The top 50 international design firms based on design services and revenue from projects outside of the firm’s original home country in 2006 in $ millions. Firms not ranked last year are designated **. Those with subsidiaries included (†). Some markets may not add up to 100% due to omission of “other” miscellaneous market category and rounding.
Types of Firms
| A=architect | E=engineer | EC=engineer-contractor | |
| AE=architect-engineer | EA=engineer-architect | ENV=environmental | |
| G=soils or geotechnical engineer | P=planner |
Top 50 International Design Firms
| RANK | FIRM | TYPE OF FIRM |
|
| 2007 | 2006 | ||
|
1
|
2
|
SNC-Lavalin International Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada† |
EC
|
|
2
|
4
|
Fluor Corp., Irving, Texas, U.S.A.† |
EC
|
|
3
|
3
|
Fugro NV, Leidschendam, The Netherlands† |
E
|
|
4
|
5
|
AMEC plc, London, U.K.† |
EAC
|
|
5
|
6
|
ARCADIS NV, Arnhem, The Netherlands† |
E
|
|
6
|
7
|
WorleyParsons Ltd., North Sydney, NSW, Australia† |
EC
|
|
7
|
1
|
KBR, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.† |
EC
|
|
8
|
8
|
Bechtel, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.† |
EC
|
|
9
|
10
|
AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A.† |
EA
|
|
10
|
9
|
Jacobs, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A. |
EAC
|
|
11
|
12
|
ABB Lummus Global, Bloomfield, N.J., U.S.A.† |
EC
|
|
12
|
13
|
Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair & Partners), Cairo, Egypt |
EA
|
|
13
|
16
|
Foster Wheeler Ltd., Clinton, N.J., U.S.A.† |
EC
|
|
14
|
11
|
The Louis Berger Group, East Orange, N.J., U.S.A.† |
EA
|
|
15
|
14
|
Poyry, Vantaa, Finland† |
E
|
|
16
|
19
|
Mott MacDonald, Croydon, U.K.† |
E
|
|
17
|
18
|
JGC Corp., Yokohama, Japan |
EC
|
|
18
|
15
|
ARUP Group Ltd., London, U.K.† |
E
|
|
19
|
21
|
WSP Group plc, London, U.K.† |
E
|
|
20
|
47
|
SK Engineering & Construction, Seoul, S. Korea |
EC
|
|
21
|
20
|
Hatch Group, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada† |
E
|
|
22
|
24
|
Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., New York, N.Y., U.S.A.† |
EAC
|
|
23
|
91
|
Tecnicas Reunidas SA, Madrid, Spain† |
EC
|
|
24
|
23
|
Ramboll Gruppen A/S, Virum, Denmark† |
E
|
|
25
|
26
|
Golder Associates Corp., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada† |
E
|
|
26
|
17
|
TECHNIP, Paris La Defense, France† |
EC
|
|
27
|
41
|
The Shaw Group Inc., Baton Rouge, La., U.S.A.† |
E
|
|
28
|
**
|
Honeywell Process Solutions, Phoenix, Ariz., U.S.A. |
EC
|
|
29
|
25
|
Atkins, Epsom, Surrey, U.K.† |
E
|
|
30
|
31
|
CH2M HILL Cos., Englewood, Colo., U.S.A.† |
EAC
|
|
31
|
27
|
URS, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.† |
EAC
|
|
32
|
36
|
Parsons, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.† |
EC
|
|
33
|
32
|
COWI A/S, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark† |
E
|
|
34
|
37
|
Stantec Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada† |
EAL
|
|
35
|
30
|
Earth Tech Inc., Long Beach, Calif., U.S.A. |
EC
|
|
36
|
39
|
Halcrow Group Ltd., Swindon, Wiltshire, U.K.† |
E
|
|
37
|
29
|
MWH Global, Broomfield, Colo., U.S.A.† |
EC
|
|
38
|
38
|
Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kan., U.S.A. |
EC
|
|
39
|
33
|
ERM Holdings Ltd., Exton, Pa., U.S.A.† |
ENV
|
|
40
|
35
|
Egis, Guyancourt, France† |
E
|
|
41
|
34
|
CDI Business Solutions, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.† |
EC
|
|
42
|
42
|
DHV Group, Amersfoort, The Netherlands† |
E
|
|
43
|
28
|
Chengda Engineering Corp. of China, Chengdu, China† |
E
|
|
44
|
40
|
SYSTRA, Paris, France† |
E
|
|
45
|
50
|
VECO Corp., Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.† |
EC
|
|
46
|
**
|
McDermott International Inc., Houston, Texas, U.S.A.† |
EC
|
|
47
|
54
|
Hyder Consulting, London, U.K.† |
E
|
|
48
|
44
|
HOK, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.† |
AE
|
|
49
|
57
|
Khatib & Alami, Beirut, Lebanon† |
EA
|
|
50
|
45
|
Balfour Beatty plc, London, U.K.† |
EC
|
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This is a great list of Top 50 International Design Firms in the world.