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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
London | North East | North West | Yorkshire | Midlands | East Anglia | South East | South West | Scotland | Wales | Northern Ireland
Position | Contractor | Number of Projects | Value of Projects (£m) | Projects |
1 | Morgan Sindall Group | 351 | 3,084 | See all projects |
2 | Kier Group | 210 | 1,779 | See all projects |
3 | Royal BAM Group | 52 | 1,724 | See all projects |
4 | ISG | 83 | 1,591 | See all projects |
5 | Bowmer & Kirkland | 61 | 1,429 | See all projects |
6 | Wates Group | 45 | 1,339 | See all projects |
7 | Willmott Dixon Holdings | 127 | 1,301 | See all projects |
8 | VolkerWessels | 88 | 1,097 | See all projects |
9 | Winvic Group | 44 | 1,083 | See all projects |
10 | Laing O'Rourke | 12 | 1,070 | See all projects |
11 | Graham Construction | 50 | 1,033 | See all projects |
12 | ENGIE | 61 | 1,008 | See all projects |
13 | Hill Partnerships | 24 | 838 | See all projects |
14 | VINCI Construction UK | 21 | 811 | See all projects |
15 | Skanska UK | 10 | 799 | See all projects |
16 | Galliford Try | 94 | 792 | See all projects |
17 | Balfour Beatty | 43 | 755 | See all projects |
18 | John Sisk & Son | 12 | 734 | See all projects |
19 | McAleer & Rushe | 11 | 727 | See all projects |
20 | Mclaren Construction Group | 17 | 719 | See all projects |
21 | Sir Robert McAlpine | 19 | 693 | See all projects |
22 | Buckingham Group Contracting | 29 | 680 | See all projects |
23 | Henry Construction Projects | 13 | 679 | See all projects |
24 | GMI Construction Group | 25 | 630 | See all projects |
25 | TSL Projects | 15 | 618 | See all projects |
26 | Costain Group | 5 | 618 | See all projects |
27 | Mace | 15 | 534 | See all projects |
28 | JRL Group | 8 | 530 | See all projects |
29 | HG Construction | 14 | 512 | See all projects |
30 | Ardmore Group | 7 | 465 | See all projects |
31 | Multiplex Construction Europe | 2 | 463 | See all projects |
32 | Robertson Group | 65 | 450 | See all projects |
33 | CRH | 67 | 377 | See all projects |
34 | Readie Construction | 24 | 366 | See all projects |
35 | Ferrovial | 4 | 337 | See all projects |
36 | Dragados UK | 1 | 286 | See all projects |
37 | Tilbury Douglas | 70 | 281 | See all projects |
38 | Midas Group | 43 | 281 | See all projects |
39 | IHP Integrated Health | 11 | 266 | See all projects |
40 | Siemens | 6 | 259 | See all projects |
41 | Hitachi Zosen Inova | 2 | 259 | See all projects |
42 | Caddick Group | 24 | 250 | See all projects |
43 | Glencar Construction | 27 | 246 | See all projects |
44 | J J Rhatigan & Company | 5 | 240 | See all projects |
45 | McLaughlin & Harvey | 24 | 237 | See all projects |
46 | Serco | 1 | 217 | See all projects |
47 | SDC | 18 | 213 | See all projects |
48 | R G Carter | 31 | 212 | See all projects |
49 | Bouygues UK | 13 | 210 | See all projects |
50 | BCEGI Construction (UK) | 1 | 202 | See all projects |
51 | Geothermal Engineering | 1 | 200 | See all projects |
52 | Gilbert Ash | 9 | 177 | See all projects |
53 | RG Group | 8 | 176 | See all projects |
54 | Knight Harwood | 12 | 169 | See all projects |
55 | CCG (Scotland) | 17 | 162 | See all projects |
56 | Benniman | 16 | 161 | See all projects |
57 | G W Highways | 1 | 160 | See all projects |
58 | C J O'Shea Group | 3 | 155 | See all projects |
59 | Farrans Construction | 8 | 150 | See all projects |
60 | Tolent | 24 | 147 | See all projects |
61 | Anesco | 2 | 140 | See all projects |
62 | Ian Williams | 6 | 140 | See all projects |
63 | Mott Macdonald Group | 8 | 139 | See all projects |
64 | Seddon Group | 18 | 136 | See all projects |
65 | Clegg Group | 13 | 135 | See all projects |
66 | Bennett Construction | 4 | 131 | See all projects |
67 | JSSH | 13 | 131 | See all projects |
68 | Domis Construction | 3 | 122 | See all projects |
69 | BW Interiors | 25 | 122 | See all projects |
70 | Bom Group | 1 | 120 | See all projects |
71 | One Group Construction | 22 | 119 | See all projects |
72 | Esh Group | 29 | 119 | See all projects |
73 | Vision Homes | 2 | 115 | See all projects |
74 | Team Van Oord | 4 | 113 | See all projects |
75 | PMC Construction & Development | 6 | 112 | See all projects |
76 | Neilcott Construction | 15 | 111 | See all projects |
77 | Beck Interiors | 3 | 110 | See all projects |
78 | Beard | 27 | 107 | See all projects |
79 | Barhale | 5 | 106 | See all projects |
80 | Jarvis | 7 | 106 | See all projects |
81 | Merit Holdings | 3 | 105 | See all projects |
82 | ARJ Construction | 7 | 103 | See all projects |
83 | Stainforth Construction | 18 | 98 | See all projects |
84 | 8Build | 27 | 98 | See all projects |
85 | Claritas Group | 8 | 97 | See all projects |
86 | Durkan Holdings | 9 | 94 | See all projects |
87 | Collins Construction Projects | 10 | 93 | See all projects |
88 | P P O'Connor | 8 | 89 | See all projects |
89 | Ashcroft Services | 2 | 88 | See all projects |
90 | Parkway MK | 10 | 86 | See all projects |
91 | RJ McLeod (Contractors) | 8 | 85 | See all projects |
92 | Wynne Construction | 15 | 85 | See all projects |
93 | LCB Construction | 4 | 84 | See all projects |
94 | Clark Contracts | 22 | 83 | See all projects |
95 | Osborne | 10 | 83 | See all projects |
96 | Henry Boot | 6 | 82 | See all projects |
97 | Murphy Group | 10 | 82 | See all projects |
98 | Trac Structural | 1 | 80 | See all projects |
99 | Cornerstone Construction | 1 | 80 | See all projects |
100 | Legendre UK | 3 | 80 | See all projects |
Source: Glenigan
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