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Sector Spotlight: Industrial Construction
Private industrial construction companies are growing at 19.5% annually — here's what private market dealmakers need to know about opportunities in this booming segment.
The construction industry is booming amid significant infrastructure investment, data center buildout, power-related projects supporting AI, and energy transition projects.
Private industrial construction companies are the industry’s standout growth story, posting an average revenue growth rate of 19.5% per year.
Here’s what private market dealmakers need to know.
Opportunities in the Industrial Construction Space
Source: Grata
The industrial sector accounts for just 3.1% of the broader construction industry, but it has ample opportunities to offer private market dealmakers. There are currently well over 175,000 privately owned companies in the segment that are ripe for acquisition.
Industrial Construction Financial Performance
Source: Grata
The private industrial sector dominates in terms of average growth. At 19.5%, private industrial construction companies are growing significantly faster than their private peers and their public counterparts.
This gap likely has to do with smaller private firms being more agile, and thus better able to capture niche manufacturing and data center-related work than larger public players.
Dealmakers may be able to create significant value by snapping up high-growth private industrial construction companies before they reach scale.
Top Companies in Industrial Construction
Source: Grata
Finding the top companies in the industrial construction industry is quick and easy with Grata. Use our Agentic Search feature to surface companies like these in seconds. Specify the revenue range, employee head count, and more to find the exact companies you’re looking for.
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