The Larkin Legacy

In 1946, a young engineer named Kenny Larkin founded the engineering firm that would become Larkin Group, Inc. with a vision and a commitment to excellence that is still going strong.

Today, the professionals who make up Larkin Group, Inc. are guided by an enduring commitment to outstanding service and a basic approach to their business that emphasizes dependable people providing reliable solutions.

Larkin Through the Years

• 1946 Kenny Larkin founds firm in Kansas City.
• 1947 First Engineer, Bob Van Wye is hired.
• 1955 Larkin converts sole proprietorship to partnership.
• 1973 Firm moved to offices at 9233 Ward Parkway.
• 1983 Larkin incorporates.
• Larkin designs first wholesale water district in Kansas.
• 1984 Larkin successfully completes the first reverse-osmosis
  water treatment plant in the Midwest.
• 1986 Larkin successfully completes one of the first sequencing
  batch reactors (SBR) in the Midwest.
• 1989 Larkin's Kansas City office reaches 65 employees strong.
• 1992 M. Clark Thompson elected President.
• 1993 Springfield, Missouri office opened.
• 1996 Larkin enters Albuquerque, New Mexico market.
  Total staff exceeds 100 for the first time.
• 1997 Larkin adopts strategic plan that forecasts revenue
  of $20 million in 2005.
• 1998 Revenues exceed $10 million for first time.
• 2000 Larkin adopts new corporate name and identity.
• 2002 Larkin's Kansas City office moves to new location.