Operating Company Business Services

SAM Companies

Austin, Texas, United States

Transforms petabytes of complex spatial data into intelligent insights through its Managed Geospatial Services™ (MGS™) framework, providing managed geospatial services and related inspection/inspection-adjacent solutions for infrastructure clients across North America.

Focus Areas
Managed geospatial services, Geospatial data services, Infrastructure inspection
Website
www.sam.biz

Tracked deals

24

24 tracked deals across 2016-2026.

Recent pace

4

4 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

15 buyout · 9 addon

SAM Companies Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 6 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 6 years for SAM Companies. 4 2021 2 2022 6 2023 5 2024 2 2025 ~5 est. 4 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

Showing the 12 most recent of 24 tracked deals for SAM Companies.

  • Buyer
    SAM
    Target
    Wilson & Associates, P.C.
    Seller
    Joey C. Wilson II
    Industry
    Infrastructure
    Type
    Buyout

    SAM, a provider of geospatial and inspection services for critical infrastructure markets, announced it acquired Wilson & Associates, a geomatics and utility engineering firm based in Franklin, Tennessee. The acquisition expands SAM’s surveying, geospatial, and utility engineering capabilities and strengthens its presence across Tennessee and the broader Southeast.

  • Buyer
    Surveying And Mapping, LLC (SAM)
    Target
    Donaldson, Garrett & Associates, Inc. (DG&A)
    Industry
    IT Services
    Type
    Buyout

    Surveying And Mapping, LLC (SAM) has acquired Donaldson, Garrett & Associates, Inc. (DG&A), a Georgia-based land surveying firm serving commercial, utilities, and local government clients. The deal is intended to expand SAM’s surveying capacity and labor resources in Georgia (and also North Carolina) and strengthen its position in the utilities market; financial terms were not disclosed.

  • Buyer
    SAM Companies
    Target
    Inland Geodetics
    Seller
    Frank Rivera (Owner and President of Inland Geodetics)
    Industry
    IT Services
    Type
    Addon

    SAM Companies has acquired Inland Geodetics, a Central Texas land surveying firm serving water utility, transportation, and local government clients. The acquisition expands SAM’s footprint in Central Texas and enhances its ability to support complex infrastructure programs across water, transportation, and public-sector markets.

  • Buyer
    SAM Companies
    Target
    Hyatt Survey Services, Inc.
    Type
    Addon

    SAM Companies has acquired Hyatt Survey Services, Inc., a Florida-based land surveying, mapping, and hydrographic firm with ~30 professionals. The deal expands SAM's presence and capabilities in Florida, adding surveying, aerial mapping/LiDAR and hydrographic services to better serve utilities, transportation and infrastructure clients across the Southeast.

  • Buyer
    SAM Companies
    Target
    Doucet Survey
    Type
    Addon

    SAM Companies, a leading North American provider of geospatial and inspection solutions, has acquired Doucet Survey, a New England-based land surveying and geomatics firm. The acquisition expands SAM's presence in the Northeast U.S. and brings advanced capabilities in high-definition laser scanning and UAV/geomatics to SAM's service offering.

  • Buyer
    SAM
    Target
    S. Nelson & Associates, Inc.
    Type
    Buyout

    SAM, a managed geospatial services provider based in Austin, Texas, has acquired S. Nelson & Associates, Inc., a Dallas, Georgia-based data-collection and surveying firm focused on electric transmission and distribution line engineering surveys. The acquisition expands SAM's footprint in the southeastern United States and enhances its geomatics, spatial data management, and infrastructure-mapping capabilities for utility clients.

  • Buyer
    SAM
    Target
    Xtensible Solutions
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Type
    Addon

    SAM, the North American Managed Geospatial Services provider, has acquired Xtensible Solutions, a semantic-based integration and information data management specialist for the utility industry. The deal expands SAM's consulting and technology capabilities—bringing Xtensible's Affirma semantic modeling and metadata management solution into SAM's managed geospatial services portfolio to accelerate analytics, integration, and data-driven decision-making for utility and infrastructure clients.

  • Buyer
    SAM
    Target
    Construction Survey Technologies, Inc. (CSTi)
    Type
    Buyout

    SAM, a provider of spatial data and managed geospatial services, has acquired Construction Survey Technologies, Inc. (CSTi), a geospatial services and facilities/asset management firm based in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The acquisition strengthens SAM's capabilities in geomatics, data visualization, subsurface mapping, and expands its presence in the Southwestern U.S.

  • August 15, 2024
    Buyer
    SAM
    Target
    Theorem Geo
    Type
    Buyout

    SAM, a provider of spatial data and Managed Geospatial Services, has acquired Theorem Geo, a Charlotte-based utility-focused GIS consulting and engineering support firm. The acquisition strengthens SAM's Managed Geospatial Services offerings and adds Theorem Geo's geospatial technology (including CartoVid) and utility-focused professional services to SAM's portfolio.

  • Buyer
    SAM
    Target
    GdB Geospatial
    Type
    Buyout

    SAM, a national provider of Managed Geospatial and Inspection services based in Austin, Texas, has merged GdB Geospatial into its SAM-NY Geospatial subsidiary, making the merged entity a 100% owned subsidiary of SAM. The transaction expands SAM's capabilities and footprint in geomatics, GIS, and spatial data management across utility, transportation, and public works markets.

  • Buyer
    SAM
    Target
    PrecisionPoint, Inc.
    Type
    Buyout

    SAM, a leading provider of geospatial and inspection services, has acquired PrecisionPoint, Inc., a 3D laser scanning and scan-to-BIM firm based in the Indianapolis metropolitan area. The acquisition bolsters SAM’s Managed Geospatial Services capabilities and regional resources to better serve A/E/C, utilities, transportation and broader infrastructure markets.

  • Buyer
    SAM Companies
    Target
    Wellston Associates Land Surveyors, LLC
    Type
    Addon

    SAM Companies, a leading provider of geospatial and inspection solutions headquartered in Austin, Texas, has acquired Wellston Associates Land Surveyors, a full-service geomatics firm based in Warner Robins, Georgia. The acquisition expands SAM's capabilities in boundary, topographic, stakeout and digital mapping services and strengthens its presence in Georgia and the broader Southeastern United States.

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