INSIGHTS - OCTOBER 2024

UK Civil Engineering Industry

UK Civil Engineering Industry Information

The civil engineering industry includes heavy constructions such as motorways, streets, bridges, tunnels, railways, airfields, harbours, industrial facilities and other major projects.

Active Businesses

25,202

Annual Sales

£57bn +

Employees

213,925

Economic Contribution 

£16bn

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Location of Civil Engineering Companies

Civil Engineering Companies by Size

70% Micro

23% Small

4% Mid

2% Large

1% Mega

Civil Engineering Companies by Age

29% Young

26% Startup

24% Established

18% Mature

3% New

Fastest Growing Civil Engineering Companies

34% Declining

24% Healthy

18% Rapid

16% High

8% Low

Civil Engineering Industry Competitive Environment - New Entrants vs Leavers

Civil Engineering Industry Valuation

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Civil Engineering Industry Valuation

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Note - from March 2020 multiples are calculated monthly, prior to this they were calculated on an annual basis.
UK Civil engineering Industry Insights

There are 25,202 active Businesses in the UK with combined annual sales of £57 billion .

The Industry employs around 213,924 people and contributes £16 billion to the economy.

The most popular location for Civil Engineering companies is London with 4,379 and the fewest are located in Northern Ireland with 744.

The largest Civil Engineering company is Tarmac Trading Limited with a turnover of £2bn. 70% of the industry is comprised of Micro companies with only 4% Mid companies.

18% of the Civil Engineering Industry is made up of 18% Mature but the majority are Young businesses (29%) the oldest company is Trent Building Company,limited(the) founded in 1908.

Civil Engineering industry has a number of high growth companies (16%), the fastest growing company is Van Oord Offshore Wind Uk Ltd. with a 3 year growth rate of 267%. Other fast growing companies include Solarpro Holding Plc (158%), Integrated Solutions Contracting Limited (106%) and United Mining Services Limited (101%).

The UK Civil Engineering Industry’s valuation has been improving over the past 3 years with a current EBITDA multiple of 7.73x, Turnover multiple of 0.52x and a Net Asset multiple of 2.07x.