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Top 150 Consultants 2019
Rank Total UK chartered staffTotal UK staffWorldwide staffAnnual UK fees (£’000)Offices
2019 rank2018 rankFirm2018201920182019201820192017/18 financial year2018/19 financial yearUKWorldwide
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)

  1. Arup: Income data for 2019 is unaudited and provisional
  2. WSP: UK chartered total includes 1,193 other chartered, not identified in any questions
  3. BDP: Totals include other chartered staff
  4. Stride Treglown: Other engineers includes town planner, landscape architects and MCIAT staff
  5. Paragon Building Consultancy: 2018/19 figures take account of 2018 merger
  6. Levitt Bernstein: Income figures are estimates
  7. Price & Myers: Fee income for 2018 is estimated
  8. TowerEight: 2018 income is an estimate
  9. Robinson Low Francis: 2018 income is subject to audit
  10. Procom Construction Consultants: Fee income for 2019/20 projected as £5m
  11. Exigere Project Services: New company for 2019
  12. Black & White Engineering: Fee income for 2019 are estimates, based on seven months of data
  13. Iesis Group: Fee income for 2019 is estimated. July year end

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