SIC Industry Description

Industry: 8711—Engineering Services
Establishments primarily engaged in providing professional engineering services. Establishments primarily providing and supervising their own engineering staff on temporary contract to other firms are included in this industry. Establishments providing engineering personnel, but not general supervision, are classified in Industry 7363. Establishments primarily engaged in providing architectural engineering services are classified in Industry 8712, and those providing photogrammetric engineering services are classified in Industry 8713.

Designing ship, boat, and machineMarine engineering services
Engineering services: industrial, civil, electrical, mechanical, petroleum, marine, and designPetroleum engineering services
Machine tool designers
Codes TitlesTotal Marketable US Businesses
8711Engineering Services97,783
871100Engineering services30,541
87110000Engineering services30,541
871101Sanitary engineers337
87110100Sanitary engineers145
87110101Pollution control engineering192
871102Industrial engineers4,894
87110200Industrial engineers415
87110201Machine tool design294
87110202Mechanical engineering4,185
871103Petroleum, mining, and chemical engineers686
87110300Petroleum, mining, and chemical engineers128
87110301Chemical engineering239
87110302Mining engineer93
87110303Petroleum engineering226
871104Construction and civil engineering18,494
87110400Construction and civil engineering1,286
87110401Building construction consultant3,870
87110402Civil engineering10,993
87110403Heating and ventilation engineering302
87110404Structural engineering2,043
871199Engineering services, nec42,831
87119901Acoustical engineering255
87119902Aviation and/or aeronautical engineering1,228
87119903Consulting engineer34,943
87119904Designing: ship, boat, machine, and product568
87119905Electrical or electronic engineering2,741
87119906Energy conservation engineering870
87119907Fire protection engineering252
87119908Marine engineering333
87119909Professional engineer1,641