Top 100 Construction Companies in the UK

The Top 100 construction companies in the UK won £42 billion-worth of contracts last year.

Glenigan’s construction industry research shows that Morgan Sindall topped the table of the top 100 construction companies in the UK with £3 billion-worth of contract awards. This figure is twice the size of the company’s total compared to last year’s league table.

Morgan Sindall’s awards in 2021 ranged from the £350 million Project Saturn to fit-out 25 Canada Square (Project ID: 21367875) in London, to a £166 million scheme to construct railway stations at Bedlington and Seaton Delaval on the Northumberland line (Project ID: 20291353)

Kier in healthy shape

The top three contractors in the top 100 construction companies in the UK remained in the same positions as last year’s table with Kier in second spot ahead of Royal BAM.

Kier’s 2021 order book of just under £1.8 billion is 18% larger than in last year’s table. The company’s awards in 2021 were bolstered by major health contracts. Awards included an £87 million redevelopment of Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton (Project ID: 20397012) to an £80 million revamp of Luton and Dunstable Hospital (Project ID: 15289038)

Wham BAM

Royal BAM’s order book leapt by more than a third to £1.7 billion. The group’s order book was boosted by a swathe of major civil projects including big road jobs. These included a £320 million roads scheme on the A27 near Arundel in West Sussex (Project ID: 14429865) and the £240 million Derby Junctions scheme on the A38 (Project ID: 16389133).

Orders rise across the board

Among the top 10 contractors in the top 100 construction companies in the UK, ISG’s order book grew at the largest rate with a rise of 90% on last year’s table to £1.6 billion. Like Morgan Sindall, ISG benefitted from a surge in work in London, but the top 30 construction companies all increased the total value of their contract awards compared to last year’s table.

The Top 100 construction companies in the UK