2011

The ENR California Top Design Firms list, ranks the largest U.S.-based designs firms, both publicly and privately held, based on design-specific revenue.

 

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Top Design Firms list:
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California Top Design Firms

Rank 2010/2009	Company / Location	Market Sectors By Percent	Regional Revenue ($ Mil)
1/1	AECOM Technology Corp. Los Angeles	48 General Building 35 Transportation 10 Water Supply		412.20
2/2	CH2M HILL Santa Ana	27 Hazardous Waste 21 Transportation 20 Industrial Process	243.70
3/3	HDR San Francisco	32 Transportation 20 General Building 16 Sewerage/Solid Waste	205.29
4/**	HNTB Santa Ana	100 Transportation	202.30
5/9	Jacobs Irvine	64 General Building 26 Transportation 7 Water Supply	190.68
6/4	Parsons Brinckerhoff San Francisco	84 Transportation 5 General Building 5 Power	174.83
7/**	ARCADIS Emeryville	86 Hazardous Waste 8 Water Supply 6 Sewerage/Solid Waste	130.09
8/5	Stantec Irvine	40 Petroleum 24 General Building 12 Transportation	114.21
9/6	Gensler San Francisco	97 General Building 3 Master Plan/Site	102.34
10/7	RBF Consulting Irvine	29 Transportation 20 General Building 18 Water Supply	96.86
11/8	Arup San Francisco	70 General Building 29 Transportation 1 Petroleum	91.65
12/10	HMC Architects Los Angeles	100 General Building	85.85
13/**	Psomas Los Angeles	30 General Building 25 Transportation 19 Water Supply	65.41
14/13	SmithGroup San Francisco	100 General Building	64.73
15/11	HOK San Francisco	51 General Building 49 Transportation	59.92
16/17	TMAD TAYLOR & GAINES Pasadena	88 General Building 6 Transportation 2 Water Supply	50.79
17/22	HGA Architects and Engineers Roseville	100 General Building	48.05
18/20	Hatch Mott MacDonald Pleasanton	93 Transportation 4 Sewerage/Solid Waste 3 Water Supply	47.00
19/12	Fentress Architects Santa Monica	67 Transportation 33 General Building	45.89
20/15	LPA Inc. Irvine	99 General Building 1 Power	43.40
21/19	BKF Engineers Redwood City	52 Transportation 42 General Building 4 Other	41.73
22/25	T.Y. Lin International San Francisco	98 Transportation 2 General Building	40.32
23/24	ZGF Architects LLP Los Angeles	96 General Building 3 Transportation 1 Master Plan/Site	35.50
24/**	STV Los Angeles	56 Transportation 43 General Building 1 Petroleum	34.20
25/32	Perkins+Will Los Angeles	89 General Building 11 Master Plan/Site	33.16
26/23	Cannon Design Los Angeles	100 General Building	31.47
27/31	Degenkolb Engineers San Francisco	79 General Building 16 Manufacturing 4 Power	30.37
28/30	gkkworks Irvine	100 General Building	25.49
29/41	Perkowitz+Ruth Architects Long Beach	100 General Building	25.40
30/37	Syska Hennessy Group Los Angeles	44 General Building 26 Transportation 24 Telecommunications	25.28
31/44	Lee, Burkhart, Liu Inc. Marina del Rey	100 General Building	23.00
32/29	NTD Architecture San Diego	100 General Building	22.47
33/28	David Evans and Associates Inc. Ontario	78 Transportation 19 Other 2 Power	22.22
34/38	CO Architects Los Angeles	100 General Building	22.11
35/33	DLR Group WWCOT Santa Monica	100 General Building	21.02
36/**	Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. San Francisco	93 General Building 4 Industrial Process 2 Power	20.96
37/57	WRNS Studio San Francisco	100 General Building	18.88
38/42	RBB Architects Inc. Los Angeles	100 General Building	18.65
39/43	Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch San Francisco	98 General Building 2 Telecommunications	18.45
40/**	Thornton Tomasetti Inc. Los Angeles	60 General Building 35 Transportation 3 Telecommunications	17.80
41/61	exp Global Inc. San Diego	73 General Building 22 Other 5 Telecommunications	16.68
42/39	Ratcliff Emeryville	100 General Building	14.80
43/48	TAYLOR Newport Beach	100 General Building	14.41
44/56	Harley Ellis Devereaux Los Angeles	100 General Building	14.24
45/52	Carrier Johnson San Diego	99 General Building 1 Transportation	13.24
46/16	KTGY Group Inc. Irvine	88 General Building 11 Master Plan/Site 1 Transportation	13.11
47/45	Penfield & Smith Santa Barbara	100 Other	12.95
48/**	Quad Knopf Inc. Visalia	28 Petroleum 23 Transportation 22 General Building	12.35
49/60	Nichols, Melburg & Rossetto Architects Redding	99 General Building 1 Manufacturing	12.00
50/53	Ware Malcomb Irvine	96 General Building 3 Other 1 Manufacturing	11.44
51/58	LEE & RO Inc. City of Industry	52 Sewerage/Solid Waste 48 Water Supply	10.40
52/64	Boulder Associates Inc. Sacramento	100 General Building	8.10
53/54	Nadel Inc. Los Angeles	100 General Building	8.00
54/76	POLLACK architecture San Francisco	100 General Building	7.95
55/77	BAR Architects San Francisco	100 General Building	7.89
56/**	SB Architects San Francisco	100 General Building	6.54
57/**	MulvannyG2 Architecture Irvine	100 General Building	6.44
58/70	Childs Mascari Warner Architects San Diego	100 General Building	6.41
59/72	Perkins Eastman Oakland	100 General Building	5.61
60/65	Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects Sacramento	94 General Building 4 Transportation 2 Master Plan/Site	4.85
61/80	Wolcott Architecture Interiors Culver City	98 General Building 2 Master Plan/Site	4.48
62/69	Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects Inc. San Diego	98 General Building 2 Master Plan/Site	4.28
63/71	Hornberger + Worstell San Francisco	100 General Building	3.85
64.**	Wilson & Co. Inc., Engineers & Architects San Bernardino	99 Transportation 1 Power	3.79
65.**	Terracon Consultants Inc. Irvine	43 General Building 26 Hazardous Waste 17 Power	3.53
66/**	PGAL Los Angeles	68 Other 17 Transportation 9 Telecommunications	2.65
67/**	Gould Evans San Francisco	100 General Building	2.35
68/84	RNL Los Angeles	80 Other 20 General Building	1.76
69/90	Costa Engineers Inc. Napa	99 General Building 1 Industrial Process	1.65
70/**	Wimmer Yamada and Caughey San Diego	86 General Building 7 Master Plan/Site 7 Transportation	1.40
71.92	TR Design Group Inc. Riverside	100 General Building	1.29
72/**	AZTEC Engineering Group Inc. Lake Elsinore	100 Transportation	1.25