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Firms ranked by total number of staff

19 March, 2009

Atkins remains the industry’s biggest employer, increasing its staff levels to 18,322. Arup and WSP have swapped places in the only change on last year in the top 10.

PositionLast yearCompanyTotal staffLast year
11Atkins 1832217926
22Mott MacDonald  1447712886
33Mouchel1134111017
45Arup  105219274
54WSP  100619542
66Halcrow 84777638
77Jacobs79027300
88Scott Wilson65885993
910RPS  45454000
1011Capita Symonds 40933853
1112Hyder Consulting 39163798
1213EC Harris 36933330
1315AECOM UK (formerly Faber Maunsell)33693277
1414White Young Green 32003283
15-Mace 2796-
1619Parsons Brinckerhoff (Europe Africa)24522204
1716Turner & Townsend24492415
1817MWH22932250
1921Waterman  20191980
2018Black & Veatch 19112229
2123Buro Happold18711809
2220Davis Langdon 18622000
2322URS Corporation 17191816
249Amey18105035
2524Bureau Veritas UK 15001600
2629Grontmij1302956
2727BDP12941207
2825Penspen 12501250
2928Pell Frischmann12211152
3025NHBC11581250
3132Ramboll Whitbybird950751
3133RSK 950750
3331Gifford872781
34-ARCADIS UK850-
3530Entec UK 836812
3634Royal Haskoning769700
3737Balfour Beatty Management 594540
3842MVA Consultancy536444
3836Peter Brett Associates 536610
4038WA Fairhurst & Partners511513
4140TPS471469
4239Cundall Johnston and Partners 470473
43-Morgan Professional Services 426-
4448ERM425352
4541TRL424469
4643Enviros417425
4749SLR Consulting 400332
4845Pick Everard392369
4967Opus International Consultants (UK) 370184
5044Steer Davies Gleave367375
5152Sinclair Knight Merz 341324
5246Wardell Armstrong330365
53-Interfleet Technology 329-
54-Golder Associates (UK) 300-
5550Colin Buchanan299330
5654HR Wallingford 290272
5753JMP285303
58-Lend Lease Projects 271-
5955Corus Infrastructure Services264263
6047Farrer Consulting 244354
6168JBA Consulting230196
6164Strainstall  230185
6359Clarke Bond 220240
6470Tony Gee and Partners 212172
6561MLM 207203
6657Jacobs Consultancy206258
6760Frankham Consultancy  204206
6873Hill International196156
6956BWB Consulting192262
7064Curtins Consulting 190185
7064Roughton  190185
7268Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Services185182
73-High-Point Rendel180-
74-Noble Denton Consultants 167-
7562WRc 159200
7674Alan Baxter & Associates 155142
7672Price & Myers 155157
7881Gwynedd Consultancy142125
7971Clancy Consulting 139158
8075CampbellReith134140
8080Lincolnshire County Council - Technical Services Partnership134127
8276STATS 130135
8382Donaldson Associates 118121
8451Hydrock Consultants 110330
84-Wilde Consulting Engineers110-
8677Walsh 107133
8785Glanville Consultants 105116
8878Millard Consulting104131
8978Thomasons 103131
90-Geotechnics 10220
9183Project Centre 101120
9186WDR & RT Taggart101114

 

Table shows total number of staff - technical and administrative on 2 January 2009, including all staff working on commissions obtained by the firm and its subsidiaries in the UK and overseas, excluding work given to subconsultants.

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