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 Services100,385
871100Engineering services32,661
87110000Engineering services32,661
871101Sanitary engineers363
87110100Sanitary engineers149
87110101Pollution control engineering214
871102Industrial engineers5,301
87110200Industrial engineers436
87110201Machine tool design307
87110202Mechanical engineering4,558
871103Petroleum, mining, and chemical engineers720
87110300Petroleum, mining, and chemical engineers138
87110301Chemical engineering253
87110302Mining engineer96
87110303Petroleum engineering233
871104Construction and civil engineering18,783
87110400Construction and civil engineering1,337
87110401Building construction consultant4,120
87110402Civil engineering10,855
87110403Heating and ventilation engineering317
87110404Structural engineering2,154
871199Engineering services, nec42,557
87119901Acoustical engineering265
87119902Aviation and/or aeronautical engineering1,275
87119903Consulting engineer34,223
87119904Designing: ship, boat, machine, and product610
87119905Electrical or electronic engineering2,949
87119906Energy conservation engineering892
87119907Fire protection engineering268
87119908Marine engineering350
87119909Professional engineer1,725