Palumbo Group

What Palumbo Group does

The Palumbo Group is a privately held architectural, engineering, and interior design firm headquartered at 318 Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania, with 12 employees. Founded in 1979, the firm provides full-service design delivery from conceptual and schematic design through design development, specifications, construction administration, and post-occupancy support. Its core offerings include Architectural Design, Engineering Services, and Interior Design, supplemented by Master Planning, Facility Programming, Construction Phase Services, Historic Preservation, Sustainability Services (LEED, Green Globes, IgCC), Telecommunications and Technology planning, and BIM/CAD services delivered on Revit and AutoDesk platforms.

The firm serves public and private clients across education, healthcare, government/community, corporate/commercial, historic preservation, and high-end residential sectors, with professional licensure in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Maryland. Its go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, relying on a project portfolio website, LinkedIn and Facebook presence, and long-term repeat engagements with anchor clients such as Scranton School District (since 1985), TMG Health, and Bloomsburg University. Notable deliverables include the 288,000 sq ft Scranton High School (bid 9% under budget), the $19M Allied Services Rehabilitation Institute (completed six months ahead of schedule), the 272,800 sq ft Benco Dental CenterPoint Experience, and the 250,000 sq ft Lackawanna County Government Center adaptive reuse.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional service fees, custom-quoted against project scope, construction cost, and complexity, with multi-year contract cadences on larger engagements. The firm operates as a traditional design practice with direct client engagement and no digital marketplace, intermediary, or productized offering. No external funding, parent company, M&A activity, or AI/ML capability is disclosed.

Name

Palumbo Group

Legal name

The Palumbo Group

Website

https://thepalumbogroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Palumbo Group is a 12-employee architectural, engineering, and interior design firm founded in 1979 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, serving education, healthcare, government, corporate, and historic-preservation clients across the mid-Atlantic on a project-based, custom-quoted fee model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural and Engineering Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Interior Design Services (541410), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Architectural Design Services (BPAHAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Building information modeling
• Historic preservation services
• Sustainable architecture design
• Interior design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Scranton

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. Architectural Design Services: The firm generates revenue through professional architectural and engineering design services, including conceptual design, schematic design, design development, specifications, and construction administration. Revenue is project-based, typically one-time engagements for specific construction or renovation projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Palumbo Group provides full-service architectural, engineering, and interior design services for building projects from pre-design through construction administration. The firm's core offerings encompass conceptual design studies, schematic design, design development, specifications, project scheduling, 3D modeling and rendering, BIM/CAD documentation, historic preservation, master planning, facility programming, and construction phase services such as bidding analysis and contract administration.

Product overview

The Palumbo Group is a single-service architectural, engineering, and interior design firm offering comprehensive project delivery from conceptual design through construction administration. The core services include Architectural Design, Engineering Services, and Interior Design Services, supported by specialized offerings in Master Planning Services, Facility Programming Services, Construction Phase Services, Historic Preservation, Sustainability Services (LEED/Green Globes/IgCC), Telecommunications & Technology, and BIM/CAD Services. The firm's services are delivered as an integrated offering rather than as separate modules, with projects spanning education, healthcare, corporate, historic, residential, retail, and community sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Design Full-service architectural design covering conceptual design studies, schematic design, design development, specifications, educational specifications, project scheduling, computer-aided design/drafting, historic preservation, 3D modeling/rendering, and project estimating for clients across education, healthcare, government, corporate, retail, and residential sectors.
• Engineering Services Integrated engineering services covering structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering delivered alongside architectural design for building projects.
• Interior Design Services Interior design services including programming and space planning, furniture inventory and analyses, furnishings selection, installation inspection, and color selection and master plans.
• Master Planning Services Development feasibility studies, site planning, long-range facilities planning, faculty operation analyses, evaluations of existing facilities, and spatial efficiency analyses.
• Facility Programming Services District facilities studies, functional space planning, adjacency requirements, space standards development, code compliance analysis, room data specifications, and utilization/volume projections.
• Construction Phase Services Bidding analysis, shop drawing reviews, submittal reviews, construction observation, interim and final punch lists, and contract administration.
• Historic Preservation Services Restoration, rehabilitation, and adaptive reuse of historic structures in compliance with Department of the Interior guidelines, exemplified by the $14 million restoration of the Scranton Cultural Center Masonic Temple, a Nationally Registered Historic Place designed by Raymond Hood in 1927.
• Sustainability Services Sustainable design incorporating LEED certification, Green Globes certification, and International Green Construction Code (IgCC) guidelines; the firm is a USGBC member with LEED Accredited Professionals on staff.

Quantifiable outcome

• Scranton High School bid 9% under budget (288,000 sq ft, 1,800 students)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Ballinger: Ballinger is a Philadelphia-based architecture and engineering firm with healthcare, education, and science-focused practices. Comparable as a regional architecture firm serving institutional clients in adjacent Mid-Atlantic markets.
• L2A Landscape Architecture: L2A is an architecture and interior design firm serving Mid-Atlantic commercial, institutional, and residential clients. Comparable as a regional full-service design firm with overlapping healthcare and education portfolios.
• Highland Associates: Highland Associates is a Pennsylvania-based architecture and engineering firm serving education, healthcare, and government clients. Closely comparable as a similarly-sized Pennsylvania-headquartered architecture practice competing for the same northeastern regional RFPs.
• CannonDesign: CannonDesign is a US architecture firm with deep healthcare, education, and science & technology expertise—the same verticals Palumbo targets. Comparable as a multi-sector architectural services firm competing for institutional clients.
• EwingCole: EwingCole is a Philadelphia-based architecture and engineering firm of comparable mid-size scale serving education, healthcare, government, and corporate clients across the Mid-Atlantic. Directly comparable as a regional full-service architecture practice competing for similar institutional RFPs.
• KSS Architects: KSS Architects is a mid-size architecture and interior design firm specializing in education, public, and cultural projects with East Coast presence. Directly comparable in scale, service mix, and target vertical markets.

Broad incumbents

• Gensler: Gensler is the world's largest architecture and design firm with global reach across workplace, healthcare, education, and government sectors. Operates broadly in the same design-services space; competes for large institutional commissions.
• HOK: HOK is a global architecture, engineering, and planning firm serving healthcare, education, government, and corporate clients. Comparable offerings at much larger scale; competes for the same institutional RFPs but with significantly broader resources.
• Stantec: Stantec is a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm serving institutional, healthcare, and government clients. Comparable integrated architecture-and-engineering service offering at much greater scale.
• SmithGroup: SmithGroup is a US architecture and engineering firm with deep expertise in healthcare, higher education, and government—core Palumbo verticals. Larger scale and broader geography, but directly comparable service mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/The-Palumbo-Group-1659485210934745
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/palumbo-group

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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