Ameri-Star Homes

What Ameri-Star Homes does

Ameri-Star Homes is a privately-held residential homebuilder founded in 1985 and headquartered in Glen Burnie, Maryland, operating a direct-to-consumer model that designs and constructs semi-custom single-family homes in Anne Arundel and Howard Counties. The company sells to individual retail homebuyers through its own website, model homes, and a Corporate Office and Design Center located at 7411 Ritchie Highway. Its core offering is a catalog of 40 floor plan styles (ranging from approximately 1,080 to 2,956+ square feet and including named plans such as Baltimore, Bancroft, Buchanan II, Carroll, Coolidge, Dorchester, Georgetown, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, McKinley, Roosevelt, and others) which buyers can personalize through the "Buy Wise...We Customize" program and a Design Center for interior and exterior selections.

The underlying technology stack is conventional residential construction augmented by 3D virtual tours for online floor plan exploration. Ameri-Star also runs a "Build On Your Lot — Or Ours" land program that lets buyers either use company-owned lots or sell their own lot to the builder, supplemented by Quick Move-In inventory for faster closings. A structured warranty program — a one-year walkthrough plus a ten-year homeowners warranty — anchors the post-sale relationship.

The revenue model is straightforward one-time home sale transactions to individual consumers, with pricing not publicly disclosed but positioned as affordable for budget-conscious Maryland buyers. Marketing is primarily digital (website content, virtual tours, customer testimonials) with a physical retail presence at the Design Center. The company reports 11–50 employees, no disclosed external funding or parent company, and no M&A history; geographic reach is confined to two Maryland counties within the Mid-Atlantic region.

Name

Ameri-Star Homes

Legal name

Ameri-Star Homes

Website

https://ameristarhomes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ameri-Star Homes is a privately-held, Glen Burnie, Maryland-based residential homebuilder that designs and sells semi-custom single-family homes from a catalog of 40 floor plans to retail homebuyers in Anne Arundel and Howard Counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Homebuilding

NAICS

New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) (236115), New Housing For-Sale Builders (236117)

SIC

Operative Builders (1531)

akta.pro primary industry

Custom Home Building (IMAFABAC)

Keywords

• Residential homebuilding
• Custom home construction
• New construction homes
• Home floor plans
• Build on your lot

Headquarters

HQ city

Glen Burnie

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Home Sales: Revenue generated from the sale of newly constructed single-family homes to homebuyers. Homes are sold directly to consumers with customizable floor plans.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Ameri-Star Homes is a residential homebuilder that designs, constructs, and sells 40 customizable single-family home floor plans in Maryland's Anne Arundel and Howard Counties. The company offers both Quick Move-In homes and build-on-your-lot programs, with personalization through the Buy Wise...We Customize program and a one-year walkthrough plus ten-year homeowners warranty.

Product overview

Ameri-Star Homes is a residential homebuilder operating in Maryland's Anne Arundel and Howard Counties. The company offers a portfolio of 40 distinct home floor plan styles (including Baltimore, Bancroft, Buchanan II, Carroll, Coolidge, Coolidge II, Dorchester, Eisenhower, Eisenhower II, Georgetown, Harding, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Linthicum, McDowell, McKinley, Monroe, Roosevelt, Saint Mary, Severn, Somerset, Sussex, Sussex J, Sussex K, Taft, Taylor, Wicomico, Wicomico II, Wilmington, Wilmington II) that buyers can customize through the Buy Wise...We Customize program. Additional offerings include a Design Center for interior/exterior selections, Virtual Tours - 3D for viewing homes, Home Lot Options for building on buyer-owned or company-owned lots, and a warranty program providing one-year walkthrough and ten-year homeowners coverage.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Customizable Home Styles (40 floor plans) Portfolio of 40 single-family home floor plan styles ranging from 1,080 to 2,956+ square feet, available to Maryland homebuyers in Anne Arundel and Howard Counties with customization options.
• Buy Wise...We Customize Personalization program allowing buyers to modify home plans to suit their lifestyle and preferences during the home building process.
• Quick Move-In Homes Ready-to-occupy, newly constructed homes available for buyers seeking a faster move-in timeline.
• Build On Your Lot Custom home building program for buyers who already own a lot, with the option to sell their lot to Ameri-Star Homes.
• Sell Your Lot Program allowing Maryland landowners to sell their buildable lot to Ameri-Star Homes.
• Design Center In-person design selection service at the Glen Burnie Corporate Office providing interior and exterior distinctive features and finish selections for home customization.
• Homebuyer Financing Assistance Financing resources and assistance offered to Maryland homebuyers purchasing Ameri-Star Homes.
• Homeowners Warranty Program Post-sale warranty coverage providing a one-year walkthrough and ten-year homeowners warranty for buyers of Ameri-Star Homes.

Quantifiable outcome

• One-year walkthrough and ten-year homeowners warranty illustrates commitment to customer satisfaction.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• D.R. Horton: Largest U.S. homebuilder by volume with extensive Mid-Atlantic presence, including value-oriented product lines that overlap Ameri-Star's affordability positioning across Maryland counties.
• Lennar Corporation: National homebuilder with active operations in the Baltimore–Washington corridor, offering a wide range of plan options and build-on-your-lot programs that mirror Ameri-Star's value proposition at much larger scale.
• NVR, Inc. (Ryan Homes / NVHomes): Largest Mid-Atlantic homebuilder under the Ryan Homes and NVHomes brands, building entry-level through move-up homes across Maryland, Virginia, and the DC region — a dominant incumbent that competes directly for Ameri-Star's buyer pool.
• Toll Brothers: National luxury and move-up homebuilder with active communities in Maryland; less directly comparable on price point but competes for design-conscious buyers in the same counties.

Direct peers

• M/I Homes: Mid-sized public homebuilder with Mid-Atlantic (DC metro / Maryland) operations offering customizable floor plans at price points similar to Ameri-Star, with comparable build-on-your-lot capabilities.
• Hovnanian Enterprises: Mid-Atlantic-focused homebuilder with active communities in Maryland, offering plan-based for-sale homes with customization options — a regional peer competing in many of the same submarkets.
• KB Home: Public homebuilder with build-on-your-lot heritage, a deep plan library, and in-house design studios — closely parallels Ameri-Star's 'Buy Wise...We Customize' / Design Center model.
• LGI Homes: Public national homebuilder focused on entry-level and first-time-buyer affordability, with a standardized plan library and direct-to-consumer sales model — the closest strategic analogue to Ameri-Star's affordable, plan-driven Mid-Atlantic offering.
• Century Communities: Public homebuilder with a strong affordability-focused brand (Century Complete) and East Coast presence, pursuing a similar value-oriented, plan-library-driven approach to first-time and move-up buyers.
• Beazer Homes: Regional public homebuilder with a Mid-Atlantic footprint focused on entry-level to move-up buyers and energy-efficient design — comparable business model and price positioning to Ameri-Star.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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