NAICS 236117 · Construction
New Housing For-Sale Builders: Business Name Ideas
48 name ideas, the official industry definition, and 12,612 U.S. business locations broken down by state.
What this industry covers
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in building new homes on land that is owned or controlled by the builder rather than the homebuyer or investor. The land is included with the sale of the home. Establishments in this industry build single-family and/or multifamily homes. These establishments are often referred to as merchant builders, but are also known as production or for-sale builders.
Businesses classified here include
- Apartment building for-sale builders
- Cabin for-sale builders
- Condominium for-sale builders
- Cooperative apartment for-sale builders
- Cottage for-sale builders
- Custom builders, for-sale builders, multifamily buildings
- Custom builders, for-sale builders, single-family home
- Duplex for-sale builders
- For-sale builders (i.e., building on own land, for sale), residential
- For-sale builders (i.e., building on own land, for sale), single-family housing
- Garden apartment for-sale builders
- High-rise apartment for-sale builders
- Home builders, for-sale
- Housing construction, for-sale builder
- Housing construction, merchant builder
- Log home for-sale builders
- Low income housing construction for-sale builders
- Low-rise apartment for-sale builders
- Merchant builders (i.e., building on own land, for sale), residential
- Modular housing, residential, assembled on site by for-sale builders
- Multifamily building for-sale builders
- Panelized housing, residential, assembled on site by for-sale builders
- Panelized multifamily housing assembled on site by for-sale builders
- Precut housing, residential, assembled on site by for-sale builders
- Premanufactured housing assembled on site by for-sale builders
- Residential for-sale builders
- Row house construction for-sale builders
- Single-family housing built on own land for sale (i.e., for-sale builders)
- Single-family housing construction for-sale builders
- Speculative builders (i.e., building on own land, for sale), multifamily housing
Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 236117), U.S. Census Bureau.
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U.S. business 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.
Top states for new housing for-sale builders
- Texas 1,023 locations
- California 763 locations
- Florida 755 locations
- North Carolina 729 locations
- Washington 525 locations
- Virginia 500 locations
- Georgia 488 locations
- Michigan 398 locations
- New York 397 locations
- Colorado 370 locations
All 51 states
- Alabama (207)
- Alaska (53)
- Arizona (227)
- Arkansas (129)
- California (763)
- Colorado (370)
- Connecticut (117)
- Delaware (46)
- District of Columbia (9)
- Florida (755)
- Georgia (488)
- Hawaii (21)
- Idaho (257)
- Illinois (366)
- Indiana (204)
- Iowa (148)
- Kansas (115)
- Kentucky (156)
- Louisiana (246)
- Maine (57)
- Maryland (210)
- Massachusetts (277)
- Michigan (398)
- Minnesota (253)
- Mississippi (90)
- Missouri (351)
- Montana (140)
- Nebraska (111)
- Nevada (98)
- New Hampshire (74)
- New Jersey (241)
- New Mexico (97)
- New York (397)
- North Carolina (729)
- North Dakota (63)
- Ohio (255)
- Oklahoma (167)
- Oregon (281)
- Pennsylvania (298)
- Rhode Island (32)
- South Carolina (282)
- South Dakota (78)
- Tennessee (364)
- Texas (1,023)
- Utah (242)
- Vermont (25)
- Virginia (500)
- Washington (525)
- West Virginia (53)
- Wisconsin (176)
- Wyoming (48)