Jacobs, Fluor, IPS, CRB, and SSOE head the rankings of the nation's largest industrial sector engineering and engineering architecture (EA) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.
Top 85 Industrial Sector Engineering Firms
BD+C GIANTS 300 REPORT
| RANK | COMPANY | 2018 INDUSTRIAL REVENUE |
| 1 | Jacobs | $1,880,390,000 |
| 2 | Fluor Corp. | $198,300,000 |
| 3 | IPS-Integrated Project Services | $135,100,000 |
| 4 | CRB | $128,592,432 |
| 5 | SSOE Group | $117,569,000 |
| 6 | Jensen Hughes | $86,803,000 |
| 7 | Burns & McDonnell | $84,863,837 |
| 8 | Ghafari Associates | $34,600,000 |
| 9 | BRPH | $26,460,000 |
| 10 | Salas O'Brien | $21,037,970 |
| 11 | Kimley-Horn | $20,886,523 |
| 12 | WSP USA | $15,518,459 |
| 13 | Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors | $15,500,000 |
| 14 | Coffman Engineers | $15,345,054 |
| 15 | NV5 Global | $12,812,894 |
| 16 | IMEG Corp. | $11,444,818 |
| 17 | ThermalTech Engineering | $10,979,000 |
| 18 | I.C. Thomasson Associates | $10,800,000 |
| 19 | Barge Design Solutions | $10,178,696 |
| 20 | Epstein | $8,460,000 |
| 21 | Shive-Hattery | $6,867,854 |
| 22 | Affiliated Engineers | $5,954,536 |
| 23 | KPFF Consulting Engineers | $5,944,931 |
| 24 | EXP | $5,753,600 |
| 25 | Jordan & Skala Engineers | $5,739,432 |
| 26 | KCI Technologies | $5,600,000 |
| 27 | Guernsey | $5,248,193 |
| 28 | GRAEF | $5,162,330 |
| 29 | EAPC Architects Engineers | $4,706,897 |
| 30 | Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers | $4,466,200 |
| 31 | Halff Associates | $4,071,000 |
| 32 | Smith Seckman Reid | $3,881,381 |
| 33 | Woolpert | $3,648,000 |
| 34 | STV | $3,518,995 |
| 35 | Galloway & Company | $3,144,016 |
| 36 | CTA Architects Engineers | $3,083,667 |
| 37 | Schaefer | $3,049,284 |
| 38 | P2S | $3,009,215 |
| 39 | M/E Engineering | $2,886,937 |
| 40 | Thornton Tomasetti | $2,725,127 |
| 41 | HEAPY | $2,685,283 |
| 42 | Morrison Hershfield | $2,659,929 |
| 43 | H.F. Lenz Co. | $2,500,000 |
| 44 | Stanley Consultants | $2,388,596 |
| 45 | PEDCO E&A Services | $2,375,000 |
| 46 | Vanderweil Engineers | $2,136,900 |
| 47 | RTM Engineering Consultants | $2,020,050 |
| 48 | Henderson Engineers | $2,000,000 |
| 49 | Dewberry | $1,633,850 |
| 50 | McKinstry | $1,450,000 |
| 51 | AE Works | $1,261,649 |
| 52 | RMF Engineering | $1,220,000 |
| 53 | CESO | $1,207,000 |
| 54 | TLC Engineering Solutions | $1,114,858 |
| 55 | Korda/Nemeth Engineering | $1,000,000 |
| 56 | PWI Engineering | $920,000 |
| 57 | JQ Engineering | $887,375 |
| 58 | Walter P Moore | $742,123 |
| 59 | Arora Engineers | $715,995 |
| 60 | DeSimone Consulting Engineers | $639,068 |
| 61 | Interface Engineering | $633,573 |
| 62 | Wallace Engineering | $600,000 |
| 63 | Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber | $508,000 |
| 64 | Tighe & Bond | $500,000 |
| 65 | Syska Hennessy Group | $499,631 |
| 66 | Spectrum Engineers | $456,780 |
| 67 | Newcomb & Boyd | $393,271 |
| 68 | Bala Consulting Engineers | $371,000 |
| 69 | Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc. | $368,207 |
| 70 | Karpinski Engineering | $300,000 |
| 71 | Davis, Bowen & Friedel | $271,960 |
| 72 | dbHMS | $255,000 |
| 73 | KCL Engineering | $248,411 |
| 74 | KLH Engineers | $231,824 |
| 75 | French & Parrello Associates | $229,000 |
| 76 | Primera Engineers | $221,000 |
| 77 | Wick Fisher White | $190,000 |
| 78 | Peter Basso Associates | $170,000 |
| 79 | Zak Companies | $166,562 |
| 80 | Specialized Engineering Solutions (SES) | $150,000 |
| 81 | Global Engineering Solutions | $136,000 |
| 82 | Structured Engineering Solutions | $135,000 |
| 83 | Dunham Associates | $100,000 |
| 84 | PBS Engineers | $100,000 |
| 85 | FEA Consulting Engineers | $26,000 |
| 86 | Paradigm Structural Engineers | $2,220 |
| SOURCE: BD+C 2019 GIANTS 300 REPORT | ||
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