Vanderweil, ESD, kW Mission Critical, Jacobs, and EXP head the rankings of the nation's largest data center sector engineering and engineering architecture (EA) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.
Top 50 Data Center Engineering Firms
BD+C GIANTS 300 REPORT
| RANK | COMPANY | 2018 DATA CENTER REVENUE |
| 1 | Vanderweil Engineers | $49,734,800 |
| 2 | ESD | $41,286,002 |
| 3 | kW Mission Critical Engineering | $30,100,000 |
| 4 | Jacobs | $28,610,000 |
| 5 | EXP | $28,434,000 |
| 6 | Morrison Hershfield | $23,493,542 |
| 7 | WSP USA | $21,178,596 |
| 8 | Syska Hennessy Group | $18,781,392 |
| 9 | Salas O'Brien | $17,845,268 |
| 10 | Dewberry | $14,130,694 |
| 11 | Burns & McDonnell | $11,003,830 |
| 12 | Jaros, Baum & Bolles | $10,588,344 |
| 13 | EYP Mission Critical Facilities | $10,109,000 |
| 14 | Arup | $9,530,337 |
| 15 | Sherlock, Smith & Adams | $9,470,000 |
| 16 | Teecom | $8,032,546 |
| 17 | H.F. Lenz Co. | $5,245,000 |
| 18 | Affiliated Engineers | $4,322,450 |
| 19 | Jensen Hughes | $4,178,000 |
| 20 | NV5 Global | $2,828,183 |
| 21 | Thornton Tomasetti | $2,781,333 |
| 22 | Paradigm Structural Engineers | $2,778,732 |
| 23 | Wick Fisher White | $2,450,000 |
| 24 | Bala Consulting Engineers | $2,226,000 |
| 25 | IMEG Corp. | $1,799,300 |
| 26 | Zak Companies | $1,638,614 |
| 27 | GHT Limited | $1,568,880 |
| 28 | Magnusson Klemencic Associates* | $1,524,570 |
| 29 | McKinstry | $1,425,000 |
| 30 | Newcomb & Boyd | $1,420,616 |
| 31 | Spectrum Engineers | $1,375,000 |
| 32 | Jordan & Skala Engineers | $1,371,152 |
| 33 | Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc. | $1,029,707 |
| 34 | Ross & Baruzzini | $1,000,000 |
| 35 | CTA Architects Engineers | $880,676 |
| 36 | Dunham Associates | $850,000 |
| 37 | Barge Design Solutions | $843,129 |
| 38 | JQ Engineering | $782,987 |
| 39 | PEDCO E&A Services | $760,000 |
| 40 | Mazzetti | $476,418 |
| 41 | RTM Engineering Consultants | $448,900 |
| 42 | HEAPY | $342,282 |
| 43 | Davis, Bowen & Friedel | $336,016 |
| 44 | CRB | $313,459 |
| 45 | Arora Engineers | $265,183 |
| 46 | I.C. Thomasson Associates | $250,000 |
| 47 | Smith Seckman Reid | $226,329 |
| 48 | Coffman Engineers | $198,355 |
| 49 | Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers | $183,387 |
| 50 | Peter Basso Associates | $170,000 |
| 51 | Walter P Moore | $128,890 |
| 52 | SSOE Group | $118,000 |
| 53 | FEA Consulting Engineers | $91,000 |
| SOURCE: BD+C 2019 GIANTS 300 REPORT *EDITOR'S ESTIMATE | ||
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