Top 150 consultants 2021

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RankFirmUK Chartered Project Management StaffTotal UK Chartered StaffTotal UK staffOffices
20212019 TotalArchitectureSurveyingEngineeringOther2021202020212020UK
1 1 Mott MacDonald Group 1,272 17 41 439 775 3,673 3,699 7,059 7,252 27
2 2 Turner & Townsend 1,132 N/A N/A N/A N/A 2,093 2,056 2,907 2,912 16
3 4 Arcadis 684 0 0 654 30 2,319 N/A 3,881 N/A 26
4 5 Aecom 460 14 193 153 100 2,588 2,590 6,679 7,159 33
5 7 Gardiner & Theobald 297 N/A N/A N/A N/A 679 719 867 927 8
6 new RPS Consulting Services 277 6 75 28 168 501 438 1,155 1,058 28
7 13= WSP 209 0 0 58 151 3,981 4,237 6,854 7,679 35
8 9 CPC Project Services 157 6 27 42 82 196 183 228 211 7
9 8 Arup 156 5 23 88 40 2,126 2,109 5,915 6,180 15
10 10 Rider Levett Bucknall 135 0 135 0 0 449 410 710 652 12
11 29= BDP 126 N/A N/A N/A N/A 546 519 947 845 10
12 12 CBRE 112 0 112 0 0 377 365 3,706 3,706 16
13 13= Currie & Brown 103 0 103 0 0 379 361 537 537 17
14 23 Gleeds 89 3 76 3 7 647 583 1,196 1,057 22
15 new HDR 82 0 0 76 6 156 130 270 219 6
16 17 Ridge and Partners 81 0 72 0 9 357 350 639 634 12
17 15 Pick Everard 62 1 23 2 36 406 370 583 542 13
18 16 Systech 56 0 56 0 0 278 266 311 298 3
19 18= Ramboll 45 0 0 45 0 775 774 1,286 1,295 16
20 21 Schofield Lothian 43 0 0 0 43 76 73 86 88 2
21 new Cumming Group EMEA 38 0 37 0 1 111 48 147 67 5
22 18= Stace 37 1 36 0 0 95 98 168 172 5
23 24= Artelia UK 35 3 4 5 23 58 56 109 119 2
24 26= AA Projects 34 0 20 0 14 80 63 165 145 8
25 29= Pulse Consult 27 0 0 0 27 47 34 49 34 6
26= 34= Fulkers Bailey Russell 25 1 23 1 0 64 50 120 97 7
26= new Bidwells 25 2 21 2 0 50 44 83 72 8
28 new Ward William Associates 21 0 18 3 0 63 53 120 102 7
29 34= HTA Design 20 0 0 0 20 113 94 247 219 4
30 50 Baily Garner 19 4 8 1 6 67 58 195 178 2
31 new Walker Sime 18 0 18 0 0 42 33 73 62 3
32= 34= Paragon Building Consultancy 17 0 17 0 0 83 93 131 155 6
32= new John Rowan and Partners 17 0 6 0 11 42 42 84 88 2
32= new Imagile Professional Services 17 0 1 1 15 25 24 53 52 6
35 26= K2 Consultancy 16 0 8 8 0 20 26 23 31 2
36= new Tuffin Ferraby Taylor 15 1 14 0 0 84 N/A 144 N/A 7
36= new Henry Riley 15 0 0 0 15 74 57 189 168 9
36= new Buro Four Project Services 15 1 9 2 3 15 15 32 32 6
39= 42= Kam Project Consultants 14 0 10 4 0 40 32 60 43 3
39= new Kier Business Services 14 2 1 6 5 81 88 170 200 5
41= 34= Potter Raper 13 0 13 0 0 55 65 173 168 5
41= new Purcell 13 0 0 0 13 119 111 194 188 11
43= 28 WT Partners 12 1 9 2 0 84 88 163 153 11
43= 41 Thomas and Adamson 12 1 6 0 5 44 43 79 84 3
43= new Provelio 12 0 4 1 7 12 12 21 18 2
46= 47 NPS Group 11 1 2 0 8 174 183 540 682 13
46= 39 Robinson Low Francis 11 1 10 0 0 47 51 95 102 5
48= new Procom Construction Consultants 10 0 10 0 0 36 31 43 38 2
48= new Leslie Clark Construction Consultants 10 0 2 0 8 28 33 46 63 4
48= 48= Keegans 10 0 10 0 0 24 22 44 39 2

Methodology and notes

More than 350 firms were contacted for this year’s Building Top 150 Consultants Survey, the results of which are shown in the tables above. 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. As there was no Top 150 survey published in 2020 for covid-related reasons, where a company is marked “new“ that means it was not in the 2019 Top 150 rankings.

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 2022 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 2019 Top 150 consultants table.

Notes

1 WSP: Global acquisition of Golder will lead to integration of Golder UK subsidiary.

2 Arup: Latest financial data are provisional and unaudited.

3 Ramboll: Latest financials are draft.

4 Buro Happold: Amalgamated several companies into Buro Happold.

5 CBRE: CBRE restructured on a service line basis.

6 Ridge and Partners: Small acquisition in January 2020.

7 Hydrock: Acquired Kelly Taylor & Associates in March 2020, which has added around 20 staff and 2 locations to operations.

8 Cumming Group EMEA: In Feb 2020, TowerEight was acquired by Cumming Group.

9 Corstophine & Wright: 2021 financial data are estimates.

10 Kier Business Services: A significant contract TUPE was transferred back to the client at the start of this year, which has had a significant impact on the difference in revenue and staff figures between this year and last year.

11 Artelia UK: Acquisition of Austin Newport Group completed in 2020.

12 Atkins Walters & Webster: Latest financial data are unaudited.

13 Clancy Consulting: Latest financial data covers 2019/2020.

14 Whittam Cox Architects: Acquisition of Scottish timber-frame specialist, DBM Consulting.

15 Pulse Consult: Moving to a regional structure has resulted in further synergies across the business.

16 Trident Building Consultancy: Figures include joint venture with Emerald PM.

17 Meinhardt (UK): Latest financial data are estimated.

18 NRP: Latest financial data are estimated.

19 Imagile Professional Services: Acquisition of Capitec.

20 Concertus: In September 2020 a subsidiary, a joint venture with Derbyshire county council, was set up – TUPE 36 staff and £1.1m for 2020/2021.

21 Baqus Group: Closed Oxford office.

22 Provelio: Latest results are partially estimated.

23 Method Consulting: Latest financial data are estimates.

24 Powell Tolner & Associates: Estimated fee income for 2021.

 

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