What dekker/perich/sabatini does

Dekker Perich Sabatini is a private, 100% employee-owned architecture and design firm founded in 1959. It serves public and private institutions, healthcare systems, developers, and other organizations in K-12 and higher education, healthcare, federal government, multifamily, office and workplace, and public safety and civic markets across the Southwest United States. It operates from offices in Albuquerque, Phoenix, and El Paso.

Its core services include architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, structural engineering, sustainability, and design-build management. The firm's disclosed technical differentiation is methodological rather than software-based: proprietary Dekker Sustainable Design Standards, evidence-based design for medical education, and biophilic design frameworks support project work, while LEED certification is pursued where appropriate. Dekker is a professional design consultancy rather than a software product company.

Revenue is generated through project-based professional-services engagements quoted according to the scope and complexity of each project. The sales-led go-to-market model uses direct client engagement, competitive bids, design competitions, repeat-client relationships, and partnerships with developers, institutions, contractors, and other design or engineering firms. Standard pricing tiers, backlog, and public revenue figures are not disclosed.

Name

dekker/perich/sabatini

Legal name

Dekker Perich Sabatini

Website

https://dpsdesign.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Dekker Perich Sabatini is an employee-owned architecture and design firm serving education, healthcare, government, multifamily, workplace, and civic clients through integrated planning, engineering, interior, landscape, and sustainable design services in the Southwest United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Design Services

NAICS

Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regional & Land Use Planning (BPAHAKAE), Community Engagement & Participatory Planning (BPAHAKAO)

Keywords

• Architecture design services
• Interior design services
• Landscape architecture
• Structural engineering services
• Sustainable building design

Headquarters

HQ city

Albuquerque

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Design Services: Professional services revenue generated through project-based engagements for architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, sustainability consulting, and structural engineering. Projects are typically long-cycle engagements with government, educational institutions, healthcare systems, and commercial developers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Dekker Perich Sabatini is a full-service, multidisciplinary architecture and design firm delivering integrated architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, planning, structural engineering, and sustainability services across sectors. The firm engages institutional and commercial clients on long-cycle, project-based engagements spanning new construction, renovation, and campus/urban planning. Service delivery is organized into studio practices focused on K-12 Education, Higher Education, Healthcare, Federal Government, Multifamily Communities, Office + Workplace, and Public Safety + Civic projects.

Product overview

Dekker Perich Sabatini (DPS) is a full-service, multidisciplinary architecture and design firm offering Architecture Services, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Planning, and Structural Engineering as its core service offerings. The firm operates across multiple studio practices including Healthcare, Higher Education, K-12 Education, Federal Government, Multifamily Communities, Office + Workplace, and Public Safety + Civic. Sustainability Design is integrated as a core capability across all projects, with the firm holding itself to sustainable design standards and pursuing LEED certification where appropriate. The firm functions as a design consultancy delivering professional services rather than a software product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architecture Services
• Interior Design
• Landscape Architecture
• Planning
• Structural Engineering
• Sustainability Design

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 92% of medical education projects utilize experiential learning design approach
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Loven ContractingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDesign-build partnership with Loven Contracting on the Somerton Clinic project for Sunset Health. Long history of collaborating on healthcare projects across Arizona.
• H+K Architects of RenominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerServed as design consultants to H+K Architects on the UNR Davidson Math & Science Building project in Reno, Nevada.
• Diana Lamb (Presbyterian)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProject manager at Presbyterian Healthcare Services for Rachel's Courtyard renovation project.
• Santa Fe Railyard Community Corporation (SFRCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperative partnership on Railyard Flats multifamily project in Santa Fe Railyard District, with adjoining neighborhoods, City of Santa Fe, and state of New Mexico.
• R. Davis CompaniescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partnership on FatPipe ABQ incubator cowork space project in Old Albuquerque High School Library.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HKS Architects: HKS is a national architecture firm with deep healthcare and education portfolios. Both firms compete for the same hospital systems, medical schools, and university clients, with similar multidisciplinary service models focused on evidence-based design.
• Perkins&Will: Perkins&Will operates a global architecture practice with strong healthcare, higher education, and science/research segments. It competes head-to-head with DPS for institutional campus work and shares a sustainability-led design philosophy.
• SmithGroup: SmithGroup combines architecture with engineering, planning, and landscape architecture. It targets the same healthcare, higher education, and science markets with an integrated multidisciplinary model comparable to Dekker's full-service platform.
• DLR Group: DLR Group is an integrated design firm serving K-12, higher education, healthcare, and civic markets with architecture plus engineering. Its practice depth and project scale closely mirror DPS's Southwest focus while operating more broadly nationally.
• CannonDesign: CannonDesign is a national architecture and engineering firm with significant healthcare and education practices, known for research-driven, evidence-based design. It is a direct competitor on hospital, medical education, and university campuses.
• EwingCole: EwingCole specializes in healthcare, science, and higher-education architecture with an integrated engineering practice. It competes directly with DPS on medical campuses and research facilities, particularly with evidence-based design claims.
• HGA Architects and Engineers: HGA is a national design firm focused on healthcare, higher education, and science markets with integrated engineering. Its practice mix, evidence-based design methodology, and project types are highly comparable to DPS's specialty.

Broad incumbents

• Page (formerly PageSoutherlandPage): Page is a multi-sector architecture and engineering firm with healthcare, higher education, and civic practices competing in Texas and the Southwest. It is broader in scope and geographic reach but overlaps on DPS's healthcare and education pursuits.
• HDR Architects: HDR is a global architecture/engineering/consulting firm with deep healthcare and education practices. It competes for the same institutional owners and campus projects as DPS, but operates at meaningfully larger scale across many more geographies.
• Stantec Architecture: Stantec is a global design and engineering consultancy with strong buildings practice covering healthcare, education, and community development. As a much larger incumbent, it competes for the same institutional clients but with broader service breadth and capital base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/dekkerdesign
• Instagraminstagram.com/dekker_design
• Xx.com/dpsdesigns
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dekker-perich-sabatini

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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