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Top 100 Construction Companies 2011

Top 100 Construction Companies 2011

The Construction Index Top 100 2011 reflects the challenging conditions being experienced by most companies in the industry. The total turnover of the top 100 biggest builders in the UK dropped half a billion to just under £64bn – though the profit and average margin increased, suggesting many firms are concentrating on staying in the black rather than simply chasing turnover. At the top of the ladder, most of the big boys suffered falls in turnover, with only Babcock avoiding a dip in revenue among the top 10.

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Rank by turnover Rank by profit Company Latest turnover (£m) Previous turnover (£m) Latest pre-tax profit (£m) Previous pre-tax profit (£m) Latest margin (%) Previous margin (%) 2010 Rank by turnover 2010 Rank by profit
1 1 Balfour Beatty  10541.0 10339.0 187.0 267.0 1.8 2.6 1 1
2 2 Carillion  5139.0 5629.3 167.9 135.9 3.3 2.4 2 Up2
3 down20 Laing O'Rourke  3320.0 3526.1 25.9 50.0 0.8 1.4 3 down9
Up4 3 Babcock  2755.8 1895.5 115.4 129.2 4.2 6.8 Up7 Up3
Up5 down11 Morgan Sindall  2101.9 2213.5 40.7 44.7 1.9 2.0 4 Up10
down6 Up9 Kier  2098.7 2146.0 57.7 24.8 2.7 1.2 5 down21
Up7 down6 Mitie  1891.4 1720.0 86.8 91.7 4.6 5.3 Up8 Up5
down8 down8 Interserve  1872.0 1906.8 64.1 89.2 3.4 4.7 Up6 Up6
Up9 13 Skanska  1267.3 1541.8 38.7 38.9 3.1 2.5 Up10 Up13
Up10 Up19 Galliford Try  1221.5 1461.0 26.1 -26.9 2.1 -1.8 down12 down98
Up11 100 Enterprise  1086.9 1060.2 -135.2 -30.6 -12.4 -2.9 17 99
Up12 down31 Keller  1068.9 1037.9 17.8 74.7 1.7 7.2 down19 down7
Up13 Up22 BAM Construct 1037.2 1133.6 24.6 29.9 2.4 2.6 down15 down25
14 Up12 Vinci 1025.1 1162.6 39.1 15.4 3.8 1.3 down14 down35
Up15 Up16 Costain  1022.5 1061.1 27.9 18.1 2.7 1.7 Up16 down30
down16 down5 Amey UK  1012.8 1025.5 87.2 69.3 8.6 6.8 11 Up4
Up17 Up18 Willmott Dixon  989.5 999.9 26.6 18.2 2.7 1.8 Up20 down29
Up18 Up10 Wates  984.9 945.3 43.0 38.9 4.4 4.1 down21 Up14
down19 down47 ISG  972.2 1046.0 8.7 11.8 0.9 1.1 18 down41
down20 Up25 Bovis Lend Lease  964.5 1277.9 21.0 8.6 2.2 0.7 Up13 Up48
Up21 Up99 Miller  783.0 1047.0 -72.4 -170.0 -9.2 -16.2 down23 Up100
down22 down17 Newarthill / Sir Robert McAlpine 779.1 1124.5 27.4 39.3 3.5 3.5 down9 Up8
Up23 down28 Mace  726.0 654.0 19.3 14.9 2.7 2.3 25 Up26
Up24 down37 BAM Nuttall 694.8 643.7 15.7 24.1 2.3 3.7 30 down22
down25 Up15 Bowmer & Kirkland  669.1 873.6 32.6 28.8 4.9 3.3 Up22 down18
Up26 Up7 Keepmoat  604.4 570.4 68.8 63.9 11.4 11.2 down31 Up12
Up27 down30 May Gurney  571.4 483.1 18.8 18.4 3.3 3.8 Up33 Up27
down28 down44 Volker Wessels UK  557.0 563.9 10.1 2.5 1.8 0.4 down27 down36
down29 Up36 Shepherd   526.7 701.0 16.0 -1.5 3.0 -0.2 down28 down90
Up30 down33 Mears  523.9 470.1 16.4 18.4 3.1 3.9 Up35 Up28
Up31 down39 Morrison Utility Services  480.4 473.7 15.1 9.2 3.1 1.9 down34 down38
32 Up4 Homeserve  467.2 379.2 104.8 102.2 22.4 27.0 down32 down97
Up33 down27 NG Bailey  464.2 600.3 19.9 -10.1 4.3 -1.7 down36 Up24
Up34 Up14 Southern Electric Contracting  460.4 482.2 38.1 40.5 8.3 8.4 37 Up15
Up35 down79 Ringway 450.0 465.0 2.0 -7.5 0.4 -1.6 38 73
Up36 down21 J Murphy  408.0 445.0 24.9 34.7 6.1 7.8 down39 20
Up37 Up52 Imtech  340.1 363.0 7.4 5.6 2.2 1.5 Up40 down58
Up38 down57 J B Leadbitter  338.8 337.2 6.2 11.9 1.8 3.5 Up42 Up40
Up39 down98 Lagan  327.6 321.4 -4.3 15.3 -1.3 4.8 45 37
Up40 34 Apollo  319.1 261.6 16.3 17.4 5.1 6.7 Up47 down34
Up41 32 Spice plc  310.7 279.6 16.7 25.4 5.4 9.1 down50 down32
Up42 Up35 Emcor  297.7 320.9 16.1 11.2 5.4 3.5 46 down43
Up43 Up75 Renew Holdings  290.4 316.7 2.7 0.4 0.9 0.1 down48 down78
44 Up43 Byrne Group  287.8 326.2 10.2 11.0 3.5 3.4 Up44 Up44
Up46 down65 Spie Matthew Hall  287.0 312.0 4.0 -3.0 1.4 -1.0 down51 Up64
Up45 down70 Geoffrey Osborne  287.0 311.0 3.5 2.8 1.2 0.9 Up49 Up67
Up47 Up71 Sisk  278.0 161.3 3.4 1.6 1.2 1.0 down88 Up76
Up48 Up26 Morrison Facilities Services  274.6 267.0 20.0 12.0 7.3 4.5 down52 down46
Up49 down45 Northstone NI 271.8 244.7 9.8 16.6 3.6 6.8 55 33
Up50 Up46 Seddon  268.5 255.6 8.8 8.1 3.3 3.2 Up54 Up50
down51 down41 Severfield Rowen  266.7 349.4 11.1 44.1 4.2 12.6 down41 Up11
Up52 down74 Barr Holdings  253.8 170.6 2.8 1.3 1.1 0.8 down57 Up59
Up53 down66 Thomas Vale  251.6 196.5 3.9 3.6 1.6 1.8 Up68 Up65
Up54 Up55 GSH Group  249.5 238.6 6.8 -14.6 2.7 -6.1 Up56 down96
down55 down51 Colas 231.6 182.8 7.5 6.7 3.2 3.7 43 49
Up56 Up49 RG Carter  226.8 198.7 8.4 5.5 3.7 2.8 down66 down60
Up57 down72 RG Group  219.3 157.0 2.9 2.5 1.3 1.6 down90 Up68
Up58 Up62 Ardmore  214.1 173.0 4.1 2.5 1.9 1.4 down83 down74
Up59 Up42 Durkan  213.4 173.0 11.1 -0.8 5.2 -0.5 Up79 Up88
Up60 23 Bouygues  205.1 210.3 23.8 20.0 11.6 9.5 down61 Up23
Up61 down40 United House  201.0 182.0 11.6 15.1 5.8 8.3 down75 down39
Up62 down88 Midas  185.2 168.0 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.1 down85 down87
Up63 down81 Patton Group  185.0 184.0 1.7 0.6 0.9 0.3 Up72 Up75
64 Up87 Clancy  183.2 201.6 0.7 -0.3 0.4 -0.1 down64 down93
down65 down82 Higgins  182.7 225.0 1.5 1.0 0.8 0.4 Up58 Up80
Up66 down78 Teighmore 180.0 40.3 2.4 0.6 1.3 1.5 77 71
down67 down56 Rotary  179.5 200.4 6.7 7.5 3.7 3.7 Up65 down52
down68 down80 John Graham (Dromore)  179.2 266.0 2.0 2.4 1.1 0.9 Up53 Up69
Up69 down59 T Clarke  179.0 177.0 5.7 6.8 3.2 3.8 down81 down54
down70 Up38 Integral UK  175.5 182.4 15.7 9.4 8.9 5.2 Up73 Up53
down71 Up86 Carey Group  174.9 198.2 0.8 -9.5 0.5 -4.8 down67 down94
Up72 down92 Simons Group  174.5 135.7 -1.3 0.3 -0.7 0.2 down99 down84
Up73 down90 SGN Contracting 174.0 178.0 0.2 2.8 0.1 1.6 82 86
74 down58 Lorne Stewart  173.2 183.0 6.1 6.3 3.5 3.4 down74 Up56
down75 61 Malcolm Group  172.0 179.2 4.4 2.4 2.6 1.3 down62 down61
Up76 down63 McLaughlin & Harvey  165.3 149.2 4.1 5.1 2.5 3.4 down91 down62
Up77 Up69 North Midland Construction  164.5 144.0 3.7 1.6 2.2 1.1 down95 Up77
down79 Up24 City Building Glasgow 158.9 161.9 22.5 -2.7 14.2 -1.7 78 72
down78 down76 Ogilvie Group  158.9 201.4 2.6 2.4 1.6 1.2 down63 down70
down80 down68 Bullock Construction  158.8 191.4 3.8 6.7 2.4 3.5 Up70 Up55
Up81 down93 Robertson Group  158.0 165.0 -2.0 5.7 -1.3 3.5 Up89 down92
down82 down67 William Hare  154.1 213.6 3.9 8.9 2.5 4.2 Up59 Up45
Up83 Up73 GF Tomlinson 153.8 125.8 2.9 1.7 1.9 1.4
Up84 Up64 McLaren 152.7 130.8 4.1 3.2 2.7 2.4
down85 down53 Brookfield Multiplex 149.7 178.1 7.3 8.1 4.9 4.5 down80 Up51
Up86 Up60 Eric Wright Group  148.6 145.9 5.0 4.4 3.4 3.0 down94 Up63
down87 Up94 Brett Group  146.2 145.1 -2.4 -5.5 -1.6 -3.8 Up71 95
Up88 down48 Rydon Group  145.7 148.1 8.7 8.7 6.0 5.9 down92 down47
down89 down95 McNicholas Construction  144.6 181.6 -2.5 1.1 -1.7 0.6 Up76 down79
down90 down84 Bechtel  141.0 161.3 1.4 5.7 1.0 3.5 down87 down57
Up91 Up85 Headcrown  140.5 146.7 1.1 -1.3 0.8 -0.9 93 down89
Up92 down91 Daniel Contractors  136.8 141.7 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.7 down96 down81
Up93 Up29 Staveley Engineering Services  134.0 137.7 19.3 0.3 14.4 0.2 down98 down83
Up94 down89 ESH Holdings  134.0 157.0 0.3 -6.4 0.2 -4.1 down100 down85
Up95 Up54 Forth Holdings  125.4 131.6 7.0 7.7 5.6 5.9
down96 down83 GB Building Solutions  125.0 193.0 1.5 0.5 1.2 0.3 Up69 Up82
Up97 Up97 Doyle plc  123.0 183.0 -3.5 -5.9 -2.8 -3.2
down98 down96 Mabey  116.1 161.9 -3.0 33.3 -2.6 20.6 86 Up17
Up99 Up50 Thomas Armstrong  110.4 107.1 8.2 5.7 7.4 5.3
Up100 Up77 Lakehouse Contracts 104.0 69.0 2.6 1.9 2.5 2.8
Totals 63968.1 65468.5 1679.3 1610.3 2.9 2.7  


All companies ranked according to their most recently filed accounts.