U.S. Construction Industry - Statistics & Facts

Leading U.S.-based construction contractors in 2015, based on new contracts (in million U.S. dollars)*

The largest U.S.-based construction contractors in 2015, based on contracting revenue (in million U.S. dollars)

Largest construction machinery manufacturers globally in 2016, based on construction equipment sales (in billion U.S. dollars)

Revenue of selected cement manufacturers worldwide in 2015 (in billion euros)

Construction spending in the United States from 1996 to 2014, by sector (in billion U.S. dollars)

Value added of the construction industry as a share of gross domestic product in the U.S. from 2007 to 2016

Number of production workers within the U.S. construction industry from 1998 to 2015 (in 1,000s)

U.S. materials and components for construction producer price index from 1990 to 2016

Total value of new private construction put in place in the U.S. from 1999 to 2015 (in billion U.S. dollars)*

U.S. public residential construction spending from 2002 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)

Public construction spending on commercial projects in the U.S. from 2008 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)

Number of private housing units started in the United States from 2000 to 2016 (in thousands)

Gross revenue of leading home builders in the United States in 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)

Value of U.S. local and state government non-residential construction put in place from 2000 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)

Value of U.S. local and state government commercial construction put in place from 2006 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)

Value of new private non-residential buildings put in place in the U.S. from 1999 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)

Value of new private office construction put in place in the U.S. from 2000 to 2015 (in million U.S. dollars)*

Forecast for new construction put in place in the U.S. from 2011 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)*

Forecast for new residential construction put in place in the U.S. from 2011 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)*

Forecast for new non-residential construction put in place in the U.S. from 2011 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)*

Projected change in employment of U.S. construction laborers and helpers between 2014 and 2024

Projected growth of the nonresidential construction market in the United States in 2017 and 2018, by type of building