Arcadis, a leading global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm, has launched and acquired a large portfolio of brands since its origins in 1739.In 2019, it became clear that the firm needed a better understanding of how these brands fit together and the relationships between them.The Team created a typology of all the Arcadis brands. We then analysed them according to various attributes, from legal incorporation to positioning.This informed the creation of a decision tree for categorising existing and new brands. By working through the tree, it is possible for internal stakeholders to objectively see where any Arcadis brand fits in the architecture: categories included fixture-brand, feature-brand, sub-brand and arms-length brand.
