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Commercial Building Industry Statistics

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Commercial Building Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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How this report is researched
01Editorial Scope

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02Source Research

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01 Industry overview

The commercial building industry at a glance

U.S. commercial building activity remains substantial but uneven: private nonresidential construction totaled $742.4 billion in 2025, while data centers and power projects are driving the strongest 2026 expectations.

$742.4B[89]
Private nonresidential construction, 2025
$51.5B[89]
General commercial construction, 2025
57%[43]
Data-center outlook net reading, 2026
478,300[44]
Commercial building production jobs, 2025
Market size
U.S. private nonresidential construction was valued at $742.4 billion in 2025, down 3.1% from $766.5 billion in 2024. Census Bureau regional data put general commercial construction at $51.456 billion in 2025.[89]
Forecast & CAGR
No reliable industry-wide commercial-building CAGR was identified. Dodge reported that California commercial construction starts are expected to reach $116 billion in 2026, up 10% year over year, while its February 2026 momentum analysis anticipated stronger construction spending in 2027.[90]
Market share & regions
In 2025, the South accounted for $27.605 billion of U.S. general commercial construction, ahead of the West at $9.826 billion, the Midwest at $8.657 billion and the Northeast at $5.368 billion. On this measure, the South represented approximately 53.7% of the national total.[89]
Segmentation
Private nonresidential construction includes commercial, office, health care, lodging, religious, educational and other building categories. Within the commercial-building pipeline, current activity is shifting toward data centers, power-related facilities and health care, while office and retail expectations are weaker.[89][43]
Key players & concentration
The U.S. market is fragmented across general contractors, specialty contractors and regional firms, but large contractors remain prominent in major projects. ENR’s 2026 Top 400 General Contractors ranking identifies Turner Construction, Bechtel, Clark Construction and McCarthy Building Companies among leading contractors; a reliable industry-wide concentration ratio was not identified.[25]
Pricing
Pricing remains exposed to materials volatility. Dodge reported that primary nonferrous metals were up 49.3% year over year in August 2026, while AGC contractors cited materials costs and tariff uncertainty as major concerns for 2026 planning.[90][43]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Data centers recorded the strongest 2026 contractor outlook, with a 57% net reading, followed by power projects at 34%. Growth is constrained by labor shortages, tariffs, recession concerns, elevated costs and policy uncertainty; AGC also reported that construction spending fell 3.8% year over year in July 2026.[43]
Consumer behavior & competition
Demand is increasingly concentrated in specialized, infrastructure-intensive projects rather than broad-based commercial development. In California, September 2026 Dodge data showed office as the largest named project category with 6,500 active projects, followed by apartments and condominiums at 3,900 and retail at 3,200.[90]
Regulation
Commercial building contractors in the United States are subject to OSHA’s construction standards under 29 CFR Part 1926, including rules covering electrical work, personal protective equipment, steel erection, silica exposure and fire prevention. OSHA identifies NAICS 236, construction of buildings, for its frequently cited standards resources.[91]
Latest news
The latest industry outlook is mixed: AGC’s September 2026 analysis said data centers, power projects and highways were propping up construction spending, while Dodge reported that commercial planning declined 8.9% in February 2026 but expected the robust pipeline to support stronger spending in 2027.[43][90]
report visual · Comparison

Revenue of the largest commercial building companies

VINCI leads with $80.6B in annual revenue (group level, converted to USD).

VINCI$80.6B
ACS Group$53.8B
Saint-Gobain$50.2B
Bechtel$19.5B
Kiewit$15.3B
Whiting-Turner$14.7B
source-verifiedvinci.com · pressroom.grupoacs.com · saint-gobain.com · constructiondive.com2025

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Commercial Building Industry

The leading companies in the commercial building industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 11, 2026 · Next review December 11, 2026

Verdict

Bechtel leads Gitnux's 2026 commercial building ranking with an Overall score of 9.3, with ENR 2026 Top 400 placement tied to 2025 revenue and 25% revenue growth signal. ACS Group is the runner-up at 9.2, with ENR 2025 Top 250 placement backed by 19.7% revenue growth and 4.2% operating margin.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in engineering & Construction

    Bechtel

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.3 · Engineering & Construction

    Why we picked it: Its global engineering and construction segment aligns with uneven 2026 expectations supported by data centers and power.

    See in ranking ↓Visit bechtel.com ↗

  2. #2 overall

    ACS Group

    ES

    Ranked #2 · 9.2 · Engineering & Construction

    Why we picked it: Its international construction and infrastructure focus matches 2026 contractor demand driven by data centers and power projects.

    See in ranking ↓Visit grupoacs.com ↗

  3. Leader in building Materials

    Saint-Gobain

    FR

    Ranked #5 · 8.9 · Building Materials

    Why we picked it: Its materials portfolio connects to materials volatility that keeps pricing exposed during commercial construction planning.

    See in ranking ↓Visit saint-gobain.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Pick 2 is the highest-ranked company in the top 5 that adds a new segment; no further segment places in the top 5, so pick 3 follows rank.

Full ranking

Sort by
Top 10 companies in the commercial building industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Bechtel

Engineering & Construction · US

9.3
2

ACS Group

Engineering & Construction · ES

9.2
3

HITT Contracting

Engineering & Construction · US

9.1
4

DPR Construction

Engineering & Construction · US

9.0
5

Saint-Gobain

Building Materials · FR

8.9
6

Mortenson

Commercial, sports and mission-critical construction · US

8.9
7

VINCI

Construction, energy and infrastructure concessions · FR

8.9
8

Kiewit

Construction, engineering and project delivery · US

8.7
9

Sika

Construction chemicals and building systems · CH

8.2
10

Whiting-Turner

Commercial construction and construction management · US

8.1

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 11, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 11). Top 10 companies in the commercial building industry. In Commercial Building Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/commercial-building-industry-statistics/#top-companies

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

AI and automation adoption is uneven but measurable: 37% invested at least $1 million in AI during the previous 24 months, while 45% reported no AI use in 2025.

AI in the commercial building industry

  • 37% of construction organisations invested at least $1 million in AI during the previous 24 months.[1]
  • 68% of construction organisations invested at least $250,000 in AI during the previous 24 months.[1]
  • 1% of global construction organisations had scaled AI across projects in 2025.[2]
  • 49% of respondents reported AI implementation during the construction phase.[1]
  • 45% of global construction organisations reported no AI use in 2025.[2]
  • 58% of construction organisations used AI for planning and feasibility.[1]

Automation in the commercial building industry

  • 33% of construction and engineering businesses were already using 3D printing.[3]
  • 40% of construction and engineering businesses were already using prefab and modular construction.[3]
  • 22% of construction and engineering businesses were already using robotics and automated systems in 2024.[3]
  • 82% of construction and engineering businesses reported positive or strong returns from robotics and automated systems.[3]
  • 82% of construction and engineering businesses reported positive or strong returns from prefab and modular construction.[3]
  • 39% of construction and engineering businesses planned to implement robotics and automated systems.[3]

Digital Transformation in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 38% were already using building information modelling in 2024.[3]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 41% were already using mobile apps in 2024.[3]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 47% were already using data analytics in 2024.[3]
  • Across Australia’s building and construction industry, 64% of organisations invested in data and digitalisation during the 12 months before the 2025 survey.[4]

Technology Adoption in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 11% reported experience using artificial intelligence.[5]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 43% reported experience using jobsite data-collection applications.[5]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 44% reported experience using building information modelling.[5]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 35% reported experience using advanced building materials.[5]

Cloud Computing in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 9% planned to adopt cloud technology within the next 12 months in 2025.[6]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 89% were currently using cloud technology in 2025.[6]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 43% were already using construction-management cloud software in 2024.[3]
  • Among capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 2% neither used cloud technology nor planned to use it within 12 months in 2025.[6]

Big Data in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 48% were currently using big data and Internet-of-Things technologies in 2025.[6]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 30% planned to adopt big data and Internet-of-Things technologies within 12 months in 2025.[6]
  • Across global real estate owners and investors, 61% remain dependent on legacy technology infrastructures, according to Deloitte’s 2024 outlook survey.[7]
  • Across European enterprises, big-data analytics adoption in construction was 4% in the latest Eurostat-based data reported by the OECD.[8]
  • Across construction businesses, only one-third receive daily insights from at least one data source, according to a 2023 survey.[9]
  • Across construction businesses, the average company captures 11 of 13 data types but analyzes only 8, according to a 2023 survey.[9]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Data integration limits show up in governance and capability gaps: 89% of construction businesses were beginner or emerging in data capabilities, and only 12% were leaders.

Business intelligence in the commercial building industry

  • 56% of Canadian commercial-real-estate owners could capture building-occupancy or foot-traffic data, compared with 57% of tenants who wanted to capture it.[10]
  • 44% of Canadian commercial-real-estate owners identified manual processes and lack of integration as a top challenge to using building data.[7]
  • 9% of Canadian commercial-real-estate owners reported well-structured data-collection and management processes together with robust data-privacy policies.[10]
  • 65% of Canadian commercial-real-estate owners could capture space-usage data, compared with 69% of tenants who wanted to capture it.[10]
  • 63% of Canadian commercial-real-estate owners could capture property-maintenance data, compared with 66% of tenants who wanted to capture it.[10]
  • 28% of building data was controlled by facility managers and 24% by third-party service providers such as equipment vendors in a Canadian commercial-real-estate survey.[7]

Data analytics in the commercial building industry

  • 2.7 percentage points was the modeled annual increase in expected profit growth associated with moving from beginner to leader data capabilities in construction.[11]
  • 11.5 hours per week were spent looking for and analyzing data by construction data leaders.[12]
  • 89% of construction businesses were classified as beginner or emerging in data capabilities, while 12% were classified as leaders.[11]
  • 11 different data types were collected on average by construction businesses from a list of 13 data types surveyed.[11]
  • 7 times greater likelihood of using Building Information Modelling was associated with construction businesses classified as data leaders rather than beginners.[11]
  • 56% was the modeled increase in average expected annual profit growth associated with stronger construction data capabilities, from 3.4% to 6.1%.[11]

Data Quality in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across UK housing providers, 48% were totally confident in their real-estate asset data in 2022, compared with 34% confident in management and maintenance data.[13]
  • Across construction companies, 38% rated their ability to share and use data with internal and external collaborators as strong in the report’s construction sample.[14]
  • Across UK housing providers, only 23% were confident in tenant or customer data in 2022, the lowest confidence level among the data categories surveyed.[13]
  • Across construction professionals, 76% said departments frequently or occasionally work from different systems and data sources in a 2026 survey.[15]
  • Across institutional real estate, data quality received an average self-rating of 6.2 out of 10 in 2026, based on 72 professionals across 38 firms.[16]
  • Across construction professionals, 72% said they spend more than three hours gathering and preparing data before it is ready for analysis in a 2026 survey.[15]

Data Governance in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across construction businesses, 10% reported in 2023 that they did not have a well-defined data governance policy.[11]
  • Across institutional real estate, governance readiness for AI received an average self-rating of 5.1 out of 10 in 2026, based on 72 professionals across 38 firms.[16]
  • Across US construction owners, 45% did not provide regular data training in the 2024–2025 survey period, limiting governance capability and consistent data use.[17]
  • Across US construction owners requiring data governance plans, 19% required them on a majority of projects in the 2024–2025 survey period.[17]
  • Across US construction owners, 45% required project teams to define a data governance plan in the 2024–2025 survey period.[17]
  • Across US construction owners, 11% required project teams to use data standards on all projects in the 2024–2025 survey period.[17]

KPIs in the commercial building industry

  • 73% of surveyed commercial-building owners and decision-makers tracked energy use in their operating procedures.[18]
  • 58% of commercial-real-estate professionals tracked preventive-maintenance performance in building operations.[19]
  • 11% of commercial-real-estate professionals reported tracking no building-operation metrics.[19]
  • 46% of commercial-real-estate professionals tracked energy-usage statistics in building operations.[19]
  • 68% of commercial-real-estate professionals tracked work-order completion rates in building operations.[19]
  • 22% of commercial-real-estate professionals tracked tenant-compliance rates in building operations.[19]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Workforce demand and deal activity remain high signals for 2025: 439,000 net new workers were estimated to be needed, alongside more than 340 U.S. core-construction M&A transactions in 2025.

Growth in the commercial building industry

  • 49% of architecture-and-engineering firms expected revenue growth in 2024.[20]
  • 439,000 net new workers were estimated to be needed by the U.S. construction industry in 2025 to meet expected demand.[21]
  • 56% of construction and architecture-and-engineering executives expected their company revenue to increase in 2024.[20]
  • 51% of subcontractors expected revenue growth in 2024.[20]
  • 63% of general contractors expected revenue growth in 2024.[20]
  • 14,000 net new jobs were added by the U.S. construction industry in 2025.[21]

Mergers and acquisitions in the commercial building industry

  • More than $38 billion in construction-industry M&A deal value was recorded between August 2023 and July 2024.[7]
  • More than 340 U.S. core-construction M&A transactions were completed in 2025.[7]
  • $50.8 billion was the disclosed value of U.S. engineering-and-construction M&A deals completed in 2025.[7]
  • Over 670 U.S. engineering-and-construction M&A deals were completed in 2025.[7]
  • 528 construction-industry M&A deals were completed between August 2023 and July 2024.[7]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Labor constraints dominate hiring plans: 78% of U.S. construction companies reported difficulty hiring hourly craft workers entering 2025, and 81% reported difficulty hiring project managers and supervisors.

Hiring in the commercial building industry

  • 78% of U.S. construction companies reported difficulty hiring hourly craft workers entering 2025.[22]
  • 81% of U.S. construction companies reported difficulty hiring project managers and supervisors entering 2025.[22]
  • 439,000 additional workers were expected to be needed by the U.S. construction industry in 2025 beyond normal hiring.[22]
  • 44% of U.S. construction companies planned to increase AI investment in 2025, the highest share among technologies surveyed.[22]
  • 501,000 additional workers were estimated to be needed by the U.S. construction industry in 2024 to meet demand.[21]

Employee retention in the commercial building industry

  • 13.2% was the employee turnover rate at surveyed home-building companies in 2024.[23]
  • 13.6% was the employee turnover rate at surveyed home-building companies in 2023.[23]
  • 68.2% was the average annual turnover rate reported for the construction workforce in the cited retention analysis.[24]
  • 35% of large construction firms named hiring and retention risk as their top business challenge entering 2025.[25]
  • 58% of construction specialty contractors identified employee retention and turnover as their top labor challenge for 2025.[25]

Remote Work in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • In January 2024, 33.63% of U.S. real-estate wage and salary employees worked from home, based on the Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes.[26]
  • About 9% of U.S. construction workers worked remotely at least sometimes during October 2023–September 2024, including hybrid and fully remote work.[27]
  • In 2024, 23.7% of finance, insurance and real-estate positions were fully remote in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[28]
  • In 2024, 2.7% of construction positions were fully remote in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[28]

Hybrid Work in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Forty-two percent of real-estate investment managers expected employees to be in the office four days per week within six to 12 months, according to a 2025 NAREIM survey.[16]
  • In 2024, 15.0% of construction positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[28]
  • In 2024, 55.8% of finance, insurance and real-estate positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[28]
  • In 2024, 43% of surveyed real-estate executives identified flexible workday schedules as a leading talent-acquisition and retention action.[7]

Upskilling in the commercial building industry

  • 87% of Asia-Pacific construction and engineering businesses reported a technical skills gap related to digital technology.[3]
  • 81% of construction and engineering businesses reported upskilling existing workers as an effective way to address digital skills gaps.[3]
  • 85% of construction and engineering businesses offered some form of digital-skills training in 2024.[3]
  • 64% of construction and engineering businesses reported partnering with educational providers as an approach to address digital skills gaps.[3]
  • 42% of Asia-Pacific construction and engineering businesses reported a digital-skills gap among employees in 2024.[3]

Employee Engagement in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • In North American construction and heavy industry, employees scored 8.67 out of 10 for engagement in the 2026 benchmark.[29]
  • Across construction and heavy industry, Rewards received the lowest reported driver score at 6.95 out of 10 in 2026.[29]
  • Across construction and heavy industry, Meaningful Work received the highest driver score at 8.45 out of 10 in 2026.[29]
  • Across construction and heavy industry, employees scored 8.00 out of 10 for engagement in the 2026 benchmark.[29]
  • Across construction and heavy industry, the average employee eNPS was +24 in the 2026 benchmark.[29]

DEI in the commercial building industry

  • 54% of Caterpillar employees under age 35 were women or racially and ethnically diverse.[30]
  • 6.5% of U.S. construction workers were Black in 2024.[30]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Commercial buyers show high willingness to recommend: 94% of commercial construction customers said they would recommend their construction firm in the United States.

Customer experience in the commercial building industry

  • 34% of commercial service contractors prioritized modernizing the customer experience in the United States in 2023.[31]
  • 94% of commercial construction customers said they would recommend their construction firm in the United States.[32]
  • 40% of commercial construction customers cited job quality as the primary reason for dissatisfaction with a construction firm in the United States.[32]

Customer retention in the commercial building industry

  • 70% of commercial service contractors used customer relationship management systems in 2025 to support lead conversion and customer retention.[33]
  • 58% of commercial service contractors ranked increasing customer retention among their top CRM goals in 2025.[34]
  • 49% of commercial service contractors ranked customer retention as a business goal in the United States in 2023.[31]

Customer acquisition in the commercial building industry

  • 65% of commercial service contractors identified repeat business as a major revenue source in 2025.[33]
  • 12%–38% of commercial energy-efficiency project soft costs were attributable to marketing and customer acquisition in New York State in 2020.[35]
  • 60% of commercial service contractors identified word-of-mouth referrals as a major revenue source in 2025.[33]

Customer loyalty in the commercial building industry

  • 44% of commercial service contractors reported repeat customers as their largest source of revenue in 2022.[31]
  • 69% of commercial service contractors reported repeat customers as their largest source of business volume in 2022.[31]
  • 19% of commercial service contractors reported word-of-mouth referrals as their largest source of revenue in 2022.[31]

Lead generation in the commercial building industry

  • 53.7% of construction top-of-funnel conversions came from pay-per-click and social media in the 2024 Cold Outreach Report.[36]
  • 7%–10.75% was the initial cold-calling conversion rate for specialty contractors pursuing contracts worth $50,000–$2 million in 2024.[36]
  • 17.4% of construction top-of-funnel conversions came from paid lead sites in the 2024 Cold Outreach Report.[36]
  • 19.8% of construction top-of-funnel conversions came from email marketing in the 2024 Cold Outreach Report.[36]
  • 9.1% of construction top-of-funnel conversions came from cold calling in the 2024 Cold Outreach Report.[36]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Marketing automation and measurement remain inconsistent: 45.4% used a system to follow up leads automatically, while 66.5% of builders did not create a single article in the 2024 survey year.

Marketing in the commercial building industry

  • 66.5% of builders did not create a single article during the year covered by the 2024 SORCI survey.[37]
  • 32.4% of building companies publishing at least 12 articles annually achieved a contract markup of at least 33% in the 2024 SORCI survey.[37]
  • 45.4% of builders used a system to follow up leads automatically in the 2024 SORCI survey.[38]
  • 6.5% of building companies publishing one blog post annually achieved a contract markup of at least 33% in the 2024 SORCI survey.[38]
  • 43.5% of builders reported never posting on Facebook in the 2024 SORCI survey.[37]

Digital marketing in the commercial building industry

  • 23% of commercial construction companies used visitor-behavior tools such as Hotjar, Crazy Egg or ClickTale in 2022.[39]
  • 88% of commercial construction companies used Google Analytics on their websites in 2022.[39]
  • 150% was the potential increase in conversion rates attributed to retargeting campaigns for commercial construction marketers in 2022.[39]
  • 50.8% of United States builders reported never posting on Instagram in the 2024 SORCI survey.[37]

Influencer Marketing in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 52% said social media generated the highest number of quality leads in the previous 12 months in 2024.[40]
  • Across U.S. prospective home buyers, 42% preferred Instagram for communication with a real estate agent in 2025, compared with 47% preferring Facebook.[41]
  • Among residential construction workers surveyed in 2024, 47% regularly used Instagram, 52% used YouTube and 73% used Facebook.[42]
  • Across U.S. prospective home buyers, 41% said in 2025 they were more likely to hire a real estate agent with a social media presence.[41]
  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 15% used TikTok for business in 2024, while 10% used X (formerly Twitter).[40]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Quality and document practices affect rework exposure: 9% of contract value is cited as another construction-rework estimate depending on scope and measurement method.

Process optimization in the commercial building industry

  • 20% of construction firms planned to change project-management or operations software in 2025 in the United States.[43]
  • 44% of construction firms planned to increase artificial-intelligence investment in 2025, up from 30% in the previous survey, according to a U.S. contractor survey.[43]
  • 40% of construction firms expected to increase investment in document-management software in 2025 in the United States.[43]
  • 35% of construction firms expected to increase investment in project-management software in 2025 in the United States.[43]
  • 26% of construction firms expected to increase investment in drones in 2025 in the United States.[43]

Operational efficiency in the commercial building industry

  • 59% of construction firms planned no change to their software solutions in 2025 in the United States.[43]
  • 21.1% was the increase in labor productivity for U.S. industrial building construction in 2024.[44]
  • 41% of construction survey participants reported improved productivity during the previous 12 months in the 2024 BDO survey.[45]
  • 15% of construction firms expected to increase investment in autonomous equipment or vehicles in 2025 in the United States.[43]
  • 0.4% was the average annual growth in global construction productivity from 2000 to 2022, compared with about 2% for the total economy.[2]

Quality management in the commercial building industry

  • 50% was the approximate increase in warranty risk associated with inconsistent quality standards in construction companies.[46]
  • More than 70% of construction companies began quality-assurance and quality-control processes from the first day of construction.[46]
  • 9% of contract value is another reported construction-rework estimate cited in industry quality research, depending on the project scope and measurement method.[47]
  • 5% of contract value is a commonly reported field-rework cost in construction research, although the underlying studies vary by project and definition.[48]
  • 54% of construction companies without consistent quality standards reported warranty risk, compared with 35% of companies with consistent standards.[46]

Supply chain in the commercial building industry

  • 10% of U.S. construction firms stockpiled items before winning contracts to reduce supply-chain risk in 2024.[43]
  • 25% of U.S. construction firms specified alternative materials or products to address supply-chain problems in 2024.[43]
  • 45% of U.S. construction firms reported no supply-chain issues in 2024.[43]
  • 32% of U.S. construction firms used alternative suppliers to manage supply-chain problems in 2024.[43]
  • 6.0% was the year-over-year increase in tracked nonresidential construction materials in the United States through the third quarter of 2026.[49]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • 45% of Australian infrastructure-construction businesses surveyed in 2025 reported cost overruns as a challenge when managing subcontracting or labour-hire relationships.[4]
  • 30% of costs in Australian infrastructure construction flowed to external construction services in 2025.[4]
  • $5.66 per agent per month was the average outsourced accounting-labor price for U.S. real-estate brokerages with more than 500 agents, based on an August 2024 survey.[50]
  • 46.5% of Australian construction-industry input costs came from outsourced services in 2024, including labour hire, consultants and capital rentals.[4]
  • 11% of income in Australian civil engineering, non-residential building and related construction came from subcontracting in 2025.[4]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Cost pressure persists into 2025: 5.0% construction-cost inflation was reported for Philadelphia and also expected for Austin and Atlanta.

Pricing strategy in the commercial building industry

  • 5.0% was the 2025 construction-cost inflation rate in Philadelphia.[51]
  • 5.0% was the expected 2025 construction-cost inflation rate in both Austin and Atlanta.[52]
  • 4.0% was the 2025 construction-cost inflation rate in San Francisco.[51]
  • 7.0% was the average profit margin on a medium-sized commercial project globally in 2024, according to Turner & Townsend’s market survey.[52]
  • 3.5% was the projected 2025 bid-price inflation rate in Las Vegas for commercial construction.[53]

Cost reduction in the commercial building industry

  • 11.6% was the average preliminary-cost share for a medium commercial project in 2024, down from 15.5% in 2023.[52]
  • 15.5% was the average preliminary-cost share for a medium commercial project in 2023.[52]
  • 32% of U.S. construction firms turned to alternative suppliers to manage supply-chain problems in 2024.[43]
  • 25% of U.S. construction firms specified alternative materials or products to reduce supply-chain exposure in 2024.[43]
  • 10% of U.S. construction firms stockpiled materials before winning contracts to reduce disruption risk in 2024.[43]

Profitability in the commercial building industry

  • 7.0% was the average margin on a medium-sized commercial project globally in 2024.[52]
  • 4.1% was the 2023 net-income-before-tax margin for U.S. industrial and nonresidential contractors.[54]
  • 8.4% was the global average profit margin for large commercial projects in Turner & Townsend’s 2025 survey.[52]
  • 6.6% was the average margin on a medium-sized commercial project globally in 2023.[52]
  • 10.6% was the global average profit margin for small commercial projects in Turner & Townsend’s 2025 survey.[52]

Financial planning in the commercial building industry

  • 1,558 construction companies were included in CFMA’s final 2025 financial-benchmark analysis.[54]
  • 27 days was the average cash-on-hand measure reported in CFMA’s 2025 U.S. construction financial benchmark.[54]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Service and lifecycle operations shape demand: 65% of surveyed commercial-building service providers said their service contracts require energy-saving operations-and-maintenance improvements.

Product development in the commercial building industry

  • 75.9% of European construction companies reported no innovation in 2024, while 17.6% reported company-level innovation and 6.5% market-leading innovation.[55]
  • 1.5% of revenue was the median R&D spending level for seven building-products companies in the latest available 10-K disclosures.[56]
  • 23% growth in U.S. building-products spending is forecast from $450 billion in 2024 to $556 billion in 2029, including residential and nonresidential products.[57]
  • 51% of construction respondents identified traditional procurement processes as the leading constraint on productization and design-for-manufacture-and-assembly adoption.[58]

Product lifecycle in the commercial building industry

  • 75 years was the operational lifespan of a University of Michigan campus building used in a commercial-building lifecycle energy comparison.[59]
  • 17% of Singapore’s building-material demand could potentially be met by material outflows over the following decade under a circularity scenario.[60]
  • 5 to 25 years is the typical lifetime range reported for machinery, equipment, appliances and furniture used in building-service systems.[61]
  • 600 million metric tons of construction and demolition waste were generated in the United States in 2018.[59]

After-sales in the commercial building industry

  • 65% of surveyed commercial-building service providers said their service contracts typically require energy-saving operations-and-maintenance improvements.[18]
  • 63% of commercial service contractors said more than half of their customers were covered by preventive-maintenance agreements.[33]
  • 75% of surveyed commercial-building service providers reported completing preventive maintenance on a regularly scheduled basis.[18]
  • 81% of surveyed commercial-building owners and decision-makers reported completing preventive maintenance on a regularly scheduled basis.[18]
  • 54% of scheduled preventive-maintenance tasks were estimated to be completed by maintenance leaders surveyed in the United States.[62]

Value proposition in the commercial building industry

  • 42% of U.S. office occupiers said building amenity spaces shape rent discussions.[63]
  • 49% of commercial real-estate property owners and operators expected tenant-experience technology to be most useful to their business.[23]
  • 44% of U.S. office occupiers said outdoor amenities or terraces shape rent discussions, making them the most frequently cited experience-related feature.[63]
  • 32% of U.S. office occupiers said fitness facilities shape rent discussions.[63]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Energy tracking is common among decision-makers: 73% of surveyed commercial-building owners and decision-makers tracked energy use in their operating procedures.

Sustainability in the commercial building industry

  • 1.02 GJ/m² was the average energy-use intensity of Canadian commercial and institutional buildings in 2024.[64]
  • 37% of U.S. commercial-property respondents had completed sustainability training in 2025.[40]
  • 13% of U.S. commercial real-estate respondents reported that their listing exchange had green-data fields in 2025.[40]
  • 55% of U.S. commercial-property agents said promoting energy efficiency in listings was very or somewhat valuable in 2025.[40]
  • 583,634 commercial and institutional buildings in Canada occupied 1.1 billion m² in 2024.[64]

ESG in the commercial building industry

  • 58% of U.S. commercial-building tenants asked about energy-efficiency features in 2025.[65]
  • 54% of commercial-real-estate professionals said they knew enough to get by on ESG in CRE in 2023.[66]
  • 75.2% of commercial-property respondents considered ESG at least somewhat important to the real-estate industry in 2024.[67]
  • 32% of U.S. commercial-property clients considered utility and operating costs the most important sustainable building feature in 2025.[65]
  • 39% of commercial-real-estate professionals said they knew very little or nothing about ESG in CRE in 2023.[66]

Ethics in the commercial building industry

  • 4% of construction-fraud cases involved market collusion or price fixing in the cited industry survey.[68]
  • 9% of construction-fraud cases involved information theft in the cited industry survey.[68]
  • 11% of construction-fraud cases involved internal financial fraud in the cited industry survey.[68]
  • 4% of construction-fraud cases involved money laundering in the cited industry survey.[68]
  • 7% of construction-fraud cases involved intellectual-property theft in the cited industry survey.[68]

CSR in the commercial building industry

  • 58% of North American commercial-real-estate firms addressed sexual orientation in inclusivity programs as of June 2025.[69]
  • 48% of North American commercial-real-estate firms addressed mental-health conditions in inclusivity programs as of June 2025.[69]
  • 62% of North American commercial-real-estate firms addressed age in inclusivity programs as of June 2025.[69]
  • 84% of North American commercial-real-estate firms addressed gender or gender identity in inclusivity programs as of June 2025.[69]
  • 52% of North American commercial-real-estate firms addressed non-visible physical disabilities in inclusivity programs as of June 2025.[69]

Circular economy in the commercial building industry

  • 45% of construction-and-demolition loads at designated King County processing facilities came from commercial buildings in 2024.[70]
  • 29% of cities with circular-economy targets specifically focused those targets on buildings and infrastructure in 2024.[71]
  • 20.1% of U.S. commercial-building floorspace was occupied by warehouses in 2024, the largest building-type share.[59]
  • 18.5% of U.S. commercial-building floorspace was occupied by offices in 2024.[59]
  • 17.2% of U.S. commercial-building floorspace was occupied by mercantile buildings in 2024.[59]

Carbon footprint in the commercial building industry

  • 18% of global buildings-and-construction emissions were attributable to cement and steel in 2023.[72]
  • 32% of global energy use came from buildings and construction in 2023.[72]
  • 9.5% was the decline in buildings-sector energy intensity since 2015, versus an 18.2% target, according to the 2024–2025 global report.[72]
  • 34% of global CO₂ emissions came from buildings and construction in 2023.[72]
  • 21% of U.S. commercial-sector energy use was attributable to space heating and cooling in 2024.[59]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Globalization in the commercial building industry

  • 9.4% of the top 100 global construction companies’ total revenue came from Japan-based companies in 2025.[85]
  • $49.841 billion was Vinci’s international construction revenue in 2025, ranking second among the listed international contractors.[86]
  • $52.862 billion was ACS’s revenue from international markets in 2025, the highest figure among ranked international contractors.[86]
  • Nearly 25% of the top 30 global construction companies’ total sales came from abroad in 2025, up from 21.3% in 2024.[7]
  • 67% of European construction groups’ aggregate revenue was generated outside their home countries in 2025.[7]

Supplier management in the commercial building industry

  • 55% of construction respondents reported that subcontractors were not subject to a formal performance review regularly.[45]
  • 77% of surveyed construction respondents reported increased demand from subcontractors for shorter payment terms.[45]
  • 35% of commercial subcontractors said general contractors did not understand the importance of prompt payment in 2023.[87]
  • 27% of construction respondents assessed supplier and subcontractor financial health only on an ad-hoc basis.[45]
  • 86% of construction survey participants reported a financial loss from subcontractor or supplier insolvency during the preceding 12 months.[45]

Distribution channels in the commercial building industry

  • 34% of builders purchased drywall directly in the 2026 survey.[88]
  • 73% of builders purchased fixtures and finishes directly in the 2026 survey.[88]
  • 82% of builders purchased lumber and framing materials directly rather than through subcontractors in the 2026 survey.[88]
  • 35% of builders identified supplier relationships as the most influential factor in material purchasing decisions in 2026.[88]
  • 21% of builders identified price as the most influential factor in material purchasing decisions in 2026.[88]

Key questions about the commercial building industry

What is the size of the U.S. commercial building market in 2025?
The market size for U.S. private nonresidential construction was $742.4 billion in 2025, down 3.1% from $766.5 billion in 2024.
How is 2026 expected to change compared with 2025?
Data centers recorded the strongest 2026 contractor outlook with a 57% net reading, followed by power projects at 34%.
Which companies lead the commercial building industry?
Bechtel leads Gitnux's 2026 commercial building ranking with an Overall score of 9.3, with ENR 2026 Top 400 placement tied to 2025 revenue and 25% revenue growth signal. ACS Group is the runner-up at 9.2, with ENR 2025 Top 250 placement backed by 19.7% revenue growth and 4.2% operating margin.
How are technology and data practices shifting in construction by 2024–2025?
In the prior 24 months, 68% of construction organizations invested at least $250,000 in AI, and 43% of respondents reported AI during the construction phase.
What does the market structure look like for commercial building delivery?
The U.S. market is fragmented across general contractors, specialty contractors, and regional firms, with large contractors prominent in major projects.
What operational constraints are most visible for planning in 2026?
Growth is constrained by labor shortages, tariffs, recession concerns, elevated costs, and policy uncertainty, and AGC also reported construction spending fell 3.8% year over year in July 2026.
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