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Top 25 Community development design firms based in San Francisco, United States

Name: Community development design firms based in San Francisco, United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 165 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 165 community development design firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026 and tracks 11,752 professional contacts across them, including 6,484 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers community development design firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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11,752Contacts tracked

6,484Verified emails

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The 25 largest community development design firms based in San Francisco, United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 165 community development design firms based in San Francisco, United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to community development design firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Gensler	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	7,900 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 57 locations across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Environmental Science Associates	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	732 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “ESA is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Hart Howerton	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	294 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are a team of planners, architects, landscape architects and interior designers headquartered in New York and San Francisco with a network of domestic and international offices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	BAR Architects & Interiors	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	192 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Memorable.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Wrns Studio	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	160 contacts →
	Partial evidence “WRNS Studio works with today’s most transformative organizations to steward their brands with exceptional architecture, planning, and interior design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Architecture For Humanity	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	106 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We believe everyone deserves access to the benefits of good design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	David Baker Architects	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	72 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Formed in 1982, DBA is a progressive architecture firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area and Birmingham, Ala.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	MWA Architects, INC	Strong evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	69 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Since the firm’s founding in San Francisco in 1988, MWA Architects has gained a national reputation for integrating urban design and community participation into housing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	ideo.org	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Partial evidence “IDEO.org is a nonprofit design studio on a mission to design a more just and inclusive world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	DSK Architects	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	56 contacts →
	Partial evidence “dsk architects is a full service design firm based in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	Mark Cavagnero Associates	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mark Cavagnero Associates (Cavagnero) is a San Francisco-based architecture firm with a diverse, award-winning portfolio of public, non-profit, and private sector projects.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	VAN Meter Williams Pollack Vmwp	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	49 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Van Meter Williams Pollack is an award-winning Architecture and Urban Design firm based in San Francisco, Denver, and Minneapolis.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Sutro Architects	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are always looking for good talent!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “LEDDY MAYTUM STACY Architects (LMSA), located in San Francisco, is the 2017 National AIA Architecture Firm Award recipient and devoted to the creation of innovative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	CMG Landscape Architecture	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CMG is a mission-oriented studio working to increase social and ecological wellbeing through artful design.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16	William Duff Architects, INC	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “WDA is passionate about serving clients through the creation of innovative, sustainable architecture delivered through exceptional project management.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Field Paoli Architects	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are the physical choreographers behind serendipitous encounters, family outings and date nights in communities around America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Fong & Chan Architects	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “FCA provides a full range of professional services in architecture, interior design, and planning.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Quezada Architecture	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Quezada Architecture is a heart-driven design firm that delivers innovative design solutions and a boutique experience for our clients across a wide range of sectors and project…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	FMG Company	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “FMG + COMPANY is an award-winning firm focusing on delivering high-value sustainable architecture design, program & project management services to transit, aviation and civic…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Sitelab Urban Studio	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SITELAB urban studio is a San Francisco-based strategic design firm focused on using research & visualization to create great places, through big plans and small interventions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Gelfand Partners Architects	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Gelfand Partners Architects has a diverse perspective and a humane approach to architecture.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Civic Edge Consulting	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	23 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2003, Civic Edge is a WBE/SBE/LBE/DBE-certified firm providing award-winning strategic communications, authentic community engagement, and responsive public relations…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	GLS Landscape Architecture	Indirect evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GLS is a San Francisco-based firm with landscape architects and architects under one roof.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	DC Design	Partial evidence	San Francisco, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	22 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DC Design is a social impact consulting firm focused on addressing systemic inequities in Education, Healthcare, Housing, Criminal Justice, Housing, Employment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: community development design firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names community development design firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of community development design firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name community development design firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Community development design firms based in San Francisco, United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

55.2%Verified-email coverage

71.2Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

279.4%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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501-1,000

5,001-10,000

Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United States list rather than for San Francisco, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for San Francisco, over 165 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among community development design firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in San Francisco, United States whose own description of what they do matches “community development design firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names community development design firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among community development design firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside San Francisco are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 6,484 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Community development design firms by metro in the United States

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names community development design firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many community development design firms are there based in San Francisco, United States?

RevenueBase identified 165 community development design firms headquartered in San Francisco, United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Gensler, headquartered in San Francisco, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most community development design firms?

New York leads with 461 headquartered companies, followed by Seattle (201) and Chicago (190).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 6,484 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 165 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.