Palmetto Design and Renovation Contractors

What Palmetto Design and Renovation Contractors does

Palmetto Design and Renovation Contractors is a privately-held South Carolina LLC headquartered in Irmo, SC, operating as a full-service catastrophe construction firm founded in August 2008 by Mike Gibson. The company serves homeowners throughout the Columbia, SC metropolitan area and within a 90-mile emergency service radius, providing direct-to-consumer restoration and reconstruction services for fire, water, storm, and mold damage, plus asbestos testing and removal, sewage cleanup, new construction, and third-party property loss consulting. Its distribution model is field-based emergency dispatch: customers reach the firm through a 24/7 phone line, and mobile crews are deployed to properties with generators, tools, and supplies to mitigate damage and complete repairs on a quote-based, one-time-service pricing model.

The business is differentiated primarily by the dual insurance-and-construction expertise of its owners. Mike Gibson brought 34 years of experience as an insurance adjuster and claims manager and remains a SC Licensed Independent Insurance Adjuster, and co-owner Sandi Gibson joined in 2017 with 27 years of insurance claims experience. This enables the firm to work directly with insurance carriers to present and negotiate claims on behalf of property owners, an integrated capability most general contractors do not offer. The firm has performed over $40 million in cumulative commercial and residential construction and restoration projects since founding.

The operating model is deliberately narrow: a 12-person team delivering trades-based services with no proprietary technology platform, no AI/ML components, no APIs or integrations, no patents, no external funding, and no public-company status. There are no disclosed M&A activity, no partnerships or alliances, and no international or multi-state geographic footprint. Revenue is generated per project on a quote basis, with no subscription or recurring component, and customer acquisition relies on direct emergency contact and word-of-mouth referrals rather than structured marketing channels.

Name

Palmetto Design and Renovation Contractors

Legal name

Palmetto Design & Renovation Contractors, LLC

Website

https://palmettodesignandrenovation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Palmetto Design and Renovation Contractors is a privately-held South Carolina catastrophe construction firm serving homeowners in the Columbia, SC area with 24/7 emergency repair for fire, water, storm, and mold damage, plus insurance-claim navigation led by owners with decades of adjuster experience.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Property Restoration Services

NAICS

Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors (238190), Site Preparation Contractors (23891)

SIC

Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700), General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro primary industry

Disaster Recovery & Restoration General Contracting (IMAFAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Rebuild & Finishing (Drywall, Flooring, Paint, Trim) (HSAPAOAI), Structural Repair & Framing Reconstruction (HSAPAOAG), Storm Damage Exterior Repairs (Wind/Hail-Related Siding & Gutter) (HSAGAIAL), Post-Disaster Whole-Home Rebuild (Fire/Water/Storm) (HSAPAEAH), Code Compliance, Permitting & Inspections (Rebuild) (HSAPAOAK)

Keywords

• Disaster restoration services
• Property damage repair
• Fire damage restoration
• Water damage mitigation
• Storm damage repair

Headquarters

HQ city

Irmo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Disaster Repair Services: One-time service revenue from fire damage repair, water damage repair, storm damage repair, mold remediation, asbestos testing and removal, sewage cleanup, and reconstruction services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Palmetto Design and Renovation Contractors is a full-service catastrophe construction company providing emergency repair, mitigation, and reconstruction services for residential properties damaged by fire, water, storms, and mold. The firm dispatches mobile crews equipped with generators, materials, tools, and supplies to properties within a 90-mile radius of Columbia, SC, and also performs asbestos testing/removal, sewage cleanup, new construction, and third-party property loss consulting for property owners, insurance carriers, and attorneys.

Product overview

Palmetto Design and Renovation Contractors is a full-service catastrophe construction company offering emergency repair services for fire, storm, water, and mold damage. The company operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform architecture. The core portfolio consists of nine interconnected service lines: Fire Damage Repair, Water Damage Repair, Storm Damage Repair, Mold Damage Repair, Asbestos Testing and Removal, Sewage Clean-up, Reconstruction, New Construction, and Property Loss Consulting. These services are designed to work together as a comprehensive disaster response solution, with the company also providing third-party property loss consulting to help customers navigate insurance claims and restore properties to pre-loss condition.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fire Damage Repair
• Water Damage Repair
• Storm Damage Repair
• Mold Damage Repair
• Asbestos Testing and Removal
• Sewage Clean-up

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Paul Davis Restoration: Franchised restoration and remodeling company providing emergency mitigation, contents, and reconstruction for residential and commercial property damage — the same core offering as PDRC, with a national franchise footprint and insurance-carrier relationships.
• Belfor Property Restoration: Large commercial-and-residential disaster recovery firm operating across North America and Europe. Same property damage restoration and reconstruction services as PDRC, but operating at enterprise scale with institutional insurance and corporate clients.
• SERVPRO Industries: National franchised disaster restoration network offering fire, water, mold, and storm damage cleanup with thousands of franchise locations. Directly comparable service lines to Palmetto Design and Renovation, but at vastly greater scale and with standardized corporate marketing and carrier preferred-vendor agreements.
• ServiceMaster Restore: National disaster restoration brand under the ServiceMaster portfolio providing fire, smoke, and water damage restoration and reconstruction — directly overlapping PDRC's service portfolio with extensive geographic coverage.

Direct peers

• Restoration 1: National franchised water, fire, and mold damage restoration brand positioned as a high-touch local operator with insurance-carrier focus — closely mirroring PDRC's direct-to-homeowner + insurance-claims positioning, with similar mid-market independent operator economics.

Emerging players

• All Dry Services: Franchised water damage, mold, and carpet cleaning restoration brand with regional operator model. Comparable mitigation and restoration service line to PDRC, with a similar owner-operator profile on a per-franchise basis.
• BluSky Restoration Contractors: Multi-location restoration firm focused on commercial and large-loss property damage; competes in the same reconstruction-and-mitigation space as PDRC but with heavier commercial and multifamily weighting and broader geographic reach.

Regional players

• Steamatic of the Midlands: Carpet, water, and fire damage restoration franchise operating in the Columbia, SC Midlands region. Direct overlap with PDRC's geographic service area and core disaster restoration services.
• Craddock's Cleaning & Restoration: Midlands/Southeast-based disaster restoration contractor offering fire, water, and mold services — geographically adjacent to PDRC's Columbia, SC service area with a directly overlapping residential restoration offering.

Others

• CoreLogic (insurance-property data and claims): Adjacent ecosystem participant providing property data, claims analytics, and carrier-direct repair network platforms that increasingly mediate how restoration work is routed. Not a direct competitor but shapes PDRC's customer economics through insurer-driven preferred-vendor programs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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