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| Rank | Firm | UK chartered project managers | Total UK chartered staff | Total UK staff | UK offices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 rank | 2025 rank | 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | 2025 | |||
| 1 | 1 | Turner & Townsend 2 | 2,555 | 4,811 | 4,221 | 7,110 | 4,221 | 20 |
| 2 | 2 | Mott MacDonald | 1,630 | 5,205 | 5,074 | 9,865 | 5,074 | 38 |
| 3 | 5 | Aecom | 696 | 3,233 | 3,314 | 6,951 | 3,314 | 32 |
| 4 | 6 | Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) | 398 | 1,019 | 1,031 | 1,488 | 1,031 | 14 |
| 5 | 8 | WSP | 375 | 5,833 | 5,884 | 9,493 | 5,884 | 44 |
| 6 | 7 | Gardiner & Theobald | 362 | 782 | 810 | 1,191 | 810 | 8 |
| 7 | 9 | CPC Project Services 8 | 261 | 382 | 343 | 462 | 343 | 8 |
| 8 | 10 | Ridge and Partners | 245 | 1,028 | 863 | 1,622 | 863 | 16 |
| 9 | 13 | Gleeds 3 | 174 | 586 | 519 | 1,459 | 519 | 18 |
| 10 | new | Sidara 4 | 141 | 537 | 514 | 1,215 | 514 | 28 |
| 11 | 11 | BDP | 136 | 471 | 530 | 705 | 530 | 10 |
| 12 | 14 | Jones Lang LaSalle | 90 | 279 | 327 | 8,515 | 327 | 14 |
| 13 | 15 | Pick Everard | 79 | 376 | 421 | 721 | 421 | 12 |
| 14 | 16 | Ramboll | 64 | 1,017 | 1,017 | 1,329 | 1,017 | 15 |
| 15 | 19 | Pulse Consult | 52 | 110 | 74 | 130 | 74 | 7 |
| 16 | 17 | Stace | 51 | 125 | 125 | 203 | 125 | 5 |
| 17 | 48= | Hollis | 45 | 128 | 163 | 427 | 163 | 17 |
| 18 | new | Cumming Group 5 | 44 | 198 | 168 | 626 | 168 | 9 |
| 19= | new | Arup 1 | 22 | 1,787 | 1,734 | 6,803 | 1,734 | 18 |
| 19= | new | Buro Four Project Services 15 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 72 | 17 | 4 |
| 21= | new | Tuffin Ferraby Taylor | 21 | 123 | 112 | 214 | 112 | 11 |
| 21= | 20= | WT Partnership | 21 | 97 | 86 | 217 | 86 | 10 |
| 23 | new | Ward Williams | 19 | 48 | 52 | 140 | 52 | 9 |
| 24= | new | Drees & Sommer UK 9 | 18 | 135 | 107 | 275 | 107 | 13 |
| 24= | 35= | Thomson Gray | 15 | 61 | 54 | 85 | 54 | 5 |
| 24= | 22= | Faithorn Farrell Timms 10 | 15 | 48 | 43 | 135 | 43 | 3 |
| 24= | 40= | Vextrix Management | 15 | 35 | 25 | 62 | 25 | 3 |
| 28= | 31= | Airey Miller | 14 | 62 | 60 | 126 | 60 | 5 |
| 28= | 24= | Ryder Architecture | 14 | 150 | 170 | 277 | 170 | 6 |
| 30= | 24= | Calfordseaden | 13 | 102 | 114 | 268 | 114 | 6 |
| 30= | 24= | Potter Raper | 13 | 52 | 54 | 176 | 54 | 4 |
| 32= | 40= | Frankham Consultancy Group | 12 | 65 | 55 | 277 | 55 | 5 |
| 32= | 35= | Coreus Group | 12 | 33 | 21 | 93 | 21 | 6 |
| 32= | 30 | Pell Frischmann | 12 | 277 | 315 | 594 | 315 | 16 |
| 32= | 24= | Stantec | 12 | 1,058 | 962 | 3,895 | 962 | 43 |
| 36= | new | Bellrock 6 | 11 | 99 | 47 | 412 | 47 | 13 |
| 36= | new | Avison Young | 11 | 89 | 1,214 | 12 | ||
| 36= | 39 | Exi Group | 11 | 50 | 44 | 87 | 44 | 1 |
| 39= | new | Newmark | 10 | 478 | 464 | 947 | 464 | 12 |
| 39= | 24= | Fulkers Bailey Russell 13 | 10 | 42 | 36 | 158 | 36 | 6 |
| 39= | 35= | Leslie Clark Construction Consultants | 10 | 28 | 29 | 53 | 29 | 4 |
| 39= | new | Academy Consulting | 10 | 23 | 18 | 30 | 18 | 1 |
| 39= | 31= | Keegans | 10 | 23 | 24 | 56 | 24 | 2 |
| 39= | new | Childerstone Project Management | 10 | 17 | 15 | 34 | 15 | 4 |
| 45= | 40= | Kier Design | 9 | 173 | 163 | 641 | 163 | 18 |
| 45= | 48= | Foster + Partners | 9 | 684 | 648 | 2,173 | 648 | 1 |
| 47= | new | Quantem 11 | 7 | 67 | 74 | 127 | 74 | 3 |
| 47= | new | Rund | 7 | 30 | 26 | 101 | 26 | 4 |
| 47= | new | Barker Associates (Essex) 12 | 7 | 31 | 33 | 120 | 33 | 4 |
| 47= | new | Cadence | 7 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 3 |
Notes
1 Arup: Fee income unaudited.
2. Turner & Townsend merged with CBRE Project Management in January 2025. The firms have aligned year-end to 31 December and these figures have been prepared internally to accurately reflect the combined businesses for the relevant period. This position cannot be reconciled to audited accounts.
3. Gleeds: Fee income unaudited.
4. Sidara: The group comprises Perkins&Will, Currie & Brown, Introba and Penspen.
5. Cumming Group: Turnover rise due in part of acqusitions of infrastructure consultant BTTC and QS CloSE in 2025.
6. Bellrock acquired Axiom Project Services in November 25 and assets of Summers Inman were acquired in June 2025. Both businesses’ fee incomes are included for all of 2025.
7. TP Bennett acquired Bluehaus (Dubai) in May 2025.
8. CPC Project Services figures estimated.
9. Drees & Sommer UK acquired RSP Consulting Engineers (RSP) in March 2025.
10. Faithorn Farrell Timms: Fee estimate.
11. Quantem: Three months of forecast figures due to year end.
12. Barker Associates (Essex): Figures provisional.
13. Fulkers Bailey Russell: Figures unaudited.
14. Harley Haddow: No final figure for 2025/26 available.
15. Buro Four Project Services: Figures unaudited.
16. Adair: Acquired an affordable housing consultancy in April 2026.
17. Playle & Partners: Figures unaudited.
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