Top 100 Construction Companies in the UK in 2022

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.

Source: Glenigan | Last modified January 2023

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