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2011 Beaton450 ReportFocus

This year marks the launch of Beaton Capital’s first annual listing of the world’s 450 largest professional services firms, the 2011 Beaton450 report. This report ranks professional services firms by their 2010 revenue. How we compiled this league table is described in the Research Method below.

Beaton 450: Firms by profession

Law contributed most firms to the 2011 Beaton450 league table, followed by consulting engineers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beaton 450: Firms by country of origin

The Beaton450 is dominated by firms originating in the USA, which has contributed 252, followed by the UK with 69. Hover over our interactive heat map below to see from which countries the 2011 Beaton450 come:

Beaton 450: Mergers and acquisitions by acquiree’s country of origin

The Beaton450 firms recorded a total of 287 mergers and acquisitions in 2010. Most of these deals (100) occurred in the USA, followed by Canada with 39. Hover over our interactive heat map below to see where the mergers and acquisitions for the 2011 Beaton450 firms occurred:

Beaton450: World’s largest professional service firms ranked by 2010 revenue

RankFirmIndustry2010 Revenue (US$m)2010 HeadcountM&A in 2010Greenfield offices in 2010Alliances in 2010No.of countriesNo. of officesHQYear foundedGlobalisation ratio
1DeloitteAccounting & Advisory$26,578138,7571810147681USA184587%
2PricewaterhouseCoopersAccounting & Advisory$26,569131,592520159771UK184995%
3AccentureManagement Consulting$21,551190,00061154181Ireland198998%
4Ernst & YoungAccounting & Advisory$21,255111,996200144688UK184997%
5KPMGAccounting & Advisory$20,630113,068510151648Netherlands187098%
6CapgeminiManagement Consulting$11,53397,57171334162France196786%
7Marsh & McLennan CompaniesManagement Consulting$10,55051,00072034182USA193760%
8HoneywellConsulting Engineering$7,10828,564 ᴬᴴ30052349USA190692%
9McKinsey & CompanyManagement Consulting$7,00017,0000005698USA192682%
10AtosManagement Consulting$6,65848,2782002733France200097%
11AECOMConsulting Engineering$5,920 ᴬᴿ39,000 ᴬᴴ50068504USA199056%
12BDOAccounting & Advisory$5,28438,9224061191082UK196399%
13Booz Allen HamiltonManagement Consulting$5,12325,000000682USA19706%
14URSConsulting Engineering$5,039 ᴬᴿ25,806 ᴬᴴ10048429USA195132%
15Jacobs EngineeringConsulting Engineering$4,748 ᴬᴿ24,933 ᴬᴴ60027218USA194741%
16Geneva Group InternationalAccounting & Advisory$4,21519,66400048217Switzerland199591%
17RSM InternationalAccounting & Advisory$3,87826,60310285716UK196493%
18H&R BlockAccounting & Advisory$3,874100,00000038834USA195519%
19Grant Thornton InternationalAccounting & Advisory$3,67332,5111102123488UK198095%
20WorleyParsonsConsulting Engineering$3,651 ᴬᴿ30,00010040160Australia197488%
21CH2M HILL¹Consulting Engineering$3,603 ᴬᴿ19,654 ᴬᴴ00029176USA194621%
22AMECConsulting Engineering$3,399 ᴬᴿ18,637 ᴬᴴ21036317UK198278%
23Praxity AISBLAccounting & Advisory$3,29825,82881384553UK200793%
24FluorConsulting Engineering$3,128 ᴬᴿ17,429 ᴬᴴ0002860USA189070%
25Baker Tilly InternationalAccounting & Advisory$3,07027,5891544126610UK198896%
26Boston Consulting GroupManagement Consulting$3,0504,8000304275USA196381%
27FugroConsulting Engineering$3,001 ᴬᴿ13,360 ᴬᴴ31063324Netherlands196292%
28SNC-LavalinConsulting Engineering$2,849 ᴬᴿ11,112 ᴬᴴ20245115Canada191162%
29Crowe HorwathAccounting & Advisory$2,77923,056301109650USA190796%
30ARCADIS²Consulting Engineering$2,653 ᴬᴿ15,886 ᴬᴴ40022303Netherlands188894%
31PKF InternationalAccounting & Advisory$2,44917,490302123460UK196995%
32Leading Edge AllianceAccounting & Advisory$2,40016,26000097250USA199970%
33Baker & McKenzieLaw$2,2654,4550104270USA194986%
34Tetra TechConsulting Engineering$2,210 ᴬᴿ12,00030018371USA196626%
35BechtelConsulting Engineering$2,170 ᴬᴿ4,122 ᴬᴴ0012437USA189876%
36Moore Stephens InternationalAccounting & Advisory$2,15116,695404106463UK197094%
37AtkinsConsulting Engineering$2,144 ᴬᴿ15,60020024176UK193873%
38Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & FlomLaw$2,1002,2890001423USA194865%
39IGAF PolarisAccounting & Advisory$2,09018,70000291358USA201183%
40Nexia InternationalAccounting & Advisory$2,0703,357002106579UK197196%
41KBRConsulting Engineering$2,010 ᴬᴿ6,967 ᴬᴴ2201637USA199857%
42Bain & CompanyManagement Consulting$2,000 ᵉ4,8000001547USA197383%
43DLA PiperLaw$1,9613,7640224494USA200564%
44Latham & WatkinsLaw$1,9292,382021931USA193465%
45Altran GroupConsulting Engineering$1,9068,9101001783France198276%
46Clifford ChanceLaw$1,8842,8450002634UK180294%
47Kreston InternationalAccounting & Advisory$1,88115,91011310102375UK197192%
48LinklatersLaw$1,8542,5740002327UK183896%
49Dar Al-Handasah ConsultantsConsulting Engineering$1,781 ᴬᴿ6,5000002842Lebanon195698%
50Freshfields Bruckhaus DeringerLaw$1,7622,4520011727UK174396%
51Balfour BeattyConsulting Engineering$1,743 ᴬᴿ3,016 ᴬᴴ41087300UK190996%
52Allen & OveryLaw$1,7312,5100312840UK193095%
53HLB InternationalAccounting & Advisory$1,69213,102308109500UK196996%
54China Communications Construction CompanyConsulting Engineering$1,668 ᴬᴿ101,030000639China200515%
55Hogan LovellsLaw$1,6652,8751122143USA201070%
56Kirkland & EllisLaw$1,6251,659010510USA190940%
57Mott MacDonaldConsulting Engineering$1,619 ᴬᴿ14,00023041154UK198975%
58Jones DayLaw$1,6163,3300031935USA189363%
59Hydrochina CorporationConsulting Engineering$1,529 ᴬᴿ5,670000110China20020%
60HDRConsulting Engineering$1,500 ᴬᴿ7,8000006187USA191711%
61Fiducial InternationalAccounting & Advisory$1,49521,161000801310France197072%
62AGN InternationalAccounting & Advisory$1,46210,17000288458UK199697%
63StantecConsulting Engineering$1,433 ᴬᴿ10,70010008137Canada195473%
64FTI ConsultingManagement Consulting$1,4013,5272002578USA198250%
65BKR InternationalAccounting & Advisory$1,40010,25300477244USA198988%
66ArupConsulting Engineering$1,365 ᴬᴿ9,8520004276UK194682%
67Técnicas ReunidasConsulting Engineering$1,351 ᴬᴿ4,667 ᴬᴴ0001217Spain196076%
68Sidley AustinLaw$1,3411,8350001017USA186659%
69MSI Global AllianceAccounting & Advisory$1,3008,719003913282UK199089%
70China Railway Construction CorporationConsulting Engineering$1,285 ᴬᴿ229,070000128China19480%
71White & CaseLaw$1,2782,0830002738USA190187%
72HatchConsulting Engineering$1,251 ᴬᴿ10,00020022120Canada195577%
73Greenberg TraurigLaw$1,2362,038010736USA196719%
74The Shaw GroupConsulting Engineering$1,210 ᴬᴿ27,00000020150USA198616%
75GrontmijConsulting Engineering$1,207 ᴬᴿ11,0001005253Netherlands191596%
76Weil, Gotshal & MangesLaw$1,1851,3460001020USA193155%
77Parsons CorporationConsulting Engineering$1,168 ᴬᴿ11,5000001476USA194428%
78Louis Berger GroupConsulting Engineering$1,153 ᴬᴿ5,0000002158USA195345%
79China Railway GroupConsulting Engineering$1,136 ᴬᴿ95,964000346China19507%
80Mayer BrownLaw$1,1071,9140001225USA188152%
81Black & VeatchConsulting Engineering$1,105 ᴬᴿ8,10010018110USA191535%
82WSP Group³Consulting Engineering$1,093 ᴬᴿ9,0000002937UK197397%
83DFK InternationalAccounting & Advisory$1,09310,565101287380UK196291%
84Golder AssociatesConsulting Engineering$1,092 ᴬᴿ7,00011035192Canada196077%
85Booz & CompanyManagement Consulting$1,089 ᵉ3,3000003767USA191481%
86Morgan Lewis & BockiusLaw$1,0851,484010722USA187327%
87China Metallurgical Group CorporationConsulting Engineering$1,081 ᴬᴿ50,000000480China19826%
88Ramboll GroupConsulting Engineering$1,0808,22920022211Denmark194581%
89Sullivan & CromwellLaw$1,079915000812USA187975%
90IAPAAccounting & Advisory$1,0777,951001260192UK197982%
91EgisConsulting Engineering$1,071 ᴬᴿ12,00000050119France201154%
92Gibson, Dunn & CrutcherLaw$1,0631,306010917USA189047%
93K&L GatesLaw$1,0562,0570301640USA200740%
94Cleary Gottlieb Steen & HamiltonLaw$1,0501,3180001114USA194679%
95CMSLaw$1,0163,5700002954Germany199981%
96HNTBConsulting Engineering$1,000 ᴬᴿ3,600000164USA19140%
96A.T. KearneyManagement Consulting$1,000 ᵉ2,7000013957USA192684%
98Chengda Engineering Corporation of ChinaConsulting Engineering$995 ᴬᴿ1,118000410China195040%
99Sinclair Knight MerzConsulting Engineering$967 ᴬᴿ7,0000101555Australia196469%
100Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & DorrLaw$9621,187000512USA198150%
101Reed SmithLaw$9581,765000823USA187739%
102MouchelConsulting Engineering$956 ᴬᴿ10,210000887UK189711%
103GHDConsulting Engineering$937 ᴬᴿ6,00021011102Australia192856%
104AureconConsulting Engineering$935 ᴬᴿ7,0001002353Australia193362%
105Morrison & FoersterLaw$9311,299000615USA188340%
106Sinopec EngineeringConsulting Engineering$930 ᴬᴿ2,2000001729China195341%
107Simpson Thacher & BartlettLaw$924987000610USA188450%
108MWH GlobalConsulting Engineering$923 ᴬᴿ7,00002035180USA194566%
109TechnipConsulting Engineering$922 ᴬᴿ3,430 ᴬᴴ0103498France195887%
110PöyryConsulting Engineering$904 ᴬᴿ7,00030047218Finland195880%
111Paul HastingsLaw$9021,105000918USA195150%
112China Power Engineering Consulting Group CorporationConsulting Engineering$890 ᴬᴿ7,858000110China20020%
113Ropes & GrayLaw$8831,190010510USA186540%
114Bingham McCutchenLaw$8731,065010615USA189133%
115Davis Polk & WardwellLaw$870905000810USA184970%
116Orrick, Herrington & SutcliffeLaw$8491,2230001023USA186361%
117Roland Berger Strategy ConsultantsManagement Consulting$8172,0000003547Germany196787%
118SwecoConsulting Engineering$804 ᴬᴿ7,40030015130Sweden188938%
119COWIConsulting Engineering$802 ᴬᴿ6,0610002839Denmark193097%
120ÅFConsulting Engineering$799 ᴬᴿ4,4756002390Sweden189546%
121McDermott Will & EmeryLaw$7891,155000717USA193447%
122O'Melveny & MyersLaw$7831,095000815USA188553%
123SaipemConsulting Engineering$782 ᴬᴿ2,970 ᴬᴴ0004380Italy195791%
124ICF InternationalManagement Consulting$7654,0000001370USA196926%
125Dewey & LeBoeuf⁴Law$7601,2300101526USA190965%
126Norton RoseLaw$7541,7521002743UK179460%
127Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & GarrisonLaw$75183000068USA187550%
128Shearman & SterlingLaw$7379800101320USA187380%
128Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & FeldLaw$737954100617USA194529%
130Halcrow Group¹Consulting Engineering$732 ᴬᴿ8,0000003093UK186881%
131JGC CorporationConsulting Engineering$719 ᴬᴿ5,7951002035Japan192886%
131Herbert SmithLaw$7191,1930001419UK188289%
133King & SpaldingLaw$718946020917USA188553%
134Winston & StrawnLaw$7171,050000715USA185347%
135RPS GroupConsulting Engineering$7144,3723101078UK197247%
136SNR DentonLaw$713 ᵉ7001001416UK201088%
137Navigant ConsultingManagement Consulting$7042,179420651USA199920%
138Burns & McDonnellConsulting Engineering$685 ᴬᴿ3,000110233USA18983%
139Mustang EngineeringConsulting Engineering$684 ᴬᴿ5,000000713USA198746%
140Alvarez & MarsalManagement Consulting$6801,700010740USA198345%
141Slaughter & MayLaw$6791,06600044UK188975%
141Goodwin ProcterLaw$67995300039USA191222%
143Debevoise & PlimptonLaw$65781700067USA193186%
143GenslerConsulting Engineering$657 ᴬᴿ3,000000941USA196524%
145DessauConsulting Engineering$652 ᴬᴿ4,500200768Canada195710%
146DechertLaw$6499020101022USA187545%
147Proskauer RoseLaw$645823000613USA187538%
148Foley & LardnerLaw$6331,063000421USA184214%
149CDM⁵Consulting Engineering$632 ᴬᴿ6,00000026159USA194733%
150CPA Associates InternationalAccounting & Advisory$62810,25300063200USA195759%
151Fulbright & JaworskiLaw$6261,159000717USA191935%
152DHV GroupConsulting Engineering$625 ᴬᴿ5,33100016102Netherlands191784%
153Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloyLaw$622693001811USA186673%
154CardnoConsulting Engineering$617 ᴬᴿ4,60050015180Australia194558%
155PA Consulting GroupManagement Consulting$614 ᵉ2,1630001224UK194375%
156BearingPointManagement Consulting$6113,2000013044Netherlands199798%
157ERM GroupConsulting Engineering$6074,00010040140UK197195%
158Vinson & ElkinsLaw$603914010815USA191760%
159CB&IConsulting Engineering$601 ᴬᴿ2,970 ᴬᴴ0002353USA188964%
160Hunton & WilliamsLaw$6001,109000619USA190126%
161Cravath, Swaine & MooreLaw$59158200012USA181250%
162UHY InternationalAccounting & Advisory$5835,22600082248UK198692%
163Covington & BurlingLaw$58292200048USA191938%
164Aker SolutionsConsulting Engineering$5812,3031013052Norway185363%
165Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & KatzLaw$58033700011USA19650%
166Morison InternationalAccounting & Advisory$5746,058101264222UK198983%
167GENIVAR³Consulting Engineering$573 ᴬᴿ4,5009014130Canada19592%
168JHIAccounting & Advisory$57293000050102USA197883%
169Alston & BirdLaw$571935000210USA189310%
170Nippon Koei GroupConsulting Engineering$568 ᴬᴿ2,4110001521Japan194676%
171Baker BottsLaw$555882000713USA184054%
171Arnold & PorterLaw$555864000310USA194620%
171INAA GroupAccounting & Advisory$5556,8760004761UK199195%
174ABeam ConsultingManagement Consulting$5544,2001001117Japan198194%
175Holland & KnightLaw$5521,093000420USA196815%
176Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & SullivanLaw$551551020510USA198640%
177EvershedsLaw$5481,3450003045UK198880%
178expConsulting Engineering$540 ᴬᴿ2,0002005106Canada190623%
178Bryan CaveLaw$5401,1110001224USA187325%
180Willkie Farr & GallagherLaw$53475400068USA188875%
181Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw PittmanLaw$532793000516USA186825%
182McGuireWoodsLaw$5311,069000319USA183411%
183Coffey InternationalConsulting Engineering$520 ᴬᴿ4,0002001669Australia195945%
184Squire Sanders⁶Law$5189342001836USA189061%
185CooleyLaw$517760000211USA19209%
186Huron Consulting GroupManagement Consulting$5162,086200515USA200227%
187Sargent & LundyConsulting Engineering$504 ᴬᴿ1,076000612USA189158%
188China Construction Engineering Design Group CorporationConsulting Engineering$494 ᴬᴿ40,709000n/an/aChina19820%
189Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & RosatiLaw$493702010411USA196127%
190MGIAccounting & Advisory$4876,01020082258UK194795%
191Perkins CoieLaw$477837030320USA191215%
192CDI CorporationConsulting Engineering$474 ᴬᴿ9,000101350USA19504%
193Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & JacobsonLaw$47262100067USA189071%
194KEPCO E&CConsulting Engineering$469 ᴬᴿ2,16601014South Korea19750%
195Ashurst⁷Law$4689380001719UK182295%
195GarriguesLaw$4682,1410001537Spain194127%
197Minter EllisonLaw$4631,047010615Australia182747%
198HOKConsulting Engineering$462 ᴬᴿ1,7000201326USA195550%
199Nikken SekkeiConsulting Engineering$4605,347000623Japan190026%
200Mallesons Stephen Jaques⁸Law$4551,00700037Australia183229%
201Seyfarth ShawLaw$453915000211USA19459%
202Hyder ConsultingConsulting Engineering$452 ᴬᴿ4,2000001350UK185774%
203E C Harris²Consulting Engineering$4482,6000202751UK191165%
204Royal HaskoningConsulting Engineering$4443,2290001757UK194074%
204Michael Baker CorporationConsulting Engineering$444 ᴬᴿ3,2001001100USA19400%
204McCarthy TetraultLaw$44489800026Canada185517%
207Katten Muchin RosenmanLaw$44373800039USA197422%
208Clayton UtzLaw$44275410027Australia183314%
209Alliott GroupAccounting & Advisory$4403,23310569204UK197999%
210Corporate Executive BoardManagement Consulting$4392,000112714USA198350%
211FreehillsLaw$43990900025Australia185220%
212Nixon PeabodyLaw$438840010517USA199924%
213Kaye ScholerLaw$43555201049USA191733%
214Cadwalader, Wickersham & TaftLaw$43053901058USA179250%
215Larsen & ToubroConsulting Engineering$427 ᴬᴿ38,00000021141India193872%
216Management Consulting GroupManagement Consulting$4171,6780001729UK194697%
217Duane MorrisLaw$411765000423USA190417%
218MACTECConsulting Engineering$408 ᴬᴿ3,100000180USA19750%
219Kim & ChangLaw$39852900016South Korea19730%
219FidalLaw$3981,700000390France19222%
221Locke LordLaw$397687000313USA200715%
222Loyens & LoeffLaw$3918920001418Netherlands200072%
223EuraAudit internaitonalAccounting & Advisory$3894,66300056282France198692%
224Baker & HostetlerLaw$386785000313USA191615%
225Monitor GroupManagement Consulting$384 ᵉ1,2000011727USA198370%
225Fish & RichardsonLaw$384452000212USA18788%
227Littler MendelsonLaw$3821,061010556USA19427%
228Jenner & BlockLaw$37955500014USA19140%
229Shanghai Xian Dai Architectural DesignConsulting Engineering$378 ᴬᴿ3,300000n/an/aChina19520%
230Drinker Biddle & ReathLaw$377787010212USA18498%
231Russell Bedford InternationalAccounting & Advisory$3764,990001989199UK198399%
231Simmons & SimmonsLaw$3768170001419UK189695%
233Oriental ConsultantsConsulting Engineering$374 ᴬᴿ7370001010Japan195790%
234Schulte Roth & ZabelLaw$37349400023USA196933%
235NorconsultConsulting Engineering$3702,2502101154Norway192930%
236Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & HamptonLaw$368547000414USA192721%
237Troutman SandersLaw$364789010315USA189713%
238CTCI CorporationConsulting Engineering$362 ᴬᴿ2,36500033Taiwan197933%
239AllensLaw$359797000914Australia182271%
239ProtivitiManagement Consulting$3592,3000002576USA200255%
241Artelia GroupConsulting Engineering$358 ᴬᴿ2,5971003988France201063%
242Italian-Thai DevelopmentConsulting Engineering$356 ᴬᴿ19,137 ᴬᴴ50014Thailand19580%
242Hyundai E&CConsulting Engineering$356 ᴬᴿ8,8670002324South Korea194796%
244Berwin Leighton PaisnerLaw$35468400089UK200189%
245InecoConsulting Engineering$353 ᴬᴿ3,18210059Spain196844%
246CTI Engineering InternationalConsulting Engineering$3521,398000615Japan196367%
246Maire TecnimontConsulting Engineering$352 ᴬᴿ5,3002003038Italy200589%
248UniversalPegasus InternationalConsulting Engineering$351 ᴬᴿ1,500000418USA200822%
249STV GroupConsulting Engineering$350 ᴬᴿ1,700000135USA19120%
250SYSTRAConsulting Engineering$349 ᴬᴿ3,4000002030France195797%
251Tractebel EngineeringConsulting Engineering$346 ᴬᴿ1,772 ᴬᴴ0101314Belgium198686%
252Steptoe & JohnsonLaw$34555301049USA194522%
253SMECConsulting Engineering$342 ᴬᴿ3,7540103153Australia197074%
254WYG GroupConsulting Engineering$3412,1480102568UK195965%
254Kajima CorporationConsulting Engineering$341 ᴬᴿ15,0000001843Japan184093%
256Patton BoggsLaw$33861800039USA196222%
256VenableLaw$33865300017USA19900%
258Shook, Hardy & BaconLaw$33760500039USA188922%
259China HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering CorporationConsulting Engineering$330 ᴬᴿ9,500000n/an/aChina19530%
260Blake Dawson⁷Law$3296500101711Australia184127%
261TRC CompaniesConsulting Engineering$329 ᴬᴿ2,400000184USA19600%
261TerraconConsulting Engineering$329 ᴬᴿ2,7000001130USA19650%
263Crowell & MoringLaw$328542010511USA197945%
264INPACT GroupAccounting & Advisory$3243,54500070204USA198976%
264Cahill Gordon ReindelLaw$32433400023USA191933%
266Dorsey & WhitneyLaw$323794000619USA191232%
267Kimley-Horn and AssociatesConsulting Engineering$321 ᴬᴿ2,190000161USA19670%
267Cuatrecasas Gonçalves PereiraLaw$3211,1171101125Spain191744%
267ENGlobalConsulting Engineering$321 ᴬᴿ2,030100116USA19880%
270Science Applications International CorporationConsulting Engineering$320 ᴬᴿ41,000800161114USA19697%
271BecaConsulting Engineering$319 ᴬᴿ2,600000619New Zealand192053%
271Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & DunnerLaw$31948300059USA196544%
273Pinsent MasonsLaw$3181,212000512UK185050%
274SETECConsulting Engineering$315 ᴬᴿ1,900000932France195725%
275Pepper HamiltonLaw$314611000111USA18900%
275AlixPartnersManagement Consulting$314 ᵉ950000917USA198153%
277Bird & BirdLaw$3129380001623UK184696%
277SinomachConsulting Engineering$312ᴬᴿ100,00000090140China199764%
279Blank RomeLaw$311630000311USA194618%
280Kramer Levin Naftalis & FrankelLaw$31039600023USA196833%
281Chadbourne & ParkeLaw$3074790101113USA190277%
282KleinfelderConsulting Engineering$306 ᴬᴿ2,000010361USA19613%
283Boies, Schiller & Flexner Law$305282000112USA19970%
284AedasConsulting Engineering$304 ᴬᴿ2,0000002032UK200269%
285Williams & ConnollyLaw$30336200011USA19670%
286Gartner ConsultingManagement Consulting$3024,4611004986USA197974%
286Abt AssociatesManagement Consulting$3021,5290003843USA196579%
288China Petroleum Engineering & Construction CorporationConsulting Engineering$301 ᴬᴿ17,0000001016China198063%
289ZS AssociatesManagement Consulting$300 ᵉ1,5000001120USA198355%
289North HighlandManagement Consulting$300 ᵉ2,2000101749USA199259%
291Hughes Hubbard & ReedLaw$29936100038USA188425%
292Edwards Wildman PalmerLaw$298583000316USA200519%
293L.E.K ConsultingManagement Consulting$297 ᵉ9000001320UK198395%
293Gannett FlemingConsulting Engineering$297 ᴬᴿ2,100100359USA19155%
293Clyde & CoLaw$2977931101727UK184189%
296S&B Engineers and ConstructorsConsulting Engineering$296 ᴬᴿ4,500000218USA195811%
296Haynes and BooneLaw$296630000312USA197017%
296Jackson LewisLaw$296808010148USA19580%
299DewberryConsulting Engineering$295 ᴬᴿ1,800140140USA19560%
300Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and PopeoLaw$29348300039USA193322%
301Gide Loyrette NouelLaw$2927480001619France195795%
302Sutherland Asbill & BrennanLaw$29148400027USA192414%
303Rödl & PartnerAccounting & Advisory$2893,1360204384Germany197774%
304CRA InternationalManagement Consulting$287710010921USA196538%
305China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering CorporationConsulting Engineering$285 ᴬᴿ1,31000026China197333%
306KS InternationalAccounting & Advisory$2823,49300352135UK198096%
307Bracewell & GiulianiLaw$281531010310USA194520%
308Husch BlackwellLaw$279716000214USA20087%
309Tebodin Consultants & EngineersConsulting Engineering$278 ᴬᴿ3,2000002147Netherlands194579%
309Cozen O'ConnorLaw$278642000320USA197010%
311Dohwa EngineeringConsulting Engineering$277 ᴬᴿ1,95000055South Korea195780%
311McKenna Long & AldridgeLaw$277514000213USA20028%
313Hengeler MuellerLaw$27539900036Germany199033%
313Taylor WessingLaw$275910000712UK178283%
315Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & DickerLaw$274899000224USA19794%
315Ballard SpahrLaw$274667000113USA18850%
317Khatib & AlamiConsulting Engineering$273 ᴬᴿ3,0000001828Lebanon195996%
318Brown and CaldwellConsulting Engineering$272 ᴬᴿ1,015000254USA19472%
319Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & SmithLaw$270870010121USA19790%
320Andrews KurthLaw$26844600039USA190222%
320Fichtner GroupConsulting Engineering$268 ᴬᴿ2,0000003959Germany192273%
322Womble Carlyle Sandridge & RiceLaw$266601000114USA18760%
322Integra InternationalAccounting & Advisory$2662,688001458158USA199480%
322Davis Wright TremaineLaw$26668700029USA190811%
325SJ BerwinLaw$265704000911UK198291%
325Dickstein ShapiroLaw$26539902016USA19530%
327Enterprise WorldwideAccounting & Advisory$2621,3170072875USA198757%
328SalansLaw$2619770101922France197895%
329Stroock & Stroock & LavanLaw$26040000014USA18760%
329Barnes & ThornburgLaw$260643000112USA19820%
329GP Strategies CorporationManagement Consulting$2601,8924001065USA196663%
332ECOVIS InternationalAccounting & Advisory$2592,75941245215Germany200437%
332Addleshaw GoddardLaw$25983301013UK20030%
334Manatt, Phelps & PhillipsLaw$258377000210USA196510%
335Faegre & Benson⁹Law$25765900036USA188633%
336Irell & ManellaLaw$25624300012USA19410%
337McDermott InternationalConsulting Engineering$255 ᴬᴿ1,593 ᴬᴴ10145USA192360%
337ItalferrConsulting Engineering$255 ᴬᴿ1,969 ᴬᴴ001416Italy198481%
339Meinhardt GroupConsulting Engineering$251 ᴬᴿ3,5000001930Australia195587%
340Skidmore, Owings & MerrillConsulting Engineering$251 ᴬᴿ1,600000610USA193650%
341Buchanan Ingersoll & RooneyLaw$250508000116USA18500%
341Kilpatrick Townsend & StocktonLaw$250540110721USA187433%
341Bureau VeritasConsulting Engineering$250 ᴬᴿ3,085ᴬᴴ200140930France182889%
344Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & BerkowitzLaw$248714000220USA18885%
344Loeb & LoebLaw$24834500026USA190917%
346Uría MenéndezLaw$2476140101116Spain194063%
347Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman Law$24639000017USA19930%
348Conestoga-Rovers & AssociatesConsulting Engineering$245 ᴬᴿ3,000000790Canada197678%
349Snell & WilmerLaw$24348701029USA193811%
349AusencoConsulting Engineering$2432,5000012031Australia199190%
349Irwin MitchellLaw$2431,028020211UK19129%
352Fox RothschildLaw$240581010116USA19070%
352Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & LoewyLaw$2403360001538USA195158%
354OpusConsulting Engineering$239 ᴬᴿ2,365100585New Zealand187048%
355Akerman SenterfittLaw$236620000119USA19200%
356Samoo Architects & EngineersConsulting Engineering$236 ᴬᴿ99101055South Korea197680%
357ENVIRONConsulting Engineering$235 ᴬᴿ1,1000001574USA198251%
358ILF Consulting EngineersConsulting Engineering$233 ᴬᴿ1,6000002133Austria196776%
359Insituform TechnologiesConsulting Engineering$232 ᴬᴿ3,2000001655USA198060%
359TYPSA GroupConsulting Engineering$232 ᴬᴿ1,8890002234Spain196674%
361Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & StewartLaw$229611050240USA19773%
362SMS Management & TechnologyManagement Consulting$2281,70020027Australia198614%
363International Profit AssociatesManagement Consulting$2251,10000011USA19910%
364Schiff HardinLaw$22441300018USA18640%
364Arent FoxLaw$22442800013USA19420%
366Polsinelli ShughartLaw$220556000118USA19720%
367BMT GroupConsulting Engineering$2191,0700002460UK198572%
368McCarter & EnglishLaw$21647600017USA18440%
369Corrs Chambers WestgarthLaw$21542900014Australia18410%
370Nelson Mullins Riley & ScarboroughLaw$213544100112USA18970%
371INGÉROPConsulting Engineering$212 ᴬᴿ1,4370001542France199236%
372IdomConsulting Engineering$211 ᴬᴿ2,5000001634Spain195759%
373Wiley ReinLaw$20833600012USA19830%
373Quarles & BradyLaw$20858301028USA197413%
375Eptisa Engineering ServicesConsulting Engineering$207 ᴬᴿ2,0000001118Spain195689%
375Fenwick & WestLaw$20731800014USA19720%
377TranSystems CorporationConsulting Engineering$205 ᴬᴿ1,000300142USA19660%
377Stanley ConsultantsConsulting Engineering$205 ᴬᴿ1,7000001126USA191338%
379Kelley Drye & WarrenLaw$20437800027USA183614%
380Beachcroft¹⁰Law$2021,056000614UK192743%
381Hinshaw & CulbertsonLaw$200577000124USA19340%
381King & Wood⁸Law$2001,191000415China199327%
383Thompson & KnightLaw$199409000511USA188736%
383NautaDutilhLaw$19947300056Netherlands172467%
383Lend LeaseConsulting Engineering$199 ᴬᴿ11,0940001227Australia195896%
383Holland & HartLaw$199588000115USA19470%
387Kiewit CorporationConsulting Engineering$198 ᴬᴿ10,400000256USA188427%
388Lowenstein SandlerLaw$19731300013USA19610%
389Calibre GlobalConsulting Engineering$1962,00000026Australia200217%
389POWER EngineersConsulting Engineering$196 ᴬᴿ1,500020331USA197610%
391Stoel RivesLaw$195519000211USA19079%
391Day PitneyLaw$195474000110USA20070%
393NBBJConsulting Engineering$194 ᴬᴿ700000410USA194340%
393RicardoConsulting Engineering$1941,2560001016UK191581%
395SedgwickLaw$193408000415USA193320%
395Cannon DesignConsulting Engineering$193 ᴬᴿ1,000000415USA194533%
397Saman CorporationConsulting Engineering$192 ᴬᴿ1,579000n/an/aSouth Korea19670%
397Reznick GroupAccounting & Advisory$192750000211USA19779%
399HKSConsulting Engineering$191 ᴬᴿ900010629USA193921%
400NoerrLaw$1904550101115Germany195067%
400Celerant ConsultingManagement Consulting$1906000001415UK198793%
400Munger, Tolles & OlsonLaw$19027400012USA19620%
403Professional Service IndustriesConsulting Engineering$188 ᴬᴿ2,5000001125USA18810%
404Zachry HoldingsConsulting Engineering$187 ᴬᴿ20,00000011USA19240%
404EnppiConsulting Engineering$187 ᴬᴿ2,0000001011Egypt197882%
406Enercon ServicesConsulting Engineering$186 ᴬᴿ1,200010319USA198311%
406Gleiss LutzLaw$186361100510Germany194940%
408Thompson HineLaw$18447400017USA19110%
408China Railway First Survey and Design Institute GroupConsulting Engineering$184 ᴬᴿ4,000000n/an/aChina19530%
410Bradley Arant Boult CummingsLaw$18352400017USA18710%
411Nihon Suido ConsultantsConsulting Engineering$182 ᴬᴿ6720001022Japan195968%
411Hammonds⁶Law$182684000711UK188791%
413ATC AssociatesConsulting Engineering$181 ᴬᴿ1,600000169USA19820%
414SmithGroupConsulting Engineering$180 ᴬᴿ800000111USA18530%
415Jackson WalkerLaw$17941300016USA18870%
416Wilbur Smith Associates⁵Consulting Engineering$178 ᴬᴿ1,2000001273USA195227%
417Nihon SekkeiConsulting Engineering$177 ᴬᴿ786000310Japan196720%
418Vedder PriceLaw$17636700024USA195225%
418NabarroLaw$17660201044UK195850%
420Bonelli Erede PappalardoLaw$17535300035Italy199940%
420Dykema GossettLaw$175427000111USA19260%
420AEA TechnologyConsulting Engineering$17580210028UK199638%
420Weston SolutionConsulting Engineering$175 ᴬᴿ1,800000649USA195712%
424Patterson Belknap Webb & TylerLaw$17422800011USA19190%
425Frost Brown ToddLaw$17355401019USA20000%
426Greenman-PedersenConsulting Engineering$172 ᴬᴿ750000133USA19660%
427SedgmanConsulting Engineering$171763000610Australia197960%
428Nippon Jogesuido SekkeiConsulting Engineering$170 ᴬᴿ544000168Japan19510%
429Kutak RockLaw$169562000117USA19650%
430Robins, Kaplan, Miller & CiresiLaw$16832701016USA19380%
431Dinsmore & ShohlLaw$167534000113USA19080%
432Brown RudnickLaw$16623500037USA194829%
433Moore & Van AllenLaw$16536600013USA19330%
434Chiomenti Studio LegaleLaw$16434400169Italy194867%
434Knobbe Martens Olson & BearLaw$16437800018USA19620%
436Thompson CoburnLaw$16346800014USA19960%
436Geosyntec ConsultantsConsulting Engineering$163 ᴬᴿ1,600000660USA198320%
436Hazen and SawyerConsulting Engineering$163 ᴬᴿ407020338USA19515%
436Gordon & ReesLaw$163389010120USA19740%
440Epstein Becker & GreenLaw$162366000111USA19730%
440De Brauw Blackstone WestbroekLaw$16243201055Netherlands187180%
440Yooshin Engineering CorporationConsulting Engineering$162 ᴬᴿ1,42200011South Korea19660%
443Mannheimer SwartlingLaw$161481000612Sweden199067%
444Honigman Miller Schwartz and CohnLaw$15833900015USA19480%
444Leo A DalyConsulting Engineering$158 ᴬᴿ1,000100924USA191533%
444Gardere Wynne SewellLaw$15831400024USA190925%
447OC&C Strategy ConsultantsManagement Consulting$157 ᵉ475000711UK198791%
448GMN InternationalAccounting & Advisory$1562,0420004269UK197099%
449Houthoff BurumaLaw$15435000035Netherlands199940%
449Holman Fenwick WillanLaw$1544180101216UK188394%

 

 

Notes:

 1.   CH2M Hill acquired Halcrow Group on 26 September 2011
 2.   ARCADIS merged with EC Harris on 4 November 2011. EC Harris becomes an operating company of ARCADIS
 3.   GENIVAR acquired WSP Group on 7 June 2012 
 4.   Dewey & LeBoeuf filed for bankruptcy on 28 May 2012 
 5.   CDM acquired Wilber Smith Associates on 25 February 2011 
 6.   Squire Sanders merged with Hammonds on 1 January 2011 
 7.   Blake Dawson rebrands as Ashurst on 1 March 2012 
 8.   Mallesons Stephen Jaques merged with King & Wood on 1 March 2012  
 9.   Faegre & Benson and Baker & Daniels merged on 1 January 2012 to form Faegre Baker Daniels
 10. Beachcroft merged with Davies Arnold Cooper on 31 October 2011 to form DAC Beachcroft 
 e.   Beaton Capital estimates
 AR. Revenue presented in Beaton450 for consulting engineering firms is based only on consulting and related services, because most consulting engineering firms are diversified and include contract and/or manufacturing businesses
 AH. Headcount adjusted to revenue

Definitions:

Beaton450 research method.

Beaton Capital conducts the research independently.

  • Beaton Capital compiled the table by reviewing, comparing and independently drawing conclusions on global revenue, global headcount, number of offices, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances, new offices opened, and country of origin.
  • Our sources are publicly available professions-specific league tables, media reports and over 500 firms’ websites.
  • Revenue is stated in US dollars. For some date points estimates based on proxy analysis have been used.