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 Services98,924
871100Engineering services31,294
87110000Engineering services31,294
871101Sanitary engineers348
87110100Sanitary engineers152
87110101Pollution control engineering196
871102Industrial engineers4,999
87110200Industrial engineers419
87110201Machine tool design299
87110202Mechanical engineering4,281
871103Petroleum, mining, and chemical engineers699
87110300Petroleum, mining, and chemical engineers132
87110301Chemical engineering246
87110302Mining engineer92
87110303Petroleum engineering229
871104Construction and civil engineering18,657
87110400Construction and civil engineering1,313
87110401Building construction consultant3,946
87110402Civil engineering11,037
87110403Heating and ventilation engineering306
87110404Structural engineering2,055
871199Engineering services, nec42,927
87119901Acoustical engineering258
87119902Aviation and/or aeronautical engineering1,240
87119903Consulting engineer34,915
87119904Designing: ship, boat, machine, and product581
87119905Electrical or electronic engineering2,816
87119906Energy conservation engineering867
87119907Fire protection engineering250
87119908Marine engineering332
87119909Professional engineer1,668