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Compare selected Search 2009 2008 Contractor Turnover (£m) 2009 Turnover (£m) 2008 Turnover Growth (%) Pre-tax profit (£m) 2009 Pre-tax profit (£m) 2008 Pre-tax margin (%) Operating Profit 2009 Operating Profit 2008 Operating Profit Margin (%) Employees 2009 Employees 2008 Average salary (£) 2009 Average salary (£) 2008 Total Directors' Renumeration (£m) 2009 Total Directors' Renumeration (£m) 2008 Revenue per employee 2009 Revenue per employee 2008 Employment costs as a % of revenue 2009 Employment costs as a % of revenue 2008 Analysed accounts
1 1 Balfour Beatty 8,261 6,466 28 249 201 3.03 155 113 1.88 39,525 34,779 36,027 34,561 3.4 2.7 209,007 185,917 17.2 18 31/12/2008
2 2 Carillion 5,205.8 3,951.7 32 115.9 94.4 2.61 120.1 64.4 2.31 35,639 30,746 24,400 21,138 4.8 3.8 146,070 128,527 16.7 16.4 31/12/2008
3 3 Laing O'Rourke 4,087.1 3,603.1 13 85 81.2 2.08 35.9 61.9 0.88 23,205 22,567 33,130 30,824 6 3.8 176,130 159,662 18.8 19.3 31/03/2009
4 5 Morgan Sindall 2,548 2,114.6 20 62.3 57.6 2.44 58 53.5 2.28 8,585 7,209 41502 39,409 4.6 2.9 296,797 293,328 14.0 13.4 31/12/2008
5 4 Kier 2112 2,332.4 -9.5 24.8 63.4 1.17 24.3 60.1 1.15 10,962 9,425 28,525 27,374 2.8 3.3 212,771 219,141 13.4 12.5 30/06/2009
6 8 Interserve 1800 1,738 3.6 79.9 69.3 4.44 82.7 69.2 4.59 26929 26,809 18879 18,110 3.1 3.4 66,842 64,829 28.2 27.9 31/12/2008
7 9 Bam Nuttall/Construct 1,709 1,637.8 4 80.8 67.9 4.73 57.3 55.1 3.35 5,718 5,539 37,921 36,775 2.4 2.2 298,881 295,685 12.7 12.4 31/12/2008
8 14 Vinci 1,703 1,100 54.8 16.2 40.5 0.95 7.1 19.9 0.42 8,755 8,868 38,000 37,000 1.7 1.8 194,517 124,041 19.5 29.8 31/12/2008
9 7 Sir Robert McAlpine 1,697.1 1,816.9 -6.6 33 45.9 1.95 56.6 61.8 3.34 2,937 2,834 49,259 47,509 4.4 2.8 577,835 641,108 8.5 7.4 31/10/2008
10 10 Mitie Group 1,521.9 1,407.2 8 75.9 67.9 4.99 78.6 70.3 5.16 50,054 47,959 13,894 13,228 3 3.5 30,405 29,342 45.7 45.1 31/03/2009
11 11 Amey 1,492.7 1,371.5 8.8 78.2 103 5.2 95.7 103.4 6.4 10,372 10,029 31,044 30,413 2.5 2.1 143,916 136,753 21.6 22.2 31/12/2008
12 13 Skanska 1,480.9 1,308.8 13 -31.5 38 -2.1 -47.1 24.7 -3.18 5,555 5,557 36,600 34,496 3 2.3 266,589 235,523 13.7 14.6 31/12/2008
13 6 Galliford Try 1461 1,832 -20 -26.9 60.3 -1.84 24.5 71.8 1.68 4,511 3,885 38,860 36,319 1.34 1.9 406,096 362,857 9.6 10 30/06/2009
14 12 Bovis Lend Lease 1,278 1,342.6 -4.8 8.62 2.2 0.7 3.141 -5.1 0.25 1,894 1,937 66020 55,361 3.072 2.8 674,762 693,134 9.8 8 30/06/2009
15 16 Keller 1196.6 955.1 25.3 113.2 103.2 9.46 119.4 107.4 9.97 6,350 6,189 36,062 32,606 4.2 4.6 188,441 154,322 19.1 21.1 31/12/2008
16 21 Enterprise 1,090.2 743.1 46.7 -61.5 -70.8 -5.64 71.8 10.4 6.59 8,431 6,965 28,679 25,691 0.5 0.5 129,309 106,691 22.2 24.1 31/12/2008
17 15 ISG 1049 1,090 -3.7 11.7 12.6 1.12 12.5 13.7 1.6 1,867 1,502 37,942 35,810 2.01 1.6 584,360 510,786 6.5 7 30/06/2009
18 18 Rok 1,011.2 874.7 15.6 5.9 24.5 0.58 7 24 0.69 5,198 4,105 27,145 30,694 1.6 4.4 194,536 213,082 14.0 14.4 31/12/2008
19 17 Wates 1,008.9 948.7 6.3 47.1 37.6 4.67 37.1 29.9 3.68 2,323 2,212 51,589 52,713 4.9 3.5 434,309 428,888 11.9 12.3 31/12/2008
20 20 Costain 902.6 747.6 20.7 23.1 19.8 2.56 18.3 16.5 2.03 3,829 3,622 29,538 28,713 1.6 1.6 235,727 206,405 12.5 13.9 31/12/2008
21 19 Bowmer & Kirkland 885.3 819.4 8 43.2 36.6 4.88 32.8 30 3.70 1,793 1,578 40,387 44,667 14.8 19.8 493,753 519,265 8.2 8.6 31/08/2008
22 22 Shepherd 715.5 683.2 4.7 22.9 42.2 3.2 18.5 36.6 2.59 3,713 3,580 32,319 30,084 1.5 1.5 192,701 190,838 16.8 15.8 30/06/2008
23 23 Volker Wessels UK 700.5 585.4 19.7 15.3 1.2 2.18 17.8 6 2.54 2,666 1,895 38,000 43,000 262,753 308,918 14.5 13.9 31/12/2008
24 24 Connaught 660.0 553 19.0 23.0 21.7 3.5 32.6 26.9 4.9 7,330 4,785 24,202 22,608 2.266 1.8 75,443 82,738 32.1 27.3 31/08/2009
25 33 Miller Construction 622.0 386.7 60.8 20.4 13 3.27 12.6 8.3 2.03 671 558 48,025 44,857 1.7 1.7 926,975 693,011 5.2 6.5 31/12/2008
26 25 Mace 608.0 546.5 11.3 14.9 10.8 2.45 14.9 6.8 2.45 2,935 2,817 50,000 49,745 9.7 9.1 207,155 194,001 24.1 25.6 31/12/2008
27 26 NG Bailey 600.3 524.9 14.4 -10.8 8 -1.8 -7.3 2.9 -1.2 3,884 3,752 33,044 31,409 1.64 1.8 135,144 122,042 24.5 25.7 29/02/2009
28 34 Willmott Dixon 592.4 380.4 55.7 12 10.1 2.02 10 6.1 1.69 1,470 706 41,575 43,654 1 2 402,993 538,810 10.3 8.1 31/12/2008
29 30 Southern Electric Contracting 482.2 404.1 19.3 40.5 33.8 8.4 39.4 31.9 8.17 4,402 3,268 29,241 28,412 0.85 0.8 91,799 93,696 31.9 30.3 31/03/2009
30 27 Morrison Utility Services 473.7 492.7 -3.8 12.6 16.3 2.8 8.8 13.3 1.9 2,947 2,945 31,033 30,872 2.6 1.7 167,187 160,170 18.6 19.3 31/03/2009
31 29 May Gurney 470.3 437 7.6 5.2 17 1.11 5.5 15.9 1.17 4,103 3,502 28,589 28,441 1.3 1.1 114,623 124,786 24.9 22.8 31/03/2009
32 28 J Murphy 445 476 -6.5 34.7 59.6 7.8 29.5 54.8 6.63 2,852 2,646 41,888 42,409 6.9 2.3 156,031 179,894 26.8 23.6 31/12/2008
33 39 Mears 420.4 304.6 38 16.6 15.5 3.94 17.4 15.6 4.14 6,613 4,488 19,625 19,888 1.3 1.1 63,572 67,870 30.9 29.3 31/12/2008
34 42 Severfield Rowen 394.3 300.7 31 42.6 38.4 10.8 45.2 38.1 11.5 1,383 1,183 41,059 40,720 4.2 5.9 285,105 254,184 14.4 16 31/12/2008
35 35 Emcor 357.4 378.7 -5.6 10.8 -4.6 3.02 7.7 -6.1 2.15 3,194 3,167 33,508 32,883 1.6 0.9 111,897 119,577 29.9% 27.5% 31/12/2008
36 36 Jarvis 345.8 321.9 7.4 -6.3 4.5 -1.82 -3.7 5.1 -1.07 2,930 3,881 35,699 27,313 0.9 0.9 118,020 82,943 30.2 32.9 31/03/2009
37 41 Osborne 333.7 303.7 9.9 2.5 -1.8 0.74 1.1 -3.6 0.33 1,108 1,009 41,162 37,845 1.1 0.8 301,173 300,991 13.7 12.6 31/03/2009
38 46 Heijmans/Leadbitter 322.7 263.9 22.3 10 9.2 3.1 10 9.2 3.1 674 614 48,000 42,000 1 0.8 478,783 429,805 10.0 9.8 31/12/2008
39 44 Byrne Group 317.3 271.9 16.7 9.5 8.3 2.99 10.7 8 3.37 817 746 47,067 44,421 6.5 5.9 388,372 364,477 12.1 12.2 31/05/2008
40 32 Renew 316.6 390.6 -18.9 1.2 6.7 0.4 0.2 4.8 0.06 1,441 1,341 39,595 37,925 1 1 271,062 259,582 14.6 14.6 30/09/2009
41 37 RG Carter 313 318 -1.6 11.1 17.2 3.5 5.3 11.3 1.7 2,161 2,213 27,245 25,842 1.1 1 147,154 137,009 18.5 18.9 31/12/2008
42 40 Tarmac National Contracting 312.5 304.4 2.7 5.7 7.4 1.82 5.7 7.4 1.8 1,140 1,146 23,962 23,237 0.9 1 274,123 265,620 8.7 8.7 31/12/2008
43 96 Spie Matthew Hall 312.3 112.3 178 -3 -0.9 -0.96 -3.3 -0.3 -1.05 2,193 2,291 36,433 11,399 0.9 0.2 142,408 49,018 25.6 23.3 31/12/2008
44 43 Ardmore 300.3 299 0.4 5.3 5 1.78 6.1 5.5 2.03 258 278 52,190 46,234 1.9 1.4 1,163,953 1,075,540 4.5 4.3 30/09/2008
45 49 Bouygues Colas 299.1 245.2 22.0 17.0 15.9 5.68 5.0 11.2 1.67 1,504 1,260 33,627 31,071 2.1 1.3 198,870 194,603 16.9 16 31/12/2008
46 53 Barr 293.8 239.1 22.9 0.01 4.8 0 0.2 5.3 0.07 968 937 35,585 31,152 1.2 1.2 303,512 255,176 11.7 12.2 31/03/2008
47 80 Canary Wharf Contractors 276.2 153.8 79.6 4.3 1.3 1.55 4.1 1.3 1.48 237 205 83,629 83,941 0 0 1,165,401 750,244 7.2 11.2 31/12/2008
48 48 Ogilvie 258.3 257 35.7 2.4 5.7 1 5.4 623 499 33,106 33,808 1.6 414,607 381,363 8.0 8.9 30/06/2009
49 45 Seddon 246.4 271.6 -9.3 1.3 11.5 0.53 -0.378 8.3 -0.15 1908 1,866 27,317 25,521 1.4 2.9 129,245 145,552 21.2 17.5 31/12/2008
50 38 Styles & Wood 243.1 315.5 -22.9 -0.9 11.8 -0.39 0.7 13.5 0.29 365 421 45,545 50,404 1 1.4 666,027 749,406 6.8 6.7 31/12/2008
51 31 Brookfield 240.6 398.4 -40 -3.1 -18.3 -1.28 8.2 -9.5 3.41 174 312 98,626 66,852 5.1 3.8 1,382,759 1,276,923 7.1 5.2 30/06/2007
52 57 Clancy 234.2 216.1 8.4 4.9 0.9 2.08 4.2 0.5 1.8 1,919 1,819 31,120 30,490 1.3 1.2 122,043 118,802 25.5 25.7 31/03/2008
53 55 Babcock Rail 228.9 228.2 0.3 -8.7 -1.1 -3.78 -11.5 -3 -5.02 1,845 1,768 39,701 40,847 0.6 1.5 124,065 129,084 32.0 31.6 31/03/2009
54 51 John Sisk 226.4 242.5 -6.6 2.6 8.2 1.13 -0.6 5.4 -0.44 436 429 45,525 42,531 1.5 1.2 519,266 565,268 8.8 7.5 31/12/2008
55 59 Lorne Stewart 224.0 206.1 8.7 6.1 7.8 2.73 3.6 6 1.61 1,706 1,749 36,628 33,732 0.2 0.4 131,301 117,839 27.9 28.6 31/12/2008
56 62 T Clarke 223.7 193.9 15.4 13.4 8.2 5.99 12.6 8.1 5.63 1,433 1,541 38,862 33,797 1.3 0.9 156,106 125,827 24.9 26.9 31/12/2008
57 83 Graham 218.2 145.7 49.8 2.9 12.8 1.33 0.9 4.5 0.41 778 607 28,376 28,071 0.9 0.5 280,463 240,033 10.1 11.7 31/03/2008
58 54 Higgins 217.8 231 -5.7 0.6 10.5 0.29 3.1 12.9 1.42 512 484 48,926 48,837 4.9 5.6 425,391 477,273 11.5 10.2 31/07/2008
59 65 Apollo 214.4 188.2 14 18.5 17.9 8.66 18.6 17.7 8.68 752 627 41,596 35,884 3.1 2.7 285,106 300,159 14.6 12 31/03/2008
60 73 Carey 213.2 169.5 25.8 9.1 8.6 4.28 11.4 11.8 5.35 645 541 41,167 39,268 0.7 0.7 330,543 313,309 12.5 12.5 31/03/2008
61 60 Midas 210.1 203 3.3 5.9 4.3 2.81 4.4 3.2 2.09 550 563 39,733 36,803 1.9 1.4 382,000 360,924 10.4 10.2 30/04/2008
62 61 RGCM 210.1 195 7.9 3.6 3.2 1.72 2.7 2.8 1.29 158 154 51,652 51,948 2.2 2.4 1,329,747 1,264,935 3.9 4.1 31/12/2007
63 68 Imtech 209.2 179 16.8 9 9.4 4.32 10 9.7 4.78 873 798 38,734 33,838 0.9 0.9 239,633 224,436 16.2 15.1 31/12/2008
64 69 GB Building Solutions 207.2 178 16.7 0.7 0.9 0.35 0.9 0.6 0.43 461 468 43,922 43,212 0.7 0.8 449,458 379,274 9.8 11.4 30/06/2008
65 58 North Midland 202.2 211 -4.3 2.9 3.1 1.42 3.3 3.3 3.3 1,122 1,134 32,751 31,728 1.2 1.4 180,214 186,332 18.2 17 31/12/2008
66 82 PC Harrington 202.0 147 37.4 12.7 8 6.29 13.2 9.2 6.53 1,200 21,118 1.1 1.1 168,333 12.5 31/05/2008
67 79 Thomas Vale 195.1 154 26.8 2.3 -1.7 1.19 3 -1.5 1.54 731 724 32,937 30,913 1.7 1 266,895 212,569 12.3 14.5 31/03/2008
68 91 Henry Boot 193.7 125 55 19.3 46.5 9.95 22.1 50.4 11.4 643 558 32,663 32,016 1.4 1.6 301,244 223,656 10.8 14.3 31/12/2008
69 47 Simons 188.1 261 -27.8 9.1 8.3 4.83 7.0 6.6 3.72 473 589 38,249 36,489 1.9 1.6 397,674 442,445 9.6 8.2 31/03/2008
70 56 Rotary 187.7 217 -13.4 10.1 10.1 5.39 8.3 10 4.42 1,502 2,713 35,140 24,173 2.2 2 124,967 79,912 28.1 30.2 30/06/2008
71 64 Patton 184.4 191 -3.2 0.6 5.3 0.33 4.1 7.5 2.22 564 530 31,354 32,447 1.3 1.4 326,950 359,434 9.6 9 30/11/2008
72 50 Daniel 183.2 243 -24.5 3.4 2.8 1.83 3.2 2.5 1.75 1,245 1,104 42,969 48,033 1.1 1.4 147,149 219,837 29.2 21.8 30/09/2008
73 87 Bullock 180.1 131 38.0 6.5 13.2 3.62 6.1 13 3.89 598 522 26,682 25,571 0.8 1.5 301,171 250,192 8.9 10.2 30/09/2008
74 71 City Building (Glasgow) 179.2 175 2.0 2.2 0.7 1.24 0.1 -2.1 0.06 2,238 2,400 25,476 22,571 0.0 0 80,071 73,083 31.8 30.9 31/03/2009
75 74 Rydon 175.6 169 4.0 15.2 20 8.65 12.6 17.7 7.18 591 563 35,159 34,410 1.3 1.1 297,124 299,822 11.8 11.5 30/09/2008
76 76 Intergral UK 175.4 159 10.7 5.6 7.6 3.17 8.8 7 5 2,740 2,399 23,665 22,152 0.6 0.5 64,015 66,069 37.0 33.5 31/12/2008
77 52 Lagan 168.3 241 -30.0 4.0 19.8 2.39 5.3 20.1 3.15 473 910 30,116 28,529 0.8 1.2 355,814 264,725 8.5 10.8 31/03/2007
78 72 McNicholas Construction 168.0 170 -1.0 4.2 3.2 2.52 4.1 3.3 2.44 1,604 1,484 30,139 30,170 1.4 1.4 104,738 114,488 28.8 26.4 31/03/2008
79 70 Doyle 168.0 176 -5.0 1.6 3.4 0.96 2.4 4.4 1.43 493 711 46,586 40,750 0.8 0.9 340,771 247,961 13.7 16.4 31/12/2007
80 78 SGB 165.3 154.8 6.8 10.3 8.9 6.26 9.9 7.5 5.99 2,286 2,184 27,505 25,656 0.3 0.6 72,310 70,879 38.0 36.2 31/12/2007
81 63 Robertson 164.7 193.8 15 5.7 14.1 3.46 6.1 11.6 3.7 799 826 30,322 31,742 2.2 4.4 206,133 234,625 14.7 13.5 30/11/2007
82 66 Headcrown 162.4 188 -13.4 4.9 11.8 3.02 4.4 10.7 2.71 590 595 31,710 28,160 3.1 3.5 275,254 315,294 11.5 8.9 30/09/2008
83 81 Barhale 157.7 147 7 3.4 3.9 2.15 3.3 3.7 2.09 958 930 33,982 32,296 0.7 0.7 164,614 158,495 20.6 20.4 31/12/2008
84 67 Tolent 153.5 180 -14.7 1.3 5.5 0.85 0.7 4.8 0.46 624 584 38,814 34,531 0.7 1 245,994 308,219 15.8 11.2 31/12/2008
85 75 Henmead 152.1 164.7 -7.7 3.2 6 2.09 6.4 10 4.21 371 389 47,364 37,440 1.5 0.9 409,973 423,393 11.6 8.8 31/12/2007
86 94 Esh 148.4 114 30.6 10.2 7.3 6.88 11.6 9 7.82 1,158 1,046 26,575 24,690 0.9 0.8 128,152 108,604 20.7 22.7 31/12/2007
87 84 Forth Holdings 145.9 140 4.2 7.5 5.6 5.17 6.8 5.3 4.66 1,431 1,244 29,934 30,693 1.9 1.5 101,957 112,540 29.4 27.3 31/08/2008
88 89 Thomas Armstrong 144.3 126 14.5 6.4 16 4.46 6.6 14.3 4.57 930 915 24,609 22,443 0.7 0.8 155,161 137,705 15.9 16.3 27/09/2008
89 92 William Davis 143.0 123 16 21.8 11.7 15.28 20.8 10.9 14.5 456 596 42,116 34,502 0.2 0.2 313,596 206,711 13.4 16.7 31/05/2008
90 98 Clugston 139.0 108 28.3 2.7 2.6 1.96 0.6 0.6 0.43 661 703 33,179 30,660 1.3 1.5 210,287 154,054 15.8 19.9 31/01/2009
91 77 Durkan 135.4 157 -13.5 1 5.4 0.79 6.4 8.3 4.73 251 312 54,375 47,586 0.6 0.6 539,442 501,923 10.1 9.5 31/01/2008
92 85 J Reddington 133.4 135 -1.3 7.4 3.7 5.56 9.1 5 6.82 360 375 42,144 36,789 0.3 0.3 370,556 360,267 11.4 10.2 31/12/2008
93 86 McLaren 131.9 134 -1.4 1.7 5.5 1.29 0.3 4.4 0.23 136 131 54,479 48,754 14.4 10.2 969,853 1,021,374 5.6 4.8 31/07/2008
94 100 Lancsville 131.0 69 91 2.4 0.2 1.89 3.1 0.3 2.37 184 118 32,832 68,229 0.7 3.7 711,957 581,356 4.6 11.7 31/01/2008
95 97 Keltbray 129.5 109 19 5.4 5 4.17 5.6 5 4.32 492 432 42,288 44,590 1.8 2 263,211 251,620 16.1 17.7 31/10/2008
96 95 Roger Bullivant 127.9 113 13.6 3.4 2.3 2.66 4 2.9 3.13 1,070 1,000 32,638 30,951 1.9 1.1 119,533 112,600 27.3 27.5 28/10/2007
97 93 SDC 126.5 122.6 3 0.9 0.1 0.71 0.7 1.4 0.55 281 269 40,747 39,394 1.1 1 450,178 455,762 9.1 8.6 30/09/2008
98 88 S E H 126.3 129.5 -2.5 3.1 1.9 2.45 3.4 2.2 26.9 626 602 30,688 29,571 0.5 0.5 201,757 215,116 15.2 13.7 31/12/2007
99 99 Michael J Lonsdale 124.1 100 24 5.4 3.7 4.35 4.9 3.5 3.95 126 113 39,710 33,823 1.8 1.3 984,921 884,956 4.0 3.8 31/03/2008
100 90 Morris + Spottiswood 122.5 125.3 -2.2 3 3.4 2.45 2.9 3.3 2.37 623 595 35,375 35,874 0.8 0.7 196,629 210,588 18.0 17 31/12/2008