Top 150 Consultants 2018 - league table | Features

Top 150 Consultants 2018
Rank		Firm	Total UK chartered staff		Total UK staff		Worldwide staff		Annual UK fees (拢鈥�000)		Offices
2018	2017		2017	2018	2017	2018	2017	2018	2016/2017 financial year	2017/2018 financial year	UK	Worldwide
1	1	Mott MacDonald	3,692	3,697	7,107	7,115	16,006	15,642	拢560,600	拢663,700	38	134
2	2	Aecom	3,003	2,767	6,962	6,054	77,554	78,366	拢494,000	拢620,000	42	630
3	4	WSP UK¹	-	2,329	-	6,481	-	-	拢432,172	-	60+	500
4	3	Arcadis	1,923	2,109	3,356	3,671	27,000	27,327	拢424,000	拢445,000	26	350
5	5	Arup²	1,802	1,901	5,308	5,599	14,134	14,847	拢553,000	拢600,000	14	73
6	6	Turner & Townsend	1,660	1,823	2,350	2,554	4,674	5,209	拢212,000	拢239,000	17	91
7	8	Mace³	1,387	1,556	3,760	3,952	5,314	6,048	拢1,412,776	拢1,318,875	15	45
8	13	RPS⁴	-	781	-	2,530	-	5,340	拢189,000	拢203,000	57	77
9	12	Ramboll	617	706	1,171	1,293	13,407	14,196	拢102,130	拢106,800	17	300+
10	10	Gardiner & Theobald	628	668	803	813	942	954	拢141,000	拢146,000	11	3
11	9	Faithful + Gould	644	667	933	960	2,248	2,241	拢126,000	拢128,000	23	46
12	11	Gleeds	626	583	1,232	1,233	1,761	1,920	拢89,763	拢109,150	21	50
13	17	BDP⁵	468	529	807	878	932	1015	拢71,824	拢69,405	6	6
14	15	Foster + Partners	402	395	1,058	1,064	1,280	1,299	拢23,000	拢25,000	1	11
15=	14	Hoare Lea	358	369	841	859	841	859	拢64,700	拢67,100	11	2
15=	20	Rider Levett Bucknall UK	264	369	455	586	3,600	3,600	拢50,060	拢58,730	10	110
17	16	BuroHappold	394	340	1,071	1,029	1,840	1,772	拢87,100	拢95,200	5	17
18	18	Currie & Brown	340	337	576	548	1,837	1,890	拢54,000	拢57,000	21	45
19	25	Pick Everard	319	326	401	474	511	510	拢39,000	拢46,000	11	0
20	19	Peter Brett Associates	320	315	682	694	692	713	拢59,245	拢61,090	14	1
21	27	Systech International	247	256	278	288	520	556	-	-	3	20
22	-	Allford Hall Monaghan Morris	244	247	370	395	375	407	-	-	1	1
23	7	JLL	214	246	2,758	3,007	74,555	80,990	-	-	15	300+
24	24	Pell Frischmann	208	245	558	606	887	937	拢32,900	拢42,000	11	6
25	26	Ridge & Partners	197	231	486	632	490	632	拢45,000	拢49,000	10	1
26	23	Sweco UK	193	213	804	890	804	890	拢60,241	拢71,677	14	0
27	29	Cundall	183	200	561	601	695	887	拢36,000	拢26,800	6	21
28	22	NPS Group	224	194	784	719	924	902	拢91,200	拢87,800	18	0
29	28	Allies and Morrison	189	179	337	344	337	345	拢43,400	拢40,585	4	1
30	21	HaskoningDHV UK	235	178	650	524	5,804	5,120	拢25,561	拢31,181	13	93
31	31	Sheppard Robson	174	165	345	359	345	359	na	na	3	0
32	35	CPC Project Services	150	161	180	185	180	185	拢16,394	拢21,672	7	0
33	33	Hilson Moran	156	157	245	246	257	264	拢19,000	拢19,400	4	2
34	36	Stride Treglown	149	154	323	334	323	334	拢21,500	拢20,100	9	0
35	37	Butler & Young	134	153	140	160	140	160	拢9,264	拢9,200	14	0
36	-	Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios	154	149	203	195	203	195	拢16,118	拢16,304	4	0
37	42=	Malcolm Hollis	116	147	291	367	309	386	拢29,117	拢32,325	18	5
38	39	Scott Brownrigg	124	127	241	244	249	257	拢20,829	拢22,298	5	3
39=	40	AHR	120	123	327	308	391	385	拢25,967	拢27,678	5	9
39=	38	Stace	122	123	182	182	182	182	拢17,408	拢18,512	5	0
41	41	TP Bennett	119	111	312	303	312	303	拢27,200	拢27,200	2	54
42	45	Riley Consulting	102	109	217	220	224	229	拢17,248	拢17,662	13	2
43	47	Curtins Consulting	96	105	368	400	370	407	拢30,518	拢33,795	13	1
44	48	WT Partnership	92	96	150	160	1,200	1,300	拢13,400	拢14,500	11	58
45	44	PRP	108	94	257	248	-	-	拢23,735	拢25,358	3	1
46	50=	EPR Architects	84	92	160	157	180	214	拢13,000	拢15,700	1	0
47	95=	JNP Group Consulting Engineers	81	91	107	123	107	123	拢6,500	拢6,700	5	0
48	46	Broadway Malyan	100	89	270	256	540	503	拢32,300	拢28,800	5	10
49	49	Calfordseaden	85	88	250	279	250	279	-	-	6	0
50=	-	Donald Insall Associates	72	82	118	131	118	131	拢7,320	拢8,080	8	1
50=	56=	Tuffin Ferraby Taylor⁶	75	82	122	126	122	126	拢13,723	拢14,105	7	0
52=	53	Levitt Bernstein⁷	81	81	137	137	137	137	拢10,570	拢10,400	2	0
52=	55	Pellings	78	81	135	139	135	139	拢10,750	拢11,500	5	0
54	52	Pollard Thomas Edwards	82	80	149	161	149	161	拢10,752	拢11,119	1	0
55	58=	AKT II	72	79	248	268	248	268	拢15,640	拢17,850	1	0
56=	58=	Baily Garner	74	78	155	160	155	160	拢10,100	拢10,800	3	0
56=	-	BWB Consulting	69	78	270	281	270	281	拢19,750	19600	6	0
58=	70	Core Five	59	74	95	115	95	115	拢9,400	拢13,500	1	1
58=	54	HTA Design	79	74	187	199	170	199	拢12,700	拢13,600	4	0
58=	58=	Schofield Lothian	73	74	113	109	113	109	拢10,400	拢10,700	1	0
61=	65=	JMArchitects	63	70	106	111	106	111	拢6,380	拢6,400	4	0
61=	61=	Kendall Kingscott	64	70	134	147	134	147	拢8,075	拢8,230	4	0
63	64	Potter Raper Partnership	66	67	173	176	173	176	拢12,117	拢11,923	4	0
64	56=	ADP	75	66	113	101	123	111	拢7,539	拢7,598	7	1
65	68	AA Projects	62	64	110	125	110	125	拢7,723	拢9,348	7	0
66	65=	Fletcher Priest Architects	64	63	112	120	112	120	拢10,100	拢9,900	1	2
67=	75=	Bryden Wood Technology	54	62	178	188	179	205	拢8,355	拢9,971	2	2
67=	77=	John Rowan and Partners	52	62	95	85	95	85	拢6,723	拢6,901	2	0
69=	61=	3DReid	51	61	138	117	138	117	拢9,000	拢8,000	5	0
69=	92=	AWW	54	61	70	77	87	99	拢6,900	拢7,100	3	3
69=	77=	Bailey Partnership	50	61	99	108	99	108	拢7,400	拢7,950	4	0
72=	72	Clancy Consulting	57	58	188	191	188	191	拢11,158	拢12,273	10	0
72=	80=	Price & Myers⁸	49	58	184	173	184	173	拢15,800	拢15,000	3	0
74	86=	Ingleton Wood	46	57	170	187	170	187	拢12,800	拢13,500	6	0
75=	80=	HLM AD	49	55	161	167	171	177	拢10,841	拢8,135	7	2
75=	90=	Rex Procter and Partners	57	55	104	100	104	100	拢10,605	拢9,475	4	0
77	80=	Alinea Consulting	49	54	82	91	82	91	拢10,500	拢13,200	1	0
78=	50=	CampbellReith	66	53	160	153	162	155	拢13,237	拢13,306	5	2
78=	88	Child Graddon Lewis	44	53	51	61	51	61	拢3,400	拢3,400	2	0
78=	74	Robinson Low Francis	54	53	110	105	110	105	拢9,736	拢10,093	5	0
81	69	Jestico + Whiles	61	52	107	97	128	121	拢7,100	拢7,900	1	1
82=	73	Thomasons	44	50	129	130	129	130	拢11,000	拢11,097	9	0
82=	108=	Whittam Cox Architects	55	50	138	125	138	125	拢8,017	拢7,500	3	0
84	80=	Stockwool	49	49	73	73	73	73	拢5,000	拢6,000	1	0
85	92=	TowerEight	41	48	65	80	65	80	拢10,900	拢12,500	1	0
86=	77=	Aukett Swanke	53	47	106	94	404	349	拢12,200	拢8,765	1	8
86=	100=	ECE Architecture	39	47	66	85	66	85	拢4,750	拢5,750	3	0
86=	80=	Lewis & Hickey	49	47	100	79	108	91	拢4,621	拢4,680	5	1
86=	97=	McAndrew Martin	39	47	65	71	65	71	拢1,560	拢1,800	3	0
90	100=	TSP Projects	39	46	364	422	364	422	-	拢29,600	5	0
91	-	Thomas and Adamson	42	45	92	98	140	150	拢6,963	拢7,236	3	4
92=	-	Hurley Palmer Flatt	36	43	39	52	133	122	拢22,200	拢22,300	5	5
92=	-	Artelia⁹	43	43	96	108	4,000	4,900	拢10,460	12590	1	85
94	146=	DarntonB3 Architecture	43	40	116	115	116	115	拢6,926	拢6,200	7	0
95=	97=	Baqus Group	39	38	83	74	83	74	拢6,200	拢5,900	9	0
95=	99	Holder Mathias Architects	38	38	55	61	55	61	拢4,250	拢4,600	2	1
95=	75=	Leslie Clark	38	38	80	78	80	78	-	-	4	2
98=	89	Jackson Coles	43	37	59	55	59	55	拢7,600	拢6,300	2	0
98=	100=	LSI Architects	36	37	62	66	62	66	拢3,400	拢3,470	2	0
100=	106=	P+HS Architects	35	36	56	63	56	63	拢3,526	拢4,355	3	0
100=	112=	Pozzoni Architecture	31	36	53	73	53	73	拢3,683	拢4,288	2	0
100=	110=	Ward Williams Associates	33	36	78	84	78	84	拢5,700	拢6,000	6	0
103=	117=	Bruce Shaw	29	33	84	79	84	79	拢8,234	拢7,600	4	0
103=	119=	Meinhardt (UK)	26	33	88	97	3,547	3,482	拢6,527	拢7,932	1	47
103=	110=	R H Partnership Architects	32	33	62	61	62	61	拢3,140	拢3,600	3	0
106=	119=	Fulkers	24	32	59	71	59	71	拢4,200	拢4,600	6	0
106=	106=	Stephen George + Partners	35	32	85	85	85	85	拢5,900	拢7,300	5	0
108	138=	Clague	28	31	54	57	54	57	拢3,576	拢3,272	3	0
109=	115=	Martin Arnold	25	30	76	88	76	88	拢4,500	拢5,200	2	0
109=	129=	Silcock Leedham Group	27	30	34	35	37	38	拢2,900	拢2,800	3	2
109=	-	Naismiths	18	30	35	63	35	63	拢3,820	5062	7	0
112=	129=	IDP Group	26	29	91	95	91	95	拢3,459	拢6,686	3	3
112=	112=	Keegans	31	29	64	57	64	57	拢4,800	拢5,100	2	0
114=	108=	Concertus Design & Property Consultants	21	28	48	62	48	62	拢7,000	拢7,200	1	0
114=	-	Emmaus Consulting	26	28	30	32	30	32	拢2,700	拢3,100	2	0
114=	149=	Norman Rourke Pryme	28	28	41	43	41	43	拢3,800	拢4,500	4	2
114=	126=	Pulse Associates	20	28	21	30	21	30	拢1,500	拢1,800	3	0
118=	121=	Airey Miller	25	27	59	65	59	65	拢4,056	拢3,315	4	4
118=	117=	Grid Architects	25	27	48	52	48	52	拢4,350	拢3,900	1	0
120	80=	Clarkebond (UK)	0	26	0	86	0	86	-	拢5,500	3	3
121=	121=	Penoyre & Prasad	28	25	40	39	40	39	拢4,854	拢3,044	1	0
121=	100=	Summers Inman Construction and Property Consultants	35	25	100	103	100	103	拢7,950	拢8,700	6	0
121=		Thomson Gray	20	25	31	38	31	38	拢2,749	拢3,141	5	0
124=	132=	Barker Associates	20	24	48	54	48	54	拢3,500	拢4,000	2	0
124=	135=	KAM Project Consultants	20	24	27	34	27	34	拢2,800	拢4,600	2	0
124=	115=	DSSR	27	24	100	90	100	90	拢8,300	拢7,500	4	0
127=	132=	Gray Baynes and Shew	21	23	23	25	23	25	拢2,400	拢2,600	2	0
127=	145	Walker Sime	17	23	49	57	49	57	拢4,300	拢5,500	4	0
129=	135=	Equals Consulting	20	22	41	46	41	46	拢4,886	拢5,770	1	0
129=	138=	Procom Construction Consultants	19	22	27	35	27	35	拢2,500	拢2,100	2	0
129=	129=	Synergy Construction and Property Consultants	22	22	83	79	83	79	拢5,600	拢6,100	3	0
132=	141=	Elementa Consulting	18	21	69	69	377	502	拢6,202	拢6,476	2	13
132=	135=	Lyons O鈥橬eill	18	21	19	22	19	22	拢1,800	拢1,800	1	0
134=	-	Projex 黑洞社区 Solutions	19	20	41	38	41	38	拢3,800	拢4,100	3	0
134=	-	Civic Engineers	12	20	59	75	59	75	拢3,633	拢4,784	4	0
136	-	Webb Yates Engineers	15	19	51	62	63	73	拢3,000	拢3,900	3	1
137=	149=	Chaplin Farrant Design Group	14	17	39	43	39	43	拢2,061	拢1,790	3	0
137=	-	Rolton Group	16	17	65	74	65	74	拢5,500	拢6,000	3	0
139	-	Red Engineering Design	13	15	90	111	174	214	拢7,100	拢7,700	3	5
140=	-	Anderton Gables	11	14	18	22	18	22	拢1,269	拢1,682	3	0
140=	-	Hargreaves Jones	9	14	28	34	28	34	拢3,050	拢2,850	2	0
140=	141=	Iesis Group	10	14	42	53	42	53	拢4,400	拢4,200	3	0
140=	-	NDC 2000	14	14	42	38	42	38	拢4,180	拢3,360	3	0
144=	-	Christopher Smith Associates	13	13	43	44	43	44	拢3,915	拢4,264	3	0
144=	-	CTP Consulting Engineers	11	13	36	44	36	44	拢4,100	拢4,250	1	0
146=	-	Castons	12	12	39	39	39	39	拢2,870	拢3,990	3	0
146=	-	SDA Consulting	11	12	26	27	26	27	-	-	1	0
148	104=	Hunters South Architects	9	11	24	26	24	26	拢2,670	拢2,400	1	0
149	-	Poole Dick	11	10	29	27	29	27	拢1,853	拢1,905	2	0
150=	-	QODA	8	9	38	46	38	46	拢2,700	拢3,200	3	0
150=	-	Services Design Solution	6	9	49	57	49	50	拢3,190	拢3,420	3	0

Methodology

Close to 250 firms were contacted for this year鈥檚黑洞社区 Top Consultants survey. They were sent a survey form asking them to provide details on the number of chartered staff, non-chartered and technical staff, and on their 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 attached tables are taken directly from firms鈥� 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 2019 survey, should contact Martin Hewes at Hewes & Associates: .

Notes

1. WSP UK: Chartered total includes 1,193 other chartered, not identified in any questions

2. Arup: Income data for 2018 are unaudited and provisional

3. Mace: Income data refers to the total group, and thus includes construction

4. RPS: 2017 employment data are non-comparable and have thus been excluded

5. BDP: Totals include other chartered staff

6. Tuffin Ferraby Taylor: 2017 data are taken from 2017 survey results

7. Levitt Bernstein: Income figures are estimates

8. Price & Myers: Fee income for 2018 is estimated

9. Artelia: Worldwide income is converted from euros

10. Stride Treglown: Other engineers include town planner, landscape architects, and architectural technologist staff

Additional note: Due to an administrative error, HTA Design LLP (ranked 58=), TowerEight (85), McAndrew Martin Ltd (86=), Ward Williams Associates LLP (100=), R H Partnership Architects Ltd (103=), Penoyre & Prasad (121=) and Thomson Gray Ltd (121=) were not originally included in the Top 150 Consultants table. This table was updated on Tuesday 2 October to reflect their rank. As a result of this change, the following organisations no longer appear on the table: MacConvilles (now ranked 152=), Prosurv Consult (152=), BE Design (152=), Piper Whitlock Architecture (152=), ST1 Group (156) and Adept Consulting Engineers (157).