Accurate Surveying grows from zero to staff of 5

Chad Wehbe spent more than a decade working for someone else as a professional land surveyor. That didn't last too long. Until 2008 in fact. That's when he started his own company Accurate Surveying. "I liked the challenge and I decided to take the risk," Wehbe says. "There is more opportunity. I don't like to be in a box." The Livonia-based business now employs five people after hiring a new employee to handle marketing recently. The company is growing at a fast clip, notching 20 percent revenue growth over the last year. Wehbe expects to hit another 15 percent revenue growth over the next 12 months. "We started from nothing," Wehbe says. "Every year we have grown. The more you give the more you get." The 20-year veteran of land surveying expects his business to grow for the foreseeable future. Largely because of its performance and as it rides along with the expanding economy. "I can feel the market coming back now," Wehbe says. Source: Chad Wehbe, president of Accurate Surveying Writer: Jon Zemke Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.