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top 50 surveyors
Rank   Practice         Total UK
chartered staff		   Total staff
worldwide		   Offices  
1999 1998   Total Quantity ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Other 1999 1998 1999 1998 UK Worldwide
1 2 Chesterton 603 5 98 500ap 623 604 2 000 2 000 39 14
2 1 DTZ Debenham Thorpe 515 - 84 431 515 659 - - 21 100+
3 4 Faithful & Gould 432 432 - - 432 400 1429 1293 22 11
4 8 Davis Langdon & Everest 5 421 421 - - 421 324 2165 1950 18 62
5 6 EC Harris 408 328 80‡ - 538 490 910 830 18 21
6 5 Lambert Smith Hampton7 380 - 50 330 380 374 937 716 27 8
7 7 GVA Grimley 358 14 40 304anp 371 346 3 600+ 3 600+ 9 76
8 9 King Sturge & Co 350 1 43 306ap 360 330 726 628 14 47
9 10 Franklin + Andrews 348 289 - 59 356 350 734 803 13 33
10 11 Gardiner & Theobald 334 313 3 18 344 312 660 620 11 10
11 17 Currie & Brown 292 284 8 - 302 239 703 855 17 19
12 14 Gleeds 258 249 9 - 346 320 516 735 17 14
13 – Citex 9 235 174 44 17 309 297 646 623 15 7
14 – Drivers Jonas 221 - 52 169ap 238 225 310 299 5 8
15 18 Capita Property Services6 216 120 48 48 407 402 995 992 16 2
16 19 Donaldsons/Bayley Donaldsons 210 - 20 190a 210 202 366 361 8 0
17 15 Turner & Townsend Group 10 199 157 6 36 268 290 618 680 16 17
18 21 Cluttons Daniel Smith 31 195 - 25 170a 195 166 550 550 33 6 13
19 16 WS Atkins 158 - 88 70alp 2 643 2 643 7 749 7 537 64 30
20 22 The MDA Group 15 137 135 2 - 145 153 584 639 10 30
21 25 WT Partnership 135 115 - 20 145 138 702 635 12 53
22 23 McBains Cooper 14 134 60 49 25hn 168 165 343 295 14 3
23 24 James R Knowles 122 89 1 32 180 157 371 334 19 10
24 26 Cyril Sweett & Partners 115 102 3 10 125 114 238 226 11 3
25 28 NBA Quantum 114 114 - - 140 115 198 131 5 5
26 27 George Corderoy & Co 113 103 - 10f 117 109 335 335 16 5
27 31 Bruce Shaw Associates 101 101 -   110 94 245 215 2 3Ìý
27 30 Povall Flood and Wilson 101 46 55 8 108 100 263 253 13 1
29 29 Northcroft 97 96 1 - 102 96 372 352 10 8
30 – Unicorn Consultancy Services 95 25 70 - 399 - 634 - 4 0
31 32 Amec 85 79 - 6 290 241 1 538 1 812 10 5
32 49 Mouchel Consulting 3 79 43 11 25l 592 537 1 550 1 400 10 12
32 34 Ridge and Partners 79 41 26 12 97 89 161 150 4 2
34 39 Watts and Partners 78 4 73 1f 93 69 161 156 8 1
35 35 RWS Project Services 72 72 - - 87 82 170 202 3 3
36 37 Baker Wilkins & Smith 68 66 2 - 72 65 151 132 9 4
37 35 Rider Hunt 66 66 - - 68 71 112 124 6 3
38 37 Berkeley Surveying Partnership 65 65 - - 69 64 114 105 3 4
39 42 Haley Somerset Consulting 61 45 4 12 74 66 122 123 3 1
40 44 Babtie Group 52 40 3 9 523 432 2 500 1 741 29 6
41 41 Leonard Stace 51 43 7 1f 52 56 129 137 6 0
42 – Robinson Low Francis 25 50 48 2 - 50 31 100 70 6 0
43 43 Walfords 49 49 - - 53 52 125 126 5 3
44 45 Henry Riley 48 48 - - 53 51 111 95 7 0
44 – Hyder Consulting 48 24 - 24 1 055 875 3 121 3 431 23 43
46 39 Tuffin Ferraby & Taylor 46 - 46 - 50 46 128 120 6 1
47 – Richard Ellis St Quintin 45 5 28 12p 57 - 3 200 - 9 49Ìý
48 – Chandler KBS 43 42 1 - 48 28 139 92 8 2
48 47 Mace 43 43 - - 230 207 530 490 4 3
50 – Widnell 41 32 5 4 50 52 442 400 9 45
50 48 Hills 41 40 1 - 41 41 106 110 7 1
50 – Jones Lang LaSalle24 41 1 40 - 51 42 6 500 - 5 150
Top 75 building surveyors
Rank   Practice Total UK
chartered BSs		  
1999 1998   1999 1998
1 2 Chesterton 98 93
2 1 WS Atkins 88 117
3 3 DTZ Debenham Thorpe 84 74
4 30 EC Harris 80‡ 14
5 4 Watts and Partners 73 56
6 – Unicorn Consultancy Services 70  
7 7 Povall Flood and Wilson 55 51
8 – Drivers Jonas 52  
9 9 Lambert Smith Hampton 7 50 49
10 7 McBains Cooper 14 49 51
11 4 Capita Property Services6 48 56
12 10 Tuffin Ferraby & Taylor 46 41
13 – Citex9 44  
14 17 King Sturge & Co 43 25
15 11 GVA Grimley 40 37
15 – Jones Lang LaSalle 24 40  
17 19 Baily Garner 28 24
17 – Richard Ellis St Quintin 28  
19 14 HSB Partnership 26 29
19 16 Kennedy & Partners 26 26
19 14 Ridge and Partners 26 29
22 17 Calford Seaden Partnership 25 25
22 21 Cluttons Daniel Smith 32 25 21
22 – Scott Wilson 25  
25 – Abbey Holford Rowe 17 24  
25 23 Malcolm Hollis 24 20
27 27 Gooch Webster 21 16
27 21 Pellings 21 21
29 26 Donaldsons/Bayley Donaldsons 20 17
30 24 Brown & Root 19  
31 28 Hunter & Partners 18 15
32 – ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Consultancy Services 31 16  
32 40 Ingleton Wood 16 10
34 32 ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Performance Group 15 13
35 30 Property Tectonics 14 14
35 32 William Martin & Partners 14 13
37 32 Bailey Partnership 13 13
37 36 Kendall Kingscott Partnership 13 12
39 – Barker & Associates 11  
39 – Mouchel Consulting 3 11  
41 – Strutt & Parker 32 10  
41 47 WSP Group 10 8
43 44 Brian Clancy Partnership 9 9
43 39 DHP 9 11
43 28 Frankham Consultancy Group 26 9 15
43 44 Gleeds 9 9
43 44 Mackenzie Partnership 9 9
43 40 Matthews & Goodman 9 10
49 40 Carter Walker Associates 8  
49 – Chisholm Nurser and Partners 8  
49 – Currie & Brown 8  
52 – Byrom Clark Roberts 7  
52 47 Leonard Stace 7 8
52 – MacConvilles 7  
52 – Pick Everard 7  
56 49 Hornagold & Hills 6 7
56 – MPM Capita 23 6  
56 – Rolfe Judd 21 6  
56 – Thomas and Adamson 6  
56 – Turner & Townsend Group 10 6  
56 – Weeks Technical Services 6  
62 – Allott + Lomax 5  
62 – Leslie Clark 5  
62 – Mott MacDonald 1 5  
62 – Parkman 5  
62 – Potter Raper Partnership 5  
62 – Widnell 5  
68 – Derek Evans and Partners 4  
68 – Haley Somerset Consulting 4  
68 – Mason Richards Partnership 4  
68 – PB Kennedy & Donkin 8 4  
72 – Babtie Group 3  
72 – Cyril Sweett 3  
72 – Denley King Partnership 3  
72 – Gardiner & Theobald 3  
72 – Hyde Harrington 3  
72 40 Symonds Group 3 10
72 – Torpy Group 3