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Engineering and Construction Industry Statistics

With the global AEC software and construction management markets already hitting $9.2 billion and $5.6 billion respectively in 2023, the real story is how builders are fighting cost and schedule drag that averages $300 billion in global delay losses each year. Pair that pressure with BIM delivering a 3.0x efficiency lift and up to 20–30% fewer design errors while digital tools spread to 62% of firms using them for control, and you get a clear tension between where money leaks and where performance gains are most likely to stick.
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Engineering and Construction Industry Statistics
Gabrielle FontaineWritten by Gabrielle Fontaine·Edited by Nathan Caldwell·Fact-checked by Nicholas Chambers
Published ·Updated
How this report is researched
01Editorial Scope

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02Source Research

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01 Industry overview

The engineering and construction industry at a glance

U.S. construction activity was running at a $2.186 trillion seasonally adjusted annual rate in September 2026, although year-to-date spending was 2.9% below 2025 as residential activity weakened while data centers and energy infrastructure supported nonresidential demand.

$2.186T[93]
U.S. construction spending, September 2026
$671.4B[20]
Top 400 contractor revenue, 2025
1.4M[93]
Housing permits, September 2026
6.4M[94]
Construction and extraction jobs, May 2025
Market size
U.S. construction spending totaled $2.164 trillion in 2025, comprising $917.4 billion in residential and $1.247 trillion in nonresidential construction. In September 2026, the seasonally adjusted annual rate was $2.186 trillion.[93]
Forecast & CAGR
The global buildings and construction market is projected to rise from $11.39 trillion in 2024 to $16.11 trillion in 2030, equivalent to an implied compound annual growth rate of approximately 5.9%. In the United States, Deloitte projects structures investment to grow nearly 1.8% in 2026.[95][10]
Market share & regions
In September 2026, U.S. private construction represented $1.639 trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, compared with $546.8 billion for public construction. Nonresidential construction accounted for $790.6 billion of the private-sector rate, while residential construction accounted for $848.8 billion.[93]
Segmentation
U.S. 2025 construction spending was split between $917.4 billion of residential work and $1.247 trillion of nonresidential work. Within private construction through August 2026, year-to-date spending was $594.1 billion for residential and $499.3 billion for nonresidential projects, with office spending up 13.8% year over year and manufacturing spending down 21.8%.[93]
Key players & concentration
The 400 largest U.S.-based general contractors reported $671.4 billion of construction-contracting revenue in 2025, up 11.8% from the prior year. The ten largest firms represented 23.3% of Top 400 revenue, indicating concentration among major contractors but a substantial long tail of smaller firms.[20]
Pricing
Construction input pricing remained elevated: the Producer Price Index for inputs to stage-3 construction producers increased 6.9% year over year in August 2026, while Deloitte reported construction wages up 4.2% year over year in August 2025. Tariffs and labor scarcity are encouraging indexed pricing and greater domestic sourcing.[94][10]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Data centers and energy infrastructure are the strongest current growth drivers: U.S. data-center power demand is projected by Deloitte to rise from 33 gigawatts in 2024 to 176 gigawatts by 2035. The sector also faces a projected need for 499,000 additional workers in 2026, alongside permitting, materials-cost and supply-chain constraints.[10]
Consumer behavior & competition
Residential demand indicators weakened in September 2026: permits fell 3.0% year over year to a 1.400 million annual rate, housing starts fell 7.4% to 1.221 million, and completions fell 14.0% to 1.192 million. Competition is shifting toward data centers, energy infrastructure and other engineering-intensive projects as commercial activity outside those segments remains softer.[93][10]
M&A
HOCHTIEF announced its acquisition of German power-transmission specialist Autmatec in 2026; Autmatec generated approximately €50 million in 2026 revenue and employed about 80 specialists. The transaction is intended to expand HOCHTIEF’s energy-infrastructure and transmission-line construction capabilities and remained subject to German merger-control clearance.[96]
Regulation
Workplace safety remains a major regulatory issue: construction recorded 1,034 fatal work injuries in the United States in 2024, with a fatality rate of 9.2 per 100,000 full-time-equivalent workers. OSHA’s construction standards and enforcement priorities therefore remain material to project compliance, insurance and labor costs.[94][72]
Latest news
PwC’s global 2026 engineering and construction outlook, released November 6, 2026, estimates that data-center construction connected to the AI infrastructure build-out could channel $3.2 trillion into the construction sector through 2050. The development reinforces the sector’s shift toward power, cooling, transmission and large-scale digital infrastructure.[8]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Engineering And Construction Industry

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

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

Verdict

Bechtel stands out since it reports 2024 backlog revenue of USD 58.2 billion in EPC, infrastructure, and energy projects, while ACS Group stands out thanks to operating margin of 4.2% in civil engineering, buildings, and infrastructure work.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in engineering, procurement and construction

    Bechtel

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.3 · Engineering, procurement and construction

    Why we picked it: It serves EPC, infrastructure, and energy projects globally, supported by USD 58.2B 2024 backlog revenue.

    See in ranking ↓Visit bechtel.com ↗

  2. #2 overall

    ACS Group

    ES

    Ranked #2 · 9.2 · Engineering, procurement and construction

    Why we picked it: It operates in civil engineering, buildings, and infrastructure, with operating margin of 4.2%.

    See in ranking ↓Visit grupoacs.com ↗

  3. #3 overall

    VINCI

    FR

    Ranked #3 · 8.9 · Engineering, procurement and construction

    Why we picked it: It delivers construction work and energy systems and concessions, with EUR 33.2B construction revenue across 120+ countries.

    See in ranking ↓Visit vinci.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. No other segment places in the top 5, so picks 2 and 3 follow rank.

Full ranking

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

Bechtel

Engineering, procurement and construction · US

9.3
2

ACS Group

Engineering, procurement and construction · ES

9.2
3

VINCI

Engineering, procurement and construction · FR

8.9
4

Larsen & Toubro

Engineering, procurement and construction · IN

8.8
5

Kiewit

Engineering, procurement and construction · US

8.7
6

STRABAG

Transport, building and civil engineering, Europe · AT

8.7
7

China State Construction Engineering Corporation

Buildings, infrastructure and real estate, global · CN

8.2
8

Obayashi

Building, civil engineering and infrastructure, global · JP

8.0
9

Fluor

Engineering, procurement and construction, global · US

7.9
10

Bouygues

Buildings, civil works and roads, global · FR

7.6

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

Gabrielle Fontaine. (2026, February 13). Top 10 companies in the engineering and construction industry. In Engineering And Construction Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/engineering-and-construction-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Projection

U.S. total construction value put in place

U.S. total construction value put in place grew from $1.8T in 2022 to $2.2T in 2025.

$1.8T
Start
+6.48%
CAGR · 3y
$2.2T
Projected
20222025
source-verifiedcensus.gov2025

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

AI adoption is already measured at scale: 68% of construction and engineering firms invested at least $250,000 in AI during the 24 months before the 2026 report.

AI in the engineering and construction industry

  • 68% of construction and engineering firms invested at least $250,000 in AI during the 24 months before the 2026 report.[1]
  • 94% of AEC professionals already using AI said they would increase usage in 2026.[2]
  • 58% of construction respondents identified planning and feasibility as an AI-adoption function in 2026.[1]
  • 15% of construction organizations reported full AI integration in the 2026 BRG survey.[1]
  • 46% of construction respondents identified a lack of skilled personnel as a barrier to AI adoption in 2025.[3]
  • 15% of construction respondents said their organizations were already actively using AI in 2025.[3]

Automation in the engineering and construction industry

  • 43% of construction respondents reported AI implementation in operations in the 2026 BRG survey.[1]
  • 40% of construction respondents reported AI implementation in post-construction activities in 2026.[1]
  • 78% of construction and engineering firms in the IFS survey trusted AI for automation and operations decisions.[4]

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

  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 38% were already using building information modelling in 2024.[5]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 47% were already using data analytics 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]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 41% were already using mobile apps in 2024.[5]

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.[7]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 35% reported experience using advanced building materials.[7]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 44% reported experience using building information modelling.[7]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 11% reported experience using artificial intelligence.[7]

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

  • Among capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 2% neither used cloud technology nor planned to use it within 12 months in 2025.[8]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 9% planned to adopt cloud technology within the next 12 months in 2025.[8]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 89% were currently using cloud technology in 2025.[8]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 43% were already using construction-management cloud software in 2024.[5]

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

  • Across construction businesses, the average company captures 11 of 13 data types but analyzes only 8, 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.[8]
  • Across global real estate owners and investors, 61% remain dependent on legacy technology infrastructures, according to Deloitte’s 2024 outlook survey.[10]
  • Across real estate companies, 13% have access to real-time business intelligence and analytics, according to the 2024 commercial real estate outlook.[10]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 30% planned to adopt big data and Internet-of-Things technologies within 12 months in 2025.[8]
  • Across construction businesses, 33% analyze financial data and use it to inform business decisions, while 86% capture it, in 2023.[9]

Blockchain in the engineering and construction industry

  • 184 new blockchain products emerged in the construction and real-estate ecosystem in 2025.[11]
  • 134 blockchain products serving construction or real estate ceased operations in 2025.[11]
  • 13% was the year-on-year growth in active blockchain products serving construction or real estate in 2025.[11]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Data use remains constrained by governance and cross-system sharing, with 62% of collected and analyzed data not used to make business decisions.

Business intelligence in the engineering and construction industry

  • 80% of surveyed construction companies were not classified as data leaders in the Deloitte–Autodesk study.[12]
  • 62% of data collected and analyzed by construction companies was not used to make business decisions.[12]
  • 2.7 percentage points was the modeled annual expected-profit-growth increase associated with moving from beginner to leader data capabilities in construction.[13]
  • 3 data types out of 13 were collected, analyzed and used for business decision-making on average by construction businesses.[13]
  • 50% higher average annual profit growth was associated with construction companies classified as data leaders rather than data beginners.[12]
  • 11.5 hours per week was the time construction leaders spent looking for and analyzing data.[12]

Data analytics in the engineering and construction industry

  • 38% of engineering and construction businesses were already using BIM in the 2024 Deloitte Access Economics survey.[5]
  • 21% of engineering and construction businesses were already using digital twins in the 2024 survey.[5]
  • 30% of engineering and construction businesses were already using artificial intelligence and machine learning in the 2024 survey.[5]
  • 32% of engineering and construction businesses were already using non-destructive testing in the 2024 survey.[5]
  • 33% of engineering and construction businesses planned to implement digital twins in the future in the 2024 survey.[5]
  • 39% of engineering and construction businesses planned to implement artificial intelligence and machine learning in the future in the 2024 survey.[5]

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

  • Across UK housing providers, 48% were totally confident in their real-estate asset data in 2022, compared with 34% confident in management and maintenance data.[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 construction professionals, 72% said they spend more than three hours gathering and preparing data before it is ready for analysis in a 2026 survey.[16]
  • 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.[17]
  • Across UK housing providers, only 23% were confident in tenant or customer data in 2022, the lowest confidence level among the data categories surveyed.[14]
  • Across construction professionals, 76% said departments frequently or occasionally work from different systems and data sources in a 2026 survey.[16]

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

  • Across US construction owners, 45% did not provide regular data training in the 2024–2025 survey period, limiting governance capability and consistent data use.[18]
  • 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.[17]
  • Across US construction owners requiring data governance plans, 19% required them on a majority of projects in the 2024–2025 survey period.[18]
  • Across US construction owners, 11% required project teams to use data standards on all projects in the 2024–2025 survey period.[18]
  • Across construction businesses, 10% reported in 2023 that they did not have a well-defined data governance policy.[13]
  • Across US construction owners, 45% required project teams to define a data governance plan in the 2024–2025 survey period.[18]

KPIs in the engineering and construction industry

  • 51% was the median reported measurability score for rework rate among construction-project KPIs in 2024.[19]
  • 44% was the median reported measurability score for construction-schedule predictability among project KPIs in 2024.[19]
  • 40% was the median reported measurability score for construction-cost predictability among project KPIs in 2024.[19]
  • 50% was the median reported measurability score for time savings among construction-project KPIs in 2024.[19]
  • 54% was the median reported measurability score for schedule efficiency among construction-project KPIs in 2024.[19]
  • 56% was the median reported measurability score for cost efficiency among construction-project KPIs in a 2024 study.[19]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Growth expectations tie to digitized workflows and asset-focused adoption, with 54% of capital-projects and infrastructure respondents currently using end-to-end digitized workflows in 2025.

Growth in the engineering and construction industry

  • 63% of international contractors surveyed for ENR’s 2024 ranking reported increased revenue.[20]
  • The global construction market is expected to grow from $11.39 trillion in 2024 to $16.11 trillion in 2030.[10]
  • 31.7% of Samsung C&T’s revenue was generated internationally in 2025.[21]
  • 92.7% of 165 international contractors reporting profit trends to ENR were profitable in 2024.[20]
  • 39.0% of Hyundai Engineering & Construction’s revenue was generated internationally in 2025.[21]
  • 54% of international contractors reporting backlog for ENR’s 2024 ranking said backlog increased.[20]

Differentiation in the engineering and construction industry

  • 30% of businesses surveyed in the AEC sector were already using artificial intelligence and machine learning in 2024.[5]
  • 64% of capital-projects and infrastructure respondents currently used building information modelling in 2025.[8]
  • 54% of capital-projects and infrastructure respondents currently used end-to-end digitized workflows in 2025.[8]
  • 51% of capital-projects and infrastructure respondents currently used artificial intelligence and machine learning in 2025.[8]
  • 53% of capital-projects and infrastructure respondents currently used generative artificial intelligence in 2025.[8]
  • 45% of capital-projects and infrastructure respondents currently used prefabrication or modular construction in 2025.[8]

Mergers and acquisitions in the engineering and construction industry

  • 528 construction-industry M&A deals were completed between August 2023 and July 2024.[10]
  • $14 billion was the value of private-equity-backed construction M&A deals completed between August 2023 and July 2024.[10]
  • More than $38 billion was the value of construction-industry M&A deals completed between August 2023 and July 2024.[10]
  • 112 private-equity-backed construction M&A deals were completed between August 2023 and July 2024.[10]

Strategic partnerships in the engineering and construction industry

  • 24.6% was the 2024 increase in international construction turnover for major French construction groups.[22]
  • 52 Japanese construction companies were covered by the Overseas Construction Association of Japan’s fiscal 2025 overseas-contract survey.[23]
  • 22.2% of major French construction groups’ international turnover came from transport infrastructure in 2024.[22]
  • 38.5% of major French construction groups’ international turnover came from energy activities in 2024, following acquisitions and external-growth partnerships.[22]
  • 21.1% was the 2024 increase in international environment and water turnover for major French construction groups.[22]
  • $218 million was the value of the February 2024 acquisition of Leonbro by a consortium of private-equity firms serving infrastructure builders.[24]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce gaps persist as a structural constraint, with a projected need for 439,000 additional construction workers in the United States in 2025 and 198,000 U.S. construction workers quitting in September 2026.

Hiring in the engineering and construction industry

  • 26% of the U.S. construction workforce was composed of immigrants in 2024.[25]
  • 70% of electrical-industry supervisors were reported to be baby boomers nearing retirement in 2026.[25]
  • 439,000 additional workers were estimated to be required by the U.S. construction industry in 2025.[26]
  • 198,000 U.S. construction workers quit their jobs in September 2026.[27]
  • 35% of large construction-firm respondents named hiring and retention risk as their top business challenge entering 2025.[20]

Employee retention in the engineering and construction industry

  • 13.6% was the employee turnover rate among surveyed construction firms in 2023.[28]
  • 83% of construction firms reported at least some turnover among new field employees during their first 90 days in 2026.[29]
  • 58% of construction-specialty-contractor respondents identified employee retention and turnover as their top labor challenge for 2025.[20]
  • 14% of construction firms reported having no retention strategy for new field employees in 2026.[29]
  • 68.2% was the average annual turnover rate reported for the U.S. construction workforce in 2025.[30]

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

  • About 9% of U.S. construction workers worked remotely at least sometimes during October 2023–September 2024, including hybrid and fully remote work.[31]
  • In 2024, 2.7% of construction positions were fully remote in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[32]
  • 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.[33]
  • In 2024, 23.7% of finance, insurance and real-estate positions were fully remote in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[32]

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

  • In 2024, 15.0% of construction positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[32]
  • In 2024, 43% of surveyed real-estate executives identified flexible workday schedules as a leading talent-acquisition and retention action.[10]
  • In 2024, 55.8% of finance, insurance and real-estate positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[32]
  • 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.[17]

Upskilling in the engineering and construction industry

  • 35% of construction and engineering respondents disagreed that insufficient employee knowledge would limit AI adoption.[4]
  • 29% of construction and engineering firms cited recruiting skilled employees as a major AI concern in the IFS survey.[4]
  • 71% of construction and engineering firms expected at least half of their workforce to require retraining or reskilling for AI in the IFS survey.[4]

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

  • Across construction and heavy industry, Rewards received the lowest reported driver score at 6.95 out of 10 in 2026.[34]
  • 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.[35]
  • In North American construction and heavy industry, employees scored 8.67 out of 10 for engagement in the 2026 benchmark.[34]
  • Across construction and heavy industry, the average employee eNPS was +24 in the 2026 benchmark.[34]
  • Across construction and heavy industry, Meaningful Work received the highest driver score at 8.45 out of 10 in 2026.[34]

DEI in the engineering and construction industry

  • More than 4% of new U.S. construction apprentices were women in 2024.[36]
  • Nearly one-quarter of new U.S. construction apprentices were women or minorities in 2024.[36]
  • More than 18% of new U.S. construction apprentices were from minority groups in 2024.[36]
  • 10.8% of employees in the overall U.S. construction industry were women in December 2023.[37]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Customer experience in the engineering and construction industry

  • 53% of specialty trade contractors said repeat clients represented their work portfolio in the global preconstruction survey in 2021.[38]
  • 40% of above-average contractors reported higher client satisfaction in the global preconstruction survey, compared with 33% of average contractors and 30% of below-average contractors in 2021.[38]
  • 51% of general contractors said repeat clients represented their work portfolio in the global preconstruction survey in 2021.[38]

Customer retention in the engineering and construction industry

  • 53% of residential contractors ranked customer retention as a business priority in the United States in 2026.[39]
  • 58% of work performed by residential service contractors came from repeat customers in 2022.[40]
  • 39% of revenue for residential service contractors came from repeat customers in 2022.[40]
  • 31% of residential contractors ranked new customer acquisition as a business priority in the United States in 2026.[39]

Customer acquisition in the engineering and construction industry

  • 71% of residential service contractors’ business volume came from word-of-mouth referrals in 2022.[40]
  • 53% of builders reported referrals and word-of-mouth as a source of new business in the construction industry in 2026.[41]
  • 2% of commercial construction website visitors converted on their first visit in the United States in 2022.[42]
  • 40% of construction professionals reported generating sales leads through social media marketing in the United States in 2011.[43]

Lead generation in the engineering and construction industry

  • 9.1% of construction top-of-funnel conversions came from cold calling in the 2024 outreach report.[44]
  • 19.8% of construction top-of-funnel conversions came from email marketing in the 2024 outreach report.[44]
  • 17.4% of construction top-of-funnel conversions came from paid lead sites in the 2024 outreach report.[44]
  • 94% of A/E/C marketers cited social media as a key lead-generation channel in the 2024 survey.[45]
  • 45.9% of building companies identified generating quality leads as their biggest challenge in the 2024 SORCI survey.[46]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Marketing outcomes stay hard to connect to transactions: 45.9% of building companies identified generating quality leads as their biggest challenge in 2024.

Marketing in the engineering and construction industry

  • 45.9% of building companies identified generating quality leads as their biggest challenge in 2024.[46]
  • 50.8% of United States builders never posted on Instagram in 2024.[46]
  • 66.5% of builders did not create a single article during the 2023 reporting year.[46]
  • 43.5% of builders never posted on Facebook in 2024.[46]
  • 32.4% of building companies publishing at least 12 articles annually achieved a contract markup of at least 33% in 2023.[46]

Digital marketing in the engineering and construction industry

  • 35% of construction companies using video platforms used YouTube in the United States in 2022.[42]
  • 15% of construction companies using video platforms used Vimeo in the United States in 2022.[42]
  • One-third of construction companies actively used Facebook in the United States in 2022.[42]
  • 17.7% of construction companies used custom audiences to improve social-media campaign targeting in the United States in 2022.[42]
  • 65% of construction companies used a tag-management tool in the United States in 2022.[42]

Branding in the engineering and construction industry

  • 41% of construction marketing roles called for social-media work in the 2026 analysis.[41]
  • 44% of construction marketing roles called for design or creative work in the 2026 analysis.[41]
  • 63% of A/E/C marketing roles called for events or field marketing in the 2026 analysis of construction marketing job postings.[41]
  • 57% of construction businesses used social media for branding only rather than lead generation in the cited construction-industry analysis.[47]
  • 69% of construction professionals reported increased company awareness from social media marketing in the United States in 2011.[43]

Social media in the engineering and construction industry

  • 35% of active design and construction social-media users used Instagram in 2025.[48]
  • 92% of construction professionals used LinkedIn in 2017.[43]
  • 20% of residential construction workers regularly used TikTok in the United States in 2024.[49]
  • 97% of A/E/C professionals used social media in their marketing programs in 2017.[43]
  • 73% of residential construction workers regularly used Facebook in the United States in 2024.[49]

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.[49]
  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 52% said social media generated the highest number of quality leads in the previous 12 months in 2024.[50]
  • Across U.S. prospective home buyers, 42% preferred Instagram for communication with a real estate agent in 2025, compared with 47% preferring Facebook.[51]
  • 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.[51]
  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 15% used TikTok for business in 2024, while 10% used X (formerly Twitter).[50]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Productivity and delivery metrics track returns from digital methods, with 81% of construction and engineering businesses reporting strong returns or positive ROI from construction-management software in 2024.

Process optimization in the engineering and construction industry

  • 82% of construction and engineering businesses reported strong business returns or positive ROI from prefabrication and modular construction in 2024.[5]
  • 73% of construction and engineering businesses reported strong business returns or positive ROI from digital twins in 2024.[5]
  • 81% of construction and engineering businesses reported strong business returns or positive ROI from construction-management software in 2024.[5]
  • 78% of construction and engineering businesses reported strong business returns or positive ROI from drones in 2024.[5]
  • 80% of construction and engineering businesses reported strong business returns or positive ROI from building information modelling in 2024.[5]

Operational efficiency in the engineering and construction industry

  • 26% of surveyed building and construction businesses used productive worker time as a share of total worker time as a productivity metric in Australia in 2024.[6]
  • 27% of surveyed building and construction businesses used output per worker-hour as a productivity metric in Australia in 2024.[6]
  • 40% of surveyed building and construction businesses used total project costs versus total material costs as a productivity metric in Australia in 2024.[6]
  • 8% of surveyed building and construction businesses measured rework rate as a productivity metric in Australia in 2024.[6]
  • 22% of surveyed building and construction businesses used total project cost per unit of project scope as a productivity metric in Australia in 2024.[6]

Quality management in the engineering and construction industry

  • Rework was reported to reduce construction companies’ annual profit by up to 28%, according to an Australian industry synthesis cited in 2024.[6]
  • 43% of non-conformance cases involved rework across 125 infrastructure projects in a 2026 research study.[52]
  • Nearly 60% of construction professionals who quantified schedule effects said quality issues added more than two weeks on average in a 2025 survey.[53]
  • Almost 25% of construction professionals reported that quality-related delays extended beyond one month in a 2025 survey.[53]

Supply chain in the engineering and construction industry

  • 54% of contractors stockpiled materials to respond to or avoid supply-chain disruptions in the 2024 Canadian contractor survey.[7]
  • 77% of contractors used alternative suppliers to respond to or avoid supply-chain disruptions in the 2024 Canadian contractor survey.[7]
  • 63% of contractors used alternative materials to respond to or avoid supply-chain disruptions in the 2024 Canadian contractor survey.[7]
  • 58% of contractors reported significant supply-chain disruptions during the previous year in the 2024 Canadian contractor survey.[7]
  • 62% of contractors accelerated purchasing to respond to or avoid supply-chain disruptions in the 2024 Canadian contractor survey.[7]

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]
  • $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.[54]
  • 41% of Australian infrastructure construction was completed by subcontractors in 2025, according to Infrastructure Australia’s analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data.[6]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing pressure shows up in elevated construction input costs, with the Producer Price Index for inputs to stage-3 construction producers up 6.9% year over year in August 2026.

Pricing strategy in the engineering and construction industry

  • 83% of construction survey respondents estimated their average bid cost at between $50,000 and $100,000 in the 2024 BDO survey.[55]
  • 72% of contractors used alternative materials to mitigate supply-chain disruption in the 2023 Canadian contractor survey.[7]
  • 43% of U.S. construction firms said projects were postponed or canceled because of rising construction or insurance costs in 2024.[56]
  • 17% per year was the approximate annualized increase in U.S. national bid prices between January 2021 and January 2023.[57]
  • 41% of U.S. construction firms said projects were postponed or canceled because of reduced funding availability in 2024.[56]

Cost reduction in the engineering and construction industry

  • 79% of construction and engineering businesses reported strong business returns or positive ROI from construction wearables in 2024.[5]
  • 25% of U.S. construction firms specified alternative materials or products to manage supply-chain and cost pressures in 2024.[56]
  • 10% of U.S. construction firms stockpiled items before winning contracts to manage supply-chain and cost pressures in 2024.[56]
  • 41% of U.S. construction firms accelerated purchases after winning contracts to manage supply-chain and cost pressures in 2024.[56]
  • 79% of construction and engineering businesses reported strong business returns or positive ROI from non-destructive testing in 2024.[5]

Profitability in the engineering and construction industry

  • 12% was the operating-profit-on-net-revenue rate for other architecture and engineering firms in 2024.[28]
  • 33% was the operating-profit-on-net-revenue rate for large architecture and engineering firms in 2024.[28]
  • 11.3% was the operating-profit-on-net-revenue rate for bottom-quartile architecture and engineering firms in 2024.[28]
  • 20% was the operating-profit-on-net-revenue rate for medium architecture and engineering firms in 2024.[28]
  • 19% was the operating-profit-on-net-revenue rate for small architecture and engineering firms in 2024.[28]

Financial planning in the engineering and construction industry

  • 36% of owners reported that payment overages or delays had cost them money in a North American construction survey published in 2023.[38]
  • 47% of U.S. construction professionals said cash-flow problems reduced profits in the 2021 construction payments survey.[58]
  • 33% of U.S. construction professionals said cash-flow problems delayed projects in the 2021 construction payments survey.[58]
  • 30% of U.S. construction professionals said cash-flow problems forced their companies to take out loans in the 2021 construction payments survey.[58]
  • 69% of construction companies still used paper checks for payments in a 2024 construction payments survey.[59]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Digital product content affects evaluation workflows, and 30% of 1,352 AEC professionals surveyed in 2025 started building-product search on BIMobject.

Product development in the engineering and construction industry

  • 30% of 1,352 AEC professionals surveyed in 2025 started their building-product search on BIMobject, making it the leading reported discovery channel.[60]
  • 49% of AEC professionals rated BIM objects as the most valuable type of digital product content in 2025.[60]
  • 66% of AEC professionals used a downloaded BIM object in a project model in 2025.[60]
  • 27% of AEC professionals downloaded BIM content for product evaluation in 2025.[60]
  • 39% of AEC professionals used digital product information to research building-product options in 2025.[60]

Product lifecycle in the engineering and construction industry

  • 36% of organizations could predict physical-asset failures before occurrence in the 2025 comparison group.[61]
  • 56% of organizations said they could predict physical-asset failures before they occurred in the 2026 Asset Lifecycle Report.[61]
  • 32% of organizations incorporated facilities-condition-assessment data into their asset-management strategy in 2026.[61]
  • 89% of organizations said they knew when assets would need replacement and could update capital plans accordingly in 2026.[61]
  • 66% of organizations reported implementing AI in asset-management practices and operations in 2026.[61]

After-sales in the engineering and construction industry

  • $322.2 billion was Hitachi Construction Machinery’s total parts-and-services revenue in fiscal 2025.[62]
  • $146.0 billion was Hitachi Construction Machinery’s construction parts-and-services revenue in fiscal 2024.[62]
  • $296.3 billion was Hitachi Construction Machinery’s total parts-and-services revenue in fiscal 2023.[62]
  • $124.8 billion was Hitachi Construction Machinery’s construction parts-and-services revenue in fiscal 2022.[62]
  • $144.7 billion was Hitachi Construction Machinery’s construction parts-and-services revenue in fiscal 2025.[62]

Value proposition in the engineering and construction industry

  • 6% of AEC professionals selected product-performance data as the most valuable digital product content in 2025.[60]
  • 36% of AEC professionals found building-product information very easy to find in 2025.[60]
  • 18% of AEC professionals found building-product information fairly easy to find in 2025.[60]
  • 48% of AEC professionals said sustainability strongly influenced product selection in 2025, indicating a major selection criterion for construction-product value propositions.[60]
  • 7% of AEC professionals selected certifications as the most valuable digital product content in 2025.[60]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Disclosure assurance is high in recent samples: 93% of engineering and construction companies analyzed had externally assured sustainability disclosures in the 2026 review.

Sustainability in the engineering and construction industry

  • 75% of surveyed PCL Construction employees rated the company’s sustainability commitment as high or medium-high in 2024.[63]
  • 54% of construction companies were on track to meet Scope 3 climate targets in 2024.[8]
  • 29% of cities with circular-economy targets specifically focused on buildings and infrastructure in 2024 worldwide.[64]
  • 66% of construction companies were on track to meet Scope 1 and 2 climate targets in 2024.[8]
  • 7.9 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste were generated in Ireland in 2024.[65]

ESG in the engineering and construction industry

  • 43 engineering and construction companies in 13 countries were analyzed in a 2026 review of CSRD sustainability disclosures.[66]
  • 93% of the engineering and construction companies analyzed had externally assured sustainability disclosures in the 2026 review.[66]
  • 86% of the 43 engineering and construction companies analyzed had formal greenhouse-gas targets in the 2026 review.[66]
  • 42% of the engineering and construction companies analyzed had science-based targets validated by SBTi in the 2026 review.[66]
  • 47.37% of ESG-related reports issued by the sampled Chinese engineering and construction enterprises in 2024 were ESG reports rather than social-responsibility reports.[52]

Ethics in the engineering and construction industry

  • 42 participants took part in qualitative interviews for a 2025 study of corruption and unethical practices in UK construction procurement.[52]
  • 47% of engineering and construction businesses reported bribery and corruption in PwC’s sector survey, compared with 27% across all surveyed industries.[67]
  • 9% of UK construction businesses considered bribery very or fairly prevalent in their sector in the 2024 Economic Crime Survey.[68]
  • 70% of UK bribery incidents in which businesses were offered a bribe were identified because the recipient flagged it themselves in 2024.[68]
  • 57 practitioners responded to a study of corruption and unethical practices in UK construction procurement published in 2025.[52]

CSR in the engineering and construction industry

  • 34% of Hatch employees were women in 2025, up from 27% in 2022.[69]
  • £1.2 billion in social value was generated by 418 sampled construction and civil-engineering projects completed in 2024.[70]
  • 418 construction and civil-engineering projects completed in 2024 were included in SCAPE’s social-value benchmark.[70]
  • 52.24% of PCL Construction materiality-assessment respondents rated the company’s sustainability commitment as medium-high in 2024.[63]
  • 23.88% of PCL Construction materiality-assessment respondents rated the company’s sustainability commitment as high in 2024.[63]

Circular economy in the engineering and construction industry

  • 83% of EU construction and demolition waste was identified as having potential for recycling in a European Commission assessment.[64]
  • 20% of housing construction in the Amsterdam metropolitan region was realized in timber under Haarlem’s circularity initiative.[64]
  • About 50% of construction and demolition waste was recycled in the EU, according to the updated 2025 protocol page.[71]
  • Nearly 400,000 tonnes of metal from Irish construction and demolition waste were recovered and recycled into secondary raw materials in 2024.[65]
  • 29% of cities setting circular-economy targets focused specifically on buildings and infrastructure in 2024.[64]

Carbon footprint in the engineering and construction industry

  • 85–99% of total emissions represented Scope 3 for virtually every company in the 2026 engineering and construction disclosure sample.[66]
  • 12% of construction companies recalibrated climate ambition lower in the year covered by PwC’s 2024 sector analysis.[8]
  • 57% of construction companies were on track to meet Scope 1 and 2 climate targets in 2023.[8]
  • 41% of construction companies were on track to meet Scope 3 climate targets in 2023.[8]
  • 41% of construction companies reported no change in climate ambition in the year covered by PwC’s 2024 sector analysis.[8]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Cross-border contracting remains material, with 66% of European construction groups’ sales coming from outside domestic markets in 2024.

Globalization in the engineering and construction industry

  • $1.978 trillion was the combined 2024 sales of the world’s 100 largest construction companies globally.[10]
  • 24.7% of Top 30 Global Powers of Construction sales came from international markets in 2025.[21]
  • 66% of European construction groups’ sales came from outside domestic markets in 2024.[10]
  • $28.6 billion was the value of projects undertaken internationally by Turkish contractors in 2024.[85]
  • 55.3% of major French construction companies’ total turnover came from international activities in 2024.[22]

Cultural adaptation in the engineering and construction industry

  • 99% of Sunway Construction’s procurement spending was local in 2024, supporting adaptation to Malaysian project markets.[86]
  • 100% of OMICO’s procurement spending was local in its reported 2025 operations.[87]
  • 100% of Insage Construction’s building-construction procurement was local in fiscal 2024.[88]
  • 99.5% of Insage Construction’s procurement spending was local in fiscal 2024.[88]
  • 66.6% of Insage Construction’s renewable-energy procurement was local in fiscal 2025.[88]

Supplier management in the engineering and construction industry

  • 100% of Sunway Construction’s new suppliers received environmental assessments in 2025.[86]
  • 931 subcontractors were active in Gammon Construction’s supply chain in 2024.[89]
  • 85% of Sunway Construction’s procurement spending was with local suppliers in 2025.[86]
  • 968 distributors, traders, stockists, brokers and wholesalers were in Gammon Construction’s 2024 supply chain.[89]
  • 100% of Sunway Construction’s new suppliers received social assessments in 2025.[86]

Stakeholder management in the engineering and construction industry

  • 1% or less of total project budgets was the average allocation for community engagement in infrastructure projects surveyed.[90]
  • 3.79 was the mean score for stakeholder contributions to project or organizational development in surveyed Kenyan projects.[91]
  • 4.05 was the mean score for regular stakeholder-interaction opportunities in surveyed Kenyan donor-funded projects.[91]
  • 60% of respondents agreed that social-risk management played a major role in infrastructure projects in 2019.[90]
  • 2.06 was the mean score for incorporating stakeholder perspectives into programming in surveyed Kenyan projects.[91]

Distribution channels in the engineering and construction industry

  • $12.4 billion was the value of U.S. engineering-services imports in 2023.[92]
  • €19.3 billion, or 22.2% of international turnover, came from transport infrastructure for major French construction groups in 2024.[22]
  • €33.4 billion, or 38.5% of international turnover, came from energy activities for major French construction groups in 2024.[22]
  • 97.5% of U.S. services imports from the global engineering and construction services sector were engineering services in 2023.[92]
  • €7.3 billion, or 8.4% of international turnover, came from building activities for major French construction groups in 2024.[22]

Key questions about the Engineering and Construction Industry

How large is the engineering and construction market in the United States?
The U.S. construction market totaled $2.164 trillion in 2025, split between $917.4 billion residential and $1.247 trillion nonresidential construction.
What does market growth look like into 2030?
The global buildings and construction market is projected to rise from $11.39 trillion in 2024 to $16.11 trillion in 2030, an implied CAGR of about 5.9%.
Which companies lead the engineering and construction industry?
Bechtel stands out since it reports 2024 backlog revenue of USD 58.2 billion in EPC, infrastructure, and energy projects, while ACS Group stands out thanks to operating margin of 4.2% in civil engineering, buildings, and infrastructure work.
How are technology shifts changing project delivery?
AI adoption is broad: 68% of construction and engineering firms invested at least $250,000 in AI during the 24 months before the 2026 report, and 15% reported full AI integration in the 2026 BRG survey.
How concentrated is contractor revenue in the market structure?
The 400 largest U.S.-based general contractors reported $671.4B construction-contracting revenue in 2025, and the ten largest firms represented 23.3% of Top 400 revenue.
What cost and workforce pressures are most visible in current demand?
Residential permits fell 3.0% year over year in September 2026 to a 1.400M annual rate, while the industry faced a projected need for 499,000 additional workers in 2026 and construction input pricing rose 6.9% year over year in August 2026.
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