Present Company

What Present Company does

Present Company is a privately held architecture and design firm headquartered at 2209 Maryland Avenue in Baltimore, MD, founded and led by Founding Principal Megan Elcrat. The firm provides architecture, interior design, and adaptive reuse services across four primary verticals: hospitality and food-and-beverage venues (notably craft beverage spaces such as wineries, tap rooms, and growler bars), commercial office interiors, neighborhood retail environments, and creative/cultural spaces such as artist studios and workshops. Its core competency is the conversion of unconventional building typologies — funeral parlors, warehouses, and industrial structures — into functional, aesthetically distinctive hospitality and cultural venues.

The firm's documented portfolio comprises five named projects: Hooten Headquarters (interior office renovation), The Wine Collective (a 12,000 sf urban winery and tasting room at Baltimore's Union Collective), The Parlor (a repurposed funeral parlor converted into a restaurant and artist space), Manor Mill (artist studios and workshops), and The Wine Source (a neighborhood retailer in Hampden completed in 2015 featuring the Hillman Tap Room and modular service carts). The firm markets through its website portfolio (presentcompany.ltd), Instagram (@present_company_baltimore), Facebook, and earned media coverage including a Voyage Baltimore feature. No proprietary technology, software platform, patents, certifications, or formal partnerships are disclosed in the available data.

The business model is project-based: services are delivered via direct client engagement under quote-based project fees, with no publicly disclosed pricing, subscription, or productized offering. Operating geography is confined to the Baltimore metropolitan area, and no headcount, revenue, funding, or institutional ownership disclosures are available. The firm also uses an internal sub-brand identity ("Presco") referenced in its marketing materials, the commercial purpose of which is not clarified in the source data.

Name

Present Company

Legal name

Present Company

Website

https://presentcompany.ltd

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture & Interior Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Exhibition, Retail & Experiential Design (BPAHAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Commercial Interior Fit-Out (Offices & Corporate) (IMAFANAA)

Keywords

• Adaptive reuse architecture
• Interior design services
• Commercial renovation design
• Hospitality space design
• Winery venue design

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

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

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Present Company is an architecture and design firm that provides interior architecture and adaptive reuse design services for commercial clients. The firm specializes in transforming non-traditional spaces such as warehouses, funeral parlors, and industrial buildings into functional hospitality venues, commercial offices, retail environments, and creative or cultural workspaces.

Product overview

Present Company is an architecture and design firm offering a portfolio of distinct project types including interior office renovations (Hooten Headquarters), urban wineries and tasting rooms (The Wine Collective), restaurant and artist space conversions (The Parlor), artist studios (Manor Mill), and neighborhood retail spaces (The Wine Source). These projects represent the firm's core design service offerings, each tailored to specific client needs and spatial requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Presco: Internal brand/abbreviation used in company branding materials

Products and services

• Hooten Headquarters Interior office renovation project demonstrating Present Company's commercial workplace design capability for office tenants seeking character-driven work environments.
• The Wine Collective Urban winery project showcasing adaptive reuse of a non-traditional space for the craft beverage sector, including production, tasting, and retail integration.
• The Parlor Restaurant and artist space project demonstrating hospitality and creative venue design capability through adaptive reuse of a former funeral parlor.
• Manor Mill Artist studios and workshops project demonstrating adaptive reuse design for cultural and creative workspace clients.
• The Wine Source Neighborhood retailer project demonstrating retail environment design capability for independent retail operators.

Quantifiable outcome

• The Wine Collective project: 12,000 sf urban winery and tasting room completed with glass barrel cellars, copper bar, and fermentation tank display
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Perkins&Will: Large global architecture firm with hospitality, workplace, and cultural practice areas. Compares to Present Company on the interior design services overlap but serves much broader institutional and commercial markets at significantly greater scale.
• Gensler: Global architecture and design firm with significant hospitality, retail, and workplace practices. Overlaps with Present Company on commercial interior and hospitality design but operates as a broad incumbent across many sectors and geographies rather than a boutique adaptive-reuse specialist.

Regional players

• Ayers Saint Gross: Baltimore-headquartered architecture firm with campus, urban, and adaptive reuse practice. Regional peer to Present Company, serving similar Mid-Atlantic clients on commercial and adaptive reuse work though with larger institutional focus.
• Design Collective (Baltimore): Baltimore-based architecture and interior design firm with hospitality, education, and workplace portfolio. Direct regional peer to Present Company, competing for similar Mid-Atlantic commercial interior projects though with broader sector spread.

Direct peers

• Handel Architects: Architecture and interior design practice with extensive hospitality, adaptive reuse, and mixed-use portfolio. Comparable to Present Company on adaptive reuse of urban buildings and hospitality typologies, with broader practice scale.
• Studio Tack: Boutique hospitality-focused interior design studio with deep craft beverage and restaurant portfolio. Directly comparable to Present Company's adaptive reuse and craft beverage design specialty, with similar boutique scale and design-led positioning.
• AvroKO: Hospitality design firm with award-winning restaurant, bar, and hotel interiors including craft beverage venues. Closely aligned with Present Company on hospitality design DNA, craft beverage expertise, and adaptive reuse of urban/industrial spaces.
• Rockwell Group: New York-based architecture and design firm specializing in hospitality, restaurant, and experiential interiors. Comparable to Present Company in its focus on distinctive hospitality environments and craft-level design execution, though operating at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• IA Interior Architects: Interior architecture firm specializing in workplace, hospitality, and retail interiors. Comparable to Present Company on commercial interior fit-out scope and adaptive reuse of existing buildings, though with larger scale and national footprint.
• Yabu Pushelberg: Internationally recognized hospitality and interior design firm known for hotels, restaurants, and retail experiences. Comparable to Present Company for high-touch hospitality interior design with strong craft detailing, though operating at global scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/presentcompanybaltimore
• Instagraminstagram.com/present_company_baltimore
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/present-company-baltimore

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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