Zweig Group - Business Operations Benchmarking Survey

Firm Background

Zweig Group is conducting a survey that focuses on business operations within architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firms.

The survey is broken down in to 5 parts
1. Firm Background (6 questions)
2. Human Resources (2 questions)
3. Information Technology (2 questions)
4. Marketing (2 questions)
5. Finance (4 questions)

If you have any questions or encounter difficulties during the survey, please contact our research department at research@zweiggroup.com.

This is a confidential survey. While the results will be published in summary form, no one will be able to identify your firm as a participant.

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* 1. To maintain the precision and relevance of the data we collect, we may reach out to you in the future with additional inquiries. Kindly provide your email below:

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* 2. How many employees does your firm have?

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* 3. How many offices does your firm have?

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* 4. How would you describe your firm's discipline?

Architecture or Interiors

A/E (primarily architecture)

Single-discipline engineering

Multi-discipline engineering

Full service engineering

Design/build

Environmental consulting

Other

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* 5. Which of the following best describes your firm’s growth or decline in revenue and staff over the past three years?

Fast growth (average annual growth of 20% or more)

Slow growth (average annual growth of 1% - 19%)

Stable (unchanged for three years)

Slow decline (average annual decline of 1% - 9%)

Fast decline (average annual decline of 10% or more)

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* 6. Which of the following best describes your firm’s profitability over the past three years?

Very high profit (average annual profit of 20.0% or more)

High profit (average annual profit between 15.0% and 19.9%)

Average profit (average annual profit between 10.0% and 14.9%)

Low profit/loss (average annual profit of 9.9% or less)

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* 7. For the last complete fiscal year, what was your firm's:

Net Service Revenue

Gross Revenue

Labor Costs (summation of direct and indirect labor costs)

Total Costs (summation of all labor costs, payroll expenses, and general/administrative
overhead.)