The ENR Midwest 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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| Rank 2025/2024 | Company Location/Website Top Officer |
Lic. Arch. Engr. Leed AP |
Largest Project to Break Ground Location Project Value ($ Mil.) |
Market Sectors By % of Revenue** | Regional Rev. 2024 ($ Mil) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1 | Burns & McDonnell Kansas City, Mo. | burnsmcd.com Paul Fischer, Chief Operating Officer |
57 1,228 10 |
Not Provided | 54 Power 8 Telecommunications 7 General Building |
1,172.51 |
| 2/6 | WSP USA Chicago | wsp.com John Trotta, Midwest Regional Executive |
55 1,369 280 |
Construction on M-53 Macomb County, Mich. 24.6 |
38 Transportation 31 Power 7 General Building |
586.12 |
| 3/2 | AECOM* Chicago | aecom.com Matthew Crane, Executive Vice President, West Region Chief Executive |
54 446 61 |
Not Provided | 43 Transportation 23 Hazardous Waste 19 Water Supply |
584.17 |
| 4/3 | HDR Omaha | hdrinc.com Joe Drimmel, North Central Regional Director of Operations |
100 787 142 |
Not Provided | 32 Transportation 25 General Building 16 Power |
581.94 |
| 5/5 | Stantec Chicago | stantec.com Sarah McIlroy, Vice President, Regional Leader |
27 498 9 |
400 Lake Shore Drive North Tower Chicago 500.00 |
26 Water Supply 25 General Building 17 Transportation |
518.18 |
| 6/4 | HNTB Corp. Indianapolis | hntb.com Christopher B. Gale, Senior Vice President |
35 298 23 |
South Lawrence Trafficway Lawrence, Kan. 171.00 |
93 Transportation 7 General Building |
455.78 |
| 7/8 | Kimley-Horn Chicago | kimley-horn.com Colleen Marnell, Regional Leader, Midwest Region |
1 415 23 |
Not Provided | 38 Transportation 33 General Building 18 Power |
344.46 |
| 8/9 | Terracon Olathe, Kan. | terracon.com Bob Pavlicek, Chief Operating Officer |
3 280 7 |
Mammoth Solar - South and Central 1 & 2 Jefferson, Ind. 1,500.00 |
27 General Building 19 Transportation 16 Hazardous Waste |
288.30 |
| 9/7 | Arcadis North America Highlands Ranch, Colo. | arcadis.com John McCarthy, President, Arcadis North America |
0 0 0 |
Not Provided | 55 Hazardous Waste 17 Water Supply 11 General Building |
287.77 |
| 10/— | Gannett Fleming TranSystems (GFT) Kansas City, Mo. | gannettfleming.com Tim Rock, Co-President & Chief Operating Officer |
48 354 16 |
Randall Road Corridor Widening Algonquin, Ill. 105.00 |
86 Transportation 8 General Building 3 Power |
219.85 |
| 11/10 | IMEG Rock Island, Ill. | imegcorp.com Paul VanDuyne, President & CEO |
0 186 98 |
Not Provided | 81 General Building 10 Manufacturing 5 Transportation |
209.40 |
| 12/11 | DLZ Corp. Columbus, Ohio | dlz.com Vikram (Raj) V. Rajadkyaksha, Chairman & CEO |
18 159 20 |
Water/Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements - Indiana Enterprise Center New Carlisle (St. Joseph County), Ind. 130.00 |
37 Transportation 21 General Building 14 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
189.17 |
| 13/25 | Woolpert Dayton, Ohio | woolpert.com Neil Churman, President & CEO |
54 77 0 |
Grissom Air Reserve Base Logistics Readiness Center Grissom ARB, Ind. 30.00 |
40 Other Project Types 39 General Building 18 Transportation |
176.65 |
| 14/13 | American Structurepoint Indianapolis | structurepoint.com Rick Willis Conner, CEO |
30 199 21 |
Revive I-70 Contract 1 Richmond, Ind. 378.00 |
53 Transportation 24 General Building 9 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
175.03 |
| 15/16 | Benesch Chicago | benesch.com Elizabeth Gallagher, Executive Vice President |
0 176 1 |
I-96 Reconstruction Project Ionia County, Mich. 105.00 |
87 Transportation 6 General Building 4 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
150.30 |
| 16/20 | Barr Engineering Co. Minneapolis | barr.com Ward Swanson, President & CEO |
5 233 5 |
Not Provided | 22 Other Project Types 20 Power 19 Hazardous Waste |
150.19 |
| 17/17 | Strand Associates Inc. Madison, Wis. | strand.com Matthew Richards, President & CEO |
3 208 10 |
WRRF and STPZ - Phase 1A Village of New Lenox, Ill. 138.15 |
41 Sewerage/Solid Waste 35 Transportation 15 Water Supply |
148.55 |
| 18/18 | Salas O’Brien Chicago | salasobrien.com Deirdre McDaniel, Senior Managing Principal |
2 107 9 |
Not Provided | 48 Industrial Process 20 General Building 18 Telecommunications |
141.96 |
| 19/— | The Burke Group Ltd. Rosemont, Ill. | cbbel.com Christopher B. Burke, Chairman |
1 195 150 |
Not Provided | 100 General Building |
133.00 |
| 20/21 | DLR Group * Minneapolis | dlrgroup.com Kate Yurko, North Central Region Leader, Principal |
155 62 223 |
Cleveland Museum of Natural History Cleveland 80.60 |
100 General Building |
127.90 |
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