GaragePlan

What GaragePlan does

GaragePlan is a Curitiba-based architectural and engineering firm founded in 2013 by Ricardo Sigel that specializes in parking design, engineering, and asset management services for enterprise clients across the industrial, commercial, residential, and institutional sectors in Brazil. The company's core offering is the proprietary "Parking Design®" methodology, which integrates architectural conception, executive project coordination, construction execution management, and delivery of customized parking garage spaces. Its service portfolio is organized into three pillars: Architecture (parking design, industrial projects, technical consulting, customization/design, vacancy evaluation via the proprietary Caderno de Avaliação de Vagas®, and masterplanning), Engineering (project coordination, TurnKey and Park TurnKey construction management), and Asset Management (professional management of rotating parking lots on behalf of property owners, including the EVEF economic-financial feasibility study methodology).

The firm operates a B2B professional services model with project-based pricing that varies by scope and complexity, delivering directly through consultative enterprise field sales with national coverage across Brazil. Go-to-market relies on a professional website (garageplan.com.br), WhatsApp direct contact, and Instagram presence, with no third-party resellers or marketplace distribution. GaragePlan reports 500+ completed projects and lists approximately 130 clients and partners on its website, with named customers spanning automotive manufacturing (Toyota), financial services (Banco Safra), paper and packaging (Sopasta), real estate developers (PLAENGE, PROCAVE, GT Building, Tecnisa, Lotisa, Zarzur Urbanismo), education (PUC-PR), and religious/institutional organizations. The company has also established a partnership with Tupinambá Energia to integrate electric vehicle charging infrastructure into parking designs, positioning it in the EV/sustainability vertical. GaragePlan is privately held, founder-owned, with no disclosed external institutional investment or funding rounds.

Name

GaragePlan

Legal name

GaragePlan

Website

https://garageplan.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GaragePlan is a Brazilian architectural and engineering firm founded in 2013 that specializes in parking design, engineering, and asset management services for enterprise clients across industrial, commercial, residential, and institutional sectors throughout Brazil.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural & Engineering Services

NAICS

Parking Lots and Garages (812930)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro primary industry

Parking Structures & Garages Construction (IMAFACAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Parking Asset Management & Facility Services (Cleaning, Security, Staffing, Maintenance) (TLAJAIAG)

Keywords

• Parking design services
• Architectural engineering
• Parking lot management
• Construction management
• Parking space optimization

Headquarters

HQ city

Curitiba

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Parking Design Projects: Development of architectural projects (Parking Design®) and industrial projects focused on optimization and efficiency of vehicle storage and flow spaces. Includes technical consultancy, risk and opportunity analysis, layout configuration, and compatibility with other disciplines.
2. Engineering and Construction Management: Development and coordination of complementary engineering projects in compliance with internal architectural designs. Construction execution management in TurnKey and Park TurnKey models including budget analysis, bidding, and complete work management.
3. Asset Management Services: Professional management of rotating parking lots, guaranteeing through entrepreneur representation that expectations are met regarding operational functionality and demand fulfillment, resulting in financial profitability and user satisfaction.
4. Customization and Design Projects: Signage, visual communication, and garage customization projects including horizontal and vertical traffic signaling, custom materials specification for floors, pillars, walls, ceilings, and lighting.
5. Technical Consulting and Feasibility Studies: Risk analysis, opportunity assessment, maneuver and circulation simulations, and economic-financial feasibility studies for parking operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

GaragePlan is a specialized architectural and engineering firm offering Parking Design® services for parking and garage facilities. The company delivers end-to-end solutions including architectural design, complementary engineering, TurnKey construction management, and operational asset management for rotating parking lots. It serves enterprise clients across Brazil including construction companies, real estate developers, industrial manufacturers, financial institutions, and educational institutions, with over 500 completed projects nationwide.

Product overview

GaragePlan is a specialized parking design company offering Parking Design® as its core methodology. The portfolio consists of three main pillars: Architecture (parking design, industrial projects, technical consulting, customization/design, vacancy evaluation, and masterplanning), Engineering (project coordination, management, and TurnKey construction), and Asset Management (operational advisory and active parking lot management). Together, these services provide end-to-end solutions from conceptual design through operational management of parking and garage facilities, with additional focus on electric vehicle charging infrastructure integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% reduction in air conditioning usage through textile facade solution
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tupinambá EnergiacoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for electric vehicle charging infrastructure (Eletropostos). GaragePlan integrates Tupinambá's charging solutions into parking designs, providing efficient and modern technology for electric car charging in parking areas. The partnership enables comprehensive EV charging infrastructure from design through operation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Watry Design: Watry Design is a US architecture firm focused exclusively on parking structure design, planning, and adaptive reuse. Closely matches GaragePlan's specialist parking architecture positioning and engagement model with developers and institutional owners.
• Desman (Stantec): Desman was a dedicated parking consulting and design firm (now part of Stantec) providing parking demand studies, functional design, and operational advisory. Highly comparable to GaragePlan given its parking-only positioning and developer/operator customer mix.
• THP Limited: THP is a Canadian engineering firm specializing in parking structure design, restoration, and planning. Comparable to GaragePlan in its parking-only focus and its combination of architecture, structural engineering, and operational advisory for developers and property owners.
• Carl Walker Engineers (WGI): Carl Walker Engineers, now part of WGI, is a US specialist parking consulting firm offering planning, design, restoration, and structural engineering for parking structures. Direct peer to GaragePlan given identical service mix and developer/institutional customer base.
• Walker Parking Consultants (Kimley-Horn): Walker Parking Consultants is one of the largest dedicated parking design and consulting firms in North America, now part of Kimley-Horn. It is directly comparable to GaragePlan in core offering (parking structure design, feasibility, restoration consulting) and customer type (developers, municipalities, institutions).
• Timothy Haahs & Associates: Timothy Haahs & Associates is a US parking design and consulting firm specializing in mixed-use and parking structure architecture, feasibility, and operational planning. Directly comparable to GaragePlan's Parking Design® offering and developer customer segment.

Broad incumbents

• Egis: Egis is a global engineering and consulting group with a dedicated mobility and parking infrastructure practice covering design, operations advisory, and asset management. Broad incumbent that overlaps GaragePlan's full design-to-asset-management stack but with much larger geographic reach and resources.
• Gensler: Gensler is a global architecture and design firm that delivers parking design as part of broader mixed-use, commercial, and urban development projects. Comparable as a broad incumbent that overlaps GaragePlan's parking expertise but as one service line within a much larger global practice.
• Populous: Populous is a global architecture firm specializing in sports and large public venues, including substantial parking infrastructure design. Overlaps with GaragePlan's work on stadiums (Couto Pereira area) and large-venue projects, but operates as a broad incumbent across many verticals.

Regional players

• Afaconsult: Afaconsult is a Brazilian engineering and consulting firm that serves real estate developers and infrastructure clients across Brazil and Portuguese-speaking markets. Comparable as a regional player with adjacent architecture/engineering capability and a similar Brazilian developer customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/GarageplanParkingDesign

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 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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