Construction companies in Manchester ranked by employee growth
Ranked from each company's filed annual accounts. This list last changed on and was last checked against the data on . Showing the top 50 of 88 companies that qualified.
- Companies qualified
- 88 of 10,293
- Ranked first
- CLARET CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
- Top headcount increase
- +49 employees
- Data as of
Summary
Of the 10,293 construction companies in Manchester that we checked, 88 met the rules for this list by growing their average employees between their latest two annual accounts. CLARET CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED (opens in a new tab) leads after its average employees moved from 104 to 153 (+47.1%), ahead of ARGYLE (NORTH WEST) CONSTRUCTION LTD. and SOLUTION ONE SERVICES LIMITED.
- Combined average employees: 1,127 in the earlier year, 1,382 in the latest
- Median change on the list: +22.9%
- Median company age: 12 years
Top 10: before and after
- Rank 1 CLARET CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 104 (2023) to 153 (2024) +47.1%
- Rank 2 ARGYLE (NORTH WEST) CONSTRUCTION LTD. (opens in a new tab) 57 (2023) to 71 (2024) +24.6%
- Rank 3 SOLUTION ONE SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 7 (2023) to 19 (2024) +171.4%
- Rank 4 EDGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 8 (2023) to 20 (2024) +150.0%
- Rank 5 BIG RED PC LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 12 (2023) to 24 (2024) +100.0%
- Rank 6 CLOVER TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 82 (2023) to 92 (2024) +12.2%
- Rank 7 HYBRID ASSET SOLUTIONS LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 16 (2023) to 25 (2024) +56.3%
- Rank 8 GREENWOOD SCAFFOLDING LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 36 (2023) to 44 (2024) +22.2%
- Rank 9 LITTLEWOOD FENCING LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 190 (2023) to 198 (2024) +4.2%
- Rank 10 WINDOW OPTIONS OF CHESHIRE LIMITED (opens in a new tab) 5 (2023) to 12 (2024) +140.0%
The ranking
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How this list was made
- Industry
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Companies with any of these SIC codes on their Companies House record:
- 41100 – Development of building projects
- 41201 – Construction of commercial buildings
- 41202 – Construction of domestic buildings
- 42110 – Construction of roads and motorways
- 42120 – Construction of railways and underground railways
- 42130 – Construction of bridges and tunnels
- 42210 – Construction of utility projects for fluids
- 42220 – Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications
- 42910 – Construction of water projects
- 42990 – Construction of other civil engineering projects
- 43110 – Demolition
- 43120 – Site preparation
- 43130 – Test drilling and boring
- 43210 – Electrical installation
- 43220 – Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
- 43290 – Other construction installation
- 43310 – Plastering
- 43320 – Joinery installation
- 43330 – Floor and wall covering
- 43341 – Painting
- 43342 – Glazing
- 43390 – Other building completion and finishing
- 43910 – Roofing activities
- 43999 – Other specialised construction activities
- Location
- The post town of the registered office address is Manchester.
- Periods compared
- Each company's latest annual accounts against its accounts for the year before. Companies whose two latest accounts are not for consecutive years are left out.
- Ranking
- Ranked by the increase in average employees between the latest two consecutive annual accounts, then by percentage increase. Companies must have started with at least 5 average employees.
- Exclusions
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Companies that are dissolved, in liquidation, in administration or proposed to be struck off; dormant companies; and companies whose latest accounts end more than 21 months before the newest accounts in the data (or are dated after it).
Figures that cannot be right, which are most likely filing errors, are also left out:
- headcount more than 10 times the year before
- an employee number identical to the net assets figure, or above 100,000
- more employees than the company's accounts category allows (micro: 50, small: 250, with a margin)
- less than £5,000 of turnover per employee, or a round number of thousands with no turnover to check it against
- Companies checked
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Companies with a matching SIC code in Manchester10,293Not active−2,348Dormant−505Latest accounts too old or wrongly dated−4,481Figure missing for one of the two years−1,098Starting figure below the minimum−1,602No increase−171Figure too large or inconsistent to be reliable−0Qualified for this list88