Top 100 Construction Companies UK 2027
Last updated: November 2027 | Source: Barbour ABI
The Top 100 Construction Companies UK League Table shows you the top contractors working across the UK in an easy-to-use interactive table. All company rankings are sourced directly from our leading Construction Project Leads Platform.
The top contractors league tables rank main contractors by the total value of the contract awards they have won. Only projects with a start date falling between six months before and six months after the dataset date are counted towards a contractor’s ranking. This dataset covers April 2026 to April 2027. Discover the biggest contractors shaking up the UK industry in our table below.
Balfour Beatty is Top Construction Company in UK
According to Barbour ABI’s extensive planning data, the top construction company in the UK is Balfour Beatty with 39 projects valued at £40.2bn.
2nd place – Laing O’Rourke Delivery Limited – 4 projects valued at £40.1bn
3rd place – Bouygues Travaux Publics-Murphy Joint Venture – 1 projects valued at £38bn
Key findings: top construction companies in the UK
- The largest main contractor by project value is Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Limited, with 39 projects worth £40.21bn.
- The largest main contractor by project count is Barratt Homes, with 141 projects worth £3.55bn.
- The top three contractors are all working on the Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station project due to start in January 2027
View other top construction company rankings by region and city
Regional Tables: UK | London | South East | South West | East of England | East Midlands | West Midlands | Northern Ireland | North West | Wales | Yorkshire & the Humber | North East | Scotland
City and County Tables: Aberdeen | Birmingham | Bristol | Cheshire East | Cheshire West & Chester | East Sussex | West Sussex | Essex | Hampshire | Hertfordshire | Leeds | Liverpool | Manchester | Newcastle-Upon Tyne | Norwich | Nottingham | Sheffield | South Yorkshire | West Yorkshire
Top 100 Construction Companies UK 2027 League Table
| Position | Contractor | Number of Projects | Total Value | View Projects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Limited | 39 | £ 40,213,062,944 | View projects |
| 2 | Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited | 4 | £ 40,150,000,000 | View projects |
| 3 | Bouygues Travaux Publics-Murphy Joint Venture | 1 | £ 38,000,000,000 | View projects |
| 4 | Barratt Homes | 141 | £ 3,554,612,147 | View projects |
| 5 | Kier Group | 81 | £ 3,038,511,234 | View projects |
| 6 | Taylor Wimpey | 88 | £ 2,625,395,000 | View projects |
| 7 | Mace Limited | 7 | £ 2,343,613,200 | View projects |
| 8 | Persimmon Homes (East Yorkshire) Limited | 104 | £ 2,244,692,500 | View projects |
| 9 | VolkerWessels UK | 11 | £ 2,136,659,139 | View projects |
| 10 | Morgan Sindall Group | 104 | £ 2,084,139,628 | View projects |
| 11 | Siemens Mobility Limited | 1 | £ 1,750,000,000 | View projects |
| 12 | AtkinsRéalis | 1 | £ 1,750,000,000 | View projects |
| 13 | McLaren Construction Limited | 17 | £ 1,730,350,500 | View projects |
| 14 | The Berkeley Group | 36 | £ 1,652,674,609 | View projects |
| 15 | Galliford Try Construction | 54 | £ 1,634,415,760 | View projects |
| 16 | Bellway Homes | 69 | £ 1,526,513,201 | View projects |
| 17 | Vistry Partnerships | 52 | £ 1,390,442,500 | View projects |
| 18 | Winvic Construction Limited | 28 | £ 1,303,890,000 | View projects |
| 19 | Cascade Infrastructure Limited | 5 | £ 1,250,000,000 | View projects |
| 20 | Multiplex Construction Europe Limited | 5 | £ 1,183,000,000 | View projects |
| 21 | Vinci Construction UK Limited | 26 | £ 1,107,505,834 | View projects |
| 22 | Graham Construction Limited | 20 | £ 1,071,079,341 | View projects |
| 23 | Hill Partnerships Limited | 36 | £ 1,037,160,840 | View projects |
| 24 | RJ McLeod (Contractors) Limited | 6 | £ 1,031,300,000 | View projects |
| 25 | Willmott Dixon Holdings Ltd | 49 | £ 958,019,761 | View projects |
| 26 | Bouygues UK Limited | 7 | £ 931,976,562 | View projects |
| 27 | Bloor Homes | 46 | £ 930,479,000 | View projects |
| 28 | Bowmer & Kirkland Limited | 28 | £ 905,130,363 | View projects |
| 29 | Countryside Homes | 28 | £ 882,250,827 | View projects |
| 30 | J. Murphy & Sons Limited | 7 | £ 858,487,000 | View projects |
| 31 | HG Construction | 14 | £ 769,159,000 | View projects |
| 32 | C Hobbs Associates | 4 | £ 755,000,000 | View projects |
| 33 | Costain Group Plc | 20 | £ 746,852,025 | View projects |
| 34 | Midland Metro Alliance | 1 | £ 735,000,000 | View projects |
| 35 | Keepmoat Homes Limited | 34 | £ 725,543,500 | View projects |
| 36 | McLaughlin & Harvey | 16 | £ 697,247,916 | View projects |
| 37 | Miller Homes | 33 | £ 687,107,417 | View projects |
| 38 | Wates Construction Limited | 32 | £ 664,835,234 | View projects |
| 39 | McAleer & Rushe Group | 10 | £ 624,400,000 | View projects |
| 40 | Cala Group | 29 | £ 583,624,850 | View projects |
| 41 | BAM Construction | 32 | £ 571,312,406 | View projects |
| 42 | Crest Nicholson South | 20 | £ 568,907,630 | View projects |
| 43 | TSL Projects | 3 | £ 563,000,000 | View projects |
| 44 | Balfour Beatty Vinci JV HS2 | 9 | £ 558,500,000 | View projects |
| 45 | John Sisk & Son Limited | 6 | £ 553,597,000 | View projects |
| 46 | Domis Construction | 8 | £ 521,675,000 | View projects |
| 47 | Tilbury Douglas | 27 | £ 521,530,049 | View projects |
| 48 | Weston Homes Limited | 3 | £ 494,800,000 | View projects |
| 49 | Robertson Group Limited | 27 | £ 489,499,298 | View projects |
| 50 | Aureos Infrastructure Services Limited | 1 | £ 480,000,000 | View projects |
| 51 | MJ Gleeson Group PLC | 31 | £ 479,760,000 | View projects |
| 52 | Mott MacDonald Group Limited | 11 | £ 468,686,002 | View projects |
| 53 | Wills Bros Ltd. | 6 | £ 466,699,082 | View projects |
| 54 | Berkeley DeVeer | 15 | £ 465,580,000 | View projects |
| 55 | Eric Wright Group | 20 | £ 444,392,500 | View projects |
| 56 | Giles Lane Investments Limited | 1 | £ 418,000,000 | View projects |
| 57 | Caddick Construction Limited | 17 | £ 374,486,000 | View projects |
| 58 | London Square Developments Limited | 6 | £ 356,575,500 | View projects |
| 59 | Wain Homes (South West) Holdings Limited | 20 | £ 338,310,000 | View projects |
| 60 | ESH Group | 17 | £ 336,226,994 | View projects |
| 61 | Sir Robert McAlpine Limited | 5 | £ 328,000,000 | View projects |
| 62 | Morris Homes (North) Limited | 11 | £ 327,150,000 | View projects |
| 63 | Skanska UK | 5 | £ 312,156,000 | View projects |
| 64 | JRL Group | 2 | £ 312,000,000 | View projects |
| 65 | Lendlease Limited | 7 | £ 309,895,000 | View projects |
| 66 | Story Contracting Limited | 14 | £ 300,141,470 | View projects |
| 67 | Glencar Construction Limited | 8 | £ 292,476,000 | View projects |
| 68 | Mercury Engineering | 1 | £ 285,000,000 | View projects |
| 69 | Bennett Construction Limited | 5 | £ 283,400,000 | View projects |
| 70 | Strata Group (Yorkshire) Limited | 7 | £ 283,140,000 | View projects |
| 71 | CubicWorks Limited | 4 | £ 269,256,850 | View projects |
| 72 | Higgins Partnerships | 13 | £ 254,722,144 | View projects |
| 73 | Hollybrook Limited | 4 | £ 238,440,000 | View projects |
| 74 | Formation Design & Build Limited | 6 | £ 237,289,488 | View projects |
| 75 | GMI Construction Group Plc | 10 | £ 230,021,531 | View projects |
| 76 | LNT Care Developments (3) Limited | 36 | £ 228,710,500 | View projects |
| 77 | United Infrastructure | 11 | £ 223,700,000 | View projects |
| 78 | Watkin Jones & Sons | 7 | £ 221,480,000 | View projects |
| 79 | JJ Rhatigan & Company Limited | 4 | £ 207,000,000 | View projects |
| 80 | MTX Contracts Limited | 8 | £ 201,932,965 | View projects |
| 81 | Homes By Honey Limited | 4 | £ 201,000,000 | View projects |
| 82 | CCG (Scotland) Limited | 15 | £ 197,210,021 | View projects |
| 83 | Kori Construction | 13 | £ 196,932,500 | View projects |
| 84 | Marshall Holdings Limited | 6 | £ 193,445,000 | View projects |
| 85 | McCarthy & Stone Retirement Lifestyles | 25 | £ 182,871,300 | View projects |
| 86 | HB Villages Limited | 1 | £ 180,000,000 | View projects |
| 87 | Dandara Jersey Limited | 4 | £ 178,180,000 | View projects |
| 88 | Stantec | 1 | £ 175,000,000 | View projects |
| 89 | Barhale Limited | 10 | £ 170,500,000 | View projects |
| 90 | Mulalley & Company Limited | 4 | £ 167,570,278 | View projects |
| 91 | Legendre UK Limited | 4 | £ 166,000,000 | View projects |
| 92 | Intelle Construction Limited | 5 | £ 161,934,400 | View projects |
| 93 | Conrad Energy (Developments) Limited | 2 | £ 160,000,000 | View projects |
| 94 | Stonebridge Homes Limited | 7 | £ 158,640,000 | View projects |
| 95 | Castle Green Homes | 8 | £ 156,580,000 | View projects |
| 96 | William Davis Homes Limited | 8 | £ 154,160,000 | View projects |
| 97 | Sewell Group | 4 | £ 152,198,314 | View projects |
| 98 | Fidra Energy | 1 | £ 150,000,000 | View projects |
| 99 | Arada London | 2 | £ 150,000,000 | View projects |
| 100 | Verto Homes Limited | 1 | £ 147,762,500 | View projects |
| Position | Company Name | Number of Projects | Total Value | View Projects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barratt Homes | 227 | £ 5,655,663,382 | View projects |
| 2 | Taylor Wimpey | 148 | £ 4,022,995,000 | View projects |
| 3 | Persimmon Homes (East Yorkshire) Limited | 192 | £ 4,013,315,371 | View projects |
| 4 | McLaren Construction Limited | 26 | £ 3,572,484,500 | View projects |
| 5 | Laing O'Rourke Delivery Limited | 7 | £ 3,567,000,000 | View projects |
| 6 | Kier Group | 102 | £ 3,501,650,948 | View projects |
| 7 | Bellway Homes | 141 | £ 3,226,722,201 | View projects |
| 8 | Morgan Sindall Group | 174 | £ 3,203,315,799 | View projects |
| 9 | Mace Limited | 13 | £ 3,113,113,200 | View projects |
| 10 | Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Limited | 53 | £ 3,100,706,403 | View projects |
| 11 | Vistry Partnerships | 109 | £ 2,688,832,000 | View projects |
| 12 | VolkerWessels UK | 18 | £ 2,223,491,417 | View projects |
| 13 | Bowmer & Kirkland Limited | 57 | £ 2,178,398,313 | View projects |
| 14 | Galliford Try Construction | 85 | £ 2,031,808,744 | View projects |
| 15 | The Berkeley Group | 44 | £ 2,022,514,609 | View projects |
| 16 | Hill Partnerships Limited | 60 | £ 1,995,736,325 | View projects |
| 17 | Willmott Dixon Holdings Ltd | 83 | £ 1,989,194,559 | View projects |
| 18 | Winvic Construction Limited | 39 | £ 1,976,263,682 | View projects |
| 19 | Graham Construction Limited | 30 | £ 1,875,901,945 | View projects |
| 20 | AtkinsRéalis | 1 | £ 1,750,000,000 | View projects |
| 21 | Siemens Mobility Limited | 1 | £ 1,750,000,000 | View projects |
| 22 | Bouygues UK Limited | 12 | £ 1,739,476,562 | View projects |
| 23 | Bloor Homes | 83 | £ 1,642,139,000 | View projects |
| 24 | Vinci Construction UK Limited | 37 | £ 1,591,293,773 | View projects |
| 25 | Keepmoat Homes Limited | 60 | £ 1,302,051,392 | View projects |
| 26 | Cascade Infrastructure Limited | 5 | £ 1,250,000,000 | View projects |
| 27 | Lendlease Limited | 12 | £ 1,249,128,000 | View projects |
| 28 | Miller Homes | 61 | £ 1,187,102,417 | View projects |
| 29 | Multiplex Construction Europe Limited | 5 | £ 1,183,000,000 | View projects |
| 30 | Wates Construction Limited | 52 | £ 1,167,801,048 | View projects |
| 31 | BAM Construction | 52 | £ 1,167,094,536 | View projects |
| 32 | Countryside Homes | 42 | £ 1,161,558,327 | View projects |
| 33 | Domis Construction | 7 | £ 1,090,200,000 | View projects |
| 34 | RJ McLeod (Contractors) Limited | 7 | £ 1,073,300,000 | View projects |
| 35 | HG Construction | 16 | £ 1,041,844,500 | View projects |
| 36 | Cala Group | 51 | £ 936,298,536 | View projects |
| 37 | London Square Developments Limited | 11 | £ 899,582,500 | View projects |
| 38 | McLaughlin & Harvey | 23 | £ 886,058,301 | View projects |
| 39 | Skanska UK | 8 | £ 836,656,000 | View projects |
| 40 | Crest Nicholson South | 34 | £ 824,657,630 | View projects |
| 41 | Glencar Construction Limited | 25 | £ 822,988,000 | View projects |
| 42 | Costain Group Plc | 23 | £ 814,752,025 | View projects |
| 43 | McAleer & Rushe Group | 15 | £ 807,220,000 | View projects |
| 44 | Caddick Construction Limited | 29 | £ 800,186,000 | View projects |
| 45 | C Hobbs Associates | 7 | £ 784,000,000 | View projects |
| 46 | Berkeley DeVeer | 25 | £ 763,720,000 | View projects |
| 47 | Tilbury Douglas | 46 | £ 762,916,114 | View projects |
| 48 | Robertson Group Limited | 45 | £ 752,391,298 | View projects |
| 49 | Midland Metro Alliance | 1 | £ 735,000,000 | View projects |
| 50 | J. Murphy & Sons Limited | 8 | £ 726,487,000 | View projects |
| 51 | Renaker Build Limited | 5 | £ 717,453,750 | View projects |
| 52 | MJ Gleeson Group PLC | 46 | £ 706,240,000 | View projects |
| 53 | Bam-Hitachi Joint Venture | 1 | £ 700,000,000 | View projects |
| 54 | Gilbert-Ash Limited | 9 | £ 655,292,800 | View projects |
| 55 | Balfour Beatty Vinci JV HS2 | 22 | £ 639,950,000 | View projects |
| 56 | TSL Projects | 8 | £ 605,899,000 | View projects |
| 57 | John Sisk & Son Limited | 9 | £ 600,597,000 | View projects |
| 58 | Eric Wright Group | 32 | £ 600,132,781 | View projects |
| 59 | Mount Anvil Construction Limited | 7 | £ 567,404,850 | View projects |
| 60 | Aureos Infrastructure Services Limited | 2 | £ 550,000,000 | View projects |
| 61 | Wain Homes (South West) Holdings Limited | 32 | £ 504,340,000 | View projects |
| 62 | Wills Bros Ltd. | 7 | £ 501,199,082 | View projects |
| 63 | Story Contracting Limited | 27 | £ 496,151,470 | View projects |
| 64 | Weston Homes Limited | 3 | £ 494,800,000 | View projects |
| 65 | GMI Construction Group Plc | 26 | £ 490,946,531 | View projects |
| 66 | JRL Group | 5 | £ 468,000,000 | View projects |
| 67 | Homes By Honey Limited | 14 | £ 441,460,000 | View projects |
| 68 | Giles Lane Investments Limited | 1 | £ 418,000,000 | View projects |
| 69 | LNT Care Developments Limited | 63 | £ 412,396,500 | View projects |
| 70 | Acciona Infrastructure | 1 | £ 400,000,000 | View projects |
| 71 | Collen Construction (UK) Limited | 1 | £ 400,000,000 | View projects |
| 72 | Morris Homes (North) Limited | 15 | £ 388,630,000 | View projects |
| 73 | Arada London | 4 | £ 375,000,000 | View projects |
| 74 | ESH Group | 21 | £ 362,668,713 | View projects |
| 75 | CCG (Scotland) Limited | 28 | £ 353,810,669 | View projects |
| 76 | Sir Robert McAlpine Limited | 7 | £ 351,500,000 | View projects |
| 77 | Bennett Construction Limited | 6 | £ 330,400,000 | View projects |
| 78 | Strata Group (Yorkshire) Limited | 10 | £ 327,780,000 | View projects |
| 79 | HFD Construction | 2 | £ 320,586,800 | View projects |
| 80 | Legendre UK Limited | 8 | £ 318,343,800 | View projects |
| 81 | Castle Green Homes | 15 | £ 317,500,000 | View projects |
| 82 | Higgins Partnerships | 15 | £ 309,211,521 | View projects |
| 83 | Marubeni Europe Limited | 1 | £ 300,000,000 | View projects |
| 84 | Vantage Data Centers | 1 | £ 300,000,000 | View projects |
| 85 | MTX Contracts Limited | 14 | £ 298,126,380 | View projects |
| 86 | Watkin Jones & Sons | 9 | £ 286,233,200 | View projects |
| 87 | Mercury Engineering | 1 | £ 285,000,000 | View projects |
| 88 | JRL Plant And Logistics Limited | 4 | £ 283,350,900 | View projects |
| 89 | Seddon Construction Limited | 39 | £ 280,527,968 | View projects |
| 90 | William Davis Homes Limited | 13 | £ 275,590,000 | View projects |
| 91 | CubicWorks Limited | 4 | £ 269,256,850 | View projects |
| 92 | Hollybrook Limited | 7 | £ 264,216,800 | View projects |
| 93 | Formation Design & Build Limited | 8 | £ 257,239,488 | View projects |
| 94 | United Infrastructure | 10 | £ 253,060,000 | View projects |
| 95 | McCarthy & Stone Retirement Lifestyles | 43 | £ 249,527,100 | View projects |
| 96 | Rowland Homes Limited | 13 | £ 242,860,000 | View projects |
| 97 | MCS Group Limited | 15 | £ 237,696,200 | View projects |
| 98 | Fairview Estates (Housing) Limited T/A Fairview New Homes | 6 | £ 225,630,000 | View projects |
| 99 | Story Homes | 9 | £ 220,340,000 | View projects |
| 100 | RG Group Limited Head Office | 3 | £ 215,588,000 | View projects |
How are these tables ranked?
The top contractors league tables are ranked by total contract award value won by the main contractor. The projects that influence the ranking have a start date from 6 months back through to 6 months forward.
How to use this league table
Top construction companies are ranked by value by default, but you have several ways to customise your view:
- Number of results: Use the display toggle to show between 10 and all 100 companies at once.
- Project value: Click the value column to switch between highest and lowest.
- Search: Use the search bar in the upper right hand corner of the table to search for project names, values, start dates, or positions.
- Number of projects: Click the number of projects column to switch between the highest and lowest project count for each company
- Alphabetical sorting: Click the project name, sector, or location columns to sort A–Z or Z–A.
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- Balfour Beatty Regional Construction Limited
- Laing O’Rourke Delivery Limited
- Bouygues Travaux Publics-Murphy Joint Venture
- Barratt Homes
- Kier Group
- Taylor Wimpey
- Mace Limited
- Persimmon Homes (East Yorkshire) Limited
- VolkerWessels UK
- Morgan Sindall Group
By project value: Balfour Beatty with £40.21bn.
By project count: Barratt Homes has the most projects at 141.
A tier 1 contractor is the main contractor appointed directly by the client to deliver a construction project, taking overall responsibility for programme, cost, quality and safety. It manages the supply chain beneath it, appointing and coordinating the tier 2 subcontractors and tier 3 suppliers who carry out the specialist works.
No, it is ranked by the value of total projects reported on Barbour ABI’s Construction Project Leads Platform.
The League Tables produced by Barbour ABI are updated on a quarterly basis.
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