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2025 ENR Rankings

Kimley-Horn Rises to #8 in Top Design Firms

2025 ENR Rankings

Every year, Engineering News-Record (ENR), one of the architecture, engineering, and construction industry’s most valued news sources, highlights ranked lists of top design firms based on their overall revenue and earnings across sectors. In 2025, Kimley-Horn rose in the rankings to #8 of 500 design firms—up from #10 in 2024. Notably, we also appeared in the top 20 design firms within the power sector and were ranked in the battery storage market for the first time ever. Kimley-Horn also advanced our rankings in the following sectors: airports, mass transit/rail, healthcare, water supply, sewer and waste, wastewater treatment, power, and fossil fuel.

Kimley-Horn's 2025 ENR Rankings

Overall Ranking
#8 of 500

Pure Design Firms
#4 of 100

General Building Rankings

General Building
#4 of 50

Retail
#1 of 25

Distribution and Warehouses
#1 of 10

Multi-Unit Residential
#1 of 25

Government Offices
#17 of 25

Sports
#4 of 10

Mixed Use
#2 of 20

Entertainment
#3 of 10

Hotels, Motels, and
Convention Centers
#11 of 20

Healthcare
#12 of 25

Power Rankings

Power
#19 of 50

Solar
#3 of 10

Fossil Fuel
#9 of 25

Battery Storage
#4 of 10

Transportation Rankings

Transportation
#8 of 50

Airports
#5 of 25

Highways
#6 of 25

Mass Transit and Rail
#10 of 25

Environmental Rankings

Wastewater Treatment
#15 of 25

Water Treatment and Desalination
#17 of 20

Water Supply
#13 of 50

Water Transmission Lines and Aqueducts
#8 of 20

Sanitary and Storm Sewers
#7 of 25

Sewer and Waste
#14 of 50

Telecom Rankings

Telecommunications
#6 of 50

Towers and Antennae
#2 of 10

Data Centers
#8 of 15