Jacobs, Arup, Burns & McDonnell, Ghafari Associates, and Kimley-Horn head the rankings of the nation's largest airport terminal sector engineering and engineering architecture (EA) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.
Top 60 Airport Sector Engineering Firms
BD+C GIANTS 300 REPORT
| RANK | COMPANY | 2018 AIRPORT SECTOR REVENUE |
| 1 | Jacobs | $265,350,000 |
| 2 | Arup | $97,149,637 |
| 3 | Burns & McDonnell | $85,626,735 |
| 4 | Ghafari Associates | $30,100,000 |
| 5 | Kimley-Horn | $22,330,490 |
| 6 | Arora Engineers | $17,236,911 |
| 7 | Ross & Baruzzini | $15,353,000 |
| 8 | STV | $14,147,655 |
| 9 | Stanley Consultants | $12,694,641 |
| 10 | EXP | $10,434,000 |
| 11 | Jensen Hughes | $9,628,000 |
| 12 | PBS Engineers | $9,600,000 |
| 13 | Thornton Tomasetti | $8,916,374 |
| 14 | Syska Hennessy Group | $8,293,462 |
| 15 | Walker Consultants | $7,161,459 |
| 16 | NV5 Global | $6,452,914 |
| 17 | Magnusson Klemencic Associates* | $6,098,280 |
| 18 | Walter P Moore | $4,442,586 |
| 19 | Milhouse Engineering and Construction | $3,376,286 |
| 20 | Bala Consulting Engineers | $2,597,000 |
| 21 | TLC Engineering Solutions | $2,539,857 |
| 22 | Simpson Gumpertz & Heger* | $2,416,485 |
| 23 | I.C. Thomasson Associates | $2,300,000 |
| 24 | Vanderweil Engineers | $2,053,400 |
| 25 | KPFF Consulting Engineers | $1,983,533 |
| 26 | Newcomb & Boyd | $1,890,268 |
| 27 | Coffman Engineers | $1,759,342 |
| 28 | Epstein | $1,680,000 |
| 29 | Guernsey | $1,669,682 |
| 30 | Mazzetti | $1,504,147 |
| 31 | GRAEF | $1,329,460 |
| 32 | Morrison Hershfield | $1,300,754 |
| 33 | Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers | $1,269,663 |
| 34 | WSP USA | $1,200,223 |
| 35 | HEAPY | $1,160,215 |
| 36 | KLH Engineers | $1,097,598 |
| 37 | AKF Group | $1,018,781 |
| 38 | Henderson Engineers | $1,000,000 |
| 39 | JQ Engineering | $647,978 |
| 40 | RMF Engineering | $610,000 |
| 41 | Woolpert | $580,000 |
| 42 | Schaefer | $534,141 |
| 43 | Barge Design Solutions | $503,637 |
| 44 | IMEG Corp. | $482,143 |
| 45 | Teecom | $472,535 |
| 46 | Smith Seckman Reid | $447,546 |
| 47 | dbHMS | $425,000 |
| 48 | Architectural Engineers Inc. | $375,107 |
| 49 | Halff Associates | $323,000 |
| 50 | Global Engineering Solutions | $252,000 |
| 51 | McKinstry | $250,000 |
| 52 | Affiliated Engineers | $193,000 |
| 53 | ME Engineers | $150,000 |
| 54 | Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc. | $133,051 |
| 55 | ESD | $132,330 |
| 56 | CTA Architects Engineers | $105,214 |
| 57 | CMTA | $87,300 |
| 58 | OLA Consulting Engineers | $75,000 |
| 59 | P2S | $48,550 |
| 60 | Nitsch Engineering | $46,890 |
| 61 | EAPC Architects Engineers | $12,976 |
| SOURCE: BD+C 2019 GIANTS 300 REPORT *EDITOR'S ESTIMATE | ||
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