Jacobs, Kimley-Horn, Henderson Engineers, and Core States Group head the rankings of the nation's largest retail sector engineering and engineering architecture (EA) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.
Top 70 Retail Engineering Firms
BD+C GIANTS 300 REPORT
| RANK | COMPANY | 2018 RETAIL SECTOR REVENUE |
| 1 | Jacobs | $159,320,000 |
| 2 | Kimley-Horn | $141,081,840 |
| 3 | Henderson Engineers | $53,000,000 |
| 4 | Core States Group | $41,850,627 |
| 5 | CTA Architects Engineers | $17,923,116 |
| 6 | CESO | $15,304,000 |
| 7 | KPFF Consulting Engineers | $13,873,394 |
| 8 | WSP USA | $13,843,969 |
| 9 | NV5 Global | $12,621,782 |
| 10 | Salas O'Brien | $11,994,165 |
| 11 | Galloway & Company | $10,851,680 |
| 12 | Wallace Engineering | $9,800,000 |
| 13 | Walker Consultants | $7,847,452 |
| 14 | Woolpert | $6,850,000 |
| 15 | Jensen Hughes | $6,568,000 |
| 16 | KLH Engineers | $5,754,543 |
| 17 | RTM Engineering Consultants | $5,611,250 |
| 18 | ME Engineers | $5,600,000 |
| 19 | Shive-Hattery | $5,307,638 |
| 20 | Dunham Associates | $5,000,000 |
| 21 | Interface Engineering | $4,869,874 |
| 22 | Magnusson Klemencic Associates* | $4,065,520 |
| 23 | KCI Technologies | $4,000,000 |
| 24 | French & Parrello Associates | $4,000,000 |
| — | Ghafari Associates | $4,000,000 |
| 26 | IMEG Corp. | $3,351,167 |
| 27 | Dewberry | $3,104,067 |
| 28 | Wick Fisher White | $2,300,000 |
| 29 | Thornton Tomasetti | $2,197,325 |
| 30 | Jordan & Skala Engineers | $2,049,084 |
| 31 | Simpson Gumpertz & Heger* | $2,013,737 |
| 32 | Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors | $2,000,000 |
| 33 | DeSimone Consulting Engineers | $1,859,105 |
| 34 | SSOE Group | $1,797,000 |
| 35 | Arup | $1,704,449 |
| 36 | AKF Group | $1,696,343 |
| 37 | Walter P Moore | $1,442,301 |
| 38 | Burns & McDonnell | $1,409,953 |
| 39 | Coffman Engineers | $1,362,590 |
| 40 | GRAEF | $1,295,444 |
| 41 | H.F. Lenz Co. | $1,249,000 |
| 42 | Tighe & Bond | $1,200,000 |
| — | Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber | $1,200,000 |
| 44 | Marque Engineering | $1,039,500 |
| 45 | Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers | $974,185 |
| 46 | TLC Engineering Solutions | $939,917 |
| 47 | RMF Engineering | $915,000 |
| 48 | Halff Associates | $910,000 |
| 49 | Schaefer | $889,031 |
| 50 | Davis, Bowen & Friedel | $862,102 |
| 51 | ESD | $752,906 |
| 52 | Allen & Shariff Engineering | $742,851 |
| 53 | JQ Engineering | $473,881 |
| 54 | Spectrum Engineers | $434,199 |
| 55 | Zak Companies | $367,892 |
| 56 | P2S | $331,910 |
| 57 | Vanderweil Engineers | $311,200 |
| 58 | Bala Consulting Engineers | $300,000 |
| — | PBS Engineers | $300,000 |
| 60 | Guernsey | $269,401 |
| 61 | Newcomb & Boyd | $241,680 |
| 62 | FEA Consulting Engineers | $225,000 |
| 63 | I.C. Thomasson Associates | $200,000 |
| 64 | Peter Basso Associates | $170,000 |
| 65 | EAPC Architects Engineers | $115,868 |
| 66 | Arora Engineers | $106,073 |
| 67 | OLA Consulting Engineers | $63,000 |
| 68 | PEDCO E&A Services | $50,000 |
| 69 | Kohler Ronan | $48,500 |
| 70 | STV | $45,269 |
| 71 | Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc. | $43,106 |
| 72 | Teecom | $15,200 |
| 73 | Barge Design Solutions | $6,646 |
| SOURCE: BD+C 2019 GIANTS 300 REPORT *EDITOR'S ESTIMATE | ||
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