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Top 150 Consultants 2026 coverage

RankFirmUK chartered surveying staffTotal UK chartered staffTotal UK staffUK offices
2026 Rank2025 RankTotal charteredQuantityBuilding/other2026202520262025
1 1 Turner & Townsend 2 2,066 1,521 545 4,811 4,221 7,110 6,375 20
2 3 Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) 584 406 178 1,019 1,031 1,488 1,557 14
3 7 Newmark 467 5 462 478 464 947 687 12
4 4 Aecom 458 375 83 3,233 3,314 6,951 7,092 32
5 6 Mott MacDonald 425 400 25 5,205 5,074 9,865 9,382 38
6 5 Gardiner & Theobald 404 404   782 810 1,191 1,148 8
7 8 Gleeds 3 389 356 33 586 519 1,459 1,375 18
8 9 Ridge and Partners 375 143 232 1,028 863 1,622 1,347 16
9 new AtkinsRéalis 370 200 170     13,970 13,836 46
10 new Sidara 4 265 217 48 537 514 1,215 1,168 28
11 12 Jones Lang LaSalle 159 26 133 279 327 8,515 8,784 14
12 new Cumming Group 5 146 128 18 198 168 626 521 9
13 13 Hollis 122 8 114 128 163 427 424 17
14 15 Rapleys 122 1 121 133 110 207 180 8
15 14 Core Five Consulting 120 120     116 190 184 2
16 16 WSP 98 75 23 5,833 5,884 9,493 9,144 44
17 new Tuffin Ferraby Taylor 93 11 82 123 112 214 185 11
18 31 Bellrock 6 82 47 35 99 47 412 296 13
19= new Avison Young 72 6 66 89   1,214   12
19= 17= WT Partnership 72 69 3 97 86 217 215 10
21= 21 CPC Project Services 8 70 61 9 382 343 462 407 8
21= 19 Stace 70 45 25 125 125 203 212 5
23 new Drees & Sommer UK 9 68 28 40 135 107 275 230 13
24 17= Calfordseaden 62 26 36 102 114 268 286 6
25= 20 Pick Everard 60 25 35 376 421 721 795 12
25= 22 TSA Riley 60 54 6 66 69 317 335 11
25= new Quantem 11 60 57 3 67 74 127 122 3
25= 29= Colin Hardiman 60 40 20 64 49 74 59 3
29 28 Pulse Consult 58 58   110 74 130 94 7
30 23 Exigere Project Services 56 56   56 56 97 96 2
31 25 Martin Arnold 49 9 40 57 49 143 129 4
32 39= Thomson Gray 42 28 14 61 54 85 76 5
33 36= Newsteer 40   40 40 34 46 40 1
34 new RHP 38   38 38 32 60 54 2
35= 26 Artelia UK 36 31 5 40 39 192 194 14
35= 27 Kendall Kingscott 36 7 29 79 86 185 195 9
37= 33 Potter Raper 35 17 18 52 54 176 168 4
37= new Safer Sphere 35   35 42 28 68 49 4
39 32 Trident Building Consultancy 34   34 35 37 77 66 8
40= 38 Faithorn Farrell Timms 10 33 3 30 48 43 135 124 3
40= new Jones Hargreaves 33   33 40 30 57 43 7
42 34 Airey Miller 29 3 26 62 60 126 120 5
43= 39= Ingleton Wood 28 2 26 105 115 271 282 7
43= 35 Watts Group 28 6 22 33 36 82 80 7
45= new Ward Williams 27 24 3 48 52 140 148 9
45= 41 MGAC 27 24 3 31 33 81 69 4
47 new Circle Development 25 25   33 33 54 54 1
48 new Fulkers Bailey Russell 13 24 10 14 42 36 158 161 6
49= 42 AHR 23   23 105 96 262 274 9
49= 45= Adair 16 23 17 6 27 24 43 38 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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