5.3.4.5Vertical

Structural Engineering

Engineers designing building structure and conducting structural analysis.

Market snapshot

These figures describe Engineering Consulting & Design (5.3.4), the segment that Structural Engineering sits within — not Structural Engineering on its own.

Market size
~$304B
Growth
~5.1%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
Companies
~62,600
FragmentationConsolidatingEstimate

U.S. Census Bureau 2022 CBP/Economic Census, NAICS 541330 (engineering services). Surveying/mapping (541360/541370) is profiled under Business Services (Geospatial & Location Analytics) and testing laboratories (541380) under Business Services (Testing, Inspection & Certification).

Business model & economics

Revenue model

Professional fees, program management, and recurring contracts

Key economics

Recurring revenue
Moderate

recurring program and on-call work

EBITDA margin
Healthy professional-services economics
Capex intensity
Low

Characteristics

  • Knowledge-intensive; led by acquisitive national firms.
  • Federal infrastructure funding a major tailwind.
  • Consolidating around scaled multidisciplinary firms.

M&A deal context

Deal activityHigh

Who’s acquiring

  • National engineering strategics
  • PE-backed A&E consolidators
  • Infrastructure-services platforms

What’s driving deals

  • Roll-up of specialist engineering practices.
  • Infrastructure-funding-driven demand.
  • Multidisciplinary scale and program management.

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