30 April 2026

Top 100 Construction Companies in the UK | 2026

Top 100 UK construction companies ranked by equity raised in 2026, with funding insights and sector analysis.

UK construction companies raised £924m in 2025 — the second-strongest year on record, behind only the £1.30b raised in 2021. Annual investment has now sat above £880m every year since 2018, marking the longest sustained funding plateau of any sector we’ve analysed. In total, construction companies in the UK have raised £10.4b across all equity fundraisings tracked by Beauhurst, with 56% of that total arriving since the start of 2020.

We’ve ranked the top 100 construction companies by total equity raised (all data sourced from the Beauhurst platform).

An overview of the construction sector

The UK construction sector covers companies that design, build, and develop the physical built environment — from housebuilders and commercial developers through civil engineering and infrastructure to specialist trades, materials suppliers, and construction technology businesses.

This article covers the full Property Development and Construction industry classification on the Beauhurst platform, encompassing residential and commercial property development, build-to-rent operators, REITs, decommissioning and remediation specialists, energy infrastructure builders, and the modern construction-tech firms applying robotics, sensors, and software to the built environment.

Beauhurst tracks 366,041 active construction companies in the UK, up from 123,159 in the final quarter of 2015 — a 197% increase over the decade and one of the largest active company populations of any UK sector.

Together, these companies generated £500b in turnover according to latest financials and support an estimated 2.15m employees, making construction one of the largest contributors to UK economic activity. Across all time, construction companies have raised £10.4b in equity funding tracked on the platform, with 2024 (£1.00b) and 2025 (£924m) sitting just below the 2021 peak.

Key findings

Fidra Energy tops the ranking with £445m raised. The London-based company develops and operates large-scale battery energy storage projects, and accounts for 4.3% of all UK construction equity raised to date. Its venture-stage classification reflects how recently the company has scaled.
Able UK (£339m, North East) takes second place with marine decommissioning, demolition, and the Able Marine Energy Park, followed by Our Habitas (£338m, London) in hospitality property development, Downing (£271m, North West) in student accommodation and commercial development, and Pocket Living (£209m, London) in intermediate-affordable London housing. The top five account for 15% of all equity raised in UK construction — by far the most diversified leadership tier of any sector we’ve analysed.
London hosts 31 of the top 100, followed by the South East (15), North West (12), South West (10), and the North East and Yorkshire & Humber (six each). The top 100 spans 14 UK regions in total — including all four nations and both Scottish urban regions — making construction the most geographically distributed top 100 in the series.
Established companies dominate the top 100 with 61 entries, alongside 17 venture-stage, 16 growth-stage, two seed-stage, two exited, and two zombie. The 63 mature names (established and exited combined) make construction the most established top 100 of any sector we’ve analysed — a profile that reflects a sector built on long-running businesses rather than recent fundraising momentum.
The top 100 collectively raised £5.30b — 51% of the sector’s all-time total. The rest is distributed across the long tail.

Methodology

To be included in this list of edtech companies, companies must be:

Headquartered in the UK
Operating in the ‘Property Development and Construction’ Beauhurst industry classification
Listed as ‘Active’ on Companies House

We’ve then ranked these companies by total equity raised.

If you’re a Beauhurst subscriber, you can view this list directly in the platform and apply additional filters to refine the results.

Analysis accurate as of 30 April 2026. The table below is updated weekly to reflect the most recent data from the Beauhurst platform.

Top 100 construction companies in the UK

Last Updated: 20 August 2026

	Company	Region	Stage	Employees	Total Raised
1	British Land	London	Established	500-999	£1,534,000,000£1.5bn
2	Assura	North West	Exited	50-99	£465,400,000£465.4m
3	Fidra Energy	London	Venture	10-24	£445,000,000£445m
4	Able UK	North East	Established	50-99	£339,300,000£339.3m
5	Our Habitas	London	Zombie	500-999	£338,322,175£338.3m
6	Hammerson	London	Established	100-249	£328,000,000£328m
7	Downing	North West	Established	100-249	£270,600,000£270.6m
8	Pocket Living	London	Established	25-49	£208,668,000£208.7m
9	HarperCrewe	London	Venture	50-99	£200,000,000£200m
10	GB Bank	London	Growth	50-99	£154,468,687£154.5m
11	Causeway	South East	Established	500-999	£120,000,000£120m
12	Manhattan Loft Corporation	London	Established	250-499	£110,000,000£110m
13	Phenna Group	London	Established	100-249	£100,000,000£100m
14	Nicolas James Group	South East	Established	10-24	£98,500,010£98.5m
15	honey	Yorkshire and The Humber	Venture	50-99	£97,747,040£97.7m
16	Kensa Group	South West	Established	100-249	£91,800,000£91.8m
17	Hayfield Homes	West Midlands	Established	100-249	£85,000,000£85m
18	Dransfield Properties	Yorkshire and The Humber	Established	25-49	£75,220,000£75.2m
19	Glenhawk	London	Growth	25-49	£75,000,000£75m
20	Malhotra Group	North East	Established	>1000	£67,260,000£67.3m
21	FYLD	London	Growth	50-99	£62,922,939£62.9m
22	Hubber	London	Seed	<5	£60,000,000£60m
23	Bewley Homes	South East	Established	100-249	£55,000,000£55m
24	Hodson Developments	London	Established	5-9	£53,800,000£53.8m
25	Leekes	Wales	Established	500-999	£53,000,000£53m
26	Backhouse Housing	South West	Venture	50-99	£52,920,924£52.9m
27	Arora Group	London	Established	>1000	£50,000,000£50m
28	Groveworld	London	Established	5-9	£50,000,000£50m
29	Malcolm Group	West of Scotland	Established	>1000	£50,000,000£50m
30	Mount Anvil	London	Established	100-249	£50,000,000£50m
31	Molson Group	South West	Established	250-499	£43,933,004£43.9m
32	Chancerygate	London	Established	50-99	£43,660,000£43.7m
33	Aura Power	South West	Venture	50-99	£43,000,000£43m
34	Antler Homes	South East	Established	25-49	£41,754,000£41.8m
35	Converge	West Midlands	Growth	50-99	£40,976,954£41m
36	Gladman	North West	Established	100-249	£40,000,000£40m
37	Placefirst	London	Growth	50-99	£36,890,250£36.9m
38	GEL	South West	Established	10-24	£34,211,101£34.2m
39	NBS	North East	Established	100-249	£31,800,000£31.8m
40	Clouston Group	North East	Established	100-249	£31,700,000£31.7m
41	Hortons	West Midlands	Established	25-49	£30,000,000£30m
42	Global Commissioning	South East	Growth	100-249	£28,624,812£28.6m
43	Foresight	London	Venture	25-49	£28,577,640£28.6m
44	Greencore Homes	South East	Growth	50-99	£28,006,045£28m
45	Harworth Group	Yorkshire and The Humber	Established	100-249	£27,800,000£27.8m
46	Amber Taverns	North West	Established	100-249	£27,500,000£27.5m
47	CorpAcq	North West	Established	>1000	£26,383,820£26.4m
48	Audley Group	South East	Established	500-999	£25,899,309£25.9m
49	Bancon Group	Aberdeen	Established	100-249	£25,500,000£25.5m
50	CrowdProperty	West Midlands	Growth	50-99	£24,455,447£24.5m

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The future of construction in the UK

Construction company formations have accelerated sharply in recent years — from 10,576 new businesses founded in 2016 to a record 44,113 in 2025. Investment has stayed at near-peak levels through the same period, with annual fundraising exceeding £880m every year since 2018 and 2025 closing at £924m. The combination — record formations alongside sustained capital deployment — sets construction apart from sectors that have either contracted (FoodTech) or rebounded (HRTech, MarTech) in 2025. Construction has instead held steady at a high plateau across multiple years, reflecting a real-economy sector with consistent demand for new housing, energy infrastructure, and commercial space.

Energy infrastructure has emerged as one of the most distinctive recent themes. Sector leader Fidra Energy (£445m) is building large-scale battery storage, joined in the top 100 by Aura Power (£43.0m) in solar and battery storage development, GEL (£34.2m) in geothermal power plant construction, Hubber (£60.0m) in EV charging infrastructure, Egmere Energy (£9.21m) and Future Biogas (£8.31m) in renewable bio-gas, Kensa Group (£91.8m) in ground-source heat pump installation, and Able UK (£339m) operating the Able Marine Energy Park. The shift toward energy infrastructure construction sits alongside the UK’s net-zero commitments and growing grid storage requirements, and represents a new generation of companies whose work straddles construction and the renewable energy transition.

A second cluster centres on volume housebuilding and residential development at scale, with Downing, Pocket Living, HarperCrewe, Renaker, Manhattan Loft Corporation, honey, Hayfield Homes, Bewley Homes, Backhouse Housing, Mount Anvil, Antler Homes, and Harworth Group all in the top 100 building everything from intermediate-affordable London housing to large-scale Manchester residential towers.

A third cluster of newer entrants is applying technology to the construction process itself: Causeway (£120m) in construction software, FYLD (£62.9m) in AI site safety, All3 (£18.5m) in autonomous construction robotics, Q-Bot (£16.6m) in building maintenance robotics, Material Evolution (£16.3m) in low-carbon building materials, Foresight (£28.6m) in project planning software, Aphex (£12.5m) in scheduling software, and Metrikus (£9.72m) in smart building tech.

Together with sustainable building specialists like Greencore Homes, Limetec, and Nationwide Engineering Research and Development (graphene-enhanced concrete), they describe a sector simultaneously growing at record formation rates and modernising its tools at the technical frontier.

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Lily Ruaah

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With a dynamic career spanning over a decade, Lily is the Co-Founder of BlackCat Content and a professional writer. At Beauhurst, she drives the creative and analytical writing initiatives, producing compelling content that captivates and informs. Before Beauhurst, she worked as an SEO Content Writer, where she honed her skills in optimising content for search engines. Adding to her repertoire, Lily holds an MA and BA in Creative Writing, blending her passion for creativity with a keen analytical mind.

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