Below you can see our list of the 10 largest construction companies in the world. For a more comprehensive list please see this article.
10. ACS Group (BMAD:ACS)
Market cap in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 7.6
Revenue in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 43.7
Profit in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 1,100
Total assets in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 43.3
ACS is a Spanish giant, and has projects all across the world, which has earned the company over $43 billion in revenue.
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9. Hochtief (FWB:HOT)
Market cap in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 10
Revenue in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 30.2
Profit in 2019 (in millions of dollars): -200
Total assets in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 210.1
The largest German construction company is nearly 150 years old, and employs nearly 54,000 people and has built Germany’s first nuclear power plant as well as Adolf Hitler’s homes. More recently, it built the famous Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey.
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8. Larsen and Toubro (NSE:LT)
Market cap in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 16.8
Revenue in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 20.8
Profit in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 1,400
Total assets in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 40.4
While the company was founded by two Danish workers seeking refuse in India, the company now has over 100 subsidiaries, as well as numerous associates and joint ventures. It is responsible for major projects in India and employs over 337,000 people.
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7. Power Construction Corp of China
Market cap in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 7.7
Revenue in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 50.1
Profit in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 1,000
Total assets in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 116.7
This company is mainly responsible just for electric utility line construction services and still pulled in $50 billion in revenue in just a year.
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6. Bouygues
Market cap in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 11.7
Revenue in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 42.5
Profit in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 1,300
Total assets in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 44.2
One of the biggest construction company in France is also one of the biggest construction companies in the world, employing over 129,000 people and earning a revenue of $42.5 billion in 2019.
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5. China Communications Construction (SSE:601800)
Market cap in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 10.8
Revenue in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 79.8
Profit in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 2,800
Total assets in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 161.8
The list is almost entirely China now as another state owned company with mostly domestic operations, including bridges, railways, tunnels, subways, highways and even railways.
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4. China Railway Group (SSE:601390)
Market cap in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 14.8
Revenue in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 122.9
Profit in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 3,200
Total assets in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 151.6
It is among the biggest companies in the world and apart from the domestic market share, also engages in high profile projects across the world.
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3. Vinci (Euronext:DG)
Market cap in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 45.5
Revenue in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 54.6
Profit in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 3.600
Total assets in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 102.4
Founded 121 years ago, Vinci is Europe’s biggest construction company in the world. It employs over 220,000 people and in fact, it’s not just Europe’s biggest construction company, but any country other than China.
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2. China Railway Construction (SSE:601186)
Market cap in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 14.9
Revenue in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 116.8
Profit in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 2,800
Total assets in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 154.4
Don’t confuse it with China Railway Group above. I’ve already mentioned that China isn’t really very creative when naming its state owned giant conglomerates, and China Railway Construction is no exception, and has earned $116 billion in revenue in just one year, while holding $154 billion in assets as well. While the company was founded in 1948, it was only listed in 2007.
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1. China State Construction Engineering
Market cap in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 30.7
Revenue in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 203
Profit in 2019 (in millions of dollars): 6,100
Total assets in 2019 (in billions of dollars): 292.3
Topping the list of the 10 largest construction companies in the world is of course China State Construction Engineering, which is the only company in the list to have earned more than $200 billion in revenue in a single year. It also has the highest profits and total assets of any construction company in the world. However, most of its sales come from domestic sources and other companies such as the European ones have greater international revenue.
See also: 10 Biggest Construction Companies in India and 11 Biggest Construction Companies in Europe
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