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Contracting Industry Statistics

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Contracting Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01 Industry overview

The contracting industry at a glance

Construction contracting remains a vast, fragmented global industry: the market was valued at $11.39 trillion in 2024 and is projected to reach $16.11 trillion by 2030.

$11.39T[21]
Global market size, 2024
$2.16T[77]
U.S. construction spending, 2025
5.28M[43]
Specialty contractor jobs, Aug. 2026
$671.4B[65]
Top 400 U.S. contractor revenue, 2025
Market size
The global construction market was $11.39 trillion in 2024. In the United States, construction spending totaled $2.1644 trillion in 2025, down 1.4% from $2.1948 trillion in 2024.[21][77]
Forecast & CAGR
Deloitte projects the global construction market to increase from $11.39 trillion in 2024 to $16.11 trillion in 2030, implying an approximate 6.0% compound annual growth rate over 2024–2030.[21]
Market share & regions
China accounted for more than half of the $1.978 trillion in 2024 revenue generated by the world’s 100 largest listed construction companies. Deloitte identifies China as the largest source of global construction activity among major construction groups.[21]
Segmentation
U.S. specialty trade contracting employment was divided between approximately 2.38 million residential workers and 2.88 million nonresidential workers in July 2025. Major specialties included building equipment contractors, foundation and exterior contractors, and building-finishing contractors.[43]
Key players & concentration
The U.S. market remains fragmented, although large contractors control substantial project volume: the ENR Top 400 generated $671.4 billion in construction revenue in 2025, up 11.8% from the prior year. In global listed-company rankings, the top 100 generated $1.978 trillion in 2024 revenue, with more than half originating from China-based companies.[65][21]
Pricing
U.S. prices for construction for intermediate demand increased 4.8% from September 2025 to September 2026. Materials and components for construction rose 5.7% over the same period, continuing to pressure contractor margins and bid pricing.[43]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Growth is being supported by data centers, artificial-intelligence infrastructure, power generation, urbanization, digital construction tools, and the energy transition. Labor availability remains a major constraint: 92% of construction firms surveyed by AGC reported difficulty finding workers, while 45% said shortages were causing project delays in 2025.[65][21][2]
Consumer behavior & competition
Demand is shifting toward infrastructure, data centers, manufacturing facilities, power projects, and public construction, while contractors reported weaker expectations for lodging, retail, and office work in 2025. Competition is increasingly shaped by labor capacity, project-delivery reliability, technology adoption, and the ability to manage material-cost volatility.[2][65]
M&A
More than 670 U.S. engineering and construction-related M&A deals closed in 2025, representing approximately $50.8 billion in disclosed value. Core construction accounted for more than 340 transactions and approximately $39.5 billion of disclosed deal value.[21]
Regulation
U.S. construction contractors must comply with OSHA’s respirable-crystalline-silica standard, including a permissible exposure limit of 50 micrograms per cubic meter as an eight-hour time-weighted average when alternative exposure-control methods apply. The standard also requires exposure controls, housekeeping, respiratory protection where applicable, and written control plans.[78]
Latest news
The latest available U.S. Census data showed construction spending at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,649.6 billion during the first nine months of 2026, 2.9% below the same period of 2025. September 2026 data showed continued softness in aggregate spending despite ongoing demand in selected infrastructure and technology-related segments.[77]
report visual · Comparison

Revenue of the largest contracting companies

China State Construction Engineering Corporation leads with $306.6B in annual revenue (group level, converted to USD).

China State Construction Engineering Corporation$306.6B
China Railway Group$153.1B
VINCI$80.6B
Grupo ACS$53.8B
Larsen & Toubro$30.7B
source-verifiedenglish.cscec.com · crecg.com · vinci.com · grupoacs.com · annualreview.larsentoubro.com2025

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Contracting Industry

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

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

Verdict

Grupo ACS leads Gitnux's 2026 contracting ranking with an Overall score of 9.1, with revenue growth 19.7% and operating margin 4.2%. VINCI is the highest-ranked infrastructure contractor at 9.0, with operating margin 12.8%.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in civil and building contracting

    Grupo ACS

    ES

    Ranked #1 · 9.1 · Civil and building contracting

    Why we picked it: It operates across infrastructure, civil and building contracting, with 19.7% revenue growth and a 4.2% operating margin.

    See in ranking ↓Visit grupoacs.com ↗

  2. Leader in concessions and energy construction

    VINCI

    FR

    Ranked #2 · 9.0 · Concessions and energy construction

    Why we picked it: It works across concessions, energy and construction contracting, with a 12.8% operating margin.

    See in ranking ↓Visit vinci.com ↗

  3. Leader in infrastructure and EPC

    Bechtel

    US

    Ranked #3 · 9.0 · Infrastructure and EPC

    Why we picked it: It delivers infrastructure, energy and industrial EPC, supported by 25% revenue growth.

    See in ranking ↓Visit bechtel.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

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

Grupo ACS

Civil and building contracting · ES

9.1
2

VINCI

Concessions and energy construction · FR

9.0
3

Bechtel

Infrastructure and EPC · US

9.0
4

Larsen & Toubro

Infrastructure and EPC · IN

8.8
5

China State Construction Engineering Corporation

Civil and building contracting · CN

8.2
6

STRABAG

Transport, civil and building construction · AT

8.2
7

China Railway Group

Rail, transport and infrastructure contracting · CN

8.0
8

China Communications Construction Company

Ports, roads, bridges and marine infrastructure · CN

7.9
9

Skanska

Building and civil infrastructure contracting · SE

7.7
10

Bouygues

Building, civil works and infrastructure contracting · FR

7.7

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 contracting industry. In Contracting Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/contracting-industry-statistics/#top-companies

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

AI adoption is broad: 72.2% of construction project professionals used AI at least weekly in 2026. Cloud, analytics, and software investments remain tied to day-to-day delivery and document workflows.

AI in the contracting industry

  • 72.2% of construction project professionals used AI at least weekly in 2026, while 48.1% used it daily or more often.[1]
  • 44% of U.S. construction firms expected to increase AI investment in 2025, compared with 30% in the previous survey.[2]
  • 8.3% of construction project professionals had never used AI in their work in 2026.[1]
  • 52.4% of construction professionals had used AI tools in their roles during the previous 12 months in 2025.[1]
  • 38% of U.S. commercial specialty contractors reported measurable business impact from AI in 2026, up from 17% in 2025.[3]
  • 18% of contractors reported using artificial intelligence in 2025, compared with 11% in 2024.[4]

Automation in the contracting industry

  • 36% of U.S. construction firms expected to increase investment in accounting software in 2025.[2]
  • 35% of U.S. construction firms expected to increase investment in project-management software in 2025.[2]
  • 35% of U.S. construction firms expected to increase investment in estimating software in 2025.[2]
  • 26% of U.S. construction firms expected to increase investment in drones in 2025.[2]
  • 7% of U.S. construction firms expected to increase investment in 3-D printing in 2025.[2]
  • 15% of U.S. construction firms expected to increase investment in autonomous equipment or vehicles in 2025.[2]

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

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

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

  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 44% reported experience using building information modelling.[4]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 11% reported experience using artificial intelligence.[4]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 35% reported experience using advanced building materials.[4]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 43% reported experience using jobsite data-collection applications.[4]

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.[5]
  • 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, 9% planned to adopt cloud technology within the next 12 months in 2025.[7]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 89% were currently using cloud technology in 2025.[7]

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

  • 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 real estate investors, 60% report that a formal data initiative is underway at their firm, based on an EY survey of more than 50 executives.[8]
  • Across construction businesses, 33% analyze financial data and use it to inform business decisions, while 86% capture it, in 2023.[9]
  • Across construction businesses, only one-third receive daily insights from at least one data source, according to a 2023 survey.[9]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 48% were currently using big data and Internet-of-Things technologies in 2025.[7]
  • Across European enterprises, big-data analytics adoption in construction was 4% in the latest Eurostat-based data reported by the OECD.[10]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Data workflows are capturing volume but not consistently converting to decisions: 62% of collected and analyzed data was not used to make business decisions. Teams also spend 11.5 hours per week looking for and analyzing data.

Business intelligence in the contracting industry

  • 79% of contractors used software to track construction processes such as RFIs, change orders, schedules, safety and labor productivity.[11]
  • 32% of contractors said they did not fully understand standardized-data-input options.[11]
  • 11.5 hours per week were spent by construction leaders looking for and analyzing data.[11]
  • 50% was the reported increase in average profit-growth rate for construction data leaders compared with data beginners.[11]
  • 62% of data collected and analyzed by construction companies was not used to make business decisions.[11]
  • 80% of global construction companies were not classified as data leaders in Deloitte’s 2023 study.[11]

Data analytics in the contracting industry

  • 19.6% of Danish construction companies used data analytics regularly in 2025.[12]
  • 11.9% of Danish construction companies used data analytics regularly in 2023.[12]
  • 22% of Australian building and construction organizations invested between 5% and 10% of revenue in data and digitalisation.[6]
  • 14.8% of Danish construction companies used data analytics regularly in 2024.[12]
  • 21% of construction projects used data-visualization tools in 2025.[9]
  • 20% of construction projects used enterprise-resource-planning software in 2025.[9]

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

  • 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 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 construction companies, 38% rated their ability to share and use data with internal and external collaborators as strong in the report’s construction sample.[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.[16]
  • Across UK housing providers, only 23% were confident in tenant or customer data in 2022, the lowest confidence level among the data categories surveyed.[16]
  • Across construction professionals, 76% said departments frequently or occasionally work from different systems and data sources in a 2026 survey.[13]

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

  • 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 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 construction businesses, 10% reported in 2023 that they did not have a well-defined data governance policy.[18]
  • 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 contracting industry

  • 77% of general contractors were very or moderately satisfied with the financial and operational information available to run their businesses in 2024.[19]
  • 54% of general contractors used net cash flow as a KPI in 2024.[19]
  • 74% of general contractors in a 2024 industry survey used profitability as a KPI.[19]
  • 59% of construction and architecture-engineering firms reviewed financial-results reports monthly in 2024.[19]
  • 39% of general contractors used cost variance by project as a KPI in 2024.[19]
  • 25% of general contractors used backlog-to-working-capital ratio as a KPI in 2024.[19]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

M&A remains active alongside market growth expectations, with 670+ U.S. deals in 2025 worth $50.8 billion disclosed value. Supply-chain cost negotiation behavior also points to contract-administration leverage.

Growth in the contracting industry

  • Construction and engineering M&A averaged about 1,800 transactions annually during 2020–2024.[20]
  • More than 80% of construction and engineering M&A activity during 2020–2024 was concentrated in Europe and North America.[20]
  • The global construction market is projected to grow from $11.39 trillion in 2024 to $16.11 trillion in 2030.[21]
  • Construction and engineering M&A deal volume was approximately 60% higher in 2020–2024 than during 2014–2019.[20]
  • US E&C companies completed more than 670 M&A deals worth approximately $50.8 billion in disclosed value in 2025.[21]
  • Top 100 global construction-company revenue declined 1% in 2024 from the previous year.[21]

Differentiation in the contracting industry

  • 32.4% of builders publishing at least 12 articles annually achieved contract markups of 33% or more.[22]
  • 6.5% of builders publishing one blog article annually achieved contract markups of 33% or more.[22]
  • 66.5% of builders created no articles during the year measured by the SORCI report.[22]
  • 45.9% of building companies identified generating quality leads as their biggest marketing challenge.[22]

Mergers and acquisitions in the contracting industry

  • Large-scale public strategic construction-services deal value increased 172.1% from $2.6 billion in 2024 to $7.1 billion in 2025.[23]
  • Construction and engineering M&A deal volume rose approximately 60% between the 2014–2019 and 2020–2024 periods.[20]
  • More than 340 US construction-sector M&A transactions accounted for nearly $39.5 billion of disclosed value in 2025.[21]
  • Construction and engineering M&A averaged approximately 1,100 transactions annually during 2014–2019.[20]
  • More than 670 US engineering-and-construction M&A deals closed in 2025, with approximately $50.8 billion in disclosed value.[21]
  • More than 2,700 AEC transactions were recorded globally from the start of 2021 through the 2025 report period.[24]

Strategic partnerships in the contracting industry

  • 78% of construction companies passing supply-chain cost increases negotiated those changes outside the original contract terms.[25]
  • 64% of surveyed construction companies passed increased supply-chain costs to developers or clients in 2023.[25]
  • More than 80% of construction and engineering M&A activity in 2020–2024 occurred in Europe and North America, supporting cross-border alliance opportunities.[20]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce constraints show up as delays and hiring difficulty, including 78% difficulty filling hourly craft positions in 2025 and 45% delays caused by worker shortages in 2025. Remote and hybrid remains limited in construction labor.

Hiring in the contracting industry

  • 45% of construction companies reported project delays caused by worker shortages in 2025.[26]
  • 88% of construction companies had openings for key positions in 2025.[26]
  • 78% of U.S. construction firms reported difficulty filling hourly craft positions in 2025.[26]
  • 10% of U.S. construction firms expected to decrease headcount during the next 12 months in the 2025 outlook survey.[2]
  • 57% of construction firms said available candidates lacked essential skills or an appropriate certificate or license in 2025.[2]

Employee retention in the contracting industry

  • 74% of U.S. construction firms reported at least one significant project delay during the previous year in 2026.[2]
  • 34% of U.S. construction firms increased headcount by at least 5% during the previous 12 months in 2026.[2]
  • 88% of construction firms with craft openings said those roles were as hard or harder to fill than a year earlier in 2026.[2]
  • 87% of construction firms with salaried openings said those roles were as hard or harder to fill than a year earlier in 2026.[2]
  • 37% of U.S. construction firms reduced headcount by at least 5% during the previous 12 months in 2026.[2]

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]
  • About 9% of U.S. construction workers worked remotely at least sometimes during October 2023–September 2024, including hybrid and fully remote work.[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]
  • 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.[29]

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

  • In 2024, 43% of surveyed real-estate executives identified flexible workday schedules as a leading talent-acquisition and retention action.[21]
  • In 2024, 15.0% of construction positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[27]
  • 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, 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 contracting industry

  • 48% of construction firms reported that new hires failed to show up or quickly quit in 2025, highlighting the need for stronger onboarding and development.[26]
  • 57% of construction firms reported that available candidates lacked essential skills or an appropriate certificate or license in 2025.[2]
  • 41% of construction firms reported that candidates lacked required credentials in 2025.[26]
  • ABC member contractors provided workforce-education courses to more than 1.3 million attendees in 2023.[30]
  • ABC member contractors invested $1.6 billion in craft, leadership, and health-and-safety education in 2023.[30]

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

  • Across construction and heavy industry, employees scored 8.00 out of 10 for engagement 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]
  • Forty-seven percent of construction employers said their workforce was highly engaged in the 2018 U.S. construction benefits benchmarking survey.[32]
  • Construction employees scored 4.20 out of 5 on engagement-related measures in 2024, up from 3.92 in 2022, in WebMD Health Services’ survey of 3,653 workers.[33]
  • Across construction and heavy industry, Meaningful Work received the highest driver score at 8.45 out of 10 in 2026.[31]

Change Management in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Forty-two percent of U.S. specialty contractors reported cash-flow issues caused by untimely change-order processing in 2026.[34]
  • Eighty-three percent of U.S. general contractors still tracked change-order exposure on spreadsheets in 2026, even when financial software was available.[34]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Demand capture is tied to fast and multichannel response behavior: 83% of U.S. consumers chose the business that responded first in 2026. Live chat and email are both cited for conversion by 69% and 83% of U.S. building-trade companies.

Customer experience in the contracting industry

  • 69% of U.S. building-trade companies said live chat drives conversion in 2026, while 56% of consumers said the channel met expectations.[35]
  • 83% of U.S. building-trade companies said email drives conversion in 2026, while 57% of consumers said email communication meets expectations.[35]
  • 91% of U.S. building-trade companies said phone communication drives conversion in 2026, compared with 69% of consumers who said it meets expectations.[35]
  • 69% of U.S. building-trade companies said messaging apps drive conversion in 2026, while 45% of consumers said messaging apps met expectations.[35]
  • 45% of U.S. building-trade companies said chatbots drive conversion in 2026, while 26% of consumers said chatbots met expectations.[35]

Customer retention in the contracting industry

  • 17% of U.S. consumers expected construction and building-trade businesses to respond within seconds in 2026.[35]
  • 34% of U.S. construction and building-trade companies said in 2026 that inquiries should receive a response within seconds.[35]
  • 33% of U.S. construction and building-trade companies said in 2026 that inquiries should receive a response within minutes.[35]
  • 83% of U.S. consumers chose the construction or home-services business that responded first to an inquiry in 2026.[35]
  • 30% of U.S. consumers ranked trust in the brand as a loyalty determinant for construction and home-services companies in 2026.[35]

Customer acquisition in the contracting industry

  • 68% of construction companies used programmatic display or demand-side platforms in the BuildOps commercial-construction study.[36]
  • 10% of construction companies used conversion-rate-optimization tools in the BuildOps commercial-construction study.[36]
  • 88% of commercial construction companies used Google Analytics in the BuildOps marketing-technology study.[36]
  • 20%–25% of total project soft costs for contractors were attributed to marketing and customer acquisition in the NYSERDA evaluation published in 2020.[37]
  • 22% of construction companies used retargeting platforms in the BuildOps commercial-construction study.[36]

Customer loyalty in the contracting industry

  • 30% of U.S. consumers identified brand trust as a factor determining loyalty to construction and home-services companies in 2026.[35]
  • 32% of U.S. consumers identified reliable quality as a factor determining loyalty to construction and home-services companies in 2026.[35]
  • 36% of U.S. consumers identified response speed as a factor determining loyalty to construction and home-services companies in 2026.[35]

Lead generation in the contracting industry

  • 49% of contractors surveyed in the United States in 2022 cited lead-generation providers among their top lead sources.[38]
  • 18% of contractors surveyed in the United States in 2022 cited independent sales representatives among their top lead sources.[38]
  • 52% of contractors surveyed in the United States in 2022 cited paid and organic social media among their top lead sources.[38]
  • 75% of contractors surveyed in the United States in 2022 cited word-of-mouth or referrals among their top lead sources.[38]
  • 20% of contractors surveyed in the United States in 2022 cited television among their top lead sources.[38]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Content production is uneven: 66.5% of builders did not create a single article in the year covered by the 2024 SORCI report. Loyalty drivers in 2026 include trust (30% of consumers citing it) and response speed (36%).

Marketing in the contracting industry

  • 66.5% of builders did not create a single article during the year covered by the 2024 SORCI report.[22]
  • 13% of builders using CRM systems used Buildertrend in the 2024 SORCI report.[22]
  • 6.5% of building companies publishing one blog post per year achieved contract markups of 33% or more in the 2024 SORCI report.[22]
  • 45.9% of building companies identified generating quality leads as their biggest marketing challenge in the 2024 SORCI report.[22]
  • 12.1% of builders using CRM systems used HubSpot in the 2024 SORCI report.[22]

Digital marketing in the contracting industry

  • 17.7% of construction companies used custom audiences to improve social-media campaign targeting in the BuildOps study.[36]
  • 63% of construction companies used a video platform to host and share content in the BuildOps study.[36]
  • 35% of construction companies using video platforms selected YouTube in the BuildOps study.[36]
  • 65% of construction companies used tag-management tools in the BuildOps study.[36]
  • 33% of construction companies actively used Facebook in the BuildOps study.[36]

Branding in the contracting industry

  • 77% of construction professionals used website analytics to measure inbound-marketing results in the Construction Marketing Association survey.[39]
  • 30% of U.S. consumers cited trust in the brand as a factor determining loyalty to construction and home-services companies in 2026.[35]
  • 36% of construction professionals rated Facebook as their least effective inbound-marketing tactic in the Construction Marketing Association survey.[39]
  • 42% of construction professionals developed video content in the Construction Marketing Association survey.[39]
  • 52% of construction professionals developed blog-post content in the Construction Marketing Association survey.[39]

Social media in the contracting industry

  • 42.7% of U.S. builders never posted on Facebook in the 2024 SORCI report.[22]
  • 50.8% of U.S. builders never posted on Instagram in the 2024 SORCI report.[22]
  • 25.4% of U.S. builders posted on Instagram once per week in the 2024 SORCI report.[22]
  • 2.3% of U.S. builders posted on Instagram seven or more times per week in the 2024 SORCI report.[22]
  • 15.8% of U.S. builders posted on Instagram between two and six times per week in the 2024 SORCI report.[22]

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

  • 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, 52% said social media generated the highest number of quality leads in the previous 12 months in 2024.[41]
  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 62% used Instagram for business in 2024, alongside 87% using Facebook and 25% using YouTube.[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, 42% preferred Instagram for communication with a real estate agent in 2025, compared with 47% preferring Facebook.[40]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Execution performance remains variable, with 50% of construction projects delivered on time and on budget in the 2024 Autodesk survey. QA/QC and change-order administration also stand out in rework and exposure statistics.

Process optimization in the contracting industry

  • 0.75% was the increase in the share of projects delivered under budget associated with adopting one additional technology, according to a 2024 construction-industry study.[5]
  • 50% of construction projects were delivered on time and on budget in the 2024 Autodesk survey.[5]
  • 41% of construction survey participants reported productivity improvement during the previous 12 months in the 2024 BDO survey.[25]
  • 1 percentage point was the increase in profit growth associated with adopting one additional technology among construction businesses surveyed in 2024.[5]
  • 1.4 percentage points was the increase in revenue growth associated with adopting one additional technology among construction businesses surveyed in 2024.[5]

Operational efficiency in the contracting industry

  • 21.1% was the increase in U.S. industrial building construction labor productivity in 2024.[43]
  • 7.4% was the decline in multifamily housing construction labor productivity in the United States in 2025.[43]
  • 5.2% of U.S. nonfarm payroll employment was attributable to construction in 2025.[43]
  • 12.1% was the decline in U.S. industrial building construction labor productivity in 2025.[43]
  • 4.4% of U.S. gross domestic product was attributable to construction in 2025.[43]

Quality management in the contracting industry

  • 56% of construction professionals identified different QA/QC standards across sites and trades as their biggest quality-management challenge in 2025.[44]
  • 77% of construction professionals reported inconsistent QA/QC documentation processes in PlanRadar’s 2025 international survey.[44]
  • 0.38% of contract value was the average field-rework cost found in a 2025 study of construction projects, excluding post-completion costs.[45]
  • One-third of construction companies without consistent QA/QC standards kept rework costs below 5% of budget in 2025.[44]
  • 50% was the higher warranty exposure reported for construction teams without a set QA/QC standard in 2025.[44]

Supply chain in the contracting industry

  • 41% of construction firms accelerated purchases after winning contracts in 2024.[2]
  • 63% of contractors used alternative materials to respond to or avoid supply-chain disruptions in 2024.[4]
  • 58% of contractors reported significant supply-chain disruptions during the previous year in the 2024 Contractor Survey.[4]
  • 77% of contractors used alternative suppliers to respond to or avoid supply-chain disruptions in 2024.[4]
  • 62% of contractors accelerated purchasing to respond to or avoid supply-chain disruptions in 2024.[4]

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.[6]
  • 11% of income in Australian civil engineering, non-residential building and related construction came from subcontracting in 2025.[6]
  • 46.5% of Australian construction-industry input costs came from outsourced services in 2024, including labour hire, consultants and capital rentals.[6]
  • 41% of Australian infrastructure construction was completed by subcontractors in 2025, according to Infrastructure Australia’s analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data.[6]
  • 30% of costs in Australian infrastructure construction flowed to external construction services in 2025.[6]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing pressure persists: U.S. construction prices for intermediate demand increased 4.8% from September 2025 to September 2026, and materials and components rose 5.7%. Cash-flow timing affects accept decisions, with 39% reporting timing sometimes influenced acceptance in 2026.

Pricing strategy in the contracting industry

  • 49% of architecture and engineering firms expected revenue growth in 2024 in the Grassi industry survey.[19]
  • 36% was the approximate U.S. increase in national bid prices from January 2021 to January 2023.[46]
  • 51% of subcontractors expected revenue growth in 2024 in the Grassi construction survey.[19]
  • 83% of surveyed U.S. contractors anticipated vendor price increases in the 2026 General Contractor Sentiment Survey.[47]
  • 63% of general contractors expected revenue growth in 2024 in the Grassi construction survey.[19]

Cost reduction in the contracting industry

  • 43% of construction firms reported project postponements or cancellations caused by rising costs in 2024.[2]
  • 54% of construction firms identified materials costs as an industry concern in the 2024 AGC outlook survey.[2]
  • 41% of construction firms reported project postponements or cancellations caused by reduced funding availability in 2024.[2]
  • 81% of general contractors reported higher overhead costs during the previous 12 months in the 2024 Grassi survey.[19]
  • 58% of construction firms identified rising direct labor costs as an industry concern in the 2024 AGC outlook survey.[2]

Profitability in the contracting industry

  • 30.3% was the average return on equity for construction companies in fiscal 2025.[48]
  • 9.0% was the average EBITDA margin for construction companies in fiscal 2025.[48]
  • 29 times was the average times-interest-earned ratio for construction companies in fiscal 2025.[48]
  • 1.6 was the average current ratio for construction companies in fiscal 2025.[48]
  • 4.8% was the typical construction-company revenue growth rate in fiscal 2025.[48]

Financial planning in the contracting industry

  • 29% of construction executives reported labor shortages causing a project delay or cancellation in 2023.[49]
  • 39% of surveyed commercial construction contractors and subcontractors said cash-flow timing sometimes influenced whether they accepted a project in 2026.[50]
  • 38% of construction executives reported that securing project financing caused a delay or cancellation in 2023.[49]
  • 55% of construction executives expected the interest-rate environment to cause project delays or cancellations in the future in the 2024 Marcum survey.[49]
  • 90% of surveyed commercial construction contractors and subcontractors had passed on a profitable project because of cash-flow timing at their company in 2026.[50]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Software usage is present but not universal: 25% of construction projects used schedule-management software in 2025. Owner-facing expectations also show that repeat customers drive 73% of U.S. contractors’ expected 2026 work.

Product development in the contracting industry

  • 15.8% of U.S. construction companies reported product or business-process innovation during 2020–2022.[51]
  • 5.4% of U.S. construction companies reported product innovation during 2020–2022.[51]
  • 71% of construction-services respondents rated processes and operations as important to their organization’s future growth.[52]
  • 67% of construction-services respondents rated data management and analytics as important to their organization’s future growth.[52]
  • 64% of Australian building and construction organizations invested in data and digitalisation during the previous 12 months, supporting innovation in project delivery.[6]

Product lifecycle in the contracting industry

  • 86.3% of construction professionals used cloud computing in 2025, supporting information continuity across project stages.[53]
  • 25% of construction projects used schedule-management software in 2025.[9]
  • 24% of construction projects used building-operations or maintenance software in 2025.[9]
  • 28.6% of construction product suppliers used a product-information-management system or similar system in 2025.[53]
  • 73.4% of construction product manufacturers and suppliers provided BIM or digital objects for at least some products in 2025.[54]

After-sales in the contracting industry

  • 31.42% of surveyed homeowners said poor listening or communication made them least likely to hire a contractor in 2025.[38]
  • 27% of U.S. contractors’ expected work in 2026 came from new customers.[4]
  • 32.6% of surveyed homeowners said unclear quotes made them least likely to hire a contractor in 2025.[38]
  • 15.89% of surveyed homeowners identified warranties and guarantees as a very important factor when selecting a contractor for 2025 work.[38]
  • 73% of U.S. contractors’ expected work in 2026 came from repeat customers.[4]

Value proposition in the contracting industry

  • 82% of U.S. contractors expected their 2026 work to be performed inside their region.[4]
  • 11.07% of surveyed homeowners identified contractor availability as an influential selection factor in 2025.[38]
  • 44% of U.S. contractors expected their 2026 work to be won privately or on a sole-source basis.[4]
  • 65.78% of surveyed homeowners rated price as very important when selecting a contractor for 2025 work.[38]
  • 56% of U.S. contractors expected their 2026 work to be won through bidding.[4]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Ethics and sustainability show as operational constraints and governance concerns, with 84% of surveyed construction professionals considering good ethical practice an important goal. Circular and carbon impacts are quantified, including 220 million metric tons of carbon emissions tied annually to construction waste in the U.S.

Sustainability in the contracting industry

  • 40% of construction companies increased their climate ambition in 2024, according to a sector analysis of corporate targets.[7]
  • 38% was the increase in interest in sustainable built assets in Asia-Pacific.[55]
  • 54% was the increase in interest in sustainable built assets among investors and occupiers in the United Kingdom.[55]
  • 52% of built-environment professionals globally said policy has a high impact on sustainability trends and practices.[55]
  • 54% of construction companies were on track to meet Scope 3 climate targets in 2024.[7]

Ethics in the contracting industry

  • 84% of surveyed construction professionals considered good ethical practice an important organizational goal.[56]
  • 67% of surveyed construction professionals had witnessed or experienced negligence.[56]
  • 45% of surveyed construction professionals said their employing organization had an ethical code of conduct.[56]
  • 44% of surveyed construction professionals had witnessed or experienced collusive tendering.[56]
  • 26% of surveyed construction professionals had witnessed or experienced bribery.[56]

CSR in the contracting industry

  • 20% of surveyed construction professionals had witnessed or experienced violations of environmental ethics.[56]
  • 13.2% of construction engineering and management respondents identified conflicts of interest as a critical ethical challenge.[57]
  • 84% of surveyed construction professionals said ethical practice should balance client requirements with impacts on the public.[56]
  • 19.1% of construction engineering and management respondents identified environmental violations as a critical ethical challenge.[57]
  • 93% of surveyed construction professionals agreed that business ethics should be driven or governed by personal ethics.[56]

Circular economy in the contracting industry

  • Nearly 65% of global construction and demolition waste consists of inert materials such as concrete, bricks and asphalt.[58]
  • Up to 75% of embodied-carbon emissions could be cut by 2050 through circular strategies in the built environment.[58]
  • $234 billion to $360 billion is the estimated annual net-value potential of circular construction.[58]
  • 38% of emissions from building materials could be cut by 2050 in a circular built-environment scenario.[58]
  • 2.2 billion metric tons of carbon emissions could be avoided by 2050 through circular reduction of virgin-material demand.[58]

Carbon footprint in the contracting industry

  • 220 million metric tons of carbon emissions are associated annually with construction waste in the United States.[58]
  • Construction accounts for about 40% of global energy use.[59]
  • Construction accounts for more than 30% of global greenhouse-gas emissions.[59]
  • The carbon footprint of unsustainable construction materials increased 3.8-fold between 1995 and 2022.[60]
  • 37% of construction-industry carbon emissions in 2022 came collectively from transport, services, light and heavy machinery, and on-site emissions.[60]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Large-project work is global, with $765.4 billion in contracts won outside domestic countries by ENR’s Top 250 international contractors. China accounted for more than half of 2024 revenue generated by the world’s 100 largest listed construction companies.

Globalization in the contracting industry

  • $1.978 trillion was the combined 2024 revenue of the world’s 100 largest listed construction companies.[21]
  • More than half of the 2024 revenue of the world’s 100 largest listed construction companies came from China-based companies.[21]
  • $765.4 billion in contracts were won outside domestic countries by ENR’s Top 250 international contractors in the latest survey.[65]
  • 4.8% was the latest annual increase in median international revenue among ENR’s Top 250 international contractors.[65]
  • $163 billion was China Railway Group’s 2024 revenue, including $7.4 billion generated outside China.[74]

Supplier management in the contracting industry

  • 82% of surveyed construction companies reported financial losses from supplier or subcontractor insolvency in the preceding 12 months.[25]
  • 27% of surveyed construction companies reported significant financial losses from intensified competition or supply-chain issues.[25]
  • 55% of construction respondents reported having no regular formal subcontractor performance review process.[25]
  • 75% of construction companies reporting supplier or subcontractor insolvency losses said the loss exceeded $1 million.[25]
  • 77% of surveyed construction respondents reported greater demand from subcontractors for shorter payment terms.[25]

Distribution channels in the contracting industry

  • 9.1% of construction top-of-funnel leads came from cold calling in 2024.[75]
  • 25.5% of Canadian construction enterprises had no web presence of any kind for reference year 2023.[76]
  • 17.4% of construction top-of-funnel leads came from paid lead-generation websites in 2024.[75]
  • 59.9% of Canadian construction enterprises had a company website for reference year 2023.[76]
  • 98% of construction leads still required telephone contact to complete conversion in 2024.[75]

Key questions about the contracting industry

How large is the global construction contracting market, and what is the 2030 forecast?
The global construction contracting market was valued at $11.39 trillion in 2024 and is projected to reach $16.11 trillion by 2030.
What growth rate does the market forecast imply for 2024–2030?
Deloitte projects growth from $11.39 trillion in 2024 to $16.11 trillion by 2030, implying an approximate 6.0% compound annual growth rate over 2024–2030.
Which companies lead the contracting industry?
Grupo ACS leads Gitnux's 2026 contracting ranking with an Overall score of 9.1, with revenue growth 19.7% and operating margin 4.2%. VINCI is the highest-ranked infrastructure contractor at 9.0, with operating margin 12.8%.
What technology shifts are showing measurable adoption among construction professionals?
In 2026, 72.2% of construction project professionals used AI at least weekly and 48.1% used it daily or more often. In 2024, 38% reported using building information modelling and 47% reported using data analytics.
How fragmented is the contracting market, and what concentration indicator exists?
The global construction contracting industry remains vast and fragmented, while large firms still control project volume. ENR Top 400 U.S. contractor revenue was $671.4 billion in 2025, up 11.8% from the prior year.
Where do contractors see risk that affects delivery performance?
Labor availability is a major constraint: 92% of construction firms surveyed by AGC reported difficulty finding workers, and 45% said shortages caused project delays in 2025. In addition, 52% of construction organizations reported increased ransomware attacks between November 2023 and November 2024 in the Marsh/ENR specialty-contractor risk survey.
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