The top 100 construction companies in the UK

Last Updated:

17th October 2023

The Top 100 construction companies in the UK won 拢40.8 billion-worth of contracts last year.

果冻影院鈥檚 construction industry research shows that Kier replaced Morgan Sindall at the top of the table after winning 拢3.2 billion-worth of work in 2022.

Kier鈥檚 order book is more than 80% bigger than for 2021 after landing a swathe of major schemes. These range from a 拢460 million contract to dual a section of the A417 road in Gloucester (Project ID: 14432358) to a 拢400 million prison at Full Sutton in North Yorkshire (Project ID: 17106042).

Morgan Sindall sitting pretty

Morgan Sindall may have been dislodged by Kier from the peak of the Top 100, but the group still won more than 拢2.1 billion-worth of contracts during 2022. The group鈥檚 successes ranged from a 拢75 million science park in Kent for Trinity Investments (Project ID: 20347572) to a 拢67 million student accommodation for Oxford Brookes University (Project ID: 18368284).

Mace racing up

Mace was only on the fringes of the top 20 a year ago but has raced into third place in the latest Top 100 after signing up a string of major commercial schemes in London including the 拢450 million EDGE London Bridge office and retail development (Project ID: 19015864).

These deals have pushed the group鈥檚 order book up to 拢1.7 billion, which is 157% higher than at the end of 2021.

Warehouse work sends Winvic flying

Warehouse and industrial specialist Winvic also raced up the table and into the top 10 after a buoyant 12 months lifted the group鈥檚 order book by 38% to 拢1.4 billion to claim fourth place.

Major deals won by Winvic according to 果冻影院鈥檚 market research include a 拢266 million industrial development on a former Honda factory in Swindon (Project ID: 21207562) and a 拢240 million logistics park in Northampton for SEGRO (Project ID: 21280277).

The UK arm of French giant Bouygues registered the biggest increase in orders 鈥� up 291% - to surge from 39^th in 2021 to sixth.

Top 10 rising

Overall, seven of the Top 10 contractors all grew their order books, which augurs well for 2023.

The Top 100 construction companies in the UK

Position	Contractor	聽Number of Projects	聽Value of Projects (拢m)	Projects
1	Kier Group	173	3,171
2	Morgan Sindall Group	300	2,215
3	Mace	17	1,709
4	Winvic Group	29	1,391
5	ISG	56	1,311
6	Bouygues UK	41	1,233
7	Lendlease	5	1,209
8	Balfour Beatty	30	1,193
9	Willmott Dixon Holdings	113	1,090
10	Skanska UK	7	995
11	Laing O'Rourke	9	991
12	Galliford Try	90	933
13	VolkerWessels	39	926
14	Wates Group	30	879
15	Royal BAM Group	42	872
16	Graham Construction	23	863
17	Buckingham Group Contracting	29	811
18	Robertson Group	32	772
19	McLaren Construction Group	20	730
20	JRL Group	9	607
21	Ardmore Group	4	566
22	McLaughlin & Harvey	22	529
23	John Sisk & Son	7	503
24	IHP Integrated Health	14	486
25	Tilbury Douglas Construction	83	472
26	Henry Construction Projects	11	467
27	Vistry Group	23	462
28	K2 Consultancy	1	450
29	Higgins Group	12	447
30	Bowmer & Kirkland	26	435
31	Alpine BeMo Tunnelling GmbH	1	433
32	We Build Group	1	433
33	FCC Servicios Industriales Y Energeticos SA	1	433
34	Glencar Construction	19	414
35	Hill Partnerships	19	405
36	Renaker Build	3	395
37	Milestone Infrastructure	8	360
38	Andrew Scott	9	267
39	Farrans Construction	9	266
40	Caddick Group	17	251
41	Esh Group	19	250
42	United Living Group	15	222
43	HG Construction	6	215
44	Readie Construction	15	208
45	Newarthill	12	205
46	Mytilineos	3	201
47	A & H Construction & Development	9	201
48	GMI Construction Group	9	201
49	Acorn Consortium	1	187
50	Sacyr Group	1	187
51	McAleer & Rushe	2	187
52	Sherrygreen Group of Companies	11	178
53	VINCI Construction UK	18	170
54	Story Contracting	18	166
55	Mears Group	1	161
56	China Machinery Engineering Corporation	1	161
57	Standardkessel Baumgarte GmbH	1	150
58	KCS (NI) L	1	150
59	Metka EGN	1	150
60	Siemens	4	150
61	Costain Group	5	148
62	Russell WBHO	5	146
63	BCEGI Construction (UK)	3	144
64	Clegg Group	5	143
65	Watkin Jones Group	3	140
66	Algeco UK	8	139
67	Domis Construction	3	138
68	Neilcott Construction	16	138
69	CRH	24	138
70	Gilbert Ash	5	137
71	Keltbray Group	7	134
72	Barratt Developments	4	132
73	Benniman	11	132
74	McGee Group	4	131
75	Legacie Developments	1	130
76	Thompsons of Prudhoe	5	129
77	ARJ Construction	8	128
78	Babcock International Group	2	127
79	MWD Healthcare	1	126
80	Eric Wright Group	12	125
81	Aker Solutions	1	117
82	Doosan Babcock Energy Services	1	117
83	Network Plus	2	113
84	Bell Decorating Group	11	112
85	Fibrus	1	108
86	Barnwood Group	2	107
87	Elements Europe	2	105
88	Appian Construction	2	104
89	Quinn Estates	1	100
90	Real Group	6	100
91	Octavius Infrastructure	1	100
92	Elliott Building & Civil Engineering	4	98
93	RG Group	4	97
94	The Peel Group	1	96
95	Luddon Construction	18	90
96	Borras Group Holdings	32	89
97	Jones Bros	6	89
98	SDC (Holdings)	6	88
99	Quinn (London)	13	86
100	Beard	22	81