Key Takeaways

• An estimated 30,844 of the 67,052 architectural firms in the United States are design-build.
• The top design-build architectural firms in the United States, by revenue, are Bechtel, McDermott International, and Kiewitt Corporation.
• Around 28% of design-build architectural firms in the United States operate in the South Atlantic region of the country.

Introduction

Number of "Design and Build" Architectural Firms (U.S.)

• According to IBIS World, as of the year 2022, there are an estimated total of around 67,052 architectural firms in the United States. Research conducted by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) and the FMI Corporation indicated that approximately 46% ($314 billion/$687 billion) of the overall construction spending in the country in the year 2022 involves the design-build concept.
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• Assuming that the design build concept's share of overall construction spending is indicative of its share of architectural firms, there are an estimated 30,844 design-build architectural firms (67,052 * 46%) in the United States, as of 2022.
• The utilization of the design-build concept in the United States is projected to grow by around 34% through the conclusion of 2025, according to research conducted by the DBIA.
• Some of the leading design-build architectural firms in the United States, by global revenue, include Bechtel ($11.110 billion), McDermott International ($8.443 billion), Kiewitt Corporation ($6.128 billion), Hensel Phelps ($3.009 billion), Clayco ($2.945 billion), Burns & McDonnell ($2.74 billion), Arco Construction Cos. ($2.254 billion), Skanska USA ($2.206 billion), Black & Veatch ($1.981 billion), and Wood ($1.879 billion). For the listed entities, the overwhelming majority of their reported revenues are from their domestic operations.

Geographies

• Although information on the state/city in the country in which these firms are most prevalent/clustered is limited, the Design-Build Utilization Study from DBIA and the FMI Corporation, which exclusively covered businesses in design-build, included the geographies of the respondents.
• Nearly one-third (28%) of the respondents operate within the South Atlantic, which includes the states of Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Around 17% of them operate in the Pacific region of the country, which includes the states of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Meanwhile, 12% of the respondents operate in the East North Central Region, an area that covers the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
• In addition, 7% of the respondents operate in the Mountain region, which includes the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Another 6% operate in the Mid-Atlantic, which covers New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The remaining respondents service the West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas), West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota), East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee), and New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont) regions.
• Only 17% of the respondents to the survey currently operate within all regions of the United States "equally."

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