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 Services99,255
871100Engineering services32,157
87110000Engineering services32,157
871101Sanitary engineers364
87110100Sanitary engineers150
87110101Pollution control engineering214
871102Industrial engineers5,300
87110200Industrial engineers435
87110201Machine tool design299
87110202Mechanical engineering4,566
871103Petroleum, mining, and chemical engineers715
87110300Petroleum, mining, and chemical engineers139
87110301Chemical engineering252
87110302Mining engineer96
87110303Petroleum engineering228
871104Construction and civil engineering18,667
87110400Construction and civil engineering1,331
87110401Building construction consultant4,082
87110402Civil engineering10,772
87110403Heating and ventilation engineering318
87110404Structural engineering2,164
871199Engineering services, nec42,052
87119901Acoustical engineering265
87119902Aviation and/or aeronautical engineering1,262
87119903Consulting engineer33,754
87119904Designing: ship, boat, machine, and product606
87119905Electrical or electronic engineering2,946
87119906Energy conservation engineering882
87119907Fire protection engineering268
87119908Marine engineering348
87119909Professional engineer1,721