Welcome to building.co.uk. This site uses cookies. Read our policy.

Top 75 contractors by contracting turnover
    Contracting
£000
Housing
£000
Property
£000
Other
£000
Total turnover
£000
1 Bovis Construction Group1 2 300 000 0 0 0 2 300 000
2 Balfour Beatty* 2 293 000 0 0 0 2 293 000
3 Amec 2 226 100 0 114 500 850 400 3 191 000
4 Carillion 1 201 500 0 0 651 400 1 852 900
5 John Laing 1 192 800 497 900 17 100 83 900 1 791 700
6 Mowlem 1 144 000 0 8 000 456 000 1 608 000
7 Kvaerner Construction*2 979 606 0 0 0 979 606
8 HBG/Edmund Nuttall*3 919 394 0 0 0 919 394
9 Kier Group 825 500 105 200 0 32 200 962 900
10 Newarthill* 609 537 0 10 890 35 099 655 526
11 Taylor Woodrow 511 500 706 900 122 400 163 200 1 504 000
12 R Mansell* 446 835 0 0 0 446 835
13 Shepherd Building Group* 420 900 0 0 0 420 900
14 Costain Group 378 100 0 0 0 378 100
15 Tilbury Douglas 377 900 30 200 0 361 100 769 200
16 Wates Construction* 377 018 0 0 0 377 018
17 Ballast Wiltshier 374 200 0 0 0 374 200
18 Alfred McAlpine 356 922 412 573 0 32 736 802 231
19 Birse Group 346 386 0 3 582 7 516 357 525
20 Drake & Scull Group* 345 723 0 0 345 723 345 723
21 NG Bailey* 335 151 0 0 335 151 335 151
22 Keller Group 314 899 0 0 0 314 899
23 Miller Group 302 256 98 009 97 550 0 497 815
24 Staveley Industries 295 000 0 0 295 000 295 000
25 Norwest Holst* 294 000 0 0 82 064 376 064
26 Bowmer & Kirkland * 282 210 0 0 0 282 210
27 Morgan Sindall 274 516 65 065 5 000 176 046 520 627
28 Mitie Group* 264 455 0 0 264 455 264 455
29 YJL* 248 021 0 0 0 248 021
30 Morrison Construction 246 881 0 134 360 128 584 509 825
31 Willmott Dixon* 221 871 0 0 23 200 245 071
32 Jarvis 207 844 0 7 112 454 122 669 078
33 Henry Boot* 204 810 0 0 0 204 810
34 Interior Services Group 199 529 0 0 199 529 199 529
35 MJ Gleeson Group 197 841 98 870 1 392 0 298 103
36 R O‘Rourke* 188 483 0 0 0 188 483
37 Galliford 183 910 41 866 0 0 225 776
38 Lorne Stewart 182 651 0 0 182 651 182 651
39 McNicholas Construction 169 560 0 0 0 169 560
40 Amey 161 576 0 0 360 969 522 545
41 Allen 160 403 41 893 0 145 654 347 950
42 J Murphy & Sons 157 686 0 0 0 157 686
43 Simons Group* 157 656 0 0 0 157 656
44 Fitzpatrick 138 783 0 0 0 138 783
45 Sisk 132 885 0 0 0 132 885
46 Osborne 131 412 0 0 0 131 412
47 Crest Nicholson 128 000 309 500 75 000 0 512 500
48 RG Carter Holdings* 127 759 0 0 0 127 759
49 May Gurney Group 125 436 0 0 2 573 128 009
50 Try Group 125 076 39 706 0 1 304 166 086
51 Biwater 121 900 0 0 101 600 223 500
52 Sunley Turriff Holdings* 119 830 0 0 0 119 830
53 Christiani & Nielsen* 115 104 0 0 0 115 104
54 Ringway Group 113 995 0 0 0 113 995
55 Seddon Group* 113 556 0 0 0 113 556
56 Severfield-Rowen Group 111 994 0 0 0 111 994
57 Bryant Group 110 100 528 000 0 0 638 100
58 First Engineering 108 167 0 0 108 167 108 167
59 Kennedy Construction Group 103 171 0 0 0 103 171
60 Llewellyn Management Services* 103 067 0 0 0 103 067
61 Dean & Dyball 102 854 0 0 0 102 854
62 McNicholas 100 025 0 0 0 100 025
63 Clugston Group 98 027 0 788 19 136 117 951
64 Peterhouse 96 800 0 0 102 114 198 914
65 Barr 96 436 0 0 0 96 436
66 Planned Maintenance 92 234 0 0 92 234 92 234
67 Dew Pitchmastic 90 311 0 0 3 236 93 547
68 SDC Holdings 87 990 0 0 0 87 990
69 Styles & Wood 85 067 0 0 85 067 85 067
70 ARM Group 79 870 0 0 79 870 79 870
71 Pipeline Constructors 75 416 0 0 75 416 75 416
72 EBC Group 74 795 0 3 727 3 705 82 227
73 Wrekin Group 71 812 0 0 0 71 812
74 Rydon Holdings 70 915 0 0 0 70 915
75 Haymills 68 736 0 0 12 909 81 645
  Total 26 199 654 2 975 723 601 401 6 354 030 34 067 545
Notes to table
1 Bovis Construction figures are pre-merger with Lend Lease
2 Kvaerner Construction data taken from Kvaerner Group accounts and coverted to sterling
3 HGB/Edmund Nuttall data taken from HBG Group accounts and converted to sterling
Key
*Full split of activities not provided in reports and accounts, therefore turnover and/or profits assigned to contracting
**Total profit refers to pre-tax profit. Splits refer in most cases to operating profit before exceptional items. Total of splits plus non-interest = pre-tax profit
***Net interest payments/receipts, exceptional, and other non-trading income or losses
†Contracting is primarily in M&E, FM, repair and maintenance and/or planned maintenance
††Turnover figures estimated/company estimate
†††Profit figures estimated
§Housing profit is pre-tax