ADA Compliance Team

What ADA Compliance Team does

ADA Compliance Team, Inc. (ACT) is a Vista, California-based professional services firm specializing in accessibility compliance for commercial properties under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and the California Building Code. The company conducts physical site surveys, issues Certified Access Specialist (CASp) inspection reports, develops multi-year transition plans, and coordinates remediation construction work through a vetted contractor network. ACT primarily serves business owners facing ADA "drive-by" lawsuits, attorneys representing clients in disability discrimination cases, commercial property owners and managers pursuing proactive compliance, and architects needing accessibility review for tenant improvement projects.

The firm's core deliverable is the CASp inspection report, which doubles as documentation used in litigation defense and as the basis for phased remediation planning. Underlying technology is domain expertise rather than a software platform: ACT combines regulatory knowledge of ADA guidelines and California Building Code interpretation with a contractor network that can implement required physical modifications. Service lines include Site Survey, Construction Services, Transition Plans, Attorney Services (including expert testimony support), and educational resources on ADA requirements and tax incentives for accessibility improvements.

ACT reaches customers through direct sales, attorney referrals, and a website contact form, and delivers on-site services across all 50 US states from a team of 1-10 employees. Pricing is quote-based and property-specific, with each engagement requiring a complete site evaluation before a "cost to cure" is determined. Named clients include national chains (Starbucks, McDonald's, Domino's Pizza, IKEA, Holiday Inn, LaQuinta), government entities (Oceanside Harbor), and legal practices (Arias & Lockwood, Lewitt Hackman). The firm claims 35+ years of combined ADA compliance experience and reports having served hundreds of clients. No external funding, parent company, or institutional investors are disclosed in available data.

Name

ADA Compliance Team

Legal name

ADA Compliance Team, Inc.

Website

https://adacomplianceteam.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ADA Compliance Team (ACT) is a Vista, California-based professional services firm that conducts ADA accessibility site surveys, CASp inspections, transition plans, and remediation construction for commercial property owners, attorneys handling ADA lawsuits, architects, and managers nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

ADA Compliance & Accessibility Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Accessibility, Building Compliance & ADA Facilities Operations (EDALALAO)

Keywords

• ADA compliance surveys
• CASp inspections
• Accessibility remediation
• Compliance consulting
• Property accessibility upgrades

Headquarters

HQ city

Vista

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. ADA Site Surveys: Physical site inspections conducted by ADA experts to identify accessibility issues and compliance gaps. Provides documentation needed for remediation planning and legal proceedings.
2. Construction Services: Vetted contractor network providing ADA compliance remediation construction work. Upgrades properties to meet accessibility standards.
3. ADA Consulting and Transition Plans: Expert guidance on ADA compliance requirements, development of multi-year remediation plans, and ongoing compliance support for business owners and attorneys.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ADA Compliance Team, Inc. (ACT) provides physical ADA compliance site surveys (CASp inspections), multi-year transition planning, and construction remediation services delivered through a vetted contractor network. The firm also supports attorneys handling ADA-based disability discrimination lawsuits with inspection reports and expert testimony. Services are sold property-by-property via consultative sales and are priced on a quote basis dependent on the unique accessibility profile of each site.

Product overview

ADA Compliance Team, Inc. (ACT) is a service-based company offering a unified suite of ADA compliance solutions rather than a software platform. The core offerings include Site Survey services (physical site inspections to identify accessibility violations), Construction Services (vetted contractors for remediation), and Transition Plans (multi-year compliance roadmaps). These primary services are supplemented by Attorney Services, ADA Resources, and Tax Incentives guidance. The company helps businesses prevent 'drive-by' lawsuits, achieve compliance with Federal ADA laws and California Building Code, and resolve existing ADA lawsuits through a comprehensive approach from assessment through remediation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Site Survey Physical site inspection by ADA experts that evaluates property compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and California Building Code, identifying accessibility violations and providing property-specific compliance requirements used in remediation planning and litigation defense.
• Construction Services Coordination and delivery of ADA compliance remediation construction work through a network of vetted, qualified contractors who upgrade properties to meet accessibility standards identified in the Site Survey report.
• Transition Plans Multi-year, phased planning solutions that enable business owners to implement ADA remediation on a financially feasible timetable, mapping out the work required to bring a property into compliance over time.
• Attorney Services Specialized assistance for attorneys handling ADA-based disability discrimination lawsuits, including CASp inspections, professional compliance reports usable in litigation, and expert testimony support.

Quantifiable outcome

• California law provides liability reduction for small business owners who act promptly to remediate ADA violations

Named customers11 records

Segments4 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 moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection, and certification incumbent that performs building-related compliance and accessibility assessments. Overlaps with ACT on inspection/audit services but at vastly greater scale and global breadth.
• WSP Built Ecology / WSP: Global engineering and built-environment consultancy with property advisory and code consulting practices. Comparable as a much larger peer in commercial building compliance consulting.
• Terracon: Large engineering consulting firm with broad facilities, code, and materials services. Compares to ACT through its building compliance and inspection offerings, though ACT is far smaller and more specialized in ADA-specific work.
• Jensen Hughes: Large engineering, code consulting, and fire/life safety firm with an active accessibility and ADA consulting practice. Comparable as a building-code-driven consulting peer, though much larger and more diversified than ACT.
• Intertek: Global testing and inspection incumbent that performs building-related compliance and accessibility-related assessments. Comparable as a far larger counterpart offering overlapping inspection-driven compliance work.

Direct peers

• Partner Engineering and Science: National property condition assessment, building consulting, and compliance due-diligence firm. Directly comparable on property surveys, code compliance, and commercial real estate advisory work performed for owners, lenders, and attorneys.
• EBI Consulting: National EHS and building consulting firm providing property condition assessments, ADA consulting, and related compliance services. Closest direct peer in business model and target customers (commercial property owners, attorneys).
• The ADA Group: Specialized ADA compliance consulting firm serving property owners and attorneys on accessibility audits, transition plans, and litigation support — directly comparable niche positioning to ACT.

Emerging players

• AccessiBe: Tech-enabled, web-focused ADA accessibility automation vendor. Adjacent and partially overlapping because it targets the same ADA demand pool, but addresses digital rather than physical accessibility — making it more of a thematic adjacent than direct competitor.

Others

• DL Design Architects: Named ACT partner for tenant improvement ADA review and approval. Adjacent professional services peer — an architecture firm that collaborates with ACT to deliver design-stage ADA compliance, rather than competing directly in inspection services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/adacomplianceteam
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ada-compliance-team

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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