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| Rank 2013 | Rank 2014 | Firm | UK fee income 2012-2013 (£m) | UK fee income 2013-2014 (£m) | WW fee income 2012-2013 (£m) | WW fee income 2013-2014 (£m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Atkins | 967.7 | 930.0 | 1705.2 | 1750.1 |
| 5 | 2 | Mott MacDonald | 335.0 | 352.4 | 1104.1 | 1214.5 |
| 4 | 3 | AECOM | 312.0 | 323.0 | 507.6 | 503.2 |
| 6 | 4 | Arup Group | 282.3 | 308.9 | 103.1 | 110.9 |
| 10 | 5 | EC Harris Group | 219.0 | 241.0 | 2200.0 | 2500.0 |
| 8 | 6 | WSP | 204.0 | 208.0 | 125.7 | 112.3 |
| 9 | 7 | Parsons Brinckerhoff | 187.2 | 193.6 | 162.8 | 166.0 |
| 11 | 8 | Mace | 171.2 | 174.8 | - | - |
| 12 | 9 | Turner & Townsend | 160.8 | 174.3 | 318.5 | 357.4 |
| 13 | 10 | Foster + Partners | 153.0 | 159.0 | 153.0 | 159.0 |
| 15 | 11 | Faithful+Gould | 114.0 | 129.0 | 203.0 | 246.0 |
| 17 | 12 | WYG | - | 126.9 | - | - |
| 16 | 13 | NPS Property Consultants Ltd | 80.3 | 88.7 | 80.3 | 88.7 |
| - | 14 | Gardiner & Theobald LLP | 75.1 | 80.5 | 106.7 | 110.5 |
| 18 | 15 | BuroHappold Engineering | 63.0 | 67.0 | 122.0 | 138.0 |
| 20 | 16 | Ramboll | 56.7 | 64.4 | 870.5 | 868.7 |
| 22 | 17 | BDP | 54.3 | 64.3 | 62.0 | 89.9 |
| 23 | 18 | Waterman Group plc | 50.0 | 58.0 | 68.0 | 69.0 |
| 21 | 19 | Gleeds | 54.8 | 57.9 | 78.8 | 86.8 |
| 24 | 20 | Hoare Lea | 47.5 | 55.4 | 52.8 | 60.1 |
| 19 | 21 | Grontmij | 57.9 | 53.5 | 708.3 | 607.0 |
| 33 | 22 | Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates | 26.2 | 44.3 | 97.0 | 113.7 |
| 25 | 23 | Sweett (UK) Ltd | 41.7 | 42.6 | 80.6 | 89.4 |
| - | 24 | AHR | 32.5 | 33.0 | 147.0 | 164.9 |
| 26 | 25 | Pell Frischmann | 33.4 | 32.1 | 42.3 | 42.6 |
| 37 | 26 | Pick Everard | 23.4 | 30.9 | 24.1 | 31.4 |
| 28 | 27 | Cluttons | 29.4 | 30.3 | 37.0 | 41.4 |
| 34 | 28 | Barton Willmore | 25.0 | 30.0 | 25.7 | 31.3 |
| 30 | 29 | Hill International (UK) Ltd | 28.1 | 28.8 | 262.3 | 313.4 |
| 32 | 30 | Fairhurst | 27.3 | 28.4 | 27.6 | 28.8 |
| 41 | 31 | Allford Hall Monaghan Morris | 18.3 | 26.5 | 18.4 | 27.0 |
| 14 | 32 | GVA Grimley | 22.0 | 25.0 | - | - |
| 39 | 33 | Ridge and Partners LLP | 22.3 | 24.7 | 22.4 | 26.6 |
| 31 | 34 | TPS Consult Ltd | - | 24.3 | - | 24.3 |
| - | 35 | Hurleypalmerflatt | 17.9 | 22.5 | 19.8 | 23.9 |
| 36 | 36 | Lend Lease Consulting (EMEA) Ltd | 24.4 | 22.0 | 24.4 | 22.0 |
| 35 | 37 | HOK | 21.3 | 21.9 | 253.0 | 247.0 |
| 40 | 38 | Cundall | 18.7 | 21.3 | 26.1 | 28.7 |
| 29 | 39 | Broadway Malyan | 17.8 | 20.9 | 43.2 | 43.6 |
| 43 | 40 | PRP | 17.1 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 21.9 |
| - | 41= | IBI Group | 24.9 | 19.6 | 26.7 | 21.5 |
| 42 | 41= | Opus International Consultants (UK) Ltd | 16.5 | 19.6 | 227.0 | 250.0 |
| - | 43 | Curtins Consulting Ltd | 15.0 | 18.0 | - | - |
| 49 | 44 | Allies and Morrison | 14.3 | 17.9 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
| 45 | 45 | Currie & Brown | 15.6 | 17.2 | 37.1 | 37.5 |
| 46= | 46 | Hilson Moran | 16.1 | 16.6 | 18.6 | 18.6 |
| 54= | 47 | Make Ltd | 11.6 | 16.2 | 14.5 | 18.6 |
| 48 | 48 | TP Bennett LLP | 14.7 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 19.2 |
| 57 | 49 | Malcolm Hollis LLP | 11.2 | 15.1 | 11.2 | 15.1 |
| 44 | 50 | Riley Consulting | 16.6 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 15.2 |
| - | 51 | Sanderson Weatherall | 13.0 | 14.0 | - | - |
| 51 | 52 | Stride Treglown | 13.2 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 14.4 |
| 63= | 53 | Scott Brownrigg | 10.3 | 13.7 | 1.2 | 14.1 |
| - | 54 | Ryden | 11.3 | 13.2 | 11.3 | 13.2 |
| 59 | 55 | Frankham Consultancy Group | 10.8 | 12.8 | - | - |
| 52 | 56 | Troup Bywaters & Anders | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.3 |
| 56 | 57 | Watts Group PLC | 11.5 | 11.6 | - | - |
| 60= | 58 | 3DReid | 10.5 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 15.0 |
| 53 | 59 | NDC 2000 Ltd | 12.0 | 11.4 | - | - |
| 60= | 60 | Purcell | 13.1 | 11.4 | 14.8 | 3.9 |
| 50 | 61 | Artelia | 13.7 | 11.3 | 309.0 | 330.0 |
| 58 | 62 | Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios | 11.1 | 11.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| 66 | 63 | HLMAD Ltd | 10.2 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 10.7 |
| - | 64 | Wilkinson Eyre Architects | 7.0 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 14.8 |
| 81= | 65 | John Rowan and Partners | 7.5 | 10.3 | 7.5 | 10.6 |
| 90= | 66 | Schofield Lothian | 8.2 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 10.3 |
| 71 | 67 | Price & Myers | 9.0 | 10.1 | 9.0 | 10.1 |
| 74 | 68 | Hawkins Brown Architects LLP | 8.5 | 10.0 | 0.9 | 10.4 |
| 68 | 69 | Hulley & Kirkwood | 9.9 | 9.9 | - | 0.1 |
| 86= | 70= | Pollard Thomas Edwards | 7.1 | 9.8 | 7.1 | 9.8 |
| 70 | 70= | CPC Project Services LLP | 9.1 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| 63= | 72 | Archial NORR | 10.4 | 9.6 | 208.9 | 216.1 |
| 79 | 73 | AA Projects Ltd | 7.9 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 9.3 |
| 72 | 74 | EPR Architects | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 9.1 |
| - | 75 | Ian Simpson Architects | 7.2 | 8.8 | 7.4 | 9.1 |
| 80 | 76 | Potter Raper Partnership | 7.5 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 8.3 |
| 78 | 77 | Clancy Consulting Ltd | 8.0 | 8.3 | - | - |
| 81= | 78= | Pellings LLP | 7.2 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 8.0 |
| - | 78= | Flanagan Lawrence Ltd | 5.7 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 8.0 |
| - | 78= | Walsh Associates | 7.0 | 8.0 | 68.0 | 69.0 |
| 81= | 81 | Rolfe Judd | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
| 81= | 82 | Ryder Architecture | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 8.1 |
| - | 83= | Thomasons | 6.7 | 7.4 | - | 0.0 |
| 81= | 83= | Alan Baxter & Associates LLP | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
| 76= | 85= | DBK Partners LLP | 6.0 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.9 |
| 99= | 85= | The Harris Partnership Ltd | 5.5 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 7.2 |
| - | 87 | HTA Design LLP | 4.9 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 6.8 |
| - | 88 | Kendall Kingscott Ltd | 5.7 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 6.5 |
| - | 89 | Hunters | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 |
| 90= | 90 | ADP | 6.4 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 6.5 |
| - | 91= | Assael Architecture | 4.5 | 6.2 | - | - |
| - | 91= | WCEC Group Ltd | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| 95 | 93 | Stanton Williams | 4.9 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.6 |
| - | 94 | JNP Group | 4.7 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 6.0 |
| - | 95 | Jackson Coles LLP | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| 93= | 96 | Interserve Consulting | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| - | 97 | ADAM Architecture | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 5.4 |
| 98 | 98 | HCD Group | 6.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| 99= | 99 | Synergy LLP | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| - | 100 | Bidwells Building Consultancy | 5.4 | 5.4 | - | - |
| - | 101 | Conisbee | 4.6 | 5.0 | - | - |
| - | 102 | Stock Woolstencroft | 3.0 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 4.8 |
| - | 103 | CS2 Chartered Surveyors | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| - | 104 | Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| - | 105 | Heyne Tillett Steel | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| - | 106 | Pozzoni LLP | 3.4 | 4.1 | - | - |
| - | 107 | Clarkebond (UK) Ltd | 4.1 | 4.1 | - | - |
| - | 108 | Doig + Smith | 4.6 | 4.1 | - | - |
| - | 109 | B3 Architects | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| - | 110 | Holder Mathias LLP | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| - | 111 | AWW inspired environments | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| - | 112 | Appleyard & Trew LLP | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
| - | 113 | John Robertson Architects | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| - | 114 | P+HS Architects | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
| - | 115 | R H Partnership Architects Ltd | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| - | 116 | Ward Williams Associates | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| - | 117 | Cooper Cromar | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
| - | 118 | Penoyre & Prasad | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.3 |
| - | 119 | Keegans Ltd | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| - | 120 | Darling Associates | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| - | 121 | Silcock Leedham Consultant Engineers Ltd | 2.5 | 2.8 | - | - |
| - | 122 | Househam Henderson Ltd | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| - | 123= | Colin Toms & Partners LLP | 2.2 | 2.6 | - | - |
| - | 123= | Barker Associates LLP | 2.5 | 2.6 | - | - |
| - | 125 | Atelier Ten | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 3.2 |
| - | 126 | W T Hills Ltd | 2.3 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| - | 127 | Aukett Swanke | 5.2 | 1.6 | 15.4 | 14.8 |
| - | 128 | Thomson Gray Ltd | 1.3 | 1.3 | - | - |
| - | 129 | McAndrew Martin Ltd | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| 7 | 130 | Capita | - | - | 255.8 | 297.3 |
| - | 131 | WT Partnership Ltd | - | - | 81.0 | 90.0 |
Notes
- In some cases, WW income includes overseas associates, thus UK income is the most indicative measure. Fee income data are not strictly comparable as year ends differ. Ranked by UK fee income of those providing data.
- Mott MacDonald figures include Franklin + Andrews Limited
- CBRE figures include acquisition of Norland Managed Services Ltd
- Faithful+Gould is listed separately from parent company Atkins; figures include acquisition of Confluence
- Waterman Group includes impact of withdrawal from Russia and the UAE
- Gardiner & Theobald LLP figures include the impact of the transfer of some of its European businesses
- BDP figures include impact of changing the finance year to January to December, meaning figures relate to 18-month period. n Ridge and Partners LLP figures include acquisitions of Brazier Holt in Sept 2013 and Upton McGoughan in Feb 2014
- AHR figures include impact of de-merger from Aedas in July 2014
- Opus International Consultants figures include impact of Canadian consultancy Stewart Weir in 2014
- HOK figures include impact of BBG-BBGM’s New York and Shanghai employees joining HOK in December 2013
- The figures reflect the fact Aukett Swanke, formerly known as Aukett Fitzroy Robinson, merged with Swanke Hayden Connell Europe in December 2013
- URS, which was third ranked in last year’s survey, this year was unable to provide UK-specific data on employees, due to a change of company policy on disclosing the information and therefore has not been included
- TP Bennett offices include 20 affiliate offices
- Holder Mathias offices include one associate office
- Elementa Consulting office figure includes 10 offices throughout the USA and Canada owned by parent company Integral Group
- CBRE offices includes 10 subsidiary offices in the UK
- WYG office figure excludes a further 21 project offices