Jacobs Solutions Inc.

What does Jacobs Solutions own?
Jacobs owns its core engineering and program management business plus PA Consulting, the London-based consultancy it fully acquired in March 2026. Its former government services units were separated into Amentum in 2024.

Is Jacobs Solutions publicly traded?
Yes. Jacobs trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker J. The ticker was JEC until a 2019 change.

When did Jacobs become Jacobs Solutions?
The company, founded as Jacobs Engineering Group in 1947, rebranded to Jacobs Solutions and simplified its public-facing name to Jacobs as part of its strategic refocus under CEO Bob Pragada.

What happened to Jacobs' government business?
In September 2024, Jacobs separated its Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence businesses and merged them with Amentum through a Reverse Morris Trust. Jacobs shareholders received Amentum stock in the transaction.

How much did Jacobs pay for PA Consulting?
Jacobs acquired a 65% stake in 2021 at a £1.825 billion enterprise value, then bought the remaining shares in March 2026 for approximately £1.2 billion, about $1.6 billion, valuing the whole firm at roughly £3.05 billion.

Where is Jacobs headquartered?
Jacobs Solutions is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, having relocated from its longtime base in Pasadena, California.

Dr. Joseph J. Jacobs, a chemical engineer, founded Jacobs Engineering Group in Pasadena, California in 1947. He started as a one-man consultancy serving the postwar chemical and refining industries, designing process plants and solving operational problems for West Coast industrial clients. The firm expanded through the 1950s and 1960s into engineering and construction management for larger facilities and began serving government programs, including work connected to the aerospace sector.

Jacobs went public and grew through the second half of the twentieth century into a national engineering powerhouse. The 1999 acquisition of Sverdrup Corporation for approximately $200 million doubled the company's size and added significant federal facilities and infrastructure work. A long acquisition strategy followed: dozens of regional engineering and technical firms were folded in, building a company that by the 2010s employed more than 50,000 people on projects from NASA operations to the London Crossrail program.

The most consequential deal came in December 2017, when Jacobs completed its $2.85 billion acquisition of CH2M Hill, a fellow engineering giant with deep water, environmental, and transportation practices. The integration gave Jacobs top-tier positions in water infrastructure and program management. Two smaller deals followed in 2019: KeyW Corporation, an intelligence and cybersecurity contractor acquired for approximately $815 million, and the nuclear services business of Wood Group.

The strategy then pivoted from expansion to focus. In 2021, Jacobs acquired a 65% stake in PA Consulting at an enterprise value of £1.825 billion, betting on higher-margin advisory and innovation work. In November 2023 the company announced its largest structural move: separating its Critical Mission Solutions business and Cyber & Intelligence operations into a new entity that merged with Amentum. The Reverse Morris Trust transaction closed September 27, 2024, distributing Amentum shares tax-free to Jacobs shareholders and leaving Jacobs a pure-play infrastructure and consulting company.

Bob Pragada, a longtime Jacobs executive who had served as President and COO, became Chair and CEO in January 2023, succeeding Steve Demetriou. Under Pragada the company rebranded to Jacobs Solutions, relocated its headquarters to Dallas, and completed the PA Consulting buyout on March 20, 2026, acquiring the remaining stake for approximately £1.2 billion, about $1.6 billion, in a transaction valuing the whole consultancy at roughly £3.05 billion.

Sustainability is part of Jacobs' commercial offering as much as its corporate posture. The company advises clients on climate resilience, water security, decarbonization, and environmental remediation, a practice it calls climate response and environmental solutions. Operationally, Jacobs has published targets for emissions reduction across Scope 1, 2, and 3 and reports progress in its annual sustainability disclosures.

The company holds carbon neutral status for its operations and business travel, achieved in 2020 and maintained through reduction and verified offsets. Jacobs also runs its PlanBeyond sustainability framework, which sets internal commitments on people, planet, and partnerships.

• Fortune 500: Ranked among the largest US corporations by revenue.
• Fortune World's Most Admired Companies: Recurring member in the engineering and construction category.
• Diversity and employer rankings: Regularly listed on Forbes and industry employer rankings for engineering and technical careers.

As a large government-adjacent contractor, Jacobs carries routine exposure to contract audits, bid protests, and employment litigation typical of the engineering services industry. The company disclosed no partnership-defining regulatory action in its recent filings. The 2024 Amentum separation drew analyst scrutiny over the valuation and structure of the Reverse Morris Trust, but the transaction closed as designed and shareholders received the intended distribution.