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Commercial General Contracting Industry Statistics

US commercial like construction hit $1.08 trillion in 2023, yet contractors are still fighting a talent squeeze with 78% struggling to fill craft roles and 17% reporting schedule slippage costs over $250,000 per project, even as OSHA recordables ticked up 4.5%. See how rising labor and equipment costs, cash flow pressure, and technology choices are shaping bids, margins, and completion performance across the jobsite.
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Commercial General Contracting Industry Statistics
Kevin O'BrienWritten by Kevin O'Brien·Edited by Henrik Dahl·Fact-checked by Nikolas Papadopoulos
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01 Industry overview

The commercial general contracting industry at a glance

U.S. commercial general contracting remains a large, fragmented market tied to $592.2 billion in private nonresidential construction spending in 2025, with data centers, power and health care supporting growth while traditional commercial work remains uneven.

$592.2B[86]
Private nonresidential spending, 2025
39,072[87]
Employer establishments, 2022
756,400[48]
Industry payroll jobs, 2025
49.4%[86]
South spending share, 2025
Market size
Private nonresidential construction spending totaled $592.2 billion in 2025. The Census measure covers construction put in place rather than contractor revenue, so it is a market-activity proxy for commercial general contracting.[86]
Forecast & CAGR
The AIA July 2026 consensus forecast projects commercial construction spending to increase 4.8% in 2026 and 5.8% in 2027. Compounded across 2025–2027, these annual forecasts imply an approximate 5.3% CAGR, calculated from the published yearly growth rates.[61]
Market share & regions
The South accounted for $292.4 billion, or 49.4% of U.S. private nonresidential construction spending in 2025. The West represented $125.2 billion, the Midwest $116.1 billion and the Northeast $58.6 billion.[86]
Segmentation
In 2025, private nonresidential spending included $104.3 billion in office construction, $122.5 billion in commercial construction, $25.4 billion in lodging and $49.7 billion in data centers. Commercial construction was concentrated in the South, which accounted for $66.6 billion of the $122.5 billion total.[86]
Key players & concentration
The commercial and institutional building construction subsector had 39,072 employer establishments in the latest Census profile, indicating a broad supplier base. No reliable current source reviewed provided a defensible national revenue concentration measure for general contractors.[87]
Pricing
Construction input costs for new nonresidential construction increased 8.9% from August 2025 to August 2026, according to AGC's analysis of producer-price data. The association reported that tariffs and geopolitical disruptions were contributing to project delays.[23]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Data centers, power facilities and health care projects are among the principal private-sector growth drivers for 2026. AIA's forecast says commercial spending should rise 4.8% in 2026 and 5.8% in 2027, but excluding data centers, commercial spending would decline 1% in 2026 and grow only 1% in 2027.[23][61]
Consumer behavior & competition
Commercial construction demand is increasingly differentiated by end market: AI-related data-center investment and public or health-care needs are supporting project pipelines, while interest-rate-sensitive traditional offices and discretionary commercial facilities face weaker demand. AIA's July 2026 forecast projected traditional commercial spending excluding data centers to decline 1% in 2026.[61]
Latest news
The latest available Census release reported August 2026 nonresidential construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.309 trillion, up 0.5% from August 2025. Private nonresidential construction was $773.0 billion at an annual rate, down 1.0% year over year, while office construction increased 29.8%.[86]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Commercial General Contracting Industry

The leading companies in the commercial general contracting 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 general contracting ranking with an Overall score of 9.7, with $20.6 billion principal revenue across five global business units in 2024. HITT Contracting is the highest-ranked general contractor at 9.4, driven by 50.6% revenue growth signal for the U.S. commercial general contractor.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in integrated EPC & infrastructure delivery

    Bechtel

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.7 · Integrated EPC & infrastructure delivery

    Why we picked it: It reports $20.6 billion principal revenue across five global business units in 2024 within EPC and commercial construction.

    See in ranking ↓Visit bechtel.com ↗

  2. Leader in commercial & institutional general contracting

    HITT Contracting

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.4 · Commercial & institutional general contracting

    Why we picked it: It serves U.S. commercial and mission-critical general contracting markets, with a 50.6% revenue growth signal.

    See in ranking ↓Visit hitt.com ↗

  3. #3 overall

    ACS

    ES

    Ranked #3 · 9.3 · Integrated EPC & infrastructure delivery

    Why we picked it: It operates integrated design, engineering, construction, and infrastructure businesses worldwide, with a 4.2% operating margin signal.

    See in ranking ↓Visit grupoacs.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

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Top 10 companies in the commercial general contracting industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Bechtel

Integrated EPC & infrastructure delivery · US

9.7
2

HITT Contracting

Commercial & institutional general contracting · US

9.4
3

ACS

Integrated EPC & infrastructure delivery · ES

9.3
4

Kiewit

Commercial & institutional general contracting · US

9.2
5

DPR Construction

Commercial & institutional general contracting · US

9.2
6

Mortenson

Commercial & institutional general contracting · US

9.1
7

Clark Construction

Commercial & institutional general contracting · US

8.7
8

Gilbane

Commercial & institutional general contracting · US

8.7
9

Swinerton

Commercial & institutional general contracting · US

8.7
10

Brasfield & Gorrie

Commercial & institutional general contracting · US

8.6

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

Kevin O'Brien. (2026, February 13). Top 10 companies in the commercial general contracting industry. In Commercial General Contracting Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/commercial-general-contracting-industry-statistics/#top-companies

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Artificial intelligence adoption rose from 11% in 2024 to 18% in 2025. In 2026, 22% of commercial contractors used AI for bid management and 24% used it for cost estimation and budgeting.

AI in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 18% of contractors reported using artificial intelligence in 2025, compared with 11% in 2024, according to a contractor survey.[1]
  • 22% of commercial contractors used AI for bid management in 2026.[2]
  • 22% of contractors said they were very or somewhat likely to adopt predictive analytics within five years in 2025.[1]
  • 24% of commercial contractors used AI for cost estimation and budgeting in 2026.[2]
  • 40% of U.S. contractors surveyed in 2025 were allocating a dedicated budget for artificial intelligence.[3]
  • 11% of contractors said they were very or somewhat likely to adopt AI-driven robotics and automation within five years in 2025.[1]

Automation in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 41% of contractors used advanced building materials in 2025, up from 35% in 2024.[1]
  • 26% of contractors identified increasing productivity as the leading motivator for adopting new technology in 2025.[1]
  • 31% of contractors identified cost or budget as the leading barrier to adopting new technology in 2025.[1]
  • 85% of U.S. contractors surveyed in 2025 expected artificial intelligence to reduce time spent on repetitive tasks.[3]
  • 20% of construction contractors had implemented HR software to streamline hiring and retention tasks in 2024.[4]
  • 75% of U.S. contractors surveyed in 2025 expected artificial intelligence to help them learn from historical project data.[3]

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

  • Across Australia’s building and construction industry, 64% of organisations invested in data and digitalisation during the 12 months before the 2025 survey.[5]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 38% were already using building information modelling in 2024.[6]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 41% were already using mobile apps in 2024.[6]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 47% were already using data analytics in 2024.[6]

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

  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 43% reported experience using jobsite data-collection applications.[1]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 35% reported experience using advanced building materials.[1]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 11% reported experience using artificial intelligence.[1]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 44% reported experience using building information modelling.[1]

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

  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 43% were already using construction-management cloud software in 2024.[6]
  • Among capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 2% neither used cloud technology nor planned to use it within 12 months in 2025.[7]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 89% were currently using cloud technology in 2025.[7]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 9% planned to adopt cloud technology within the next 12 months in 2025.[7]

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

  • Across real estate companies, 13% have access to real-time business intelligence and analytics, according to the 2024 commercial real estate outlook.[8]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 30% planned to adopt big data and Internet-of-Things technologies within 12 months in 2025.[7]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 48% were currently using big data and Internet-of-Things technologies in 2025.[7]
  • Across construction businesses, 33% analyze financial data and use it to inform business decisions, while 86% capture it, in 2023.[9]
  • Across global real estate owners and investors, 61% remain dependent on legacy technology infrastructures, according to Deloitte’s 2024 outlook survey.[8]
  • 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 use remains uneven across capabilities and governance. In a 2026 survey, 72% of construction professionals said they work across different systems and data sources.

Business intelligence in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 46% of 2023 construction survey respondents used business-intelligence solutions on every or most projects.[10]
  • 100% of medium and large general contractors in the 2023 survey used accounting and payment solutions on all projects.[10]
  • 76% of contractors were satisfied or very satisfied with construction-specific management software or ERP platforms for collecting and analyzing data.[11]
  • Nearly 80% of 2023 construction survey respondents used collaboration and document-management solutions.[10]
  • 93% of contractors used project-financial reports, making them the most commonly generated standard report in construction software.[11]
  • 100% of medium and large general contractors in the 2023 survey used collaboration and document-management solutions.[10]

Data analytics in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 89% of construction businesses were classified as beginner or emerging in data capabilities in the 2024 global study.[12]
  • Nearly one in six construction businesses received daily insights on project performance in 2024.[12]
  • 56% was the modeled increase in average expected annual profit growth associated with moving from beginner to leader data capabilities.[12]
  • Construction businesses that collected, analyzed, and used data for decision-making used an average of three data types in 2024.[12]
  • 12% of construction businesses were classified as data-capability leaders in the 2024 global study.[12]
  • 2.7 percentage points was the modeled annual expected-profit-growth uplift from moving construction businesses from beginner to leader data capabilities.[12]

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

  • Across construction professionals, 76% said departments frequently or occasionally work from different systems and data sources in a 2026 survey.[13]
  • 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.[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.[15]
  • 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.[15]
  • 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.[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.[16]

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

  • Across US construction owners, 11% required project teams to use data standards on all projects in the 2024–2025 survey period.[17]
  • 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 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.[14]
  • Across construction businesses, 10% reported in 2023 that they did not have a well-defined data governance policy.[12]

KPIs in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 33% of general contractors selected working capital among their top three business-performance KPIs in 2024.[18]
  • 54% of general contractors selected profitability among their top three business-performance KPIs in 2024.[18]
  • 25% of general contractors selected backlog-to-working-capital ratio among their top three business-performance KPIs in 2024.[18]
  • 22% of general contractors selected return on equity among their top three business-performance KPIs in 2024.[18]
  • 56% of general contractors reviewed financial-results reports monthly in 2024.[18]
  • 52% of general contractors performed budgeting and forecasting on a company-wide basis in 2024.[18]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Forecasts diverge by subsector, with data centers projecting faster growth than traditional commercial work. Excluding data centers, commercial spending would decline 1% in 2026 and grow only 1% in 2027.

Growth in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 3.0% was the AIA consensus forecast for U.S. commercial construction spending growth in 2026.[19]
  • 15.5% was the Associated Builders and Contractors forecast for U.S. data-center construction spending growth in 2026.[19]
  • 3.5% was the AIA consensus forecast for U.S. commercial construction spending growth in 2027.[19]
  • 19.0% was the AIA consensus forecast for U.S. office construction spending growth in 2026.[19]
  • 5.3% was the AIA consensus forecast for U.S. hotel construction spending growth in 2027.[19]
  • 26.3% was the AIA consensus forecast for U.S. data-center construction spending growth in 2026.[19]

Differentiation in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 4% of general contractors ranked employee satisfaction among their top three key performance indicators in a 2022 U.S. construction survey.[18]
  • 72% of general contractors ranked revenue and profitability among their top three key performance indicators in a 2022 U.S. construction survey.[18]
  • 29% of general contractors ranked bid performance among their top three key performance indicators in a 2022 U.S. construction survey.[18]
  • 27% of general contractors ranked estimate accuracy among their top three key performance indicators in a 2022 U.S. construction survey.[18]

Mergers and acquisitions in the commercial general contracting industry

  • Nearly 40% of firms surveyed in the 2025 AEC M&A Outlook had completed a merger, acquisition or recapitalization in recent years.[20]
  • 562 construction-services M&A transactions were announced or closed in 2025.[21]
  • $50.8 billion was the disclosed value of U.S. engineering and construction-related M&A deals completed in 2025.[8]
  • 18.2% was the increase in construction-services M&A transaction volume from 2024 to 2025.[21]
  • More than 670 U.S. engineering and construction-related M&A deals were completed in 2025.[8]
  • More than 80% of U.S. building-products-and-services M&A volume in 2024 involved strategic buyers.[22]

Strategic partnerships in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 32% of AGC survey respondents reported involvement in utility infrastructure projects in 2024.[23]
  • 66% of AGC survey respondents identified building construction as a market segment in which their firms operated in 2024.[23]
  • 34% of AGC survey respondents reported performing federal construction projects in 2024.[23]
  • 96% of contractors surveyed cited collaboration as important to working with project partners in a 2024 construction study.[24]
  • 56% of respondents in the 2024 construction and A&E survey expected their firms’ revenue to increase during 2024.[18]
  • 33% of AGC survey respondents reported involvement in highway and transportation construction in 2024.[23]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce capacity constrains delivery, while recruiting and skills remain active agenda items. In 2024, 54% of firms cited lack of talent as contributing to project delays.

Hiring in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 65% of construction firms expected to increase headcount during 2025 in the 2024 workforce survey.[4]
  • About 85% of construction firms with more than $500 million in revenue employed HR staff in 2024.[4]
  • Around 70% of construction firms with less than $50 million in revenue employed HR staff in 2024.[4]
  • 22% of construction firms reported that they did not employ HR staff in 2024.[4]
  • 54% of construction firms said lack of talent was contributing to project delays in 2024.[4]

Employee retention in the commercial general contracting industry

  • More than 50% of larger construction firms with over $500 million in revenue were increasing or initiating training and development spending in 2024.[4]
  • 52% of construction respondents said their companies had and promoted a well-defined culture in 2024.[25]
  • 51% of construction respondents said company culture helped their recruiting and retention strategy in 2024.[25]
  • 42% of construction firms were increasing or initiating spending on training and development in 2024.[4]
  • Increasing compensation was the most effective workforce-retention strategy reported by Minnesota construction respondents in 2021.[26]

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

  • In 2024, 2.7% of construction positions were fully remote in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[27]
  • 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.[28]
  • In 2024, 23.7% of finance, insurance and real-estate positions were fully remote in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[27]
  • About 9% of U.S. construction workers worked remotely at least sometimes during October 2023–September 2024, including hybrid and fully remote work.[29]

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.[14]
  • In 2024, 15.0% of construction positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[27]
  • In 2024, 43% of surveyed real-estate executives identified flexible workday schedules as a leading talent-acquisition and retention action.[8]
  • In 2024, 55.8% of finance, insurance and real-estate positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[27]

Upskilling in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 22% of contractors identified training requirements as a major barrier to adopting new technologies in 2025.[1]
  • 42% of Minnesota construction respondents reported that workforce skill levels were a concern in the 2021 assessment.[26]
  • 75% of U.S. contractors surveyed in 2025 expected AI to help them learn from past projects through historical data.[3]
  • More than 50% of construction firms with over $500 million in annual revenue were increasing or initiating training and development spending in 2024.[4]

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

  • Across real estate organizations represented in Culture Amp’s benchmark, 73% of employees were engaged based on data collected from July 2025 through June 2026.[30]
  • Across construction and heavy industry, the average employee eNPS was +24 in the 2026 benchmark.[31]
  • Fifty-nine percent of construction employers lacked a strategy to improve employee engagement in the 2018 U.S. construction benefits benchmarking survey.[32]
  • Across construction and heavy industry, Meaningful Work received the highest driver score at 8.45 out of 10 in 2026.[31]
  • In North American construction and heavy industry, employees scored 8.67 out of 10 for engagement in the 2026 benchmark.[31]

DEI in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 20% of Minnesota general contractors awarded contracts to more than 15 minority-owned subcontracting firms during 2021.[26]
  • 56% of Minnesota construction firms reported that deliberate efforts to attract and retain a diverse workforce were producing results in 2021.[26]
  • 30% of Minnesota general contractors awarded more than 10% of their subcontracts to minority-owned firms in 2021.[26]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Contractor revenue efforts lean on digital customer touchpoints and recurring service relationships. In 2025, 75% offered an online customer portal and 63% reported customer share secured via preventative maintenance agreements.

Customer experience in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 70% of U.S. commercial service contractors used customer relationship management systems in 2025.[2]
  • 75% of U.S. commercial service contractors offered an online customer portal in 2025.[2]
  • 26% of U.S. commercial service contractors used their online portal for direct customer communication in 2025.[2]
  • 44% of U.S. commercial service contractors said improving customer experience through online portals was extremely important in 2025.[2]
  • 23% of commercial construction companies used visitor-behavior tools such as Hotjar, CrazyEgg or ClickTale in 2022.[33]

Customer retention in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 58% of U.S. commercial service contractors ranked increasing customer retention among their top CRM goals in 2025.[2]
  • 44% of U.S. commercial service contractors identified repeat customers as their largest revenue source in 2022.[34]
  • 65% of U.S. commercial service contractors said repeat customers were a primary driver of business volume in 2025.[2]
  • 75% of U.S. commercial service contractors reported that customers on preventative maintenance agreements generated more than 20% additional pull-through revenue in 2025.[2]
  • 63% of U.S. commercial service contractors reported that more than half of their customer base was secured through preventative maintenance agreements in 2025.[2]

Customer acquisition in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 88% of commercial construction companies used Google Analytics on their websites in 2022.[33]
  • 68% of commercial construction companies used programmatic display or demand-side platforms in 2022.[33]
  • 57% of U.S. commercial service contractors ranked improving close rate among their top CRM goals in 2025.[2]
  • Retargeting campaigns could increase commercial construction conversion rates by up to 150% in 2022, according to BuildOps.[33]
  • 22% of commercial construction companies used retargeting platforms in 2022.[33]

Customer loyalty in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 19% of U.S. commercial service contractors identified word-of-mouth referrals as their largest revenue source in 2022.[34]
  • 60% of U.S. commercial service contractors identified word-of-mouth referrals as their largest source of business volume in 2022.[34]
  • 60% of U.S. commercial service contractors identified word-of-mouth referrals as a primary driver of business volume in 2025.[2]

Lead generation in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 52% of contractors in Modernize’s 2022 survey used paid or organic social media to generate leads.[35]
  • 49% of contractors in Modernize’s 2022 survey used lead-generation providers.[35]
  • 19.8% of construction top-of-funnel conversions came from email marketing in Telesales Gurus’ 2024 analysis.[36]
  • 75% of contractors in Modernize’s 2022 survey listed word-of-mouth referrals among their lead sources.[35]
  • 58% of construction professionals surveyed by the Construction Marketing Association used construction lead services.[37]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Lead-generation tactics increasingly blend email and SEO with broader digital channels. In 2025, 33% of professionals used email marketing and 33% used SEO to generate leads.

Marketing in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 33% of construction professionals surveyed by the Construction Marketing Association used advertising to generate leads.[37]
  • 32% of contractors in Modernize’s 2022 survey identified rising marketing costs as a business hardship.[35]
  • 43% of commercial contractors in ServiceTitan’s 2025 survey cited marketing as their leading business tactic for mitigating risks and driving growth.[34]
  • 63% of construction professionals surveyed by the Construction Marketing Association used email marketing to generate leads.[37]
  • 33% of construction professionals surveyed by the Construction Marketing Association used SEO to generate leads.[37]

Digital marketing in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 33% of commercial construction companies actively used Facebook in 2022.[33]
  • 63% of commercial construction companies used a video platform to host and share content in 2022.[33]
  • 17.7% of commercial construction companies used custom audiences for social-media campaign targeting in 2022.[33]
  • 10% of commercial construction companies used audience data management platforms in 2022.[33]
  • 65% of commercial construction companies used tag-management tools in 2022.[33]

Social media in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 40,000 Facebook followers belonged to PCL Construction in the 2023 CONEXPO-CON/AGG company profile.[38]
  • 63% of construction firms surveyed by AGC in 2023 had added online strategies such as social media or targeted digital advertising to connect with younger applicants.[38]
  • 26,000 Instagram followers belonged to PCL Construction in the 2023 CONEXPO-CON/AGG company profile.[38]
  • 410,000 LinkedIn followers belonged to PCL Construction in the 2023 CONEXPO-CON/AGG company profile.[38]
  • 17.7% of commercial construction companies used custom audiences to improve social-media campaign targeting in 2022.[33]

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

  • Among residential construction workers surveyed in 2024, 47% regularly used Instagram, 52% used YouTube and 73% used Facebook.[39]
  • Across U.S. prospective home buyers, 42% preferred Instagram for communication with a real estate agent in 2025, compared with 47% preferring Facebook.[40]
  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 15% used TikTok for business in 2024, while 10% used X (formerly Twitter).[41]
  • 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.[40]
  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 62% used Instagram for business in 2024, alongside 87% using Facebook and 25% using YouTube.[41]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Execution measurement and repeatable ways of working are inconsistent, affecting productivity. Only 24% used defined company way-of-working guidelines consistently in 2026, despite 90% reporting a defined way of working.

Process optimization in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 28% of surveyed construction businesses used predictability or earned-value measures comparing actual costs with planned costs for completed work in Australia in 2024.[5]
  • 8% of surveyed construction businesses measured site or design rework rates as a productivity metric in Australia in 2024.[5]
  • 90% of construction firms said they had a defined company way of working, but only 24% used those guidelines consistently in 2026.[42]
  • 65% less often was the reported frequency of rework problems among organizations with above-average preconstruction processes, compared with below-average organizations, in the global construction survey in 2021.[43]
  • 22% of surveyed construction businesses measured total project cost per unit of project scope, such as floor area or lane kilometers, in Australia in 2024.[5]

Operational efficiency in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 23% of construction respondents identified project delays as a major factor affecting productivity in the 2024 BDO survey.[44]
  • 18% of construction organizations used training and skills development as a productivity-improvement initiative in the 2024 BDO survey.[44]
  • 41% of construction survey participants reported that productivity improved during the 12 months covered by the 2024 BDO Construction Report.[44]
  • 16% of construction respondents identified supply-chain disruptions as a major factor affecting productivity in the 2024 BDO survey.[44]
  • 21% of construction organizations used workplace wellness initiatives as a productivity-improvement initiative in the 2024 BDO survey.[44]

Quality management in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 54% of construction firms without consistent quality standards faced warranty risk, compared with 35% of firms with consistent standards, according to PlanRadar research.[45]
  • 30% of rework was reported as recoverable by general and specialty trade contractors in FMI and Procore’s global construction survey.[43]
  • 19% of total project costs were reported as rework by owner respondents in FMI and Procore’s global construction survey.[43]
  • 43% of construction firms without consistent quality standards encountered subcontractor disputes, compared with 35% of firms with consistent standards, according to PlanRadar research.[45]
  • 70% of rework was therefore absorbed by contractors and reduced profits in FMI and Procore’s global construction survey.[43]

Supply chain in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 23% of U.S. construction firms reported having no significant supply-chain problems in the 2024 Associated General Contractors survey.[23]
  • 34% of U.S. construction firms reported reduced funding availability as a reason for project postponement or cancellation in the 2024 Associated General Contractors survey.[23]
  • 11% of U.S. construction firms cited delayed likely completion dates as a reason for project postponement or cancellation in the 2024 Associated General Contractors survey.[23]
  • 45% of U.S. construction firms turned to alternative suppliers to cope with supply-chain problems in the 2024 Associated General Contractors survey.[23]
  • 56% of U.S. construction firms accelerated purchases after winning contracts to cope with supply-chain problems in the 2024 Associated General Contractors survey.[23]

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

  • 30% of costs in Australian infrastructure construction flowed to external construction services in 2025.[5]
  • $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.[46]
  • 45% of Australian infrastructure-construction businesses surveyed in 2025 reported cost overruns as a challenge when managing subcontracting or labour-hire relationships.[5]
  • 11% of income in Australian civil engineering, non-residential building and related construction came from subcontracting in 2025.[5]
  • 46.5% of Australian construction-industry input costs came from outsourced services in 2024, including labour hire, consultants and capital rentals.[5]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Labor efficiency and cash flow management remain core margin drivers amid elevated costs. AGC-linked input cost inflation was 8.9% from August 2025 to August 2026, and 57% of firms cited cash-flow management as a top priority in 2026.

Pricing strategy in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 27% of respondents in Turner & Townsend’s 2026 U.S. construction market survey said data centers had the highest profit margins among sectors.[47]
  • 23% of respondents in Turner & Townsend’s 2026 U.S. construction market survey said corporate occupier projects had the highest profit margins among sectors.[47]
  • 27% of construction markup prices reported to the U.S. Producer Price Index included a change at the peak in May 2021, with 22.5% higher and 4.5% lower markups.[48]
  • 15.5% was the global average preliminaries percentage for construction projects in Turner & Townsend’s 2022 survey, reported in the 2023 market review.[47]

Cost reduction in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 4% was the average operating profit margin for self-performing contractors in FMI’s labor-productivity study.[49]
  • 7.4% was the decline in labor productivity for U.S. multiple-family residential construction in 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.[48]
  • 35% of construction professionals’ time was reported as spent on non-optimal activities such as searching for information, resolving conflicts and handling mistakes or rework.[50]
  • $30 billion to $40 billion was the estimated annual value of labor inefficiencies among U.S. labor-intensive contractors in 2022.[51]
  • 45% of respondents in the 2024 FMI Civil Infrastructure Construction Index identified labor as the primary cost shift affecting margins.[52]

Profitability in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 47% less often was the rate at which above-average preconstruction organizations reported struggling with profitability than below-average organizations.[43]
  • 4.8% was the typical construction-firm revenue growth rate in FY2025 in CFMA’s financial survey.[53]
  • 36% of construction respondents said they rarely or never struggled with profitability in FMI and Procore’s global construction survey.[43]
  • 17% was the profit margin for subcontractors that did not include working-capital costs in their bids in 2024.[3]
  • 6.8% was the average net-income-before-tax margin reported by construction firms in CFMA’s FY2025 financial survey.[53]

Financial planning in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 39% of general contractors used cost variance by project as a KPI in Grassi’s 2024 construction survey.[18]
  • 54% of general contractors used net cash flow as a KPI in Grassi’s 2024 construction survey.[18]
  • 33% of general contractors used working capital as a KPI in Grassi’s 2024 construction survey.[18]
  • 57% of construction and architecture-and-engineering firms identified cash-flow management as a top priority in Grassi’s 2026 survey.[54]
  • About 40% of construction and architecture-and-engineering firms said cash-flow forecasting remained a challenge in Grassi’s 2026 survey.[54]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Productization and DfMA adoption vary by digital maturity, with higher rates among digitally mature organizations. Prefabrication was used regularly or as standard practice by 54% versus 24% among less digitally mature organizations.

Product development in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 54% of digitally mature construction organizations use prefabrication regularly or as standard practice, versus 24% of less digitally mature organizations.[55]
  • 51% of construction-industry respondents identify traditional procurement processes as the top challenge limiting productization and DfMA adoption.[55]
  • 59% of digitally mature construction organizations use DfMA regularly or as standard practice, versus 26% of less digitally mature organizations.[55]
  • 61% of construction organizations already use productization at least occasionally, according to a 2026 global industry survey.[55]
  • 63% of construction organizations already use prefabrication at least occasionally worldwide in 2026.[55]

Product lifecycle in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 44% of general contractors used BIM on at least half of their projects in 2021, according to a global SmartMarket survey.[55]
  • 72% of contractors reported high engagement with seven or more BIM-data activities in 2021.[55]
  • 58% of contractors used diagnostic analysis to investigate why project events occurred in 2019.[11]
  • 55% of contractors used predictive analysis to identify likely future project risks in 2019.[11]
  • 50% of contractors used prescriptive analysis to identify recommended actions and opportunities in 2019.[11]

After-sales in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 51% was the average gross margin for maintenance-agreement work among commercial contractors in 2026.[2]
  • 70% of commercial contractors reported lacking fast access to warranty and service-agreement data in 2025.[2]
  • 46% of commercial contractors reported that most of their accounts were on maintenance agreements in 2026.[2]
  • 96% of commercial contractors waited two weeks or longer to receive payment in 2026.[2]
  • 63% of commercial contractors said more than half of their customer base was secured through preventative maintenance agreements in 2025.[2]

Value proposition in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 66% of commercial contractors entered 2025 with stable or growing revenue.[2]
  • 58% of commercial contractors ranked lead conversion among their top CRM goals in 2025.[2]
  • 57% of commercial contractors ranked close rate among their top CRM goals in 2025.[2]
  • 53% of commercial contractors expressed optimism about the market in 2025.[2]
  • 70% of commercial service contractors used customer-relationship-management systems in 2025.[2]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Scope 1 and 2 target progress improved year over year, while waste diversion remains a stated outcome. In 2024, 66% were on track for Scope 1 and 2, and 71% of construction waste was diverted by CCC.

Sustainability in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 54% of construction companies were on track to meet their Scope 3 climate targets in 2024, up from 41% in 2023.[7]
  • 71% of construction waste was diverted from disposal by CCC in 2024, compared with 34% in 2018.[56]
  • 66% of construction companies were on track to meet their Scope 1 and 2 climate targets in 2024, up from 57% in 2023.[7]
  • 40% of construction companies increased their decarbonization ambitions in 2024, including 30% that increased them significantly, according to PwC’s analysis of CDP data.[7]
  • 92.61% of waste was diverted from disposal in Granite Construction’s Midwest Region waste-management pilot.[57]

ESG in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 14 of the 30 largest US engineering and construction companies studied by EY published ESG disclosures, including seven public and seven private companies.[58]
  • 60% of AECOM’s 2024 net service revenue approximately related to water, green-design, transportation and renewable-energy projects.[59]
  • 13 circular-economy practices were identified among leading construction companies operating in South America in a 2026 study based on sustainability reports.[60]
  • 178 architecture and construction-related firms reported embodied-carbon data for 9,204 projects in the AIA 2030 reporting program for 2024.[61]
  • 24 ESG metrics were used by EY to assess reporting among the top 20 US engineering and construction firms.[58]

Ethics in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 31 corruption litigation cases were filed and concluded against Horizon Construction Development or its employees in 2024.[62]
  • 75% of employees completed Schréder’s company-wide anti-fraud and anti-corruption training module in the 2023–2024 rollout.[63]
  • 3,648 employees of Horizon Construction Development participated in anti-corruption training in 2024, up from 2,356 in 2023.[62]
  • 43,650 hours of compliance training were completed by Samsung Heavy Industries employees in 2024.[64]
  • 10 Code-of-Conduct or ethics-policy violations were recorded by Samsung Heavy Industries in 2024.[64]

CSR in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 22 local apprentices were employed through construction projects covered by a 2023–2024 social-value report.[65]
  • 320 beneficiaries, including nonprofits, schools, small businesses and families, had received materials through GCI’s reuse program by 2024.[66]
  • 437,000 pounds of materials and furniture had been donated by GCI’s demolition-reuse program by 2024.[66]
  • 16 million pounds of construction and demolition material had been diverted from landfills through GCI’s community-focused program since 2018.[66]

Circular economy in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 34% was CCC’s construction-waste reuse or recycling rate in 2018, compared with 71% in 2024.[56]
  • 73% of Gammon Construction’s inert material was directly reused in one reported 2024 dataset.[67]
  • 1,559,557 tonnes of Gammon Construction waste were diverted from disposal in one reported 2024 dataset.[67]
  • 15,254,589 US tons were diverted from waste in Granite Construction’s Midwest Region pilot.[57]
  • 97% of Gammon Construction’s waste was diverted from disposal in one reported 2024 dataset.[67]

Carbon footprint in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 13.8% was the 2024 reduction in John Paul Construction’s absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions.[68]
  • 66% of US construction embodied-carbon emissions were associated with private-sector projects during 2008–2018.[69]
  • 37% of construction-industry carbon emissions came from transport, services, light and heavy machinery, and on-site emissions in 2022.[70]
  • 4.7 billion metric tons of CO2e were associated with embodied carbon from US construction during 2008–2018.[69]
  • Nearly 30% of US construction’s 2008–2018 embodied-carbon emissions came from commercial-real-estate building typologies.[69]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

International scale remains visible in global contractor financials and backlog conversion expectations. ENR’s Top 250 International Contractors reported combined 2024 revenue of $501.2 billion worldwide.

Globalization in the commercial general contracting industry

  • $501.2 billion was the combined 2024 revenue of ENR’s Top 250 International Contractors worldwide.[84]
  • $464.36 million was the median international revenue of ENR’s Top 250 International Contractors in 2024 worldwide.[84]
  • 0.5% was the year-over-year revenue growth of ENR’s Top 250 International Contractors from 2023 to 2024 worldwide.[84]
  • 26.7% of the top 100 global construction companies’ 2025 revenue came from non-construction activities worldwide.[8]
  • 24.7% of the top 100 global construction companies’ 2025 sales came from international markets worldwide.[8]

Supplier management in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 29% of Tutor Perini’s December 31, 2025 backlog was expected to convert to revenue during 2026.[85]
  • More than one-third of surveyed U.S. general contractors reported double-digit overhead-cost increases in the 12 months preceding 2024.[18]
  • 81% of general contractors reported increased overhead costs during the 12 months preceding the 2024 U.S. construction survey.[18]
  • 10% of subcontractors ranked procurement and materials handling among their top three key performance indicators in a 2022 U.S. construction survey.[18]
  • $7.43 billion of new awards were added to Tutor Perini’s civil, building and specialty-contractor backlog in 2025.[85]

Stakeholder management in the commercial general contracting industry

  • 63% of U.S. general contractors expected revenue growth in 2024 in a survey of construction and A&E executives.[18]
  • 26% of general contractors ranked customer satisfaction among their top three key performance indicators in a 2022 U.S. construction survey.[18]
  • 16% of general contractors ranked quality control among their top three key performance indicators in a 2022 U.S. construction survey.[18]
  • 20% of general contractors ranked safety among their top three key performance indicators in a 2022 U.S. construction survey.[18]
  • 26% of general contractors ranked bid performance among their top three key performance indicators in a 2022 U.S. construction survey.[18]

Key questions about the Commercial General Contracting Industry

How big is the commercial general contracting market in 2025?
Private nonresidential construction spending totaled $592.2 billion in 2025. The Census measure covers construction put in place rather than contractor revenue, serving as a market-activity proxy.
What growth do forecasts imply for 2026–2027?
AIA July 2026 forecasts commercial construction spending up 4.8% in 2026 and 5.8% in 2027. Compounded across 2025–2027, these imply an approximate 5.3% CAGR.
Which companies lead the commercial general contracting industry?
Bechtel leads Gitnux's 2026 commercial general contracting ranking with an Overall score of 9.7, with $20.6 billion principal revenue across five global business units in 2024. HITT Contracting is the highest-ranked general contractor at 9.4, driven by 50.6% revenue growth signal for the U.S. commercial general contractor.
Where does AI use show up in commercial contractors’ workflows?
Contractor survey results show 18% used artificial intelligence in 2025 versus 11% in 2024. For 2026 use cases, 22% used AI for bid management and 24% used AI for cost estimation and budgeting.
How fragmented is the supplier base for commercial institutional building work?
Employer establishments for the commercial and institutional building construction subsector were 39,072 in the latest Census profile. The broad supplier base is indicated by that establishment count.
What changes input costs and schedules most for 2026 work?
Construction input costs for new nonresidential construction increased 8.9% from August 2025 to August 2026. AGC reports tariffs and geopolitical disruptions contributing to project delays.
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