Read Joey Gardiner’s analysis: Top 150 Consultants 2019 - upping the digital game
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Rank | Total UK chartered staff | Total UK staff | Worldwide staff | Annual UK fees (£’000) | Offices | |||||||
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2019 rank | 2018 rank | Firm | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2018 | 2019 | 2017/18 financial year | 2018/19 financial year | UK | Worldwide |
1 | 1 | Mott MacDonald Group | 3,697 | 3,647 | 7,115 | 7,242 | 15,642 | 15,567 | £663,700 | £765,900 | 38 | 135 |
2 | 2 | Aecom | 2,767 | 2,743 | 6,054 | 6,769 | 78,366 | 78,219 | £696,700 | N/A | 42 | 630 |
3 | 5 | Arup1 | 1,901 | 2,059 | 5,599 | 6,073 | 14,847 | 15,661 | £593,500 | £684,000 | 15 | na |
4 | 6 | Turner & Townsend | 1,823 | 1,926 | 2,554 | 2,825 | 5,209 | 6,105 | £239,000 | £259,000 | 17 | 93 |
5 | new | Jacobs | N/A | 1,827 | N/A | 8,966 | N/A | 31,730 | N/A | £1,180,000 | 34 | 300 |
6 | 4 | Arcadis | 1,789 | 1,688 | 3,351 | 3,763 | 27,327 | 27,354 | £445,000 | £504,000 | 26 | 292 |
7 | 7 | Mace | 1,556 | 1,553 | 1,556 | 1,553 | N/A | N/A | £1,634,000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
8 | 3 | WSP2 | N/A | 1,208 | 7,191 | 8,100 | 43,624 | 47,900 | £521,800 | £672,700 | 57 | 456 |
9 | 9 | Ramboll | 706 | 770 | 1,293 | 1,328 | 14,196 | 14,447 | £106,800 | £126,525 | 17 | 300 |
10 | 10 | Gardiner & Theobald | 668 | 703 | 813 | 907 | 954 | 1,076 | £146,000 | £150,000 | 9 | 3 |
11 | 13 | BDP3 | 529 | 586 | 878 | 980 | 1,015 | 1,342 | £70,464 | £86,700 | 6 | 7 |
12 | 12 | Gleeds | 583 | 472 | 1,233 | 1,093 | 1,920 | 2,083 | £109,000 | £111,000 | 21 | 50 |
13 | 15= | Rider Levett Bucknall UK | 369 | 440 | 586 | 675 | 3,600 | 3,800 | £58,730 | £79,000 | 10 | 113 |
14 | 14 | Foster + Partners | 395 | 426 | 1,064 | 1,202 | 1,299 | 1,457 | £32,002 | £29,768 | 1 | 16 |
15 | 19 | Pick Everard | 362 | 396 | 510 | 541 | 510 | 541 | £46,000 | £48,000 | 13 | 0 |
16 | 15= | Hoare Lea | 369 | 370 | 859 | 919 | N/A | 949 | £67,100 | £76,900 | 11 | 2 |
17 | 17 | BuroHappold | 340 | 366 | 1,029 | 970 | 1,772 | 1,830 | £95,200 | £61,500 | 5 | 18 |
18 | 18 | Currie & Brown | 337 | 304 | 548 | 513 | 1,837 | 1,974 | N/A | N/A | 20 | na |
19 | new | CBRE | N/A | 277 | 2,077 | 2,021 | 80,000 | 80,000 | £354,336 | N/A | 17 | 480 |
20 | 21 | Systech International | 256 | 266 | 288 | 298 | 556 | 556 | N/A | N/A | 3 | 20 |
21 | 25 | Ridge and Partners | 231 | 264 | 632 | 660 | 632 | 660 | £49,000 | £55,700 | 11 | 0 |
22 | 22 | Allford Hall Monaghan Morris | 247 | 263 | 395 | 427 | 407 | 438 | N/A | N/A | 2 | 1 |
23 | 30 | Royal HaskoningDHV | 178 | 232 | 524 | 552 | 5,120 | 5,396 | £31,000 | £37,000 | 13 | 74 |
24 | 92= | Hurley Palmer Flatt | 116 | 224 | 147 | 303 | 249 | 341 | £35,000 | £30,000 | 7 | 3 |
25 | 27 | Cundall | 200 | 212 | 601 | 636 | 887 | 955 | £36,000 | £42,414 | 6 | 16 |
26 | 29 | Allies and Morrison | 179 | 187 | 344 | 349 | 345 | 350 | £40,585 | £44,905 | 4 | 1 |
27 | 28 | NPS Group | 202 | 185 | 727 | 533 | 902 | 728 | £87,800 | £94,000 | 18 | 0 |
28 | 32 | CPC Project Services | 161 | 176 | 185 | 203 | 185 | 203 | £21,672 | £24,034 | 7 | 0 |
29 | 34 | Stride Treglown4 | 154 | 163 | 334 | 329 | 334 | 329 | £20,100 | £24,300 | 9 | 0 |
30 | 37 | Hollis | 147 | 162 | 367 | 408 | 386 | 436 | £33,400 | £38,800 | 18 | 5 |
31 | 36 | Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios | 160 | 154 | 204 | 203 | 204 | 203 | £16,079 | £15,984 | na | 0 |
32 | 33 | Hilson Moran | 157 | 145 | 246 | 223 | 264 | 232 | £19,400 | £19,500 | 4 | 2 |
33 | 41 | TP Bennett | 144 | 138 | 310 | 315 | 310 | 315 | £27,200 | £26,500 | 3 | 0 |
34 | 39= | AHR | 125 | 123 | 308 | 305 | 385 | 322 | £28,000 | £30,000 | 8 | 2 |
35 | 43 | Curtins Consulting | 105 | 118 | 400 | 431 | 407 | 439 | £33,795 | £35,329 | 13 | 1 |
36 | 39= | Stace | 123 | 117 | 182 | 182 | 182 | 182 | £18,512 | £19,250 | 5 | 0 |
37 | 42 | Riley Consulting | 109 | 109 | 220 | 227 | 229 | 233 | £17,285 | £18,790 | 13 | 2 |
38 | new | Squire & Partners | 111 | 107 | 153 | 166 | 153 | 166 | £17,000 | £18,100 | 1 | 0 |
39 | 58= | HTA Design | 100 | 106 | 198 | 196 | 198 | 196 | £13,900 | £13,600 | 4 | 0 |
40 | new | Assent Building Control | 120 | 98 | 208 | 202 | 208 | 202 | £15,900 | £19,800 | 55 | 0 |
41= | 47 | JNP Group Consulting Engineers | 91 | 97 | 123 | 134 | 123 | 134 | £6,500 | £6,800 | 5 | 0 |
41= | 44 | WT Partnership | 96 | 97 | 160 | 162 | 1,300 | 1,350 | £14,500 | £15,161 | 11 | 62 |
43 | new | Paragon Building Consultancy5 | 102 | 95 | 181 | 168 | 181 | 168 | £13,800 | £19,200 | 5 | 0 |
44= | 46 | EPR Architects | 92 | 91 | 157 | 160 | 214 | 216 | £15,700 | £17,500 | 2 | 1 |
44= | new | Hydrock | 69 | 91 | 398 | 440 | 398 | 440 | £28,900 | £33,300 | 16 | 0 |
46 | 52= | Pellings | 81 | 88 | 139 | 143 | 139 | 143 | £11,800 | £12,600 | 5 | 0 |
47 | 50= | Tuffin Ferraby Taylor6 | 76 | 87 | 126 | 146 | 126 | 146 | £14,000 | £16,100 | 7 | 0 |
48 | new | Pascall+Watson | 94 | 83 | 207 | 193 | 244 | 221 | £17,381 | £27,997 | 2 | 3 |
49= | 58= | Core Five | 74 | 79 | 115 | 126 | 115 | 126 | £13,500 | £13,200 | 2 | 0 |
49= | 58= | HLM | 55 | 79 | 167 | 185 | 177 | 186 | £8,135 | £8,895 | 7 | 0 |
49= | 73 | Ingleton Wood | 57 | 79 | 187 | 209 | 187 | 209 | £13,500 | £15,200 | 6 | 0 |
52 | new | Colliers International | 78 | 78 | 960 | 1,016 | 17,000 | 17,000 | £124,700 | £123,100 | 14 | 386 |
53 | 48 | Broadway Malyan | 89 | 77 | 256 | 256 | 503 | 499 | £28,800 | £23,800 | 4 | 8 |
54 | 55 | AKT II | 79 | 75 | 268 | 318 | 268 | 318 | £17,850 | £23,660 | 3 | 0 |
55 | 58= | Schofield Lothian | 74 | 74 | 109 | 94 | 109 | 94 | £9,400 | £9,100 | 1 | 0 |
56 | 56= | Baily Garner | 78 | 72 | 160 | 165 | 160 | 165 | £10,900 | £11,300 | 3 | na |
57 | new | Ryder Architecture | 67 | 71 | 172 | 175 | 172 | 175 | £13,200 | £15,100 | 4 | 3 |
58 | 86= | McAndrew Martin | 47 | 69 | 71 | 88 | 71 | 88 | £1,800 | £2,400 | 3 | 0 |
59= | 65 | AA Projects | 64 | 67 | 129 | 140 | 129 | 140 | £9,348 | N/A | 8 | 0 |
59= | 52= | Levitt Bernstein6 | 81 | 67 | 137 | 124 | 137 | 124 | £10,400 | £8,500 | 2 | 0 |
61 | new | Elliott Wood Partnership | 50 | 66 | 143 | 146 | 143 | 146 | £11,000 | £11,000 | 3 | 0 |
62= | 50= | Donald Insall Associates | 60 | 65 | 123 | 129 | 123 | 129 | £8,092 | £8,632 | 8 | 0 |
62= | 62 | Potter Raper Partnership | 68 | 65 | 176 | 168 | 176 | 168 | £11,923 | £13,654 | 4 | 0 |
64= | 63 | ADP Architecture | 66 | 64 | 106 | 101 | 113 | 108 | £7,443 | £7,026 | 7 | 1 |
64= | new | Robert Bird & Partners | 49 | 64 | 202 | 238 | 546 | 656 | £21,369 | £22,878 | 1 | 11 |
66 | 76 | Alinea Consulting | 54 | 63 | 91 | 105 | 91 | 105 | £13,200 | £15,300 | 1 | 0 |
67= | 68= | 3DReid | 61 | 62 | 117 | 132 | 117 | 132 | £8,000 | £10,000 | 5 | 0 |
67= | 77= | CampbellReith | 53 | 62 | 153 | 150 | 155 | 152 | £13,306 | £13,907 | 5 | 1 |
69 | 66 | Fletcher Priest Architects | 58 | 61 | 118 | 104 | 118 | 104 | £9,951 | £9,544 | 1 | 2 |
70= | 72= | Clancy Consulting | 58 | 60 | 191 | 197 | 191 | 197 | £12,273 | £12,800 | 10 | 0 |
70= | new | Frankham Consultancy | 50 | 60 | 147 | 169 | 147 | 169 | £12,447 | £14,148 | 4 | 0 |
72 | 69= | Bailey Partnership | 61 | 59 | 108 | 102 | 108 | 102 | £7,950 | £7,500 | 4 | 0 |
73 | new | Rolfe Judd | 53 | 58 | 88 | 104 | 114 | 131 | £9,300 | £10,010 | 2 | 2 |
74= | 72= | Price & Myers7 | 57 | 56 | 196 | 191 | 196 | 191 | £14,511 | £14,458 | 3 | 0 |
74= | 85 | TowerEight8 | 48 | 56 | 80 | 82 | 80 | 82 | £12,500 | £12,800 | 2 | 0 |
76 | 78= | Robinson Low Francis9 | 55 | 55 | 107 | 108 | 107 | 108 | £9,912 | £10,648 | 5 | 0 |
77= | 69= | Atkins Walters & Webster | 56 | 54 | 92 | 85 | 92 | 85 | £7,100 | £6,800 | 3 | 0 |
77= | new | Trident Building Consultancy | 55 | 54 | 99 | 99 | 103 | 103 | £8,957 | £9,012 | 10 | 0 |
79 | 86= | ECE Group | 47 | 51 | 85 | 90 | 85 | 90 | £5,750 | £6,400 | 3 | 0 |
80= | 92= | Artelia | 43 | 50 | 108 | 115 | 4,900 | 4,960 | £12,590 | £12,930 | 1 | 85 |
80= | 67= | John Rowan and Partners | 61 | 50 | 82 | 81 | 85 | 81 | £6,901 | £7,532 | 2 | 0 |
80= | 102 | Ward Williams Associates | 35 | 50 | 82 | 97 | 82 | 97 | £6,000 | £7,100 | 6 | 0 |
80= | 82= | Whittam Cox Architects | 50 | 50 | 125 | 135 | 125 | 135 | N/A | £9,152 | 3 | 0 |
84= | new | CS2 Chartered Surveyors | 0 | 49 | 0 | 98 | N/A | N/A | £6,943 | £7,918 | 6 | 0 |
84= | 100= | Pozzoni Architecture | 51 | 49 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 72 | £4,267 | £4,379 | 2 | 0 |
84= | 84 | Stockwool | 53 | 49 | 77 | 68 | 77 | 68 | £5,818 | £4,626 | 1 | 0 |
87 | 86= | Aukett Swanke | 53 | 47 | 106 | 94 | 404 | 349 | £8,765 | N/A | 1 | 8 |
88 | 106= | Fulkers Bailey Russell | 32 | 46 | 71 | 95 | 71 | 95 | £4,600 | £6,300 | 8 | 0 |
89 | 91 | Thomas and Adamson | 45 | 45 | 98 | 98 | 150 | 168 | £7,236 | £8,108 | 3 | 4 |
90 | 100= | P+HS Architects | 36 | 43 | 63 | 74 | 63 | 74 | £4,355 | £4,357 | 3 | 0 |
91= | 95= | Holder Mathias | 38 | 42 | 46 | 50 | 46 | 50 | £4,500 | £4,800 | 2 | 0 |
91= | 98= | LSI Architects | 37 | 42 | 66 | 78 | 66 | 78 | £2,284 | £3,999 | 2 | 0 |
93 | 109= | Naithsmiths | 30 | 41 | 63 | 66 | 63 | 66 | £5,062 | £6,423 | 6 | 0 |
94 | 129= | Procom Construction Consultants10 | 22 | 39 | 35 | 67 | 35 | 67 | £2,100 | £2,000 | 2 | 0 |
95= | 95= | Leslie Clark | 38 | 38 | 78 | 80 | 78 | 80 | N/A | N/A | 4 | 2 |
95= | 103= | Meinhardt (UK) | 35 | 38 | 85 | 93 | 4,000 | 4,500 | £7,800 | £8,800 | 2 | 51 |
97 | 74= | Rex Procter and Partners | 55 | 36 | 100 | 84 | 100 | 84 | £9,475 | £9,626 | 4 | 0 |
98 | 114= | Pulse Associates | 28 | 34 | 28 | 34 | 28 | 34 | £1,800 | £2,100 | 4 | 0 |
99 | 103= | R H Partnership Architects | 33 | 33 | 61 | 51 | 61 | 51 | £3,631 | £3,608 | 3 | 0 |
100= | new | Buttress Architects | 28 | 32 | 39 | 43 | 39 | 43 | N/A | £2,967 | 1 | 0 |
100= | 124= | DSSR | 24 | 32 | 90 | 96 | 90 | 96 | £7,500 | £7,990 | 4 | 0 |
100= | 109= | Martin Arnold | 30 | 32 | 88 | 85 | 88 | 85 | £5,130 | £5,900 | 3 | 0 |
103= | 112= | Keegans | 29 | 31 | 57 | 61 | 57 | 61 | £5,100 | £3,600 | 2 | 0 |
103= | 134= | Projex Building Solutions | 23 | 31 | 35 | 40 | 35 | 40 | £4,100 | £4,400 | 3 | 0 |
105= | 103= | Bruce Shaw | 33 | 30 | 79 | 72 | 79 | 72 | £7,423 | £7,086 | 4 | 0 |
105= | 124= | KAM Project Consultants | 24 | 30 | 34 | 40 | 34 | 40 | £4,600 | £5,300 | 2 | 1 |
105= | 114= | Norman Rourke Pryme | 28 | 30 | 43 | 57 | 43 | 57 | £4,240 | £4,975 | 4 | 2 |
105= | 121= | Thomson Gray | 25 | 30 | 38 | 46 | 38 | 46 | £3,141 | £3,528 | 5 | 0 |
109= | 118= | GRID Architects | 26 | 29 | 48 | 53 | 48 | 53 | £3,850 | £4,100 | 1 | 0 |
109= | new | K2 Consultancy | 26 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 31 | 35 | £2,600 | £2,800 | 2 | 0 |
111= | 118= | Airey Miller | 27 | 28 | 65 | 58 | 65 | 58 | £4,056 | £5,136 | 3 | 0 |
111= | 114= | Concertus Design & Property Consultants | N/A | 28 | N/A | 112 | N/A | 112 | £7,200 | £8,700 | 1 | 0 |
113= | 120 | Clarkebond (UK) | 26 | 27 | 84 | 91 | 84 | 91 | £5,500 | £6,500 | 3 | 0 |
113= | new | Engenuiti | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | £1,800 | £2,000 | 1 | 0 |
115= | 86= | Lewis & Hickey | 30 | 26 | 60 | 53 | 60 | 53 | £4,650 | £3,410 | 5 | 1 |
115= | new | Prosurv Consult | 22 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 28 | 32 | £5,060 | £5,275 | 1 | 0 |
115= | 121= | Summers Inman Construction and Property Consultants | 25 | 26 | 103 | 115 | 103 | 115 | £8,700 | £10,590 | 6 | 0 |
118= | 124= | Barker Associates | 24 | 25 | 53 | 65 | 53 | 65 | £3,900 | £4,500 | 4 | 0 |
118= | 127= | Gray Baynes and Shew | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 27 | £2,600 | £2,500 | 2 | 0 |
118= | 90 | TSP Projects | 46 | 25 | 422 | 351 | 422 | 351 | £33,000 | £33,000 | 5 | 1 |
118= | 127= | Walker Sime | 23 | 25 | 57 | 55 | 57 | 55 | £5,500 | £6,300 | 3 | 0 |
122= | new | ETL | 26 | 24 | 72 | 80 | 72 | 80 | £6,900 | £8,600 | 2 | 0 |
122= | new | Exigere Project Services11 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 42 | 26 | 42 | £2,760 | £3,800 | 1 | 0 |
124= | new | Black & White Engineering12 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 30 | na | 164 | £2,090 | £2,726 | 2 | 5 |
124= | 134= | Civic Engineers | 16 | 23 | 76 | 80 | 76 | 80 | £4,600 | £6,000 | 4 | 0 |
126= | new | Novium | 16 | 22 | 26 | 31 | 26 | 31 | £2,400 | £2,100 | 1 | 0 |
126= | 129= | Synergy Construction and Property | 22 | 22 | 79 | 77 | 79 | 77 | £6,288 | £6,651 | 3 | 0 |
128 | 132 | Elementa Consulting | 21 | 21 | 69 | 75 | 502 | 596 | £6,476 | £7,026 | 2 | 15 |
129= | 137= | Chaplin Farrant Design Group | 20 | 20 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 42 | £2,528 | £3,050 | 3 | 0 |
129= | 140= | Iesis Group13 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 56 | 44 | 56 | £4,400 | £4,100 | 3 | 0 |
129= | 136 | Webb Yates Engineers | 19 | 20 | 62 | 56 | 73 | 66 | £3,900 | £4,200 | 3 | 1 |
132= | new | Imagile Professional Services | 19 | 19 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 46 | £6,000 | £6,500 | 6 | 0 |
132= | 140= | NDC 2000 | 17 | 19 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 38 | £3,000 | £3,000 | 3 | 0 |
134 | new | RG+P | 17 | 18 | 90 | 103 | 90 | 103 | £4,500 | £5,000 | 2 | 0 |
135= | 144= | CTP Consulting Engineers | 13 | 17 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 43 | £4,150 | £4,000 | 1 | 0 |
135= | new | Whitby Wood | 10 | 17 | 27 | 51 | 27 | 51 | £1,746 | £4,218 | 4 | 1 |
137= | 140= | Anderton Gables | 14 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 25 | £1,683 | £1,892 | 3 | 0 |
137= | 114= | Emmaus Consulting | 16 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | £3,000 | £3,100 | 2 | 0 |
137= | 132 | Lyons O’Neill Civil & Structural | 14 | 16 | 23 | 27 | N/A | N/A | £1,600 | £1,800 | 1 | 0 |
140 | 140= | Hargreaves Jones | 14 | 15 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 34 | £2,850 | £3,100 | 2 | 0 |
141= | 144= | Christopher Smith Associates | 13 | 13 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | £4,264 | £4,327 | 3 | 0 |
141= | 150 | QODA Consulting | 9 | 13 | 46 | 58 | 46 | 58 | £3,200 | £3,750 | 4 | 0 |
143= | new | Blackburn & Co | 10 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 15 | £2,000 | £2,700 | 1 | 0 |
143= | 137= | Rolton Group | 11 | 12 | 74 | 72 | 74 | 72 | £5,539 | £6,350 | 4 | 0 |
145= | 146= | SDA Consulting | 12 | 11 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 28 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 0 |
145= | new | SHW Building Consultancy | 10 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 25 | £2,140 | £2,790 | 8 | 0 |
145= | new | Vextrix Management | 6 | 11 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 25 | £1,590 | £2,300 | 3 | 0 |
148= | new | Ellis and Moore Consulting Engineers | 10 | 10 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 33 | £2,100 | £1,400 | 1 | 0 |
148= | new | Services Design Solution | 9 | 10 | 57 | 61 | 57 | 61 | £3,420 | £3,750 | 3 | 0 |
150 | new | 3Sixty Real Estate | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | £1,100 | £1,250 | 2 | 0 |
Methodology and notes
Close to 300 firms were contacted for this year’s Building Top Consultants Survey. They were sent a survey form asking for details on the number of chartered staff, non-chartered and technical staff, and 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 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 2020 survey, should contact Martin Hewes at Hewes & Associates: www.hewes-associates.com.
NB: “New” is used to mean that the company was not in the 2018 Top 150 consultants table.
NB: A previous version of this table erroneously omitted AHR (ranked 34)
- Arup: Income data for 2019 is unaudited and provisional
- WSP: UK chartered total includes 1,193 other chartered, not identified in any questions
- BDP: Totals include other chartered staff
- Stride Treglown: Other engineers includes town planner, landscape architects and MCIAT staff
- Paragon Building Consultancy: 2018/19 figures take account of 2018 merger
- Levitt Bernstein: Income figures are estimates
- Price & Myers: Fee income for 2018 is estimated
- TowerEight: 2018 income is an estimate
- Robinson Low Francis: 2018 income is subject to audit
- Procom Construction Consultants: Fee income for 2019/20 projected as £5m
- Exigere Project Services: New company for 2019
- Black & White Engineering: Fee income for 2019 are estimates, based on seven months of data
- Iesis Group: Fee income for 2019 is estimated. July year end
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