| Rank | Company | 2012 Total Revenue ($) |
| 1 | Gensler | $807,143,550 |
| 2 | Perkins+Will | $360,300,000 |
| 3 | NBBJ | $187,017,000 |
| 4 | Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates | $153,821,100 |
| 5 | Perkins Eastman | $145,000,000 |
| 6 | Callison | $134,112,565 |
| 7 | ZGF Architects | $107,412,274 |
| 8 | Corgan | $85,377,040 |
| 9 | Populous | $84,000,000 |
| 10 | HMC Architects | $77,986,678 |
| 11 | MulvannyG2 Architecture | $75,542,984 |
| 12 | WATG / Wimberly Interiors | $64,584,000 |
| 13 | Ennead Architects | $58,200,000 |
| 14 | Fentress Architects | $57,800,000 |
| 15 | RSP Architects | $51,248,000 |
| 16 | VOA Associates | $46,600,000 |
| 17 | Solomon Cordwell Buenz | $40,800,000 |
| 18 | Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz | $40,081,612 |
| 19 | Cooper Carry | $38,872,388 |
| 20 | LS3P | $38,254,820 |
| 21 | MBH Architects | $36,500,000 |
| 22 | Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott | $35,975,410 |
| 23 | WHR Architects | $35,776,831 |
| 24 | FXFOWLE Architects | $33,980,848 |
| 25 | Ware Malcomb | $31,850,000 |
| 26 | Perkowitz+Ruth Architects | $31,299,928 |
| 27 | Swanke Hayden Connell Asrchitects | $30,500,000 |
| 28 | WDG Architecture | $29,902,998 |
| 29 | FKP Architects | $29,570,000 |
| 30 | Morris Architects | $29,250,000 |
| 31 | CO Architects | $28,845,000 |
| 32 | Payette | $28,831,669 |
| 33 | Niles Bolton Associates | $28,750,880 |
| 34 | Cuningham Group Architecture | $28,628,186 |
| 35 | Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners | $27,554,840 |
| 36 | Array Architects | $26,933,863 |
| 37 | FRCH Design Worldwide | $26,500,000 |
| 38 | Cambridge Seven Associates | $26,245,000 |
| 39 | OZ Architecture | $25,752,000 |
| 40 | GBBN Architects | $25,135,000 |
| 41 | Davis Brody Bond | $24,396,446 |
| 42 | Good Fulton & Farrell | $24,125,223 |
| 43 | NTD Architecture | $23,786,447 |
| 44 | Francis Cauffman | $22,518,122 |
| 45 | Lord, Aeck & Sargent | $22,400,000 |
| 46 | RNL | $22,300,000 |
| 47 | Ziegler Cooper Architects | $21,562,000 |
| 48 | Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates | $21,340,617 |
| 49 | Kirksey Architecture | $21,152,252 |
| 50 | NAC|Architecture | $20,482,031 |
| 51 | LMN Architects | $19,185,200 |
| 52 | RBB Architects | $19,136,000 |
| 53 | Jerde Partnership, The | $19,000,000 |
| 54 | Hnedak Bobo Group | $18,867,000 |
| 55 | FGM Architects | $18,784,656 |
| 56 | Goettsch Partners | $18,590,000 |
| 57 | BBG-BBGM | $16,600,000 |
| 58 | Mithun | $16,282,000 |
| 59 | Wight & Co. | $15,801,400 |
| 60 | SRG Partnership | $14,208,691 |
| 61 | Legat Architects | $14,030,000 |
| 62 | Nadel | $14,000,000 |
| 63 | H+L Architecture | $13,090,000 |
| 64 | Anderson Mikos Architects | $12,615,000 |
| 65 | Carrier Johnson + Culture | $12,397,746 |
| 66 | Harvard Jolly Architecture | $11,481,281 |
| 67 | BLT Architects | $10,800,000 |
| 68 | Lee, Burkhart, Liu | $10,500,000 |
| 69 | SLATERPAULL Architects | $9,101,937 |
| 70 | Margulies Perruzzi Architects | $8,875,543 |
| 71 | Architekton | $8,640,811 |
| 72 | Ashley McGraw Architects | $7,650,760 |
| 73 | SEI Design Group | $7,082,000 |
| 74 | Omniplan Architects | $6,594,833 |
| 75 | H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture | $6,594,000 |
| 76 | DesignGroup | $6,039,173 |
| 77 | Massa Montalto Architects | $6,000,000 |
| 78 | Polytech Associates | $6,000,000 |
| 79 | EDI International | $5,720,000 |
| 80 | JRS Architect | $4,550,000 |
| 81 | Adache Group Architects | $3,800,000 |
| 82 | Hensley Lamkin Rachel | $3,473,000 |
| 83 | api(+) | $3,400,000 |
| 84 | LARGE Architecture | $2,830,756 |
| 85 | AXIS Architecture + Design | $1,869,734 |
| 86 | RDH Interests | $1,760,046 |
| 87 | PHX Architecture | $500,000 |
| 88 | DJM Architecture | $309,330 |
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