and interior design practice with comparable workplace, education and cultural sector projects; competes for design-led mandates in the same geographies.
• Shape Group: Australian commercial fitout and construction firm with similar end-to-end design-and-build delivery model and comparable client base across corporate and government sectors.
• Built Group: Australian construction and fitout contractor delivering complex commercial, healthcare and education projects nationally — overlapping with Amicus's construction and specialist sector offerings.
• Hassell: Major Australian architecture and interior design practice with deep workplace, healthcare and education sector coverage — direct overlap with Amicus's office, medical and education verticals.
• Schiavello: Australian-headquartered workplace design, furniture manufacturing and fitout firm offering a comparable integrated suite of services to corporate clients across APAC.
• Unispace: Global workplace strategy, design and construction firm operating in Australia with an integrated strategy-to-delivery model that closely mirrors Amicus's Touchline approach.

Broad incumbents

• Haworth: Global office furniture and workplace strategy firm that overlaps with Amicus's integrated workplace offering and competes on furnishing, technology and change-management services.
• Gensler: Global architecture and design giant with a substantial workplace strategy and interiors practice; competes for the largest multinational tenant mandates in Australia.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/amicusspaces
• Facebookfacebook.com/amicusspaces
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/amicusspaces
• Instagraminstagram.com/amicuscomau

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 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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