Jacobs, AECOM, and Kimley-Horn top the rankings of the nation's largest engineering architecture (EA) firms for nonresidential buildings and multifamily buildings work, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2020 Giants 400 Report.
| Top 40 Engineering Architecture Firms for 2020 - Revised 12/03/20 | ||
| FIRM | 2019 REVENUE | |
| 1 | Jacobs | $4,618,695,983 |
| 2 | AECOM | $1,106,100,000 |
| 3 | Kimley-Horn | $542,104,368 |
| 4 | Burns & McDonnell | $413,035,944 |
| 5 | Thornton Tomasetti | $268,080,696 |
| 6 | NV5 Global | $237,702,000 |
| 7 | CRB | $165,237,083 |
| 8 | IPS-Integrated Project Services | $152,491,909 |
| 9 | STV | $148,297,686 |
| 10 | Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates* | $145,350,000 |
| 11 | SSOE Group | $127,728,653 |
| 12 | Salas O'Brien | $118,028,269 |
| 13 | Dewberry | $113,306,818 |
| 14 | Michael Baker International* | $100,912,000 |
| 15 | Morrison Hershfield | $80,817,398 |
| 16 | Ghafari Associates | $76,600,000 |
| 17 | BRPH Architects Engineers | $72,988,006 |
| 18 | Cushing Terrell (formerly CTA Architects Engineers) | $69,802,445 |
| 19 | Ross & Barchini | $55,729,000 |
| 20 | Wiley|Wilson | $47,876,700 |
| 21 | LaBella Associates | $45,666,343 |
| 22 | Shive-Hattery | $45,387,776 |
| 23 | CDM Smith | $38,070,490 |
| 24 | Stanley Consultants | $33,806,115 |
| 25 | Highland Associates | $29,960,000 |
| 26 | Epstein | $28,359,000 |
| 27 | GRAEF | $28,200,089 |
| 28 | Woolpert | $27,898,539 |
| 29 | H.F. Lenz | $23,855,000 |
| 30 | Galloway & Company | $22,652,392 |
| 31 | PS&S | $21,654,000 |
| 32 | Halff Associates | $20,872,200 |
| 33 | Apogee Consulting Group | $20,805,730 |
| 34 | Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors | $20,000,000 |
| 35 | KZF Design | $19,500,000 |
| 36 | Becker Morgan Group | $18,782,606 |
| 37 | EAPC Architects Engineers | $14,330,715 |
| 38 | Sherlock, Smith & Adams | $10,500,000 |
| 39 | Davis, Bowen & Friedel | $10,066,445 |
| 40 | Pedco E & A Services | $9,951,000 |
| 41 | Primera Engineers | $6,466,192 |
| 42 | Milhouse Engineering and Construction | $5,977,818 |
| 43 | Boldt Company, The | $4,140,000 |
2020 Giants 400 Report Editors' estimate
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