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Construction Industry Statistics

See why construction planning is getting more complicated as costs and schedules strain every project, with the latest 2025 and 2026 figures highlighting a sharp shift in what contractors are actually forecasting. This page puts the industry’s most important indicators side by side so you can spot where the pressure is rising and what it could mean for your next build.
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November 11, 2026Updated
Construction Industry Statistics
Margot VilleneuveWritten by Margot Villeneuve·Edited by Felix Zimmermann·Fact-checked by Peter Sandoval
Published ·Updated
How this report is researched
01Editorial Scope

Gitnux editors write the brief first: the topic, the inclusion rules, and the frame for what belongs.

02Source Research

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01 Industry overview

The construction industry at a glance

U.S. construction spending was running at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2.203 trillion in August 2026, with data centers, power, healthcare and infrastructure supporting activity while residential and office markets remained uneven.

$2.17T[90]
Total spending, 2025
$1.65T[90]
Private construction, 2025
5.1%[46]
Construction occupations growth, 2025–35
4.8%[46]
Construction input-price inflation, 2026
Market size
U.S. construction spending totaled $2.170 trillion in 2025, including $1.648 trillion in private construction and approximately $522 billion in public construction. The August 2026 seasonally adjusted annual rate was $2.203 trillion.[90]
Forecast & CAGR
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects construction and extraction occupations to grow 5.1% from 2025 to 2035, adding 385,700 jobs. For the broader construction industry, BLS projects nonresidential building-construction employment to grow 5.8% over the same period and output to grow at a 0.6% compound annual rate.[46]
Market share & regions
In 2025, private construction represented about 76% of total U.S. construction spending, while public construction represented about 24%. The Census Bureau publishes regional and state breakdowns, but the national annual release does not provide a single consolidated regional market-share table in the headline results.[90]
Segmentation
The 2025 U.S. market was divided into residential construction of $921.7 billion and nonresidential construction of $1.248 trillion. Major nonresidential categories included manufacturing at $220.0 billion, power at $143.2 billion, transportation at $158.5 billion and commercial construction at $122.1 billion.[90]
Key players & concentration
Reliable national concentration data for the full U.S. construction industry were not identified. The market is measured primarily through spending by project type and geography rather than a consolidated company market-share series; the Federal Trade Commission has, however, characterized Loctite and Liquid Nails as the two leading construction-adhesive brands in a proposed $725 million transaction.[95][90]
Pricing
The BLS producer-price measure for construction for intermediate demand rose 4.8% from September 2025 to September 2026. The same release showed processed materials excluding energy up 7.4% year over year, indicating continued cost pressure in construction supply chains.[46]
Trends, drivers & challenges
The 2026 AGC/Sage outlook identifies data centers, power facilities and healthcare projects as major private-sector growth areas. The principal challenges reported by contractors include labor availability, uncertain demand, project costs and material or equipment prices, while BLS projects construction and extraction occupations to grow faster than total employment through 2035.[1][46]
Consumer behavior & competition
No sufficiently comprehensive, current government or industry-association dataset was identified that quantifies U.S. construction customers’ purchasing behavior and competition across the entire industry. Available evidence is more narrowly focused on project spending, contractor surveys and individual building-material markets.[90][1]
M&A
In December 2025, the Federal Trade Commission sued to block Henkel’s proposed $725 million acquisition of Liquid Nails from American Industrial Partners. The agency alleged that combining Liquid Nails with Loctite would eliminate direct competition between the two leading construction-adhesive brands.[95]
Regulation
No single current national statistic was identified that measures the total economic effect of construction regulation. The FTC’s December 2025 challenge to the proposed Liquid Nails acquisition illustrates active competition enforcement in construction-material markets, while construction activity itself is reported by the Census Bureau using its construction-spending classification system.[95][90]
Latest news
The latest official spending release available on November 11, 2026 estimated August 2026 construction spending at a $2.203 trillion seasonally adjusted annual rate, up 0.9% from the revised July estimate. The latest AGC/Sage contractor outlook points to data centers, power and healthcare as leading 2026 opportunities, alongside continued workforce and cost pressures.[90][1]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Construction Industry

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

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

Verdict

Bechtel leads Gitnux's 2026 construction ranking with an Overall score of 9.4, with major infrastructure, energy, manufacturing and civil construction projects. ACS Group is the runner-up at 9.3, with revenue growth of 19.7% and operating margin of 4.2% reported.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in civil & building construction

    Bechtel

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.4 · Civil & building construction

    Why we picked it: Infrastructure, energy, manufacturing and civil construction projects define its segment footprint.

    See in ranking ↓Visit bechtel.com ↗

  2. #2 overall

    ACS Group

    ES

    Ranked #2 · 9.3 · Civil & building construction

    Why we picked it: infrastructure, industrial and building construction projects; contractor operations

    See in ranking ↓Visit grupoacs.com ↗

  3. Leader in construction materials

    CRH

    IE

    Ranked #4 · 8.7 · Construction materials

    Why we picked it: Aggregates, cement, concrete and building products scale through multi-country supply.

    See in ranking ↓Visit crh.com ↗

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

Full ranking

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

Bechtel

Civil & building construction · US

9.4
2

ACS Group

Civil & building construction · ES

9.3
3

VINCI

Civil & building construction · FR

9.0
4

CRH

Construction materials · IE

8.7
5

Holcim

Construction materials · CH

8.7
6

Saint-Gobain

Building materials and construction products · FR

8.7
7

Larsen & Toubro

Buildings, transport, water and industrial construction · IN

8.6
8

Kiewit

Buildings, transportation and heavy civil construction · US

8.5
9

Caterpillar

Construction and heavy equipment manufacturing · US

8.3
10

Bouygues

Building, civil works and infrastructure construction · FR

8.1

How we score

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

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

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

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

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

Cite this ranking

APA

Margot Villeneuve. (2026, February 13). Top 10 companies in the construction industry. In Construction Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/construction-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Projection

Total construction spending in the United States, seasonally adjusted annual rate

Total construction spending in the United States, seasonally adjusted annual rate grew from 1,900,434 millions of dollars in 2022 to 2,244,780 millions of dollars in 2025.

$1.9M
Start
+5.71%
CAGR · 3y
$2.2M
Projected
20222025
source-verifiedfred.stlouisfed.org2025

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

AI adoption shows multiple workstream uses in 2025, including 28% for estimating and 25% for design or preconstruction, alongside cloud and BIM adoption signals.

AI in the construction industry

  • 22% of surveyed U.S. construction firms initiated or increased AI use for recruitment, training or other HR applications in 2025.[1]
  • 25% of surveyed U.S. construction firms initiated or increased AI use for design or preconstruction in 2025.[1]
  • 16% of surveyed U.S. construction firms initiated or increased AI use for onsite construction activity, monitoring or documentation in 2025.[1]
  • 14.3% of Australian construction SMEs used AI, according to 2025 industry data.[2]
  • 17.2% of U.S. construction businesses used AI during the two weeks ending September 20, 2026.[3]
  • 28% of surveyed U.S. construction firms initiated or increased AI use for estimating in 2025.[1]

Automation in the construction industry

  • 7% of surveyed U.S. construction firms planned to increase investment in 3-D printing in 2025.[1]
  • 45% of U.S. construction firms expected AI and robotics to increase worker productivity over the following five years.[1]
  • 64% of Australian building and construction organisations invested in data and digitalisation during the previous 12 months, supporting automation and robotics.[2]
  • 41% of U.S. construction firms expected AI and robotics to create new job categories over the following five years.[1]
  • 15% of surveyed U.S. construction firms planned to increase investment in autonomous equipment or vehicles in 2025.[1]
  • 7% of surveyed U.S. construction firms planned to increase investment in robotics in 2025.[1]

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

  • Across Australia’s building and construction industry, 64% of organisations invested in data and digitalisation during the 12 months before the 2025 survey.[2]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 47% were already using data analytics in 2024.[4]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 41% were already using mobile apps in 2024.[4]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 38% were already using building information modelling in 2024.[4]

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

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

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

  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 9% planned to adopt cloud technology within the next 12 months in 2025.[6]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 89% were currently using cloud technology in 2025.[6]
  • Among capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 2% neither used cloud technology nor planned to use it within 12 months in 2025.[6]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 43% were already using construction-management cloud software in 2024.[4]

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

  • Across European enterprises, big-data analytics adoption in construction was 4% in the latest Eurostat-based data reported by the OECD.[7]
  • Across global real estate owners and investors, 61% remain dependent on legacy technology infrastructures, according to Deloitte’s 2024 outlook survey.[8]
  • Across construction businesses, the average company captures 11 of 13 data types but analyzes only 8, according to a 2023 survey.[9]
  • Across construction businesses, 33% analyze financial data and use it to inform business decisions, while 86% capture it, in 2023.[9]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 30% planned to adopt big data and Internet-of-Things technologies within 12 months in 2025.[6]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 48% were currently using big data and Internet-of-Things technologies in 2025.[6]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Firms report data access and governance gaps: 76% of construction professionals work across different systems and data sources, and 45% of U.S. owners required project teams to define a data governance plan.

Business intelligence in the construction industry

  • 28% of Asia-Pacific construction respondents identified data science and programming as an important future analytical skill.[10]
  • 35% of construction respondents identified business intelligence as an important future project-management or analytical skill in the Asia-Pacific region.[10]
  • 94% of global construction organizations were taking steps to become more sustainable in 2025.[11]
  • 27% of Asia-Pacific construction respondents identified machine learning and artificial intelligence as an important future analytical skill.[10]
  • 39% of Asia-Pacific construction respondents identified data management and analysis skills as extremely or very important for future effectiveness.[10]
  • 51% of Asia-Pacific construction respondents identified data-management strategy as an important future analytical skill.[10]

Data analytics in the construction industry

  • 47% of global construction firms used artificial intelligence for report generation in 2025–2026.[12]
  • Over 80% of construction companies still had room to improve their data capabilities in 2024.[13]
  • 20% of construction professionals reported spending 10–15 hours per week searching for work-related data in 2024.[13]
  • 39% of global construction firms used artificial intelligence for contract administration in 2025–2026.[12]
  • 44% of global construction executives ranked data analytics among the most transformative technologies in 2025–2026.[14]
  • 24% of global construction firms had deployed artificial intelligence on more than half of their projects in 2025–2026.[12]

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

  • 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.[11]
  • Across construction professionals, 72% said they spend more than three hours gathering and preparing data before it is ready for analysis in a 2026 survey.[15]
  • 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 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 construction professionals, 76% said departments frequently or occasionally work from different systems and data sources in a 2026 survey.[15]
  • 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]

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.[17]
  • Across US construction owners, 45% required project teams to define a data governance plan 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.[19]
  • 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 US construction owners, 11% required project teams to use data standards on all projects in the 2024–2025 survey period.[18]
  • Across US construction owners requiring data governance plans, 19% required them on a majority of projects in the 2024–2025 survey period.[18]

KPIs in the construction industry

  • 93% of United Kingdom new-build homebuyers would recommend their builder to a friend in 2026.[20]
  • 61% of Tarion-surveyed Ontario homeowners said their builder met or exceeded expectations in 2023.[21]
  • 70% of New Zealand new homeowners rated communication from their builder as good in 2024.[22]
  • 92% of Ontario homeowners participated in a pre-delivery inspection in 2023.[21]
  • 77% of Ontario homeowners rated builder customer service before moving in positively in 2023.[21]
  • 54% of Tarion-surveyed Ontario homeowners said they would recommend their builder to family or friends in 2023.[21]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Demand and starts growth varies by segment and timing, with civil-construction starts up 13.9% in 2025 vs 2024 and nonresidential starts up 24% in December 2025.

Growth in the construction industry

  • 19% was the compound annual growth rate of U.S. civil-construction starts from 2021 through 2025.[1]
  • 3.6% was the year-over-year sales growth reported by U.S.-based companies in Deloitte’s top-100 global construction ranking for 2024.[8]
  • 13.9% was the increase in U.S. civil-construction starts in 2025 compared with 2024.[1]
  • $16.11 trillion is the projected global construction-market value for 2030, up from $11.39 trillion in 2024.[8]
  • 24% was the year-over-year increase in U.S. nonresidential starts in December 2025.[1]
  • $61.8 billion was the value of U.S. nonresidential starts in December 2025.[1]

Mergers and acquisitions in the construction industry

  • $4.9 billion was the announced value of Sekisui House’s acquisition of U.S. homebuilder M.D.C. Holdings in 2024.[23]
  • 80% or more of U.S. building-products and services M&A volume involved strategic buyers in 2024.[24]
  • 49.6% of U.S. construction-services M&A deals year-to-date in 2024 involved private strategic buyers.[25]
  • 37.3% of U.S. construction-services M&A activity year-to-date in 2024 involved financial buyers.[25]
  • 11.5x was the average EV/EBITDA M&A multiple for U.S. construction services from 2021 through year-to-date 2024.[25]
  • 76.4% was the year-over-year increase in financial-buyer deal volume in U.S. construction services year-to-date in 2024.[25]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce constraints remain central: 91% of U.S. firms with open hourly craft positions reported difficulty filling them in 2025, alongside 60% difficulty hiring AI specialists.

Hiring in the construction industry

  • 91% of U.S. construction firms with open hourly craft positions reported difficulty filling them in 2025.[1]
  • 67% of U.S. construction firms with salaried openings reported difficulty hiring engineers in 2025.[1]
  • 88% of U.S. construction firms directly employing craft workers had open craft positions in 2025.[1]
  • 60% of U.S. construction firms with salaried openings reported difficulty hiring AI specialists in 2025.[1]
  • 93% of U.S. construction firms with open salaried positions reported difficulty filling them in 2025.[1]

Employee retention in the construction industry

  • 52% of U.S. building construction firms increased headcount during the previous 12 months in 2025.[1]
  • 83% of U.S. construction firms with craft openings said those positions were as hard or harder to fill than a year earlier in 2025.[1]
  • 84% of U.S. construction firms with salaried openings said those positions were as hard or harder to fill than a year earlier in 2025.[1]
  • 48% of U.S. construction firms reported that candidates failed to show up or quit shortly after starting in 2025.[26]
  • 29% of U.S. building construction firms reduced headcount during the previous 12 months in 2025.[1]

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.[27]
  • In January 2024, 33.63% of U.S. real-estate wage and salary employees worked from home, based on the Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes.[28]
  • In 2024, 23.7% of finance, insurance and real-estate positions were fully remote in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[29]
  • In 2024, 2.7% of construction positions were fully remote in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[29]

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

  • In 2024, 55.8% of finance, insurance and real-estate positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[29]
  • In 2024, 15.0% of construction positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[29]
  • In 2024, 43% of surveyed real-estate executives identified flexible workday schedules as a leading talent-acquisition and retention action.[8]
  • 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 construction industry

  • 23% of U.S. construction companies increased use of learning programs with online components in 2025.[26]
  • 22% of U.S. construction firms initiated or increased AI use for recruitment, training or other HR applications in 2025.[1]
  • 25% of U.S. construction firms expected AI to have its greatest company impact on workforce training over the following five years.[1]
  • 42% of U.S. construction companies increased spending on training and professional development in 2025.[26]
  • 52% of U.S. construction companies increased engagement with career and technical education programs in 2025.[26]

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.[30]
  • In North American construction and heavy industry, employees scored 8.67 out of 10 for engagement in the 2026 benchmark.[30]
  • Fifty-nine percent of construction employers lacked a strategy to improve employee engagement in the 2018 U.S. construction benefits benchmarking survey.[31]
  • Across construction and heavy industry, Meaningful Work received the highest driver score at 8.45 out of 10 in 2026.[30]
  • Forty-seven percent of construction employers said their workforce was highly engaged in the 2018 U.S. construction benefits benchmarking survey.[31]

DEI in the construction industry

  • 13.3% of the 2024 U.S. construction workforce were women among White construction employees, according to Data USA’s construction profile.[32]
  • 18% of surveyed U.S. tradeswomen identified as Latina in a 2021 construction workforce study.[33]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Lead conversion still depends on contact and messaging: 98% of tracked construction leads required telephone contact to complete conversion in 2024.

Customer experience in the construction industry

  • 81% of surveyed industrial manufacturing and construction companies planned to invest in at least one additional digital customer-experience use case within one to three years.[8]
  • 30% of consumers ranked trust in the brand as a leading factor determining loyalty to a construction or home-services company in 2026.[34]
  • 83% of building-trade companies said email drives conversion, compared with 57% of consumers who said email interactions met their expectations in 2026.[34]
  • 32% of consumers ranked reliable quality as a leading factor determining loyalty to a construction or home-services company in 2026.[34]
  • 36% of consumers ranked response speed as the leading factor determining loyalty to a construction or home-services company in 2026.[34]

Customer acquisition in the construction industry

  • 19.8% of tracked construction top-of-funnel conversions came from email marketing in the 2024 cold-outreach study.[35]
  • 7% to 10.75% was the initial cold-calling conversion range for specialty-contractor contracts valued at $50,000 to $2 million in 2024.[35]
  • 17.4% of tracked construction top-of-funnel conversions came from paid lead sites in the 2024 cold-outreach study.[35]
  • 53.7% of tracked construction top-of-funnel conversions came from PPC and social media in the 2024 cold-outreach study.[35]
  • 53% of U.S. residential builders relied on referrals or word-of-mouth to generate new business in 2026.[36]

Lead generation in the construction industry

  • 98% of tracked construction leads still required telephone contact to complete conversion in 2024.[35]
  • 13% of builders using CRM software selected Buildertrend for automated lead follow-up in the 2024 SORCI report.[37]
  • 45.9% of building companies identified generating quality leads as their biggest challenge in the 2024 SORCI report.[37]
  • 12.1% of builders using CRM software selected Houzz Pro for automated lead follow-up in the 2024 SORCI report.[37]
  • 45.4% of builders used a CRM system to follow up leads automatically in the 2024 SORCI report.[37]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Construction search demand skews non-branded in 2026, with 91.5% non-branded and 8.5% branded, while AI use for content creation appears widespread.

Marketing in the construction industry

  • 32.4% of builders publishing at least 12 articles annually achieved a contract markup of at least 33% in the 2024 SORCI report.[37]
  • 32% of A/E/C marketers handled internal content requests weekly in 2024.[38]
  • 6.5% of builders publishing one blog post annually achieved a contract markup of at least 33% in the 2024 SORCI report.[37]
  • 50% of A/E/C marketers used spreadsheets to track opportunities in 2024.[38]
  • 35% of A/E/C marketers spent less than 25% of their time on brand strategy in 2024.[38]

Digital marketing in the construction industry

  • 91.5% of construction search demand was non-branded in the 2026 Content RevOps benchmark.[36]
  • 26.9% of construction-industry domains received no organic traffic in the 2026 Content RevOps benchmark.[36]
  • 8.5% of construction search demand was branded in the 2026 Content RevOps benchmark.[36]
  • 55% of U.S. construction and design professionals using AI applied it to lead management in 2025.[39]
  • Construction professionals using AI reported saving five hours per week on average in 2025.[39]

Branding in the construction industry

  • 63% of construction-marketing job postings called for brand or communications work in the 2026 Content RevOps study.[36]
  • 69% of A/E/C marketing teams had fewer than 10 people, limiting dedicated brand-building capacity in 2024.[40]
  • 24% of surveyed AEC marketing professionals worked for construction firms in the 2024 State of AEC Marketing report.[40]

Social media in the construction industry

  • 43.5% of builders said they never posted on Facebook in the 2024 SORCI report.[37]
  • 53.7% of tracked construction top-of-funnel conversions came from PPC and social media in 2024.[35]
  • 17.7% of surveyed commercial-construction marketers used custom audiences to improve social-media campaign targeting in 2022.[41]
  • 99% of U.S. construction and design professionals using AI applied it to social-media content creation in 2025.[39]
  • 41% of construction-marketing job postings called for social-media skills in the 2026 Content RevOps study.[36]

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

  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 15% used TikTok for business in 2024, while 10% used X (formerly Twitter).[42]
  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 62% used Instagram for business in 2024, alongside 87% using Facebook and 25% using YouTube.[42]
  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 52% said social media generated the highest number of quality leads in the previous 12 months in 2024.[42]
  • Among residential construction workers surveyed in 2024, 47% regularly used Instagram, 52% used YouTube and 73% used Facebook.[43]
  • Across U.S. prospective home buyers, 42% preferred Instagram for communication with a real estate agent in 2025, compared with 47% preferring Facebook.[44]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Delivery friction appears in both productivity drivers and materials timing, including labor shortages cited by 20% of respondents and switchgear delivery times reaching 20 to 60 weeks in 2024.

Process optimization in the construction industry

  • 16% of construction survey respondents identified ineffective processes and workflows as a major factor affecting productivity in 2024.[45]
  • 23% of construction survey respondents identified project delays as a major factor affecting productivity in 2024.[45]
  • 41% of respondents to BDO’s 2024 construction survey reported improved productivity during the previous 12 months.[45]
  • 21% of construction organisations reported using workplace-wellness initiatives to improve productivity in 2024.[45]
  • 20% of construction survey respondents identified labour shortages as a major factor affecting productivity in 2024.[45]

Operational efficiency in the construction industry

  • Productivity in U.S. multiple-family residential construction declined 7.4% in 2025.[46]
  • U.S. construction represented 5.2% of nonfarm payroll employment in 2025.[46]
  • Productivity in U.S. industrial building construction increased 21.1% in 2024.[46]
  • Productivity in U.S. single-family construction declined 4.5% in 2025.[46]
  • U.S. construction represented 4.4% of gross domestic product in 2025.[46]

Quality management in the construction industry

  • Rework was identified as a quality-related issue affecting the bottom line in Australia’s 2024 infrastructure market-capacity research.[2]
  • 43% of recorded non-conformance cases in a 343-project infrastructure database involved rework.[47]
  • 569 completed projects were included in the wider project database used to study construction rework-related safety events.[47]
  • 125 infrastructure projects in the examined database recorded non-conformances.[47]
  • 343 infrastructure projects formed the infrastructure-focused sample in the construction rework study.[47]

Supply chain in the construction industry

  • 23% of U.S. construction firms reported having no significant supply-chain problems in the 2024 outlook survey.[1]
  • Switchgear delivery times in the U.S. construction market reached 20 to 60 weeks in 2024, depending on the product.[31]
  • Transformers for U.S. construction projects could take up to one year to arrive on site in 2024.[31]
  • 37% of U.S. construction executives reported material shortages causing job delays or cancellations in the 2024 Marcum survey.[48]
  • 34% of U.S. construction firms cited project delays from availability or supply-chain issues in the 2024 outlook survey.[49]

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

  • 46.5% of Australian construction-industry input costs came from outsourced services in 2024, including labour hire, consultants and capital rentals.[2]
  • $5.66 per agent per month was the average outsourced accounting-labor price for U.S. real-estate brokerages with more than 500 agents, based on an August 2024 survey.[50]
  • 11% of income in Australian civil engineering, non-residential building and related construction came from subcontracting in 2025.[2]
  • 41% of Australian infrastructure construction was completed by subcontractors in 2025, according to Infrastructure Australia’s analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data.[2]
  • 30% of costs in Australian infrastructure construction flowed to external construction services in 2025.[2]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing and margin pressure show up in bidding and costs, including construction bid-price shifts and a 4.8% rise in the BLS construction producer-price measure for intermediate demand.

Pricing strategy in the construction industry

  • 60% of Gleeds regional offices reported tender-price increases above 10% in 2022.[51]
  • U.S. national construction bid prices decreased 0.67% between January 2023 and June 2024.[52]
  • 45% of civil-infrastructure construction respondents identified labour as the primary cost shift affecting margins in 2024.[53]
  • U.S. national construction bid prices increased approximately 36% from January 2021 to January 2023.[52]
  • 58% of U.S. construction firms identified rising direct labour costs as a major business concern in 2024.[49]

Cost reduction in the construction industry

  • 34% of U.S. construction firms cited reduced project demand as a reason for postponements or cancellations in the 2024 outlook survey.[1]
  • 55% of U.S. construction executives expected interest rates to cause future project delays or cancellations in 2024.[48]
  • 30% of U.S. construction executives reported labour shortages causing job delays or cancellations in the 2024 Marcum survey.[48]
  • 56% of U.S. construction firms cited worker quality as a major business concern in 2024.[49]
  • 38% of U.S. construction executives reported project-financing problems causing job delays or cancellations in the 2024 Marcum survey.[48]

Profitability in the construction industry

  • 20.7% was the average gross profit margin reported by U.S. single-family builders in 2023.[54]
  • 24% was the profit margin for subcontractors that included working-capital costs in bids in 2024.[55]
  • 17% was the profit margin for subcontractors that did not include working-capital costs in bids in 2024.[55]
  • 8.7% was the average net profit margin reported by U.S. single-family builders in 2023.[54]
  • 18.2% was the average gross profit margin reported by U.S. single-family builders in 2020.[54]

Financial planning in the construction industry

  • 14% of construction projects were reported as facing a payment dispute.[56]
  • 81% of construction businesses reported dealing with late payments at some point during a project lifecycle.[56]
  • 38% of U.S. construction executives reported project delays or cancellations caused by difficulty securing financing in 2024.[48]
  • 30% of construction companies planned to use digital technologies to speed payments and improve cash-flow management in 2023.[57]
  • 51% of construction subcontractors reported experiencing delayed payments on most projects.[56]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Industrialized construction adoption is reflected in 2026 outcomes, with 82% of industrialized-construction adopters reporting stronger schedule performance.

Product development in the construction industry

  • 82% of industrialized-construction adopters reported stronger schedule performance in 2026.[13]
  • 63% of global construction respondents used design for manufacture and assembly at least occasionally in 2026.[13]
  • 70% of global construction respondents expected industrialized construction to become standard practice in 2026.[13]
  • 76% of industrialized-construction adopters reported greater cost and schedule predictability in 2026.[13]
  • 51% of global construction respondents cited traditional procurement as the leading barrier to productization and DfMA in 2026.[13]

Product lifecycle in the construction industry

  • 24% of less digitally mature construction organizations used prefabrication regularly or as standard practice in 2026.[13]
  • 54% of digitally mature construction organizations used prefabrication regularly or as standard practice in 2026.[13]
  • 50% of global construction executives expected off-site manufacturing to be standard within five years in 2025–2026.[14]
  • 59% of digitally mature construction organizations used DfMA regularly or as standard practice in 2026.[13]
  • 18% of global construction executives considered off-site manufacturing standard practice in 2025–2026.[14]

After-sales in the construction industry

  • 77% of U.S. and Canadian builders provided a physical post-closing information binder in 2026.[58]
  • 70% of Nevada warranty requests were acknowledged within 48 hours in 2024.[59]
  • 87.2% of Nevada new-home buyers said their builder explained what the warranty covered in 2024.[59]
  • 75.8% of new-home buyers rated their builder positively during the warranty phase in the United States and Canada in 2025.[60]
  • 64% of U.S. and Canadian builders had no process for measuring homeowner satisfaction after closing in 2026.[58]

Value proposition in the construction industry

  • 18% of United Kingdom built-environment clients prioritized sustainability when choosing a contractor in 2026.[15]
  • 34% of elected officials believed sustainable construction created more value than traditional construction in 2026.[61]
  • 72% of United Kingdom built-environment clients prioritized cost certainty when choosing a contractor in 2026.[15]
  • 45% of European construction stakeholders believed sustainable construction created more value than traditional construction in 2026.[61]
  • 76% of United Kingdom built-environment clients prioritized quality of construction when choosing a contractor in 2026.[15]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Sustainability reporting and emissions drivers sit alongside uneven implementation, with more than 60% of professionals reporting climate-resilience assessments in fewer than half of projects or not at all.

Sustainability in the construction industry

  • 40% of construction professionals regularly tracked waste reduction and data-sharing in 2025.[62]
  • 32% of global energy use was consumed by buildings in 2023, while the buildings sector accounted for 34% of global CO2 emissions.[63]
  • 7.9 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste were generated in Ireland in 2024.[64]
  • 18% of building-sector CO2 emissions were driven by materials such as cement and steel in 2023.[63]
  • 9.5% was the decline in buildings-sector energy intensity between 2015 and 2023, compared with an 18.2% target.[63]

ESG in the construction industry

  • More than 60% of construction professionals reported climate-resilience assessments in fewer than half of projects or not at all in 2025.[62]
  • 43 engineering and construction companies across 13 countries were analyzed in a 2026 CSRD sustainability-report study.[65]
  • More than 60% of construction professionals reported conducting carbon calculations in fewer than half of projects or not at all in 2025.[62]
  • 94% of construction respondents said their organizations had taken steps to prepare for sustainability-regulation compliance in 2024.[66]
  • 13 countries were represented in the 2026 analysis of engineering and construction companies’ CSRD reports.[65]

Ethics in the construction industry

  • 31.49% of surveyed Chinese construction enterprises had established anti-corruption systems in 2022.[67]
  • 27.89% of surveyed Chinese construction enterprises reported insisting on fair competition in 2022.[67]
  • 97% of middle-market UK construction companies said they felt at risk of breaching anti-money-laundering and bribery legislation in 2020.[62]
  • 19.07% of surveyed Chinese construction enterprises reported working on respecting and protecting property rights in 2022.[67]
  • 39.79% of surveyed Chinese construction enterprises conducted social-responsibility evaluations of suppliers or contractors in 2022.[67]

CSR in the construction industry

  • 52.53% of surveyed Chinese construction enterprises had implemented green-office measures such as water and electricity saving in 2022.[67]
  • 50.82% of surveyed Chinese construction enterprises reported employee-responsibility activity in 2022.[67]
  • 45.26% of surveyed Chinese construction enterprises managed energy and resource use to promote energy saving and emissions reduction in 2022.[67]
  • 39.79% of surveyed Chinese construction enterprises evaluated suppliers or contractors on social responsibility in 2022.[67]
  • 40.05% of surveyed Chinese construction enterprises had obtained ISO 14001 certification in 2022.[67]

Circular economy in the construction industry

  • 48 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent reductions were estimated under a maximum EU reuse-and-recycling scenario excluding excavated soils and dredging spoils.[68]
  • Almost 40% of waste generated in the European Union came from construction and demolition activities, according to the latest EU assessment.[68]
  • 88% was the recycling rate for segregated wood, paper, glass and plastic construction and demolition waste in Ireland in 2024.[64]
  • Nearly 400,000 tonnes of metal were recovered from Irish construction and demolition waste and recycled into secondary raw materials in 2024.[64]
  • 33 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent annual savings were estimated from additional EU construction-waste recycling under the study’s baseline scenario.[68]

Carbon footprint in the construction industry

  • 2.1 gigatonnes of CO2 were emitted globally in 2024 by cement, steel and aluminium used in buildings.[69]
  • 40% of construction professionals regularly tracked waste reduction and data-sharing in 2025, an indicator relevant to construction-related carbon reduction.[62]
  • 6.5% was the increase in global operational building emissions between 2015 and 2024.[69]
  • 34% of global CO2 emissions came from buildings and construction in 2023.[63]
  • 11% was the increase in global building energy demand between 2015 and 2024.[69]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Cross-border revenue remains a defining feature, with STRABAG at 83.9% international sales in 2023 and VINCI at 57.0% of 2023 sales generated internationally.

Globalization in the construction industry

  • $1.978 trillion in revenue was generated by the world’s top 100 publicly listed construction companies in 2024.[8]
  • 83.9% of STRABAG’s 2023 sales were international sales.[84]
  • 51.2% of the top 100 global construction companies’ revenue came from China-based companies in 2024.[8]
  • 57.0% of VINCI’s 2023 sales were generated internationally.[84]
  • 22.0% of the top 100 global construction companies’ revenue came from European-based companies in 2024.[8]

Cultural adaptation in the construction industry

  • 25% of New York State construction workers spoke Spanish as their primary language in 2021.[85]
  • 43% of New York State construction workers identified as nonwhite in 2021.[85]
  • 37% of New York State construction workers reported that English was not their primary language in 2021.[85]
  • 28% of New York State construction workers spoke Spanish as their primary language in 2024.[85]
  • 40% of New York City construction workers spoke Spanish as their primary language in 2021.[85]

Supplier management in the construction industry

  • Nearly 700 construction executives participated in Billd’s 2024 U.S. subcontractor market survey.[86]
  • 61% of U.S. subcontractors sought new suppliers because of material-procurement challenges in 2023.[86]
  • 73% of U.S. subcontractors said material-price volatility negatively affected supplier relationships in the earlier survey period.[86]

Distribution channels in the construction industry

  • $59.086 billion in e-commerce sales was recorded by U.S. lumber and construction-material merchant wholesalers in 2024.[87]
  • $63.129 billion in e-commerce sales was recorded by U.S. lumber and construction-material merchant wholesalers in 2023.[87]

16 Statistics

Regional markets

Regional employment and spend remain uneven in the U.S., with 388,700 construction jobs in greater New York City in 2024 and $516.8 billion spent on public construction in 2025.

The construction industry in New York

  • 61% of construction jobs in New York City were held by immigrants in 2024.[88]
  • 3% fewer construction firms operated in New York City in 2024, a decline of 479 firms and the first annual decrease since 2011.[88]
  • $68.2 billion was spent on construction in New York City in 2023, a record high partly driven by rising costs.[88]
  • 388,700 construction jobs were recorded in the greater New York City metropolitan region in 2024, the highest total among U.S. metropolitan areas.[88]
  • 387,000 construction jobs were recorded in New York State in 2025, down 1.0% from 2024.[89]

The construction industry in United States

  • $516.8 billion was spent on public construction in the United States in 2025, up 3.6% from 2024.[90]
  • $1.648 trillion was spent on private construction in the United States in 2025, down 2.9% from 2024.[90]
  • $2.170 trillion was spent on construction in the United States in 2025, including $921.7 billion on residential and $1.248 trillion on nonresidential construction.[90]
  • $882.3 billion was the seasonally adjusted annual rate of U.S. residential construction spending in August 2026.[90]
  • $2.203 trillion was the seasonally adjusted annual rate of U.S. construction spending in August 2026, down 1.7% from August 2025.[90]

The construction industry in Canada

  • 1.6468 million people were employed in Canada's construction industry in September 2026, up 1.2% from September 2025.[91]
  • $76.0 billion was invested in non-residential building construction in Canada in 2025, with industrial investment at $15.3 billion and commercial investment at $37.6 billion.[91]
  • 2.3% was the growth in Canada's construction sector in 2025, its first increase since 2022.[91]
  • $272.1 billion was invested in building construction in Canada in 2025, an 8.5% increase from 2024.[91]
  • $178.0 billion was invested in residential building construction in Canada in 2025, including $98.4 billion in multi-unit buildings and $79.6 billion in single-family buildings.[91]

The construction industry in Europe

  • About 4 million construction enterprises operated in the European Union in 2023, representing 12.1% of enterprises in its business economy.[92]
  • 5.5% of gross value added in the European Union came from construction in 2024.[92]
  • €727.5 billion was the construction sector's value added in the European Union in 2023, equal to 7.0% of the business economy total.[92]
  • 13.9 million people were employed in the European Union construction sector in 2023, representing 8.6% of business-economy employment.[92]
  • 8.8% of gross value added came from construction in Romania in 2024, the highest share among EU countries.[92]

The construction industry in Netherlands

  • €97.625 billion was the estimated construction-sector production in the Netherlands in 2023.[93]
  • 451,000 people were employed in the Netherlands’ construction industry in 2025.[94]
  • 267,370 construction companies operated in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2024.[93]
  • 6.8% was the year-on-year turnover growth of the Dutch construction industry in 2023, with 2015 indexed at 100.[94]
  • 324,000 jobs were recorded in the Netherlands’ construction industry in 2025, with average weekly working time of 38.1 hours.[94]

Key questions about the Construction Industry

How large is the U.S. construction market in 2026?
U.S. construction spending totaled $2.170 trillion in 2025, and the August 2026 seasonally adjusted annual rate was $2.203 trillion.
What direction is construction employment heading through the mid-2030s?
BLS projects construction and extraction occupations to grow 5.1% from 2025 to 2035, adding 385,700 jobs.
Which companies lead the construction industry?
Bechtel leads Gitnux's 2026 construction ranking with an Overall score of 9.4, with major infrastructure, energy, manufacturing and civil construction projects. ACS Group is the runner-up at 9.3, with revenue growth of 19.7% and operating margin of 4.2% reported.
What technology shifts matter most for construction firms in 2025–2026?
In 2025, 22% of surveyed firms initiated or increased AI use for recruitment and training, and 25% did so for design or preconstruction.
How is the market structured and measured when companies are not centrally ranked by share?
Reliable national concentration data for the full U.S. construction industry were not identified, so the market is measured mainly through project-type and geography spending rather than a consolidated company market-share series.
What are the main cost pressures affecting construction in 2026?
Construction input-price inflation in 2026 was 4.8%, and the BLS producer-price measure for construction rose 4.8% from September 2025 to September 2026.
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