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As of 4 November 2026, 136,367 construction & building engineering companies are based in United States; 2,128 are hiring right now and Houston has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 136,367
- Hiring now
- 2,128 · 589 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- General building contractors · 64,127
- Top city
- Houston · 1,433
- Parent market
- Property & construction · 854,796
Construction & building engineering in United States, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General building contractors | 64,127 | 47% |
| Custom home builders | 19,025 | 14% |
| Concrete & formwork contractors | 13,608 | 10% |
| Civil infrastructure contractors | 10,620 | 8% |
| Excavation & earthmoving contractors | 9,828 | 7% |
| Multi trade renovation | 8,995 | 7% |
| Masonry contractors | 4,322 | 3% |
| Swimming pool builders | 4,287 | 3% |
| Other construction & building engineering | 2,806 | 2% |
| Roofing contractors | 2,359 | 2% |
| Demolition contractors | 2,101 | 2% |
| Other specialist building services contractors | 1,511 | 1% |
| Prefabricated house manufacturers | 1,287 | 1% |
| Hard landscaping & paving | 1,155 | 1% |
| Decking pergola installers | 819 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 15,142 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 90,881 · 278 |
| 11-50 employees | 24,505 · 642 |
| 51-200 employees | 4,678 · 804 |
| 201-500 employees | 822 · 259 |
| 501-1000 employees | 220 · 88 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 100 · 50 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 11 · 4 |
| 10,001+ employees | 8 · 3 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Houston | 1,433 | 1% |
| Dallas | 779 | 1% |
| Austin | 775 | 1% |
| Miami | 771 | 1% |
| Phoenix | 639 | 0% |
| New York | 635 | 0% |
| San Francisco | 625 | 0% |
| Brooklyn | 613 | 0% |
| San Antonio | 604 | 0% |
| Orlando | 588 | 0% |
| Charlotte | 582 | 0% |
| San Diego | 560 | 0% |
The biggest construction & building engineering companies in United States
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The stack of construction & building engineering in United States
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136,367 construction & building engineering companies are based in United States; 2,128 are hiring right now and Houston has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/property_construction/united-states/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 United States: questions
How many construction & building engineering companies are there in United States?
136,367 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, custom home builders, concrete & formwork contractors. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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