Home Builder Name Ideas
60 name ideas for a home builder, plus how the U.S. Census Bureau classifies this kind of business and where these businesses are most common.
Home Builder name ideas
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Name words that fit, with their meanings
How a home builder is classified
For government statistics, tax forms and many licensing systems, a home builder usually falls under NAICS 236115: New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders).
This U.S. industry comprises general contractor establishments primarily responsible for the entire construction of new single-family housing, such as single-family detached houses and town houses or row houses where each housing unit (1) is separated from its neighbors by a ground-to-roof wall and (2) has no housing units constructed above or below. This industry includes general contractors responsible for the on-site assembly of modular and prefabricated houses. Single-family housing design-build firms and single-family construction management firms acting as general contractors are included in this industry.
Businesses classified here include
- Cabin construction general contractors
- Condominium, single-family, construction general contractors
- Construction management, single-family building
- Cottage construction general contractors
- Custom builders (except for-sale), single-family home
- Duplex (i.e., side-by-side) construction general contractors
- Home builders (except for-sale), single-family
- Housing, single-family, construction general contractors
- Log home construction general contractors
- Low income housing, single-family, construction general contractors
- Modular single-family housing assembled on site by general contractors
- Panelized single-family housing assembled on site by general contractors
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 236115), U.S. Census Bureau.
New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) 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 new single-family housing construction (except for-sale builders) locations
- California 7,130 locations
- Texas 4,607 locations
- Florida 4,156 locations
- North Carolina 3,461 locations
- New York 3,122 locations
- Washington 3,093 locations
- Oregon 2,603 locations
- New Jersey 1,892 locations
- Georgia 1,789 locations
- Utah 1,449 locations
Each state page shows local numbers and links to that state's official business registration offices.