What Cropper GIS Consulting does

Cropper GIS Consulting is a privately held GIS and demographic planning firm headquartered in Delaware, Ohio, founded in 2005 by Matthew Cropper. The firm specializes in demographic analysis, enrollment forecasting, school redistricting, capacity and utilization studies, facility planning, pupil-yield studies, and GIS consulting for K-12 school systems, cities, counties, and federal agencies across the United States. Its core methodology is a demographic-based 5-year age cohort forecasting approach executed by PhD-level demographers, with claimed +/- 2% accuracy over 10-year forecast horizons and a focus on migration, fertility, mortality, and housing turnover rather than birth data alone.

The firm's primary technology asset is Cropper Map, a web-based mapping platform built on Esri's ArcGIS Online that provides public-facing and password-protected administrative views of district planning data, including school locations, attendance zones, property lines, and bus stops. The platform is supported by an in-house GIS developer function and is integrated with Google Analytics for engagement tracking on redistricting and rezoning applications. Cropper Map operates as a hosted sub-brand (croppermap.com) and is deployed as a software-enabled delivery layer for consulting engagements, including a notable implementation for the Puerto Rico School System covering over 1,000 schools.

Cropper GIS generates revenue exclusively through professional services engagements delivered on a quote-based, project-scoped basis. The go-to-market motion is sales-led and direct, targeting enterprise buyers in K-12 school districts and government agencies nationwide, with case studies and sample reports used as primary content-marketing assets. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; engagements are customized to client scope and range from redistricting studies to multi-month master facility plans. The firm has completed hundreds of projects since 2005 across at least 14 states and territories, with no disclosed recurring-revenue or subscription component, and operates without external funding or parent company.

Name

Cropper GIS Consulting

Legal name

Cropper GIS, LLC

Website

https://croppergis.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Cropper GIS Consulting is a Delaware, Ohio-based GIS and demographic planning firm founded in 2005 that delivers enrollment forecasting, redistricting, facility planning, and pupil-yield studies to K-12 school districts, cities, counties, and federal agencies across the United States, using ArcGIS Online-based Cropper Map software and PhD demographers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

GIS and Demographic Planning Consulting

NAICS

Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (541370)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

GIS & Spatial Data Management Platforms (BPAMANAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Geospatial Data Management & Enterprise GIS (Geodatabases, Web GIS, Spatial Analytics) (EUAHAKAC)

Keywords

• GIS consulting services
• Demographic forecasting
• School redistricting studies
• Enrollment projection
• Facility planning consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Delaware

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for K-12 school systems, cities, counties, and federal agencies including redistricting studies, demographic analysis, GIS consulting, capacity/utilization studies, pupil-yield studies, and facility planning.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cropper GIS Consulting is a GIS and demographic planning firm that provides professional consulting services to K-12 school systems, cities, counties, and federal agencies. Its service portfolio includes demographic analysis and enrollment forecasting, school redistricting studies, capacity and utilization studies, pupil-yield studies, facility planning, GIS consulting, GIS implementation and training, and web mapping applications. The proprietary Cropper Map online mapping platform extends these services by giving clients and the public interactive web-based access to planning data.

Product overview

Cropper GIS Consulting is a GIS and demographic planning firm offering a unified product-service portfolio centered on Cropper Map, an online mapping platform. The core Cropper Map product enables internet-based geographic data viewing with public and secured administrative access layers. This platform is supported by a suite of consulting services including Demographic Analysis (population and enrollment forecasting using 5-year age cohort methods), Capacity/Utilization Studies, Redistricting studies, Facility Planning, Pupil-Yield Studies, Web Mapping Applications, and GIS Implementation & Training. The services work together to provide K-12 school systems, cities, counties, and federal agencies with comprehensive demographic analysis, facility planning, and GIS-powered decision-making tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cropper Map: Innovative online mapping service that enables clients to view information about their area through interactive maps, including community data, regional features, national demographics, and global imagery.

Products and services

• Cropper Map An online mapping service that enables clients to view information about their area over the internet, with public access to view school locations, property lines, bus stops, and administrative access with encrypted password protection for sensitive planning data; supports committee meetings and stakeholder engagement for redistricting projects.
• Demographic Analysis Forecasting of entire population by 5-year age cohorts to drive accurate school enrollment forecasts, leveraging demographic data and historical, current, and future trend analysis for K-12 districts and government agencies.
• Capacity/Utilization Studies Analysis of functional school capacity versus current and forecasted enrollment to develop reliable long-range facility plans, accounting for special programs and room uses for K-12 school systems.
• Redistricting School redistricting studies implemented in various ways depending on community needs, integrating community input with data-driven boundary analysis for districts of all sizes across the United States.
• Facility Planning Examination of facilities and usage to explore relief strategies ranging from low-cost measures like program relocation to high-cost capital construction for addressing over- or under-crowding in K-12 schools.
• Pupil-Yield Studies Analysis of student yields from housing stock by housing type, region, and price range to provide accurate estimates of students from new planned developments for K-12 planning.
• GIS Implementation & Training Consultation and training services to build GIS abilities within districts, customize integrated systems, and empower clients to analyze their data independently.
• GIS Consulting Problem-solving consulting services leveraging emerging datasets and technology to answer long-standing questions about areas, including data conversion to GIS format and comprehensive geoprocessing tasks for organizations.
• Web Mapping Applications GIS-driven school locator tools allowing parents, public, and staff to type an address and see assigned schools, with secured internal versions for administrators to view planning data.

Quantifiable outcome

• Accurate enrollment forecasts with +/- 2% accuracy through 10-year forecast period
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 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

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Esri: Esri is the dominant GIS platform provider on which Cropper Map is built. While Esri serves many verticals well beyond K-12, its ArcGIS Online platform and partner ecosystem directly enable Cropper GIS's delivery model and compete for some of the same district-level GIS work.

Direct peers

• Cooperative Strategies: Cooperative Strategies delivers demographic, enrollment forecasting, facility planning, and redistricting services to K-12 districts, mirroring Cropper GIS's professional services offering and target buyer.
• Templeton Demography: Templeton Demography specializes in demographic analysis, population and enrollment forecasting, and planning services for school districts and municipalities, sharing the demography-led, consulting-driven model of Cropper GIS.
• DecisionInsite: DecisionInsite provides K-12 enrollment forecasting, demographic analysis, and GIS-based planning tools to school districts nationally — directly overlapping Cropper GIS's core service portfolio, including pupil-yield and redistricting studies.
• FLO Analytics: FLO Analytics provides enrollment projections, demographic studies, and GIS-based planning for school districts, with a similar methodology emphasis on small-area forecasting comparable to Cropper GIS's PhD-demographer approach.
• SchoolWorks: SchoolWorks provides school district planning, facility capacity studies, and enrollment/demographic consulting, overlapping with Cropper GIS's capacity/utilization and facility planning services for K-12 clients.

Emerging players

• MGT Consulting: MGT Consulting provides K-12 demographic, enrollment forecasting, and education consulting services to districts and state agencies, partially overlapping Cropper GIS's demographic and facility planning offerings.

Others

• Environmental Systems Research Institute Partner Network: Esri's broader partner network of GIS implementation and demographic consulting firms overlaps with Cropper GIS's GIS consulting and ArcGIS Online implementation services, representing both competitors and potential referral channels.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 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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