What ESTIME does

The Estimé Group, Inc., founded in 1991 and headquartered in Bainbridge Island, Washington, is a privately held professional planning consultancy specializing in science and healthcare facility planning for public and private sector institutions. The firm operates two core service lines: Lab Planning Services (research labs, teaching labs, chemistry labs, biotech labs) and Medical Planning Services (hospitals, medical centers, clinical environments). Engagements are delivered through intensive user-group meetings to define space requirements, equipment needs, infrastructure support, and adjacency relationships, with delivery collaborative alongside architectural and engineering firms.

The firm has no proprietary technology platform — its offering is human expertise, not software. Its go-to-market is sales-led and referral-driven, with pricing undisclosed and engagements structured on quote-based professional services terms. The customer base is concentrated in the Pacific Northwest and includes major healthcare systems (Asante, Kaiser, Legacy, Providence, PeaceHealth, OHSU, Stanford), universities (University of Washington, Oregon State, Boise State, Stanford, Portland State), and biotech/pharmaceutical companies (Amgen, Genentech, Chiron, Takeda), with government work for the State of Oregon Public Health Lab and the State of Idaho.

The firm received SBE/MBE certification from the Northwest Mountain Supplier Development Council in 2021, giving it preferred access to government procurement. It is otherwise a small, founder/management-controlled specialty boutique with no disclosed funding, no acquisitions, no leadership changes, no digital footprint beyond a basic website, and no disclosed headcount or revenue. The principal economic risk is its dependence on Pacific Northwest capital project cycles and the absence of any visible technology-driven productivity lever.

Name

ESTIME

Legal name

The Estimé Group, Inc.

Website

https://estimegroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Estime is a privately held Pacific Northwest planning consultancy, founded in 1991, that designs laboratory and healthcare facilities for universities, hospital systems, biotech firms, and government agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bainbridge Island

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Planning Services: The company generates revenue through consulting and planning services for science and healthcare facilities. Services include programming, space planning, and design challenge solutions for both public and private sector institutions. The company works with clients to understand their needs and deliver optimal planning solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

ESTIME is a planning consultancy that designs healthcare and laboratory facilities for public and private sector clients. The firm provides programming, space planning, and design consultation services to hospitals, medical centers, universities, biotech firms, and government agencies. The company has been operating in this specialized planning field since 1991.

Product overview

The Estimé Group provides science and healthcare facility planning as a unified consulting service. Their offering consists of two integrated service lines: Lab Planning Services and Medical Planning Services. These services are delivered through a collaborative process involving client teams, design teams, and facility planning teams. The company emphasizes flexible facility design that accommodates future growth and change, incorporating technology and flexibility into planning for both public and private sector institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lab Planning Services Professional planning and consulting services for science and research laboratories, including programming, space planning, and design consultation for biotech firms, universities, and government research facilities.
• Medical Planning Services Professional planning and consulting services for healthcare facilities, including programming, space planning, and design consultation for hospitals, medical centers, and related healthcare institutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Avoids costly and time-consuming mistakes during design and construction phases
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Architectural and Engineering FirmscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerESTIME works collaboratively with architectural and engineering firms to create solutions that support and enhance facility design while satisfying end user functional requirements. This is a core part of their service delivery model for every project.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• HOK: Major global architecture firm with dedicated healthcare and science + technology practices. Offers integrated planning, architecture, and engineering for hospitals and research facilities, directly competing with Estime's niche.
• HDR: Global architecture and engineering firm with substantial healthcare and science facility planning practices. Competes with Estime for lab and medical facility planning engagements at universities, hospitals, and biotech clients.
• EwingCole: Architecture, engineering, and planning firm with deep healthcare and science experience. Provides facility programming and planning for hospitals, medical research buildings, and laboratories.
• SmithGroup: Architecture and engineering firm with strong science & technology and health practices. Provides integrated planning and design for research laboratories and healthcare facilities, comparable to Estime's dual service lines.
• CO Architects: Architecture firm focused on healthcare, science, and higher education. Offers master planning and programming for academic medical centers and research facilities, directly comparable to Estime's service scope.
• CannonDesign: Integrated design firm with significant healthcare and science practices. Delivers facility planning, programming, and design services for hospitals, health systems, and research institutions.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with healthcare and science practice areas. Provides planning and design services for hospitals, medical centers, and laboratory facilities, directly overlapping with Estime's offerings.
• Payette: Architecture and planning firm specializing in science, healthcare, and academic buildings. Provides programming and planning services for research labs and medical facilities, comparable in scale and niche focus to Estime.

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm with healthcare and science facility planning practices. Competes broadly in the same markets but operates at much larger scale than Estime.
• Jacobs: Global professional services firm with significant healthcare and life sciences facility planning capabilities. Provides planning services at scale, often bundled with broader engineering and program management offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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