Construction Company Name Ideas
60 name ideas for a construction company, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.
Construction Company name ideas
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Name words that fit, with their meanings
How a construction company is classified
For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a construction company usually falls under NAICS 236220: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction.
This industry comprises establishments primarily responsible for the construction (including new work, additions, alterations, maintenance, and repairs) of commercial and institutional buildings and related structures, such as stadiums, grain elevators, and indoor swimming facilities. This industry includes establishments responsible for the on-site assembly of modular or prefabricated commercial and institutional buildings. Included in this industry are commercial and institutional building general contractors, commercial and institutional building for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building design-build firms, and commercial and institutional building project construction management firms.
Businesses classified here include
- Addition, alteration and renovation, commercial and institutional building
- Addition, alteration and renovation, commercial warehouse
- Addition, alteration and renovation, for-sale builders, commercial and institutional building
- Addition, alteration and renovation, for-sale builders, commercial warehouse
- Addition, alteration and renovation, for-sale builders, hotel and motel
- Addition, alteration and renovation, for-sale builders, industrial warehouse
- Addition, alteration and renovation, general contractors, commercial and institutional building
- Addition, alteration and renovation, general contractors, commercial warehouse
- Addition, alteration and renovation, general contractors, hotel and motel
- Addition, alteration and renovation, general contractors, industrial warehouse
- Addition, alteration and renovation, hotel and motel
- Addition, alteration and renovation, industrial warehouse
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 236220), U.S. Census Bureau.
Commercial and Institutional Building Construction in the U.S. by the numbers
Locations by number of employees nationwide
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.
States with the most commercial and institutional building construction locations
- California 4,334 locations
- Texas 3,600 locations
- Florida 2,685 locations
- New York 2,153 locations
- Pennsylvania 1,510 locations
- Georgia 1,336 locations
- Illinois 1,331 locations
- Ohio 1,186 locations
- North Carolina 1,137 locations
- Michigan 1,090 locations
Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.