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Burns Engineering Inc.

Employee-owned (ESOP)HQ Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniaburnsengineering.com

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Headquarters
Philadelphia, Pa., as listed by ENR in the 2026 Top 500 Design FirmsSource: enr.com/toplists/2026-top-500-design-fi… · As of 2026-10-05
Ownership type
Employee-owned (ESOP): the DOL Form 5500 file lists an employee stock ownership plan, BURNS ENGINEERING, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN, for plan year beginning 2024-01-01Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac… · As of 2025-09-25
Website
burnsengineering.comSource: burnsengineering.com · As of 2026-10-11

Legal name, DBA and former names

  • Burns Engineering Inc. (name as shown on the firm's website)Source: burnsengineering.com · As of 2026-10-11

Identifiers (UEI, state registrations)

Ownership type

  • Employee-owned (ESOP): the DOL Form 5500 file lists an employee stock ownership plan, BURNS ENGINEERING, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN, for plan year beginning 2024-01-01.Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac… · As of 2025-09-25

Services and markets

  • Burns Engineering offers sanitary, industrial and metrology sensors, transmitters, connection heads, custom products and calibration services for industries including aerospace, biotechnology, chemical, food and beverage, HVAC, life sciences, manufacturing, oil and gas, and pharmaceuticals.Source: burnsengineering.com · As of 2026-10-11

Licences (board records)

Federal awards (contracts)

  • USAspending recipient record BURNS ENGINEERING, INC. (Philadelphia, PA), contract award obligations: FY2021 $5,380,035, FY2022 $2,571,659, FY2023 $5,703,174, FY2024 $1,269,339, FY2025 $3,870,289 (award types A to D; obligations as published, including modifications and negative adjustments)Source: usaspending.gov/recipient/eea39d8e-83fc-c4fc-8c… · As of 2026-10-11

ESOP plan data (Form 5500)

  • DOL Form 5500 plan year beginning 2024-01-01: BURNS ENGINEERING, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ACK_ID 20250925111615NAL0003490115001), 301 active participants and total plan assets of $18,106,902 at year end.Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac… · As of 2025-09-25

Public filings

  • DOL Form 5500 filings, plan year beginning 2024-01-01, NAICS 541330: BURNS ENGINEERING, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ACK_ID 20250925111615NAL0003490115001, 301 active participants); BURNS ENGINEERING, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN (ACK_ID 20250926091236NAL0003914419001, 339 active participants)Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac… · As of 2025-09-25

Rankings and awards

Ownership tag: Employee-owned (ESOP). Profiles are informational, compiled from public sources linked above. Firms may request corrections. A listing is not an endorsement.

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