This is our 2026 list of the UK's biggest contractors and housebuilders, ranked by revenue in the results they published during 2026. We update it every year; earlier lists are linked at the end. For most, that's a financial year ending in 2025 or early 2026. Alongside each one we've added how quickly it pays its suppliers, from the payment practices reports large companies must file with the government every six months.
Revenue is the statutory figure in each company's annual report, results announcement or accounts filed at Companies House, for the group that owns the business. Joint venture revenue is left out. Financial years end at different times, so each figure shows its year end, and every figure links to its source. Payment figures are shown where we hold a report from the last 18 months; some groups report through a subsidiary we haven't matched yet.
The 10 largest contractors
- Balfour Beatty: £9,489m revenue in the year to December 2025 (source). About half of it came from the UK, most of the rest from the US. It paid suppliers in an average of 34 days, with 72% of invoices paid within 30 days and 10% not paid within agreed terms (January to June 2026, government report, filed by Balfour Beatty Group Limited).
- Morgan Sindall: £5,019m revenue in the year to December 2025 (source). It paid suppliers in an average of 24 days, with 73% of invoices paid within 30 days and 3% not paid within agreed terms (January to June 2026, government report, filed by Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd).
- Kier: £4,352m revenue in the year to June 2026 (source).
- M Group: £3,084m revenue in the year to March 2026 (source). M Group works in utilities and infrastructure services (water, telecoms, transport and energy) rather than building. The figure includes Telent from July 2025.
- Mace: £2,789m revenue in the year to December 2024 (source). This is its 2024 figure; its 2025 accounts are due by the end of December 2026. It paid suppliers in an average of 30 days, with 71% of invoices paid within 30 days and 25% not paid within agreed terms (January to June 2026, government report).
- VINCI Construction UK: £2,719m revenue in the year to December 2025 (source). The figure includes FM Conway, bought in January 2025.
- Wates: £2,489m revenue in the year to December 2025 (source). It paid suppliers in an average of 34 days, with 64% of invoices paid within 30 days and 11% not paid within agreed terms (January to June 2026, government report, filed by Wates Construction Limited).
- Laing O'Rourke: £2,414m revenue in the year to March 2026 (source). It paid suppliers in an average of 21 days, with 69% of invoices paid within 30 days and 22% not paid within agreed terms (October 2025 to March 2026, government report, filed by Laing O'Rourke Construction Limited).
- Galliford Try: £1,931m revenue in the year to June 2026 (source).
- Amey: £1,787m revenue in the year to December 2025 (source).
The 10 largest housebuilders
- Barratt Redrow: £6,055m revenue in the year to June 2026 (source). It completed 17,667 homes including joint ventures in that year. It paid suppliers in an average of 30 days, with 67% of invoices paid within 30 days and 28% not paid within agreed terms (January to June 2026, government report).
- Taylor Wimpey: £3,845m revenue in the year to December 2025 (source). It completed 11,229 homes including joint ventures in that year. It paid suppliers in an average of 31 days, with 54% of invoices paid within 30 days and 9% not paid within agreed terms (January to June 2026, government report, filed by Taylor Wimpey UK Limited).
- Persimmon: £3,751m revenue in the year to December 2025 (source). It completed 11,905 homes in that year. It paid suppliers in an average of 26 days, with 69% of invoices paid within 30 days and 48% not paid within agreed terms (January to June 2026, government report).
- Vistry Group: £3,614m revenue in the year to December 2025 (source). It completed 15,658 homes in that year.
- Bellway: £3,162m revenue in the year to July 2026 (source). It completed 9,695 homes in that year. It paid suppliers in an average of 33 days, with 56% of invoices paid within 30 days and 20% not paid within agreed terms (February to July 2026, government report, filed by Bellway Homes Limited).
- Berkeley Group: £2,383m revenue in the year to April 2026 (source). It completed 4,203 homes including joint ventures in that year.
- Miller Homes: £1,424m revenue in the year to December 2025 (source). It completed 4,931 homes in that year. It paid suppliers in an average of 41 days, with 43% of invoices paid within 30 days and 26% not paid within agreed terms (January to June 2026, government report).
- Bloor Homes: £1,290m revenue in the year to June 2025 (source). Housebuilding turnover only; the wider group also owns Triumph Motorcycles. It completed 3,643 homes in that year.
- CALA: £1,128m revenue in the year to December 2025 (source). It completed 2,516 homes in that year.
- The Hill Group: £1,099m revenue in the year to March 2026 (source). It completed 3,329 homes in that year.
What changed since 2025
Compared with our 2025 list, the same names make up both top 10s. Among contractors, M Group moved up to fourth and VINCI Construction UK to sixth, both partly through acquisitions (Telent and FM Conway). Among housebuilders, Taylor Wimpey and Persimmon moved above Vistry, and Miller Homes rose from tenth to seventh.
Size isn't the same as a good payer
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Earlier lists
For the full rankings, see the 20 largest UK contractors and the 15 largest UK housebuilders, with every company we list.