Top 100 Construction Companies in the UK

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

Glenigan’s construction industry research shows that Kier replaced Morgan Sindall at the top of the table after winning £3.2 billion-worth of work in 2022.

Kier’s order book is more than 80% bigger than for 2021 after landing a swathe of major schemes. These range from a £460 million contract to dual a section of the A417 road in Gloucester (Project ID: 14432358) to a £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 £2.1 billion-worth of contracts during 2022. The group’s successes ranged from a £75 million science park in Kent for Trinity Investments (Project ID: 20347572) to a £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 £450 million EDGE London Bridge office and retail development (Project ID: 19015864).

These deals have pushed the group’s order book up to £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’s order book by 38% to £1.4 billion to claim fourth place.

Major deals won by Winvic according to Glenigan’s market research include a £266 million industrial development on a former Honda factory in Swindon (Project ID: 21207562) and a £240 million logistics park in Northampton for SEGRO (Project ID: 21280277).

The UK arm of French giant Bouygues registered the biggest increase in orders – 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