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The Top 500 Design Firms

2009
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For large architectural and engineering firms, 2008 was the last hurrah for the boom market and the beginning of recession. ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms generated design revenue of $90.58 billion in 2008, up 12.36% from 2007’s mark of $80.62 billion. But many of the Top 500 began to feel the recession’s chill early. Of the 474 firms on this year’s list that returned a survey last year, only 304 showed revenue gains over 2007, while 166 saw their revenue decline, with four firms unchanged. This compares with last year when there were 382 gainers and 77 firms with lower revenue.

The Top 500 Design Firms list, published annually in April, ranks the 500 largest U.S.-based designs firms, both publicly and privately held, based on design-specific revenue.

The table below shows only rankings and firm name. For complete data from the Top 500 Design Frims list see the following links.

The Top 500 Design firms
RANK FIRM NAME & LOCATION TYPE OF
FIRM
2009 2008
1 2 Jacobs, Pasadena, Calif. EAC
2 3 AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles, Calif.† EA
3 1 URS Corp., San Francisco, Calif.† EAC
4 4 Fluor Corp., Irving, Texas† EC
5 5 CH2M HILL, Englewood, Colo.† EAC
6 6 The Shaw Group Inc., Baton Rouge, La.† EC
7 7 Bechtel, San Francisco, Calif.† EC
8 8 Tetra Tech Inc., Pasadena, Calif.† E
9 10 KBR, Houston, Texas† EC
10 12 AMEC, Tucker, Ga.† EC
11 13 Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., New York, N.Y.† EAC
12 9 Parsons, Pasadena, Calif.† EC
13 16 HDR, Omaha, Neb.† EA
14 11 Foster Wheeler Ltd., Clinton, N.J.† EC
15 15 Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kan. EC
16 14 MWH Global, Broomfield, Colo.† EC
17 21 Mustang Engineering, Houston, Texas EC
18 18 Louis Berger Group, Morristown, N.J.† EAP
19 22 HNTB Cos., Kansas City, Mo. EA
20 23 Arcadis U.S. Inc., Highlands Ranch, Colo.† E
21 26 Gensler, San Francisco, Calif. A
22 25 HOK, St. Louis, Mo.† AE
23 27 CDM, Cambridge, Mass.† EC
24 24 CDI Engineering Solutions, Philadelphia, Pa.† EC
25 20 WorleyParsons Corp., Houston, Texas EC
26 30 S&B Holdings Ltd. and Affiliates, Houston, Texas† EC
27 48 McDermott International Inc., Houston, Texas† EC
28 37 Stantec Inc., Irvine, Calif.† EAL
29 32 Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, Mo. EAC
30 29 The PBSJ Corp., Tampa, Fla.† EA
31 38 ENGlobal Corp., Houston, Texas† EC
32 33 MACTEC Inc., Alpharetta, Ga.† EAC
33 35 Sargent & Lundy LLC, Chicago, Ill.† EA
34 34 Fugro (USA) Inc., Houston, Texas† E
35 46 TRC Cos. Inc., Lowell, Mass.† EG
36 31 Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc., Raleigh, N.C. E
37 60 UniversalPegasus, Houston, Texas† E
38 28 Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Exton, Pa.† ENV
39 36 HKS Inc., Dallas, Texas† AE
40 42 Perkins+Will, Chicago, Ill.† A
41 40 Michael Baker Corp., Moon Township, Pa.† EA
42 39 Malcolm Pirnie Inc., White Plains, N.Y. E
43 43 Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP, New York, N.Y. AE
44 72 Zachry Group, San Antonio, Texas† EC
45 44 Dewberry, Fairfax, Va.† EA
46 41 Terracon Consultants Inc., Olathe, Kan.† E
47 45 The Kleinfelder Group Inc., San Diego, Calif.† E
48 56 Bureau Veritas, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.† E
49 50 STV Group Inc., New York, N.Y.† EA
50 49 Brown and Caldwell, Walnut Creek, Calif.† E
51 59 Hatch Mott MacDonald, Millburn, N.J.† E
52 51 RTKL Associates Inc., Baltimore, Md.† AE
53 52 Conestoga-Rovers & Associates, Niagara Falls, N.Y.† ENV
54 54 Burns and Roe Group Inc., Oradell, N.J.† E
55 57 Stanley Consultants Inc., Muscatine, Iowa E
56 55 Gannett Fleming, Harrisburg, Pa.† EA
57 58 ENVIRON Holdings Inc., Arlington, Va.† ENV
58 ** AkerSolutions, Houston, Texas† EC
59 53 Professional Service Industries (PSI), Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. E
60 61 TranSystems Corp., Kansas City, Mo. EA
61 64 WSP USA, New York, N.Y.† E
62 116 Willbros Group Inc., Houston, Texas† EC
63 65 RMJM, New York, N.Y. A
64 63 ATC Associates Inc., Woburn, Mass.† E
65 62 Weston Solutions Inc., West Chester, Pa.† ENV
66 66 NBBJ, Seattle, Wash.† A
67 69 Leo A Daly, Omaha, Neb.† AE
68 76 Callison, Seattle, Wash. A
69 71 Wilbur Smith Associates, Columbia, S.C. E
70 79 POWER Engineers Inc., Hailey, Idaho† EA
71 19 CB&I, The Woodlands, Texas† EC
72 67 David Evans and Associates Inc., Portland, Ore. EA
73 68 Carollo Engineers PC, Phoenix, Ariz. E
74 111 Burt Hill, Washington, D.C. AE
75 77 SmithGroup Inc., Detroit, Mich.† AE
76 75 Golder Associates Inc., Atlanta, Ga.† EC
77 82 T.Y. Lin International, San Francisco, Calif.† EA
78 86 Greenman-Pedersen Inc., Babylon, N.Y.† E
79 70 RBF Consulting, Irvine, Calif. EPL
80 89 Perkins Eastman, New York, N.Y.† A
81 78 Reynolds Smith and Hills Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.† EA
82 94 Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP, Portland, Ore. AP
83 100 CHA, Albany, N.Y.† E
84 84 Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., Watertown, Mass. E
85 83 Gresham, Smith and Partners, Nashville, Tenn. AE
86 90 Hazen and Sawyer PC, New York, N.Y. E
87 101 GeoSyntec Consultants, Atlanta, Ga.† ENV
88 80 KCI Technologies Inc., Sparks, Md.† E
89 96 Cannon Design, Grand Island, N.Y.† AE
90 138 Halcrow Inc., New York, N.Y.† E
91 95 Day & Zimmermann, Philadelphia, Pa.† EC
92 ** Kiewit Corp., Omaha, Neb.† EC
93 93 Ghafari Associates LLC, Dearborn, Mich.† AE
94 88 Woolpert Inc., Dayton, Ohio† EAP
95 122 SCS Engineers, Long Beach, Calif. ENV
96 85 Langan Eng’g and Environmental Services, Elmwood Park, N.J. E
97 81 CMX, Manalapan, N.J. E
98 113 Thornton Tomasetti Inc., New York, N.Y.† EA
99 103 Corrpro Cos. Inc., Medina, Ohio† EC
100 87 Enercon Services Inc., Tulsa, Okla. E

 

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