Top Convention Center Architecture Firms
| Rank | Company | 2013 Convention Center Revenue |
| 1 | Gensler | $10,593,000 |
| 2 | Populous | $8,803,000 |
| 3 | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | $6,495,077 |
| 4 | Epstein | $4,608,000 |
| 5 | LMN Architects | $3,251,000 |
| 6 | Cuningham Group Architecture | $3,083,802 |
| 7 | WATG | Wimberly Interiors | $2,251,000 |
| 8 | Fentress Architects | $1,450,988 |
| 9 | HKS | $1,258,297 |
| 10 | FXFOWLE Architects | $1,180,000 |
| 11 | Becker Morgan Group | $1,171,329 |
| 12 | Stantec | $1,004,453 |
| 13 | Moody Nolan | $722,616 |
| 14 | Leo A Daly | $664,176 |
| 15 | ZGF Architects | $517,578 |
| 16 | HMC Architects | $422,141 |
| 17 | Rosser International | $327,536 |
| 18 | RTKL Associates | $271,000 |
| 19 | WHR Architects | $261,672 |
| 20 | Perkins+will | $191,650 |
| 21 | Goodwyn Mills & Cawood | $181,239 |
| 22 | HNTB Corp. | $122,424 |
| 23 | GWWO | $105,500 |
| 24 | HOK | $82,982 |
| 25 | Albert Kahn Associates | $63,043 |
| 26 | Baskervill | $60,768 |
| 27 | LS3P | $46,315 |
| 28 | Integrus Architecture | $35,113 |
| 29 | Ratio Architects | $28,937 |
| 30 | Nadel | $20,000 |
| 31 | NAC|Architecture | $2,170 |
Top Convention Center Engineering Firms
| Rank | Company | 2013 Convention Center Revenue |
| 1 | AECOM Technology Corp. | $61,310,000 |
| 2 | URS Corp. | $9,549,324 |
| 3 | Magnusson Klemencic Associates | $3,172,421 |
| 4 | Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates | $2,440,000 |
| 5 | TLC Engineering for Architecture | $1,812,960 |
| 6 | Arup | $1,344,125 |
| 7 | Environmental Systems Design | $1,135,066 |
| 8 | M-E Engineers | $1,000,000 |
| 9 | Syska Hennessy Group | $882,691 |
| 10 | WSP Group | $830,000 |
| 11 | Dewberry | $781,494 |
| 12 | KPFF Consulting Engineers | $750,000 |
| 13 | Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corp. | $500,000 |
| 14 | Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor | $450,000 |
| 15 | Smith Seckman Reid | $419,529 |
| 16 | Ross & Baruzzini | $387,684 |
| 17 | Joseph R. Loring & Associates | $300,000 |
| 18 | Interface Engineering | $297,000 |
| 19 | Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers | $288,330 |
| 20 | RMF Engineering | $250,000 |
| 21 | I. C. Thomasson Associates | $250,000 |
| 22 | Coffman Engineers | $248,623 |
| 23 | Vanderweil Engineers | $225,300 |
| 24 | Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon | $220,000 |
| 25 | Affiliated Engineers | $219,000 |
| 26 | Thornton Tomasetti | $167,500 |
| 27 | TTG | $152,030 |
| 28 | Karpinski Engineering | $132,175 |
| 29 | Martin/Martin | $100,345 |
| 30 | Allen & Shariff | $100,000 |
| 31 | Sparling | $99,449 |
| 32 | Wick Fisher White | $74,425 |
| 33 | Davis, Bowen & Friedel | $72,612 |
| 34 | Newcomb & Boyd | $63,905 |
| 35 | Walter P Moore and Associates | $52,178 |
| 36 | Dunham Associates | $50,000 |
| 37 | CJL Engineering | $24,500 |
| 38 | Spectrum Engineers | $7,365 |
| 39 | Henderson Engineers | $2,620 |
Top Convention Center Construction Firms
| Rank | Company | 2013 Convention Center Revenue |
| 1 | Hunt Construction Group | $75,000,000 |
| 2 | PCL Construction | $62,873,889 |
| 3 | Turner Construction | $62,463,000 |
| 4 | Bernards | $47,000,000 |
| 5 | Clark Group | $39,614,785 |
| 6 | Messer Construction | $24,643,532 |
| 7 | Yates Companies, The | $23,000,000 |
| 8 | Hill International | $6,000,000 |
| 9 | Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The | $1,768,012 |
| 10 | W. M. Jordan Company | $1,572,036 |
| 11 | Tutor Perini Corp. | $326,495 |
| 12 | Allen & Shariff | $100,000 |
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