Top 100 Construction Companies 2008

The Top 100 construction companies league table ranks the UK's 100 biggest construction companies by turnover and profit. The table is compiled every September.

Rank by Company Name Turnover Pre-tax Profit
Turnover Profit
1 1 Balfour Beatty 7,488.0 157.0
2 5 Carillion 3,951.7 94.4
3 7 Laing O'Rourke 3,603.1 81.2
4 13 Kier 2,374.2 63.4
5 17 Morgan Sindall 2,114.6 57.6
6 18 Newarthill (Sir Robert McAlpine) 1,850.1 45.9
7 15 Galliford Try 1,831.9 60.3
8 10 Interserve 1,738.0 69.3
9 11 BAM (Construction & Nuttall) 1,637.8 67.9
10 6 Babcock 1,555.9 84.6
11 12 Mitie 1,407.2 67.9
12 3 Amey UK 1,371.5 103.0
13 86 Bovis Lend Lease 1,342.6 2.2
14 8 Miller 1,309.2 81.2
15 22 Skanska 1,308.8 38.0
16 21 Vinci/Ringway 1,178.3 41.9
17 41 ISG 1,090.1 12.6
18 23 Wates 974.0 37.7
19 2 Keller 955.1 103.2
20 28 Rok 950.1 28.3
21 33 Costain 877.9 19.8
22 19 Enterprise 847.0 45.3
23 25 Bowmer & Kirkland 832.9 36.6
24 29 Shepherd  717.5 22.9
25 27 Eaga plc 639.0 28.4
26 91 Volker Wessels UK 585.4 1.2
27 14 Keepmoat 558.8 61.7
28 9 Homeserve 554.9 71.8
29 30 Connaught 552.9 21.7
30 46 Mace 546.5 10.8
31 60 NG Bailey 524.9 8.0
32 31 Morrison Utility Services 492.6 20.1
33 16 J Murphy 476.0 59.6
34 36 May Gurney 437.0 17.0
35 56 Dalkia 428.3 8.8
36 49 Willmott Dixon 413.4 10.1
37 26 Southern Electric Contracting 404.1 33.8
38 24 Lagan 400.0 37.0
39 64 Renew Holdings 390.6 6.7
40 100 Emcor 378.7 -5.6
41 39 Morrison Facilities Services 323.0 13.1
42 77 Jarvis 321.9 4.5
43 34 RG Carter 318.0 17.2
44 51 Byrne Group 317.3 9.5
45 42 Styles & Wood 315.5 11.8
46 35 Spice plc 312.2 17.1
47 38 Mears 304.6 15.5
48 98 Geoffrey Osborne 303.7 -1.8
49 20 Severfield Rowan 300.7 43.0
50 73 Ardmore 299.0 5.0
51 4 Bechtel 291.3 96.3
52 44 Seddon 279.1 11.5
53 52 J B Leadbitter 263.8 9.2
54 67 Ogilvie Group 258.3 5.7
55 37 Bouygues/Colas 245.2 15.9
56 57 Sisk 242.5 8.2
57 99 Brookfield (formerly Multiplex) 240.6 -3.1
58 75 Barr Holdings 239.1 4.8
59 74 Clancy 235.7 4.9
60 94 Higgins 217.8 0.6
61 48 Rotary 216.8 10.1
62 53 Carey Group 213.2 9.1
63 84 North Midland Construction 211.6 3.1
64 65 Midas 210.1 5.9
65 81 RG Group 210.1 3.6
66 95 GB Building Solutions 207.2 0.1
67 63 McLaughlin & Harvey 207.1 7.2
68 61 Lorne Stewart 206.1 7.8
69 47 GSH Group 200.4 10.3
70 87 Thomas Vale 195.1 2.2
71 97 Brett Group 194.9 -1.5
72 58 T Clarke 193.8 8.2
73 72 Patton Group 190.5 5.3
74 54 Simons Group 188.1 9.1
75 43 Headcrown 187.6 11.8
76 50 William Hare 181.6 9.9
77 93 Haymills 181.2 0.9
78 82 Daniel Contractors 180.9 3.4
79 69 Tolent 180.0 5.5
80 45 Imtech 179.1 11.3
81 96 Mabey 177.3 -0.2
82 32 Rydon Group 168.8 20.0
83 78 McNicholas Construction 168.0 4.2
84 90 Doyle plc 168.0 1.6
85 85 Staveley Engineering Services 165.8 2.3
86 68 Robertson Group 164.7 5.7
87 83 Eric Wright Group 164.3 3.2
88 89 Old House Group 152.8 1.7
89 40 John Graham (Dromore) 148.3 12.9
90 80 Integral UK 147.5 3.8
91 79 Barhale 147.4 3.9
92 59 PC Harrington 147.0 8.0
93 62 Forth Holdings 145.9 7.5
94 55 Apollo 142.7 8.9
95 88 Longcross Group 139.2 1.9
96 76 Ards Holdings 137.3 4.6
97 71 J Reddington 137.2 5.4
98 92 Durkan 135.4 1.1
99 70 McLaren Construction 133.8 5.4
100 66 Rowecord 132.0 5.9