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Top 150 Consultants 2018
Rank		Firm	Total UK chartered staff		Total UK staff		Worldwide staff		Annual UK fees (£’000)		Offices
2018	2017		2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2016/2017 financial year	2017/2018 financial year	UK	Worldwide
1	1	Mott MacDonald	3,692	3,697	7,107	7,115	16,006	15,642	£560,600	£663,700	38	134
2	2	Aecom	3,003	2,767	6,962	6,054	77,554	78,366	£494,000	£620,000	42	630
3	4	WSP UK¹	-	2,329	-	6,481	-	-	£432,172	-	60+	500
4	3	Arcadis	1,923	2,109	3,356	3,671	27,000	27,327	£424,000	£445,000	26	350
5	5	Arup²	1,802	1,901	5,308	5,599	14,134	14,847	£553,000	£600,000	14	73
6	6	Turner & Townsend	1,660	1,823	2,350	2,554	4,674	5,209	£212,000	£239,000	17	91
7	8	Mace³	1,387	1,556	3,760	3,952	5,314	6,048	£1,412,776	£1,318,875	15	45
8	13	RPS⁴	-	781	-	2,530	-	5,340	£189,000	£203,000	57	77
9	12	Ramboll	617	706	1,171	1,293	13,407	14,196	£102,130	£106,800	17	300+
10	10	Gardiner & Theobald	628	668	803	813	942	954	£141,000	£146,000	11	3
11	9	Faithful + Gould	644	667	933	960	2,248	2,241	£126,000	£128,000	23	46
12	11	Gleeds	626	583	1,232	1,233	1,761	1,920	£89,763	£109,150	21	50
13	17	BDP⁵	468	529	807	878	932	1015	£71,824	£69,405	6	6
14	15	Foster + Partners	402	395	1,058	1,064	1,280	1,299	£23,000	£25,000	1	11
15=	14	Hoare Lea	358	369	841	859	841	859	£64,700	£67,100	11	2
15=	20	Rider Levett Bucknall UK	264	369	455	586	3,600	3,600	£50,060	£58,730	10	110
17	16	BuroHappold	394	340	1,071	1,029	1,840	1,772	£87,100	£95,200	5	17
18	18	Currie & Brown	340	337	576	548	1,837	1,890	£54,000	£57,000	21	45
19	25	Pick Everard	319	326	401	474	511	510	£39,000	£46,000	11	0
20	19	Peter Brett Associates	320	315	682	694	692	713	£59,245	£61,090	14	1
21	27	Systech International	247	256	278	288	520	556	-	-	3	20
22	-	Allford Hall Monaghan Morris	244	247	370	395	375	407	-	-	1	1
23	7	JLL	214	246	2,758	3,007	74,555	80,990	-	-	15	300+
24	24	Pell Frischmann	208	245	558	606	887	937	£32,900	£42,000	11	6
25	26	Ridge & Partners	197	231	486	632	490	632	£45,000	£49,000	10	1
26	23	Sweco UK	193	213	804	890	804	890	£60,241	£71,677	14	0
27	29	Cundall	183	200	561	601	695	887	£36,000	£26,800	6	21
28	22	NPS Group	224	194	784	719	924	902	£91,200	£87,800	18	0
29	28	Allies and Morrison	189	179	337	344	337	345	£43,400	£40,585	4	1
30	21	HaskoningDHV UK	235	178	650	524	5,804	5,120	£25,561	£31,181	13	93
31	31	Sheppard Robson	174	165	345	359	345	359	na	na	3	0
32	35	CPC Project Services	150	161	180	185	180	185	£16,394	£21,672	7	0
33	33	Hilson Moran	156	157	245	246	257	264	£19,000	£19,400	4	2
34	36	Stride Treglown	149	154	323	334	323	334	£21,500	£20,100	9	0
35	37	Butler & Young	134	153	140	160	140	160	£9,264	£9,200	14	0
36	-	Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios	154	149	203	195	203	195	£16,118	£16,304	4	0
37	42=	Malcolm Hollis	116	147	291	367	309	386	£29,117	£32,325	18	5
38	39	Scott Brownrigg	124	127	241	244	249	257	£20,829	£22,298	5	3
39=	40	AHR	120	123	327	308	391	385	£25,967	£27,678	5	9
39=	38	Stace	122	123	182	182	182	182	£17,408	£18,512	5	0
41	41	TP Bennett	119	111	312	303	312	303	£27,200	£27,200	2	54
42	45	Riley Consulting	102	109	217	220	224	229	£17,248	£17,662	13	2
43	47	Curtins Consulting	96	105	368	400	370	407	£30,518	£33,795	13	1
44	48	WT Partnership	92	96	150	160	1,200	1,300	£13,400	£14,500	11	58
45	44	PRP	108	94	257	248	-	-	£23,735	£25,358	3	1
46	50=	EPR Architects	84	92	160	157	180	214	£13,000	£15,700	1	0
47	95=	JNP Group Consulting Engineers	81	91	107	123	107	123	£6,500	£6,700	5	0
48	46	Broadway Malyan	100	89	270	256	540	503	£32,300	£28,800	5	10
49	49	Calfordseaden	85	88	250	279	250	279	-	-	6	0
50=	-	Donald Insall Associates	72	82	118	131	118	131	£7,320	£8,080	8	1
50=	56=	Tuffin Ferraby Taylor⁶	75	82	122	126	122	126	£13,723	£14,105	7	0
52=	53	Levitt Bernstein⁷	81	81	137	137	137	137	£10,570	£10,400	2	0
52=	55	Pellings	78	81	135	139	135	139	£10,750	£11,500	5	0
54	52	Pollard Thomas Edwards	82	80	149	161	149	161	£10,752	£11,119	1	0
55	58=	AKT II	72	79	248	268	248	268	£15,640	£17,850	1	0
56=	58=	Baily Garner	74	78	155	160	155	160	£10,100	£10,800	3	0
56=	-	BWB Consulting	69	78	270	281	270	281	£19,750	19600	6	0
58=	70	Core Five	59	74	95	115	95	115	£9,400	£13,500	1	1
58=	54	HTA Design	79	74	187	199	170	199	£12,700	£13,600	4	0
58=	58=	Schofield Lothian	73	74	113	109	113	109	£10,400	£10,700	1	0
61=	65=	JMArchitects	63	70	106	111	106	111	£6,380	£6,400	4	0
61=	61=	Kendall Kingscott	64	70	134	147	134	147	£8,075	£8,230	4	0
63	64	Potter Raper Partnership	66	67	173	176	173	176	£12,117	£11,923	4	0
64	56=	ADP	75	66	113	101	123	111	£7,539	£7,598	7	1
65	68	AA Projects	62	64	110	125	110	125	£7,723	£9,348	7	0
66	65=	Fletcher Priest Architects	64	63	112	120	112	120	£10,100	£9,900	1	2
67=	75=	Bryden Wood Technology	54	62	178	188	179	205	£8,355	£9,971	2	2
67=	77=	John Rowan and Partners	52	62	95	85	95	85	£6,723	£6,901	2	0
69=	61=	3DReid	51	61	138	117	138	117	£9,000	£8,000	5	0
69=	92=	AWW	54	61	70	77	87	99	£6,900	£7,100	3	3
69=	77=	Bailey Partnership	50	61	99	108	99	108	£7,400	£7,950	4	0
72=	72	Clancy Consulting	57	58	188	191	188	191	£11,158	£12,273	10	0
72=	80=	Price & Myers⁸	49	58	184	173	184	173	£15,800	£15,000	3	0
74	86=	Ingleton Wood	46	57	170	187	170	187	£12,800	£13,500	6	0
75=	80=	HLM AD	49	55	161	167	171	177	£10,841	£8,135	7	2
75=	90=	Rex Procter and Partners	57	55	104	100	104	100	£10,605	£9,475	4	0
77	80=	Alinea Consulting	49	54	82	91	82	91	£10,500	£13,200	1	0
78=	50=	CampbellReith	66	53	160	153	162	155	£13,237	£13,306	5	2
78=	88	Child Graddon Lewis	44	53	51	61	51	61	£3,400	£3,400	2	0
78=	74	Robinson Low Francis	54	53	110	105	110	105	£9,736	£10,093	5	0
81	69	Jestico + Whiles	61	52	107	97	128	121	£7,100	£7,900	1	1
82=	73	Thomasons	44	50	129	130	129	130	£11,000	£11,097	9	0
82=	108=	Whittam Cox Architects	55	50	138	125	138	125	£8,017	£7,500	3	0
84	80=	Stockwool	49	49	73	73	73	73	£5,000	£6,000	1	0
85	92=	TowerEight	41	48	65	80	65	80	£10,900	£12,500	1	0
86=	77=	Aukett Swanke	53	47	106	94	404	349	£12,200	£8,765	1	8
86=	100=	ECE Architecture	39	47	66	85	66	85	£4,750	£5,750	3	0
86=	80=	Lewis & Hickey	49	47	100	79	108	91	£4,621	£4,680	5	1
86=	97=	McAndrew Martin	39	47	65	71	65	71	£1,560	£1,800	3	0
90	100=	TSP Projects	39	46	364	422	364	422	-	£29,600	5	0
91	-	Thomas and Adamson	42	45	92	98	140	150	£6,963	£7,236	3	4
92=	-	Hurley Palmer Flatt	36	43	39	52	133	122	£22,200	£22,300	5	5
92=	-	Artelia⁹	43	43	96	108	4,000	4,900	£10,460	12590	1	85
94	146=	DarntonB3 Architecture	43	40	116	115	116	115	£6,926	£6,200	7	0
95=	97=	Baqus Group	39	38	83	74	83	74	£6,200	£5,900	9	0
95=	99	Holder Mathias Architects	38	38	55	61	55	61	£4,250	£4,600	2	1
95=	75=	Leslie Clark	38	38	80	78	80	78	-	-	4	2
98=	89	Jackson Coles	43	37	59	55	59	55	£7,600	£6,300	2	0
98=	100=	LSI Architects	36	37	62	66	62	66	£3,400	£3,470	2	0
100=	106=	P+HS Architects	35	36	56	63	56	63	£3,526	£4,355	3	0
100=	112=	Pozzoni Architecture	31	36	53	73	53	73	£3,683	£4,288	2	0
100=	110=	Ward Williams Associates	33	36	78	84	78	84	£5,700	£6,000	6	0
103=	117=	Bruce Shaw	29	33	84	79	84	79	£8,234	£7,600	4	0
103=	119=	Meinhardt (UK)	26	33	88	97	3,547	3,482	£6,527	£7,932	1	47
103=	110=	R H Partnership Architects	32	33	62	61	62	61	£3,140	£3,600	3	0
106=	119=	Fulkers	24	32	59	71	59	71	£4,200	£4,600	6	0
106=	106=	Stephen George + Partners	35	32	85	85	85	85	£5,900	£7,300	5	0
108	138=	Clague	28	31	54	57	54	57	£3,576	£3,272	3	0
109=	115=	Martin Arnold	25	30	76	88	76	88	£4,500	£5,200	2	0
109=	129=	Silcock Leedham Group	27	30	34	35	37	38	£2,900	£2,800	3	2
109=	-	Naismiths	18	30	35	63	35	63	£3,820	5062	7	0
112=	129=	IDP Group	26	29	91	95	91	95	£3,459	£6,686	3	3
112=	112=	Keegans	31	29	64	57	64	57	£4,800	£5,100	2	0
114=	108=	Concertus Design & Property Consultants	21	28	48	62	48	62	£7,000	£7,200	1	0
114=	-	Emmaus Consulting	26	28	30	32	30	32	£2,700	£3,100	2	0
114=	149=	Norman Rourke Pryme	28	28	41	43	41	43	£3,800	£4,500	4	2
114=	126=	Pulse Associates	20	28	21	30	21	30	£1,500	£1,800	3	0
118=	121=	Airey Miller	25	27	59	65	59	65	£4,056	£3,315	4	4
118=	117=	Grid Architects	25	27	48	52	48	52	£4,350	£3,900	1	0
120	80=	Clarkebond (UK)	0	26	0	86	0	86	-	£5,500	3	3
121=	121=	Penoyre & Prasad	28	25	40	39	40	39	£4,854	£3,044	1	0
121=	100=	Summers Inman Construction and Property Consultants	35	25	100	103	100	103	£7,950	£8,700	6	0
121=		Thomson Gray	20	25	31	38	31	38	£2,749	£3,141	5	0
124=	132=	Barker Associates	20	24	48	54	48	54	£3,500	£4,000	2	0
124=	135=	KAM Project Consultants	20	24	27	34	27	34	£2,800	£4,600	2	0
124=	115=	DSSR	27	24	100	90	100	90	£8,300	£7,500	4	0
127=	132=	Gray Baynes and Shew	21	23	23	25	23	25	£2,400	£2,600	2	0
127=	145	Walker Sime	17	23	49	57	49	57	£4,300	£5,500	4	0
129=	135=	Equals Consulting	20	22	41	46	41	46	£4,886	£5,770	1	0
129=	138=	Procom Construction Consultants	19	22	27	35	27	35	£2,500	£2,100	2	0
129=	129=	Synergy Construction and Property Consultants	22	22	83	79	83	79	£5,600	£6,100	3	0
132=	141=	Elementa Consulting	18	21	69	69	377	502	£6,202	£6,476	2	13
132=	135=	Lyons O’Neill	18	21	19	22	19	22	£1,800	£1,800	1	0
134=	-	Projex Building Solutions	19	20	41	38	41	38	£3,800	£4,100	3	0
134=	-	Civic Engineers	12	20	59	75	59	75	£3,633	£4,784	4	0
136	-	Webb Yates Engineers	15	19	51	62	63	73	£3,000	£3,900	3	1
137=	149=	Chaplin Farrant Design Group	14	17	39	43	39	43	£2,061	£1,790	3	0
137=	-	Rolton Group	16	17	65	74	65	74	£5,500	£6,000	3	0
139	-	Red Engineering Design	13	15	90	111	174	214	£7,100	£7,700	3	5
140=	-	Anderton Gables	11	14	18	22	18	22	£1,269	£1,682	3	0
140=	-	Hargreaves Jones	9	14	28	34	28	34	£3,050	£2,850	2	0
140=	141=	Iesis Group	10	14	42	53	42	53	£4,400	£4,200	3	0
140=	-	NDC 2000	14	14	42	38	42	38	£4,180	£3,360	3	0
144=	-	Christopher Smith Associates	13	13	43	44	43	44	£3,915	£4,264	3	0
144=	-	CTP Consulting Engineers	11	13	36	44	36	44	£4,100	£4,250	1	0
146=	-	Castons	12	12	39	39	39	39	£2,870	£3,990	3	0
146=	-	SDA Consulting	11	12	26	27	26	27	-	-	1	0
148	104=	Hunters South Architects	9	11	24	26	24	26	£2,670	£2,400	1	0
149	-	Poole Dick	11	10	29	27	29	27	£1,853	£1,905	2	0
150=	-	QODA	8	9	38	46	38	46	£2,700	£3,200	3	0
150=	-	Services Design Solution	6	9	49	57	49	50	£3,190	£3,420	3	0

Methodology

Close to 250 firms were contacted for this year’s Building Top Consultants survey. They were sent a survey form asking them to provide details on the number of chartered staff, non-chartered and technical staff, and on their domestic and worldwide fee incomes.

Practices were also asked questions relating to: staff recruitment, wage patterns, margins, areas of work, and work expectations. All data in the attached tables are taken directly from firms’ replies.

The survey does not claim to list all the top consultants, as it relies upon firms completing and returning the annual survey form. For a variety of reasons firms sometimes decide not to take part.

Only those firms completing and returning the survey form are included in the survey.

Firms having any questions about the survey, or wishing to be included in the 2019 survey, should contact Martin Hewes at Hewes & Associates: www.hewes-associates.com.

Notes

1. WSP UK: Chartered total includes 1,193 other chartered, not identified in any questions

2. Arup: Income data for 2018 are unaudited and provisional

3. Mace: Income data refers to the total group, and thus includes construction

4. RPS: 2017 employment data are non-comparable and have thus been excluded

5. BDP: Totals include other chartered staff

6. Tuffin Ferraby Taylor: 2017 data are taken from 2017 survey results

7. Levitt Bernstein: Income figures are estimates

8. Price & Myers: Fee income for 2018 is estimated

9. Artelia: Worldwide income is converted from euros

10. Stride Treglown: Other engineers include town planner, landscape architects, and architectural technologist staff

Additional note: Due to an administrative error, HTA Design LLP (ranked 58=), TowerEight (85), McAndrew Martin Ltd (86=), Ward Williams Associates LLP (100=), R H Partnership Architects Ltd (103=), Penoyre & Prasad (121=) and Thomson Gray Ltd (121=) were not originally included in the Top 150 Consultants table. This table was updated on Tuesday 2 October to reflect their rank. As a result of this change, the following organisations no longer appear on the table: MacConvilles (now ranked 152=), Prosurv Consult (152=), BE Design (152=), Piper Whitlock Architecture (152=), ST1 Group (156) and Adept Consulting Engineers (157).