phil jones associates

What phil jones associates does

Phil Jones Associates (PJA) is a UK-headquartered, multi-disciplinary consultancy specialising in transport planning, engineering, environment, and placemaking. Founded by Phil Jones, who brings over 40 years of industry experience, the firm is headquartered in Birmingham and operates from 10 UK offices plus two Australian offices (Melbourne and Perth), with Tanya Moran serving as Managing Director of the Australian business. PJA is privately held, with no parent company and no external institutional investment, and is led alongside founder Phil Jones (Chairman) by Joint Managing Directors Nigel Millington and Mark Nettleton.

PJA's core offering combines transport planning, civil and traffic engineering, environmental consulting, and placemaking design into integrated project delivery for private developers, public-sector bodies, and infrastructure owners. Its products include the PJA Academy training programme, the Streets for a Healthy Life guidance publication, and a Stopping Sight Distance Calculator. The firm earns revenue primarily through project-based consulting fees across these four disciplines, with a roster of named clients including Bloor Homes, Persimmon Homes, St Modwen, Lendlease, Birmingham City Council, Transport for London, the West Midlands Combined Authority, Homes England, Sustrans, Lidl, and the NEC. Recent strategic moves include the 2025 acquisition of Key Transport Consultants Ltd. (KTC), the establishment of Australian operations, and the launch of its academy training arm, signalling a multi-pronged growth strategy.

Name

phil jones associates

Legal name

Phil Jones Associates Limited

Website

https://philjonesassociates.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Phil Jones Associates is a UK-based multi-disciplinary consultancy providing integrated transport planning, engineering, environment, and placemaking services to private developers and public-sector clients across the UK and Australia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transport Planning and Engineering Consultancy

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Program & Project Management (PMO) Consulting (BPAHACAL)

Keywords

• Transport planning consultancy
• Civil engineering services
• Environmental consultancy
• Placemaking services
• Active travel design

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: PJA generates revenue through providing professional consultancy services across transport planning, engineering, environment, and placemaking disciplines. Services are delivered to both private developers and public sector clients on a project-by-project basis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Phil Jones Associates (PJA) is a multi-disciplinary consultancy providing transport planning, civil engineering, environmental, and placemaking services for land development. The firm supports private sector developers and public sector clients (local councils, combined authorities, national agencies) with planning applications, highways design, active travel schemes, transport assessments, expert witness work, and masterplanning across the UK and Australia.

Product overview

Phil Jones Associates (PJA) is a multi-disciplinary consultancy offering integrated services across four core areas: Transport Planning, Engineering, Environment, and Placemaking. The company provides a comprehensive portfolio including transport strategy, civil engineering, environmental assessment, and urban design services. PJA also operates the PJA Academy for professional training and has published technical guidance including 'Streets for a Healthy Life'. Services span feasibility studies, transport assessments, highway design, expert witness testimony, and GIS/visualisation capabilities. The firm operates from multiple UK offices and international locations in Australia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transport Planning Comprehensive transport planning services covering transport strategy, transport modelling, active travel planning, transport assessments and statements, travel plans, feasibility studies, and expert witness services for development planning clients.
• Engineering Civil engineering services covering land development, masterplan engineering, ground engineering, contaminated land remediation, highways design, and development infrastructure.
• Environment Environmental consultancy services including nature/biodiversity assessment and water resources and flood risk management.
• Placemaking Urban design and placemaking services including movement and place frameworks, streetscape design, public realm enhancement, landscape architecture, sustainability, policy guidance, design review, and graphic design.
• PJA Academy Training Professional training courses including 'Streets for a Healthy Life', LCWIP development, and active travel infrastructure design courses delivered online and in-person for transport and planning professionals.
• Expert Witness Services Professional expert witness services for planning inquiries, appeals, and legal proceedings related to transport and highways matters.
• Transport Modelling Transport modelling services including microsimulation traffic modelling and strategic highway network analysis to support planning and infrastructure decisions.
• Informatics Data analysis, GIS mapping, and visualisation services to support transport planning and decision-making.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over £1 million in government funding secured for Ebbsfleet International cycle hub
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Design for HomescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPJA partnered with Design for Homes to prepare Streets for a Healthy Life, a technical companion guide to Building for a Healthy Life, on behalf of Homes England. This guide provides practical examples of UK streets meeting healthy streets principles.
• Homes EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomes England commissioned PJA and Design for Homes to develop Streets for a Healthy Life technical companion guide, supporting the creation of well-designed residential streets within new neighbourhoods.
• Wheels for WellbeingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharity delivering inclusive cycling training to PJA staff, exploring barriers disabled cyclists face and how transport professionals can help remove them through inclusive design.
• Allies and Morrison LLPminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitecture and masterplanning practice listed as a trusted partner, working collaboratively on integrated development projects.
• Steer Davies and Gleave LimitedminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransport consultancy listed as a trusted partner, facilitating collaboration on major infrastructure projects.
• Stantec (previously Barton Willmore)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlanning and design consultancy listed as a trusted partner for integrated development projects.
• WSP UK LimitedminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering consultancy listed as a trusted partner for multidisciplinary project collaboration.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights10 records

Broad incumbents

• AtkinsRéalis: Major UK and global engineering consultancy (formerly Atkins) with sizeable transport planning, environment, and placemaking capability. Routinely competes with PJA on UK local-authority and developer-led transport and regeneration commissions.
• Arup: Global engineering consultancy with deep UK transport planning, placemaking, and urban-design expertise. Competes for public-sector transport strategy and major regeneration schemes where PJA also bids.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consultancy with very large UK transport planning, environmental, and placemaking capabilities. Frequently bundles transport planning with highways and environment work, placing it both in direct competition with PJA and as a credible consolidator of smaller practices.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management, and development consultancy with a strong UK transport planning practice serving combined authorities, local councils, and major developers — direct competitive overlap with PJA on multi-disciplinary UK commissions.
• Stantec: International design and engineering firm whose UK planning practice grew via the Barton Willmore acquisition. Competes with PJA on residential and mixed-use land development, masterplanning, and transport planning, and is also a listed PJA partner.
• WSP: Global engineering consultancy with a large UK transport planning, highways, and placemaking practice that competes for the same multi-disciplinary developer and local-authority commissions. Listed as a PJA 'trusted partner', confirming direct competitive overlap at marquee UK projects.

Direct peers

• Steer Group (formerly Steer Davies & Gleave): UK-headquartered transport planning and engineering consultancy with comparable multimodal, development-planning, and infrastructure-design services. PJA itself lists Steer as a 'trusted partner', confirming overlapping client rosters and bid competition.
• Pell Frischmann: Independent UK-headquartered engineering consultancy covering transport planning, highways, environment, and development infrastructure. Similar size, multi-office presence, and private-company profile make it one of PJA's closest mid-market comparables.
• Curtins: Mid-sized UK structural and civil engineering consultancy with a sizeable transport planning and infrastructure design practice serving housebuilders, local authorities, and developers — a similar client mix, scale, and multi-office UK footprint to PJA.

Regional players

• Aurecon: Large Australasian engineering and infrastructure advisory with deep transport planning credentials across ANZ. Highly relevant as PJA scales its Melbourne and Perth offices and competes for Australian state government and developer transport commissions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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