2010 Market Assessment of the UK Environmental Consulting Sector
Contents
About this presentation (slides 4 to 7)Executive presentation – highlights (slides 8 to 28)
Full data package
1. Market structure & operational trends (slides 34 to 44)
2. Market size & financial trends (slides 45 to 66)
3. Staff trends & fee rates (slides 67 to 77)
4. Service areas (slides 78 to 105)
5. Client sectors (slides 106 to 112)
6. Other environmental services (slides 113 to 117)
7. Strategic trends (slides 118 to 125)
8. Forecasts (slides 126 to 140)
Market definition (slides 141 to 143)
Acknowledgements (slides 144 to 146)
EXECUTIVE PRESENTATION – LIST OF CHARTS FROM HIGHLIGHTS SECTION
– UK environmental consultancy revenues, 2003-2010e
– UK environmental consultancy growth trends vs. GDP, 2003-2010e
– UK EC market revenue breakdown by service area, 2008-2009
– Snapshot service area growth trends
– UK EC market revenue breakdown by client sector, 2008-2009
– Top 32 firms’ UK EC revenue by client sector, 2009
– Snapshot service area growth trends
– Snapshot of operational changes in the last 12 months
– Leading UK environmental consultancies, 2008-2009
– Leading UK environmental consultancies, 2008-2009
– Top 32 consultancies: UK revenue trends, 2008-2009
– Top 32 consultancies: turnover per head, 2008-2009
– Top 32 consultancies & survey: number of UK projects, 2008-2009
– Top 32 consultancies & survey: average project value, 2008-2009
– Average operating profitability (% of UK EC revenues), 2008-2010(e)
– Snapshot staff recruitment & redundancy trends
– Top 32 consultancies: staff number trends, 2008-2009
– Snapshot environmental consultancy fee rates
– Snapshot staff remuneration change in last 12 months
– Snapshot growth trends in other environmental services
– Snapshot view of UK growth prospects (5yr CAGR 2010-2014)
– Snapshot view of Q1 2010 performance against budget
– Additional annual market revenue and annual growth forecasts,2003-2014
– Snapshot view of UK regional growth potential over next 2-3 years
– Forecast 5-yr CAGR for service areas, 2010-14 (CAGR 2005-09 in brackets)
– Snapshot view of global growth prospects (5yr CAGR)
– Snapshot view of global regional growth potential over next 2-3 years
FULL LIST OF FIGURES
Market structure & operational trends
Fig 1.1 Growth in the number of UK environmental consultancies (EC)
Fig 1.2 Market structure: 2009 EC revenues by size of firm
Fig 1.3 Market structure: 2009 EC revenues by consultancy type
Fig 1.4 UK branch offices: those opened in year compared with existing
Fig 1.5 Ownership structure
Fig 1.6 Proportion of work that is repeat business
Fig 1.7 Repeat and new business trends compared to last year
Fig 1.8 Operational changes in the last year
Fig 1.9 Operational trends in last year compared with previous year
Fig 1.10 Uptake of corporate sustainability practices
Market size and financial trends
Fig 2.1 UK environmental consulting revenues
Fig 2.2 Environmental consulting organic revenue growth
Fig 2.3 Average UK turnover growth
Fig 2.4 Range of average turnover growth 2009
Fig 2.5 UK revenue and revenue growth in top 32 firms
Fig 2.6 Global revenue and revenue growth in top 32 firms
Fig 2.7 Q1 2010 business performance against budget
Fig 2.8 Top 16 firms in UK environmental consultancy, 2009
Fig 2.9 Next 16 firms in UK environmental consultancy, 2009
Fig 2.10 Average turnover per employee, by size of consultancy
Fig 2.11 Range of turnover per employee
Fig 2.12 UK turnover per head in top 32 firms
Fig 2.13 Global turnover per head in top 32 firms
Fig 2.14 Average project value, by size of consultancy
Fig 2.15 Number of UK projects in top 32 firms, and survey sample
Fig 2.16 Average project value in top 32 firms, and survey sample
Fig 2.17 Average profitability (based on pre-tax or operating margins
Fig 2.18 Range of profitability (based on pre-tax or operating margins
Fig 2.19 % of UK revenue derived from overseas projects for top 32 consultancies
Fig 2.20 Benchmark metrics of selected large consultancies in 2009
Fig 2.21 Benchmark metrics of selected small consultancies in 2009
Staff trends & fee rates
Fig 3.1 Recruitment trends
Fig 3.2 Change in employee numbers within the previous 12 months
Fig 3.3 Range of staff change in last 12 months
Fig 3.4 Total UK staff numbers and annual change in top 32 firms
Fig 3.5 Total global staff numbers and annual change in top 32 firms
Fig 3.6 Average daily fee rates
Fig 3.7 Fee rate trends in last 12 months
Fig 3.8 Fee rates trends compared with previous year
Fig 3.9 Average remuneration change
Fig 3.10 Range of average remuneration change in last 12 months
Service areas
Fig 4.1 Numbers of professional staff (full-time equivalent) in each service area
Fig 4.2 Proportion of market revenue in each service area 2009
Fig 4.3 Revenue in each service area 2009
Fig 4.4 2004-2009 CAGR in each service area
Fig 4.5 2004-2009 revenue growth in each service area
Fig 4.6 2008-2009 growth in each service area
Fig 4.7 Revenue per head in each service area
Fig 4.8 Historic revenue growth in top 4 service areas
Fig 4.9 Historic revenue growth in mid 4 service areas
Fig 4.10 Historic revenue growth in low 4 service areas
Fig 4.11 Top firms in air quality consultancy, 2009
Fig 4.12 Top firms in climate change & energy consultancy, 2009
Fig 4.13 Top firms in contaminated land/remediation consultancy, 2009
Fig 4.14 Top firms in ecological/landscape services consultancy, 2009
Fig 4.15 Top firms in EIA & sustainable development consultancy, 2009
Fig 4.16 Top firms in environmental liabilities, risks & hazards consultancy, 2009
Fig 4.17 Top firms in environmental management & compliance consultancy, 2009
Fig 4.18 Top firms in environmental noise & vibration consultancy, 2009
Fig 4.19 Top firms in env./sustainability policy & strategy consultancy, 2009
Fig 4.20 Top firms in waste management/recycling consultancy, 2009
Fig 4.21 Top firms in water quality & resource management consultancy, 2009
Fig 4.22 Top firms in other environmental consultancy, 2009
Fig 4.23 Market share of top 10 operators
Fig 4.24 Snapshot revenue growth trends by service area
Fig 4.25 Snapshot mean revenue growth trends by service area
Fig 4.26 Snapshot revenue growth prospects by service area
Fig 4.27 Snapshot mean revenue growth prospects by service area
Client sectors
Fig 5.1 Proportion of revenue in each client sector, 2009
Fig 5.2 Proportion of revenue in each client sector, 2009 (top 32 firms)
Fig 5.3 Snapshot revenue growth by client sector
Fig 5.4 Snapshot mean revenue growth by client sector
Fig 5.5 Snapshot revenue growth prospects by client sector
Fig 5.6 Snapshot mean revenue growth prospects by client sector
Fig 5.7 Top firms working for government & its agencies, 2009
Fig 5.8 Top firms working for regulated industries, 2009
Fig 5.9 Top firms working for extractive, manufacturing & processing clients, 2009
Fig 5.10 Top firms working for construction & property clients, 2009
Fig 5.11 Top firms working for financial & service sector clients, 2009
Fig 5.12 Top firms working for other clients, 2009
Other environmental services
Fig 6.1 Related services offered
Fig 6.2 Snapshot revenue growth by other environmental services
Fig 6.3 Snapshot revenue growth prospects by by other environmental services
Fig 6.4 Snapshot mean revenue growth prospects by other environmental services
Strategic
Fig 7.1 UK regions with the best growth prospects
Fig 7.2 Mean growth prospects for UK regions
Fig 7.3 Global regions with the best growth prospects
Fig 7.4 Mean growth prospects for global regions
Fig 7.5 Strategic business drivers for next 2-3 years
Fig 7.6 Business constraints/threats to growth in next 2-3 years
Fig 7.7 Strategic actions in next 2-3 years
Forecasts
Fig 8.1 Average UK turnover growth, 2009-2011
Fig 8.2 Range of average turnover growth
Fig 8.3 2010 and 2011 prospects compared with 2009
Fig 8.4 UK mean annual growth expectations for next 5 years
Fig 8.5 Range of UK annual growth expectations for next 5 years
Fig 8.6 Forecast revenue growth 2003-2014
Fig 8.7 Additional annual market revenue and annual growth, 2004-2014
Fig 8.8 Forecast revenue growth in top 4 service areas, 2009-2014
Fig 8.9 Forecast revenue growth in mid 4 service areas, 2009-2014
Fig 8.10 Forecast revenue growth in low 4 service areas, 2009-2014
Fig 8.11 Additional revenue forecast in each service area, 2009-2014
Fig 8.12 Forecast CAGR in each service area, 2009-2014
Fig 8.13 Global annual growth expectations for next 5 years
Fig 8.14 Mean global annual growth expectations for next 5 years Skip to top