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Burns & McDonnell

Employee-owned (ESOP)HQ Kansas City, Missouriburnsmcd.com

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Headquarters
Kansas City, Missouri (city on the Texas board firm record and the USAspending recipient record)Source: tbpedownloads.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/roster_firm.zip · As of 2026-10-04
Founded
Founded in 1898, per the firm's home page descriptionSource: burnsmcd.com · As of 2026-10-05
Ownership type
Employee-owned (ESOP): the firm describes itself as 100% employee-ownedSource: burnsmcd.com · As of 2026-10-05
Sponsor or parent
The firm's employee ownership page describes employee ownership as a feature of the firm's culture and careersSource: burnsmcd.com/about/employee-ownership · As of 2026-10-05
Website
burnsmcd.comSource: burnsmcd.com · As of 2026-10-05

Legal name, DBA and former names

Identifiers (UEI, state registrations)

Offices

  • More than 75 offices worldwide, per the firm's home page description.Source: burnsmcd.com · As of 2026-10-05

Ownership type

  • Employee-owned (ESOP): the firm describes itself as 100% employee-owned.Source: burnsmcd.com · As of 2026-10-05

Sponsor, parent or transaction

Services and markets

  • Engineering, construction, architecture and consulting, per the home page title.Source: burnsmcd.com · As of 2026-10-05

Leaders

Licences (board records)

DOT prequalification

  • TxDOT Active Precertified Firms lists BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. with 73 areas of certification, renewal status APRIL 4, 2023 ( ACTIVE )Source: dot.state.tx.us/des/precert/precrt2.htm · As of 2026-10-05

Federal awards (contracts)

  • USAspending recipient record BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. (Kansas City, MO), contract award obligations: FY2021 $0, FY2022 $0, FY2023 $0, FY2024 $127,289,331, FY2025 $170,061,882 (award types A to D; obligations as published, including modifications and negative adjustments)Source: usaspending.gov/recipient/856d46b6-3adc-8be6-f0… · As of 2026-10-05

ESOP plan data (Form 5500)

  • DOL Form 5500 plan year beginning 2024-01-01: BURNS & MCDONNELL, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ACK_ID 20250918130954NAL0001450081001), 10,567 active participants and total plan assets of $5,463,861,407 at year end.Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac… · As of 2025-09-18

Public filings

  • DOL Form 5500 filings, plan year beginning 2024-01-01, NAICS 541330: BURNS & MCDONNELL, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN (ACK_ID 20250918130954NAL0001450081001, 10,567 active participants); BURNS & MCDONNELL, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN (ACK_ID 20250918125132NAL0003191490001, 10,884 active participants)Source: dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-ac… · As of 2025-09-18

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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