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Home » 2009 Top 250 Architecture Firms

2009 Top 250 Architecture Firms

HOW TO USE THIS TABLE

Companies are ranked by revenue (in millions of dollars) for architectural services performed in 2008. These data also appear in Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms list, which, unlike our ranking, also includes firms that do engineering exclusively.

To participate in next year’s survey, contact Gary Tulacz at tulaczg@bnpmedia.com. 

Key to how firms classify themselves:

A = Architect
AE = Architect-Engineer
AP = Architect Planner
EAL = Engineer Architect Landscape
AEC = Architect-Engineer-Contractor
(not all combinations listed)

TOP 250 ARCHITECTURE FIRMS

1-50 | 51-100 | 101-150 | 151-200 | 201- 250

ARCHITECTURE FIRMS RANKED ACCORDING TO 2008 REVENUE
Rank Company U.S. Headquarters Type of Firm Total Architectural Revenue Domestic Architectural Revenue International Architectural Revenue Percent of Design Revenue from Architecture Total Design Revenue
1 AECOM Technology Corp. Los Angeles, Calif. EA 912.70 643.60 269.10 17% 5215.80
2 Gensler San Francisco, Calif. A 648.29 516.38 131.91 84% 775.46
3 HOK St. Louis, Mo. AE 585.00 358.00 227.00 78% 752.00
4 URS Corp. San Francisco, Calif. EAC 435.40 365.40 70.00 8% 5206.10
5 HKS Inc. Dallas, Texas AE 419.46 379.52 39.94 100% 419.46
6 Perkins+Will Chicago, Ill. A 409.50 325.10 84.40 100% 409.50
7 HDR Omaha, Neb. EA 340.60 281.50 59.10 27% 1280.30
8 Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP New York, N.Y. AE 279.43 133.02 146.41 73% 382.57
9 RMJM New York, N.Y. A 220.32 78.25 142.07 100% 220.32
10 RTKL Associates Inc. Baltimore, Md. AE 216.19 152.11 64.08 78% 278.77
11 NBBJ Seattle, Wash. A 194.80 149.79 45.01 100% 194.89
12 Callison Seattle, Wash. A 185.00 129.50 55.50 100% 185.00
13 Leo A Daly Omaha, Neb. AE 156.83 149.82 7.01 81% 194.28
14 Perkins Eastman New York, N.Y. A 150.50 120.40 30.10 100% 150.50
15 Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP Portland, Ore. AP 148.77 143.93 4.84 100% 148.77
16 CH2M HILL Englewood, Colo. EAC 144.63 112.98 31.65 4% 3730.65
17 Burt Hill Washington, D.C. AE 117.24 61.93 55.31 70% 167.41
18 SmithGroup Inc. Detroit, Mich. AE 113.00 112.70 0.30 68% 166.10
19 HNTB Cos. Kansas City, Mo. EA 109.98 108.92 1.06 13% 857.74
20 Cannon Design Grand Island, N.Y. AE 106.43 86.36 20.07 75% 141.91
21 Gresham, Smith and Partners Nashville, Tenn. AE 105.80 105.13 0.67 72% 146.45
22 Rafael Vinoly Architects PC New York, N.Y. A 103.61 63.30 40.31 100% 103.61
23 Corgan Associates Inc. Dallas, Texas A 98.96 97.40 1.56 93% 106.19
24 HMC Architects Ontario, Calif. A 95.70 95.11 0.59 100% 95.70
25 Bechtel San Francisco, Calif. EC 94.00 16.00 78.00 4% 2446.00
26 Arquitectonica Miami, Fla. A 93.50 20.10 73.40 100% 93.60
27 WATG (Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo) Irvine, Calif. A 92.46 34.68 57.78 83% 110.89
28 Ellerbe Becket Inc. Minneapolis, Minn. AE 89.64 68.33 21.31 95% 94.34
29 MulvannyG2 Architecture Bellevue, Wash. A 80.20 66.70 13.50 100% 80.20
30 DLR Group Omaha, Neb. AE 77.60 77.60 0.00 69% 112.50
31 SHW Group Plano, Texas AE 72.30 72.30 0.00 91% 79.70
32 PageSoutherlandPage Houston, Texas AE 69.18 55.08 14.10 75% 92.79
33 TranSystems Corp. Kansas City, Mo. EA 67.18 67.18 0.00 30% 225.61
34 STV Group Inc. New York, N.Y. EA 65.77 65.77 0.00 23% 289.08
35 tvsdesign Atlanta, Ga. A 65.40 43.40 22.00 89% 73.40
36 Ingenium International Inc. Detroit, Mich. AE 64.94 1.31 63.63 62% 104.63
37 Cooper Carry Inc. Atlanta, Ga. A 62.86 62.49 0.37 100% 62.86
38 FKP Architects Inc. Houston, Texas A 62.83 62.83 0.00 100% 62.83
39 LPA Inc. Irvine, Calif. A 60.31 60.31 0.00 100% 60.31
40 Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz San Francisco, Calif. A 60.00 49.00 11.00 100% 60.00
41 SchenkelShultz Fort Wayne, Ind. A 59.13 59.13 0.00 100% 59.13
42 Flad Architects Madison, Wis. AE 59.00 56.03 2.97 83% 71.00
43 Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. Minneapolis, Minn. AE 59.00 58.61 0.39 55% 107.70
44 Smallwood Reynolds Stewart Stewart & Assoc. Atlanta, Ga. A 57.80 35.50 22.30 100% 57.80
45 TRO Jung|Brannen Boston, Mass. AE 57.52 42.72 14.80 100% 57.52
46 Vanderweil Engineers Boston, Mass. E 56.99 47.02 9.97 73% 78.18
47 LS3P ASSOCIATES LTD. Charleston, S.C. A 56.83 56.83 0.00 100% 56.83
48 Moseley Architects Richmond, Va. AE 56.80 56.80 0.00 93% 60.90
49 BSA LifeStructures Indianapolis, Ind. AE 56.77 56.77 0.00 82% 68.88
50 PBK Architects Houston, Texas AE 56.20 56.20 0.00 100% 56.20
TOP 250 ARCHITECTURE FIRMS

1-50 | 51-100 | 101-150 | 151-200 | 201- 250

EARLIER EDITIONS OF THE TOP FIRMS LIST

2008 | 2007

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