The Lexis Group, LLC

What The Lexis Group, LLC does

The Lexis Group, LLC is a privately held, Federal and State Certified Disadvantaged, Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (DBE/WBE, certification WBE1902484) professional services firm founded in 2009 and headquartered in Dillsburg/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a secondary office in Pittsburgh. The firm delivers an integrated portfolio of five engineering and consulting service lines: Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE), Civil Engineering, Site Design (landscape architecture and sustainable planning), Land Planning, and Survey & Mapping. Its SUE practice deploys a geophysical technology stack including dual-frequency and multi-channel Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR and MCGPR) with GPS integration, laser scanning (LiDAR), CCTV, magnetometers, elastic wave devices, pipe and cable locators, and vacuum excavation, producing ASCE-standard-compliant 3D deliverables exportable to client GIS environments. Independent FHWA- and PennDOT-sponsored research validates $4.62 to $22.21 in cost savings per dollar spent on SUE for transportation projects, providing a credible, evidence-based value proposition for risk mitigation on infrastructure programs.

The firm's business model is project-based professional services delivery: revenue is earned through one-time, quote-based contracts for civil engineering, SUE, survey and mapping, land planning, and construction inspection/management services, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales to government transportation agencies, state and local government, hospitals, commercial and land developers, and oil and gas clients across the Mid-Atlantic region, leveraging principal-level relationships and DBE/WBE status to access procurement opportunities with disadvantaged business participation goals. Service delivery is performed by in-house professional staff, including licensed Professional Engineers across multiple states, a Professional Geologist, and a Professional Geophysicist, with principals collectively holding 65+ years of combined A/E industry experience from prior large-firm tenures. Marketing channels are relationship-driven (LinkedIn, ASCE/ACEC/SMPS affiliations, and direct outreach via principal email), and distribution is direct, with no channel partners, resellers, or digital self-serve surface.

Customer segments are horizontal across use cases — primarily transportation infrastructure, broader government, healthcare campuses, commercial/land development, and energy — with a stated cost-advantage positioning relative to larger A/E firms. The firm holds no disclosed external institutional investment, has no subsidiaries, and operates without parent-company backing. Operating geographies are concentrated in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic, with no global footprint claimed.

Name

The Lexis Group, LLC

Legal name

The Lexis Group, LLC

Website

https://thelexisgroupllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Lexis Group is a Pennsylvania-based, DBE/WBE-certified woman-owned engineering firm offering subsurface utility engineering, civil engineering, site design, land planning, and surveying services to Mid-Atlantic government transportation agencies, healthcare, commercial developers, and energy clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (541330), Engineering Services (54133), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (54136), Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services (541360)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Geotechnical & Subsurface Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

Keywords

• Subsurface utility engineering
• Civil engineering services
• Survey and mapping
• Land planning consulting
• Construction management

Headquarters

HQ city

Harrisburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Engineering Services: One-time project-based professional services including civil engineering, SUE, survey and mapping, land planning, and construction inspection/management services for government and commercial clients

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Lexis Group provides project-based professional engineering services across five integrated service lines: Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) using geophysical methods such as Ground Penetrating Radar and vacuum excavation, Civil Engineering for transportation and site development, Site Design and Landscape Architecture, Land Planning, and Survey & Mapping. Services are delivered to government transportation agencies, hospitals, commercial and land developers, and oil and gas clients in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Product overview

The Lexis Group, LLC is a Federal and State Certified Disadvantaged, Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (DBE/WBE) offering a unified portfolio of professional engineering and consulting services. The company provides five integrated core service lines: Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) with subservices including records research, utility designating, ground penetrating radar, vacuum excavation, asset & risk management, and 3D deliverables; Civil Engineering encompassing transportation design, storm water management, construction management, E&S permitting, structural engineering, and LEED certifications; Site Design combining landscape architecture, sustainable planning, streetscape design, transportation landscaping, accessibility compliance, and best management practices; Land Planning featuring site analysis, feasibility studies, public meetings, sustainable/brownfield planning, and masterplanning; and Survey & Mapping services including boundary surveys, ALTA/ACSM surveys, subdivisions, construction stakeout, as-built plans, and control surveys. These services work together to provide comprehensive project support from initial planning through construction completion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Professional subsurface utility engineering services following ASCE standards, comprising records research, utility designating, ground penetrating radar, vacuum excavation, asset & risk management, and 3D deliverables for government and commercial infrastructure projects.
• Civil Engineering Full-service civil engineering including road design, commercial and industrial site planning, medical and research campus design, storm water management, structural engineering, and LEED certification support for public and private sector clients.
• Construction Management Construction phase services including administration, inspections, constructability reviews, document management, change order management, quality management, and project close-out.
• Site Design Integrated site design combining planning, landscape architecture, sustainable design, streetscape/complete streets, transportation landscaping, accessibility compliance, and best management practices for community-scale development projects.
• Land Planning Land planning services including site analysis and selection, feasibility studies, public meetings and workshops facilitation, sustainable and brownfield redevelopment planning, and masterplanning concept design.
• Survey & Mapping In-house survey services with two survey crews led by a licensed Professional Land Surveyor, covering boundary and topographic surveys, ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys, subdivisions and lot consolidation, construction stakeout, as-built plans and recordation, and control surveys across the Mid-Atlantic region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cost-savings of $4.62 to $22.21 per dollar spent on SUE for transportation projects
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with full-service transportation, civil engineering, and survey capabilities. Competes with Lexis for major DOT programs, often as a prime contractor that subcontracts SUE work to smaller firms like Lexis.
• Stantec: Stantec is a global design and engineering firm with significant U.S. transportation and community development practices. Overlaps with Lexis in site/civil engineering and survey, and absorbed Cardno's SUE capability.
• WSP USA: WSP is a major global engineering consultancy with deep transportation, civil, and survey practices in the U.S. Competes for large PennDOT, MDOT, and Turnpike programs where Lexis often serves as a DBE/WBE subconsultant.
• NV5 Global: NV5 is a technical engineering and consulting firm with infrastructure, environmental, and geospatial practices. Provides surveying, SUE-adjacent services, and competes for similar government and commercial clients.
• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a global consulting and engineering firm with strong water, transportation, and federal infrastructure practices. Competes for federal and state contracts where Lexis serves as a small-business subconsultant.

Direct peers

• T2 Utility Engineers: T2 Utility Engineers is a specialist SUE and utility coordination firm serving DOTs, municipalities, and private developers nationwide. Direct head-to-head competitor to Lexis on subsurface utility mapping, vacuum excavation, and ASCE-standard SUE deliverables.
• Cardno (now part of Stantec): Cardno operated a substantial SUE and surveying practice before being absorbed into Stantec. Competed directly with Lexis on transportation-sector SUE work and represents the type of consolidation risk Lexis may face.
• SAM Companies: SAM Companies provides surveying, SUE, and geospatial services across the U.S. with PE-backed scale. Comparable service mix (SUE + survey + mapping) and competing for similar DOT, utility, and land-development engagements.
• GPRS (Ground Penetrating Radar Systems): GPRS is the largest U.S. provider of ground penetrating radar and concrete scanning services, with a national footprint. Direct competitor in utility locating, GPR-based designating, and 3D mapping for construction and infrastructure clients.
• Badger Daylighting: Badger Daylighting is the leading North American provider of vacuum excavation services for utility locating and daylighting. Direct overlap with Lexis's vacuum-excavation-enabled SUE workflow on transportation and utility projects.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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