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The Top 150 Global Design Firms

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The Top 150 Global Design Firms list, published annually in July, ranks the 150 largest world designs firms, both publicly and privately held, based on total design-specific revenue regardless of where the projects were located.

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

The Top 150 Global Design Firms (Based on Total Firm Design Revenue)
RANK FIRM NAME & LOCATION TYPE OF
FIRM
2009 2008
1 2 Jacobs, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A. EAC
2 4 AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A.† EA
3 1 URS Corp., San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.† EAC
4 5 Fluor Corp., Irving, Texas, U.S.A.† EC
5 7 WorleyParsons, North Sydney, NSW, Australia† EC
6 6 CH2M Hill, Englewood, Colo., U.S.A.† EAC
7 11 AMEC plc, London, U.K.† E
8 9 Fugro NV, Leidschendam, The Netherlands† E
9 10 The Shaw Group Inc., Baton Rouge, La., U.S.A.† EC
10 3 SNC-Lavalin International Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada† EC
11 8 WS Atkins PLC, Epsom, Surrey, U.K.† EA
12 13 ARCADIS NV, Arnhem, The Netherlands† E
13 12 Bechtel, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.† EC
14 14 Tetra Tech Inc., Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.† E
15 16 KBR, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.† EC
16 17 Mott MacDonald Group Ltd., Croydon, Surrey, U.K.† E
17 20 Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., New York, N.Y., U.S.A.† EAC
18 21 ARUP Group Ltd., London, U.K.† E
19 25 Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair & Partners), Cairo, Egypt EA
20 22 WSP Group plc, London, U.K.† E
21 24 Hatch Group, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada† E
22 15 Parsons, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.† EC
23 19 Saipem, San Donato Milanese, Italy† EC
24 28 HDR, Omaha, Neb., U.S.A.† EA
25 18 Foster Wheeler AG, Clinton, N.J., U.S.A.† EC
26 ** Grontmij NV, De Bilt, The Netherlands† E
27 29 Poyry, Vantaa, Finland† E
28 35 Stantec Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada† EALP
29 27 Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kan., U.S.A. EC
30 31 Ramboll Gruppen A/S, Virum, Denmark† E
31 34 China Communications Construction Group (Ltd.), Beijing, China† EC
32 23 Tecnicas Reunidas, Madrid, Spain† EC
33 26 MWH Global, Broomfield, Colo., U.S.A.† EC
34 41 Mustang Engineering, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.† EC
35 33 Louis Berger Group, Morristown, N.J., U.S.A.† EAP
36 58 Sinclair Knight Merz, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia† E
37 36 Golder Associates Corp., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada† E
38 ** Hydrochina Corp., Beijing, China† EC
39 44 HOCHTIEF AG, Essen, Germany† EC
40 40 Halcrow Group Ltd., London, U.K.† E
41 42 HNTB Cos., Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A.† EA
42 48 GHD Pty Ltd., Sydney, NSW, Australia E
43 65 China Chengda Engineering Co. Ltd., Chengdu, Sichuan, China† E
44 54 China Metallurgical Group Corp., Beijing, China† EA
45 47 Gensler, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A. A
46 46 HOK, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.† AE
47 59 Sinopec Engineering Inc., Beijing, China EC
48 49 China Power Engineering Consltg. Group Co., Beijing, China† EC
49 45 Egis, Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France† EC
50 62 China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd., Beijing, China† EC
51 51 CDM, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.† EC
52 ** Aurecon, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia E
53 43 CDI Engineering Solutions, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.† EC
54 60 S&B Holdings Ltd. and Affiliates, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.† EC
55 56 DHV Group, Amersfoort, The Netherlands† E
56 91 McDermott International Inc., Houston, Texas, U.S.A.† EC
57 53 Scott Wilson, Basingstoke, Hampshire, U.K.† E
58 55 COWI A/S, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark† E
59 64 Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A. EAC
60 57 The PBSJ Corp., Tampa, Fla., U.S.A.† EA
61 50 JGC Corp., Yokohama, Japan EC
62 66 Royal Haskoning, Nijmegen, The Netherlands† E
63 73 Dessau Inc., Laval, Quebec, Canada† E
64 75 ENGlobal Corp., Houston, Texas, U.S.A.† EC
65 67 MACTEC Inc., Alpharetta, Ga., U.S.A.† EAC
66 71 Sargent & Lundy LLC, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A.† EA
67 63 Nippon Koei Group, Tokyo, Japan† E
68 74 China Railway Group Ltd., Beijing, China† EC
69 68 Nikken Sekkei Group, Tokyo, Japan† AEP
70 88 TRC Cos. Inc., Lowell, Mass., U.S.A.† EG
71 61 Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc., Raleigh, N.C., U.S.A. E
72 110 UniversalPegasus, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.† E
73 52 Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Exton, Pa., U.S.A.† ENV
74 37 Balfour Beatty plc, London, U.K.† EC
75 72 HKS Inc., Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. AE
76 78 INECO-TIFSA Group, Madrid, Spain E
77 77 Michael Baker Corp., Moon Twp., Pa., U.S.A.† EA
78 76 Malcolm Pirnie Inc., White Plains, N.Y., U.S.A. E
79 83 Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. AE
80 ** Aedas, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.† A
81 ** SYSTRA, Paris, France† E
82 128 Zachry Group, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.† EC
83 ** Trow Global, Brampton, Ontario, Canada† E
84 84 Dewberry, Fairfax, Va., U.S.A.† EA
85 86 Royal BAM Group nv, Bunnik, The Netherlands† E
86 81 Terracon Consultants Inc., Olathe, Kan., U.S.A.† E
87 87 CTI Engineering Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan† E
88 115 Shanghai Xian Dai Arch’l Design (Group) Co., Shanghai, China† AE
89 ** Ausenco, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia† E
90 96 China National Machinery Industry Corp., Beijing, China† EC
91 85 The Kleinfelder Group Inc., San Diego, Calif., U.S.A.† E
92 117 Oriental Consultants (ACKG Ltd.), Shibuyaku Tokyo, Japan† E
93 104 Bureau Veritas, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., U.S.A.† E
94 82 Norconsult AS, Sandvika, Norway E
95 95 STV Group Inc., New York, N.Y., U.S.A.† EA
96 93 Brown and Caldwell, Walnut Creek, Calif., U.S.A.† E
97 97 Conestoga-Rovers & Assoc., Niagara Falls, N.Y., U.S.A.† ENV
98 100 Burns and Roe Group Inc., Oradell, N.J., U.S.A.† E
99 92 Kajima Corp., Tokyo, Japan† AEC
100 105 Stanley Consultants Inc., Muscatine, Iowa, U.S.A. E

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