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Jensen Hughes

Private equity backedHQ Columbia, Marylandjensenhughes.com

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Headquarters
Columbia, MarylandSource: enr.com/toplists/2026-top-500-design-fi…
Founded
1939, per the firm's About page ("A legacy of expertise since 1939")Source: jensenhughes.com/about
Ownership type
Private equity backed: Gryphon Investors has held majority ownership since December 2015; on 2026-08-05 Gryphon announced a definitive agreement to sell Jensen Hughes to New Mountain CapitalSource: gryphon-inv.com/news/gryphon-investors-to-sell-…
Sponsor or parent
Gryphon states it first invested in December 2015; financial terms of the New Mountain sale were not disclosedSource: gryphon-inv.com/news/gryphon-investors-to-sell-…
Employees
Approximately 2,000 employees across 110 offices, per Gryphon Investors sale announcementSource: gryphon-inv.com/news/gryphon-investors-to-sell-…

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  • Fire protection engineering, nuclear risk engineering, code consulting and related safety consulting services.Source: jensenhughes.com/about

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  • USAspending recipient record JENSEN HUGHES, INC. (Columbia, MD), contract award obligations: FY2021 $7,940,218, FY2022 $11,068,376, FY2023 $7,752,935, FY2024 $7,162,803, FY2025 $9,713,531 (award types A to D; obligations as published, including modifications and negative adjustments)Source: usaspending.gov/recipient/5e59f3c1-e3b9-db41-cb…

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Ownership tag: Private equity backed. Profiles are informational, compiled from public sources linked above. Firms may request corrections. A listing is not an endorsement.

Richard C. Wilson

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