Atkins at a glance
The basics
- Number of employees (as of June 2008) 17,278
- Turnover £1.3 Billion
- Established in 1938
- More than 200 permanent offices worldwide
- UK's largest engineering consultancy
- Europe's largest multidisciplinary consultancy
- 8th largest global design firm
- Chief Executive: Keith Clarke
Source information:
Atkins has topped the league of UK engineering consultancies for the last 11 years and has been ranked in the top 10 over the last 14 years (NCE Consultants File 1994-2008).
In ENR magazine's Top 200 Global Design firms league table (2008) Atkins is ranked 8th in terms of revenue.
The company is Building magazine's Engineering Consultancy Of The Year 2008.
Multinational reach, local knowledge
Atkins is one of the world’s largest employers of professionally-qualified staff, with operations focused in a number of key geographical markets:
- UK and Europe (11,651 employees)
- the Americas (681 employees)
- Middle East and India (3,068 employees)
- Asia Pacific (1,004 employees)
Wherever we operate, we apply both our multinational strength and our local knowledge. Click here to browse our locations.
Learn more about Atkins, our skills and services by browsing the list of publications on this site.