PM Consultants

What PM Consultants does

PM Consultants (UK) Ltd is a privately held, founder-led surveying services firm headquartered in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. Founded in 1996 by Neil Main BSc (Hons) MCInstCES, the company operates from a single office at 48 Park Avenue with approximately 10 employees and serves clients across North and South Wales, Devon, and Cornwall. It is a UK private limited company (Company No. 6708190) with no disclosed external investment, parent entity, or acquisition activity, and the founder continues to lead the business after more than 28 years of continuous operation.

The firm's offering centres on six integrated surveying disciplines: topographical and boundary surveys, building surveys, setting out, 3D laser scanning, CCTV drainage/sewer surveys, and specialised surveys. The technology stack is built around Trimble GPS equipment, Trimble Total Stations with reflectorless capability for non-contact measurement on live railways and unsafe structures, IBOS crawler CCTV systems with a 200-metre range for pipes from 100mm to 1.5 metres, and 3D laser scanning that produces point cloud deliverables. Output formats span Autocad 2D/3D, DXF, DTM, CSV, XYZ, BIM, and Wincan CCTV condition reports compliant with OS19X and STC 25 industry standards. The firm also offers ancillary services including GIS data collection, flood risk assessments, utilities and assets surveys, solar and wind farming surveys, large-scale scanning, and Autocad vectorisation.

PM Consultants generates revenue through project-based professional services fees, with pricing set via direct quotation rather than public rates. Its go-to-market is direct-to-client, primarily via its website and telephone enquiries. Customers are split across four business segments: construction and development firms, utility/water sector clients (notably Welsh Water via Morgan Sindall), infrastructure/rail contractors (Alun Griffiths for Network Rail), and property professionals (architectural practices, estate agents, solicitors). Credentials include ISO 9001 accreditation via QAS International, Chartered ICES membership, UVDB qualification, Constructionline registration, and BP contractor approval.

Name

PM Consultants

Legal name

PM Consultants (UK) Ltd

Website

https://pmconsultants.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

PM Consultants (UK) Ltd is a privately held, founder-led surveying services firm in Abergavenny, Wales, providing land, building, setting out, laser scanning, and CCTV drainage surveys to construction, utility, rail, and property clients across Wales, Devon, and Cornwall.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Land and Engineering Surveying Services

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Development & Feasibility Advisory (Highest-and-Best-Use, Entitlements Support) (BPAJANAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Infrastructure Planning, Capital Programs & Project Delivery Offices (PMOs) (BPAIALAJ)

Keywords

• Land surveying services
• Engineering surveying
• Building surveying
• Laser scanning services
• Drainage surveying

Headquarters

HQ city

Abergavenny

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Land and Engineering Surveying Services: PM Consultants provides surveying services including land surveying, building surveying, setting out, laser scanning, drainage surveying, and specialised surveys. Revenue is generated through project-based fees for surveying work, with clients requesting quotations for specific survey requirements. Services are tailored to client needs and charged accordingly.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

PM Consultants (UK) Ltd is a land and engineering surveying practice founded in 1996 by Neil Main, providing land surveys, building surveys, setting out, laser scanning, CCTV drainage surveys, and specialised surveys. The firm serves water utilities, contractors, architectural practices, estate agents, and solicitors, and operates across North and South Wales, Devon, and Cornwall using Trimble instrumentation. The practice employs around 10 staff and is based in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

Product overview

PM Consultants is a surveying services company offering a unified portfolio of land, building, and engineering surveying services across South Wales, Devon, and Cornwall. The core service offering comprises six integrated surveying disciplines: Topographical Surveys (including Boundary and As-Built Surveys), Setting Out, 3D Laser Scanning, Building Surveys, CCTV Drainage Surveys, and Specialised Surveys. These services are supported by ancillary capabilities including GIS data collection, GPS surveying, Autocad vectorisation, and precision monitoring. Deliverables include point cloud data, 2D/3D CAD drawings in Autocad/DXF formats, BIM models, volumetric reports, and CCTV inspection reports in Wincan format. The company primarily serves water utilities (Welsh Water), civil engineering contractors (Alun Griffiths for Network Rail), and architectural practices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Land Surveying
• Building Surveys
• Setting Out and Precision Monitoring

Quantifiable outcome

• CCTV surveys can cover up to 200 metres range and pipes between 100mm and 1.5 metres in diameter
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 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

Feature5 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• WSP: Large international professional services firm providing surveying, geomatics and infrastructure design services across UK transport, water and property sectors, overlapping with PM Consultants' enterprise client base.
• Fugro: Global geo-data specialist offering land surveying, site characterisation and asset monitoring services to infrastructure and energy clients; a larger-scale incumbent competing for survey contracts in the same sectors.
• AECOM: Global engineering and professional services firm with substantial land surveying, geospatial and construction services practices — a broader incumbent competing for the same enterprise and infrastructure survey mandates.
• Cyient: Engineering, geospatial and digital services provider with surveying and infrastructure monitoring capabilities, serving utilities and rail networks similar to PM Consultants' enterprise customers.

Direct peers

• Murphy Surveys: Multi-disciplinary surveying and geospatial consultancy with operations in the UK and Ireland; offers an overlapping suite of land, building and underground utility surveys comparable to PM Consultants.
• Plowman Craven: UK surveying and measurement consultancy with a strong heritage in rail infrastructure surveys, geospatial services and 3D laser scanning — directly overlaps with PM Consultants' specialised non-contact railway surveying capabilities.
• Severn Partnership: UK surveying firm offering land, utility and measured building surveys with comparable mid-size service portfolio; shares PM Consultants' UK regional focus on infrastructure and property clients.
• Survey Solutions (UK): UK-based land and engineering surveying firm offering topographical, boundary, setting-out and measured building surveys to construction and infrastructure clients, directly comparable in service mix and regional focus to PM Consultants.

Others

• Trimble: Global provider of GPS, total station and laser-scanning hardware/software that PM Consultants uses daily; an ecosystem participant that shapes the technology stack but does not directly deliver surveys.
• Topcon Positioning: Surveying and positioning technology vendor supplying instruments and software to surveying firms; relevant to PM Consultants as a competing equipment ecosystem and pricing reference point.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pm-consultants

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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