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As of 4 November 2026, 2,051 construction & building engineering companies are based in India; 64 are hiring right now and Chennai has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 2,051
- Hiring now
- 64 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- General building contractors · 1,370
- Top city
- Chennai · 76
- Parent market
- Property & construction · 11,968
Construction & building engineering in India, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General building contractors | 1,370 | 67% |
| Civil infrastructure contractors | 645 | 31% |
| Custom home builders | 70 | 3% |
| Prefabricated house manufacturers | 63 | 3% |
| General property developers | 54 | 3% |
| Architecture practices | 40 | 2% |
| Residential property developers | 37 | 2% |
| Other construction & building engineering | 34 | 2% |
| Groundworks contractors | 28 | 1% |
| Interior fitout contractors | 26 | 1% |
| Swimming pool builders | 23 | 1% |
| Interior design studios | 18 | 1% |
| Multi trade renovation | 16 | 1% |
| Excavation & earthmoving contractors | 15 | 1% |
| Demolition contractors | 12 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 34 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 824 · 15 |
| 11-50 employees | 573 · 8 |
| 51-200 employees | 453 · 23 |
| 201-500 employees | 120 · 9 |
| 501-1000 employees | 32 · 4 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 10 · 4 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 10,001+ employees | 3 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Chennai | 76 | 4% |
| Bengaluru | 70 | 3% |
| Delhi | 20 | 1% |
| Mumbai | 19 | 1% |
| Gurugram | 17 | 1% |
| Hyderabad | 17 | 1% |
| Kochi | 12 | 1% |
| Noida Sector 27 | 12 | 1% |
| Bhubaneswar | 10 | 0% |
| Madhapur | 9 | 0% |
| Nagar | 9 | 0% |
| Anna Nagar (Chennai) | 8 | 0% |
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The stack of construction & building engineering in India
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Other segments of property & construction in India
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Plumbing heating sanitary trades · 377 →
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2,051 construction & building engineering companies are based in India; 64 are hiring right now and Chennai has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/property_construction/india/construction_and_building_engineering)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Construction & building engineering in India: questions
How many construction & building engineering companies are there in India?
2,051 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Property & construction → Construction & building engineering → leaf niches such as general building contractors, civil infrastructure contractors, custom home builders. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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