Top 125 Retail Architecture Firms for 2019

CallisonRTKL, Gensler, MG2, NELSON, and Stantec top the rankings of the nation's largest retail sector architecture and architecture engineering (AE) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Top 125 Retail Architecture Firms
BD+C GIANTS 300 REPORT

RANK	COMPANY	2018 RETAIL SECTOR REVENUE
1	CallisonRTKL	$190,677,000
2	Gensler	$171,276,421
3	MG2	$58,832,685
4	NELSON Worldwide	$57,191,544
5	Stantec	$43,435,929
6	GreenbergFarrow	$43,324,264
7	WD Partners	$41,990,000
8	RSP Architects	$34,861,000
9	MBH Architects	$29,590,000
10	Cuhaci & Peterson	$28,706,758
11	Sargenti	$26,200,000
12	NORR	$24,285,899
13	AE7	$24,170,821
14	Little	$21,847,288
15	Ware Malcomb	$19,809,653
16	Retail Design Collaborative/Studio One Eleven	$17,339,093
17	Aria Group Architects	$13,600,000
18	DLR Group	$11,800,000
19	Tricarico Architecture and Design	$11,750,000
20	Bergmann	$11,070,000
21	Progressive AE	$11,011,380
22	Cooper Carry	$10,120,491
23	HDR	$10,046,496
24	LK Architecture	$9,700,000
25	Larson Design Group	$8,063,793
26	Massa Multimedia Architecture	$7,555,928
27	Elkus Manfredi Architects	$6,942,000
28	Prellwitz Chilinski Associates	$6,891,684
29	RS&H	$6,700,000
30	Vocon	$6,600,000
31	api(+)	$6,500,000
32	Zyscovich Architects	$6,136,915
33	GFF	$5,550,448
34	AHL	$5,331,176
35	Field Paoli	$5,250,000
36	BHDP Architecture	$4,852,802
37	Perkins+Will	$4,498,700
38	Omniplan	$4,380,000
39	Highland Associates	$4,200,000
40	Cuningham Group Architecture	$3,911,805
41	Architecture Design Collaborative	$3,855,932
42	Lawrence Group	$3,789,000
43	WATG	$3,353,000
44	Wilson Associates	$3,280,000
45	Interior Architects	$3,231,201
46	Diamond Schmitt Architects	$3,191,500
47	JLG Architects	$3,169,327
48	Moody Nolan	$3,000,000
—	Leo A Daly	$3,000,000
50	KTGY Architecture + Planning	$2,949,912
51	PGAL	$2,800,000
52	LS3P	$2,644,760
53	CBRE	$2,535,000
54	Stevens & Wilkinson	$2,512,272
55	Becker Morgan Group	$2,446,055
56	Architectural Alliance	$1,979,600
57	Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood	$1,840,369
58	LRS Architects	$1,603,544
59	HOK	$1,382,000
60	Gresham Smith	$1,360,000
61	LaBella Associates	$1,316,900
62	M+A Architects	$1,294,078
63	Method Architecture	$1,257,219
64	H2M Architects + Engineers	$1,137,226
65	Harriman Associates	$1,081,745
66	Alliiance	$908,644
67	GSB	$890,217
68	ALSC Architects	$824,876
69	DLA+ Architecture & Interior Design	$755,000
70	Ennead Architects	$704,582
71	MSA Design	$700,000
72	DLZ	$698,800
73	Architectural Design Consultants	$665,000
74	Holst Architecture	$637,601
75	Goettsch Partners	$628,400
76	Solomon Cordwell Buenz	$609,537
77	Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates	$583,054
78	JCJ Architecture	$527,762
79	GRW	$516,846
80	Tinker Ma	$513,850
81	KZF Design	$478,539
82	Randall-Paulson Architects	$470,889
83	Hoefer Wysocki Architects	$460,000
84	FitzGerald	$422,000
85	PS&S	$404,000
86	Montroy DeMarco Architecture	$400,000
87	FGM Architects	$344,144
88	G70	$309,134
89	VLK Architects	$305,670
90	Architecture, Inc.	$305,000
91	Eppstein Uhen Architects	$280,000
92	RATIO	$262,000
93	GBBN	$256,000
94	Mithun	$244,715
95	Huntsman Architectural Group	$242,848
96	RDG Planning & Design	$230,000
97	Margulies Perruzzi	$227,841
98	CTA Architects	$221,265
99	DIGroupArchitecture	$203,791
100	HGA	$197,931
101	Clark Patterson Lee (CPL)	$170,144
102	Parkhill, Smith & Cooper	$148,400
103	NSPJ Architects	$125,207
104	Walbridge	$115,618
105	BKV Group	$96,626
106	Caldwell Associates Architects	$92,335
107	Teter	$79,350
108	SWBR	$73,228
109	4240 Architecture	$70,000
110	Hoffmann Architects	$68,982
111	BSB Design	$63,598
112	45 Architecture	$60,075
113	TEG Architects	$58,349
114	Niles Bolton Associates	$55,928
115	ZGF Architects	$47,539
116	Inventure Design	$46,431
117	Jonathan Nehmer + Associates	$46,369
118	Weber Thompson	$33,256
119	Clark Enersen Partners, The	$29,246
120	HBG Design	$26,000
121	ATA Beilharz Architects	$19,143
122	Garmann/Miller	$14,800
123	H. Hendy Associates	$10,563
124	Glave & Holmes Architecture	$5,000
125	Herrington Architects	$4,364
126	NAC Architecture	$3,300
127	Ayers Saint Gross	$2,395
SOURCE: BD+C 2019 GIANTS 300 REPORT

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