Jensen Hughes

Jensen Hughes was created in 2014 through the merger of Hughes Associates and Rolf Jensen & Associates (RJA), two major fire-protection engineering firms. The combined entity traces its founding lineage to 1939, the year early predecessor practices began operations. The firm is privately held and does not publicly name a single current controlling owner or operator.

Jensen Hughes is a privately held engineering and consulting firm, not a family office, asset manager, or investment vehicle. It provides safety, security, and risk-engineering services to infrastructure, construction, and industrial clients across 100 countries.

The firm provides fire protection engineering, code consulting, performance-based design, accessibility consulting, risk and hazard analysis, process safety management, security risk consulting, emergency management, and digital innovation. It also performs research, development, testing, and evaluation for its clients.

Jensen Hughes reports operating through more than 100 offices across 100-plus countries. Its regional footprint includes the United States, Canada, multiple European nations, the Middle East, India, Greater China, South Korea, Malaysia, Australia, and New Zealand. The firm has integrated over 30 acquired engineering and consulting companies.

The firm is privately held and does not appear on any public stock exchange. No information about its current ownership structure, capitalization, or any external investment backers is disclosed on its website.

The firm serves clients involved in critical infrastructure (pipelines, data centers, nuclear facilities), large-scale construction (tall buildings, dams, tunnels, new cities), energy storage and renewable energy, industrial process safety, and government landmarks. It also provides services to architectural and engineering firms as a specialist partner.

The firm claims a market presence seven times larger than its closest competitor through integration of over 30 acquired firms. Its deep participation in more than 450 international code-setting committees gives it direct influence over evolving safety and security standards that affect its clients' engineering and investment decisions.