UK’s 20 Biggest House Builders by Turnover

The Top 20 house builders league table ranks the UK’s 20 biggest house builders by turnover and profit.

2010 Rank by turnover

2010 Rank by profit

Company

Latest turnover (£m)

Previous turnover (£m)

Latest pre-tax profit (£m)

Previous pre-tax profit (£m)

Latest margin (%)

Previous margin (%)

2009 Rank by Turnover

2009 Rank by Profit

1

20

Taylor Wimpey

2,596

3,468

-700

-1,970

-27.0

-56.8

2

25

2

19

Barratt

2,285

3,555

-679

137

-29.7

3.9

1

2

3

2

Persimmon

1,421

1,755

77.8

-780

5.5

-44.4

3

24

4

12

Bellway

684

1,150

-36.6

34.8

-5.4

3.0

4

4

5

1

Berkeley

615

702

110

120

17.9

17.1

5

1

6

8

Bloor *

311

335

-1.5

-51.9

-0.5

-15.5

13

18

7

17

Miller

310

646

-157

52.9

-50.6

8.2

12

21

8

16

Redrow

302

650

-141

-194

-46.7

-29.8

7

22

9

6

Bovis Homes

282

282

4.8

-78.7

1.7

-27.9

15

20

10

10

Stewart Milne

276

420

-27

25.1

-9.8

6.0

11

6

11

13

Crest Nicholson **

238

544

-50.7

-383

-21.3

-70.4

8

23

12

14

Galliford Try

235

486

-53.8

10.6

-22.9

2.2

6

8

13

3

McCarthy & Stone ***

226

457

19

114

8.4

24.9

10

3

14

7

Fairview

224

223

0.4

-32.3

0.2

-14.5

17

17

15

9

Countryside

188

518

-25.7

26.5

-13.7

5.1

9

5

16

11

Cala

168

175

-33.9

-266

-20.2

-152.0

14

11

17

5

Telford

159

107

7.3

4.3

4.6

4.0

24

12

18

15

Kier

151

312

-62.4

-21.2

-41.3

-6.8

16

15

19

18

McInerney

127

256

-164

-175

-129.1

-68.4

22

14

20

4

Morris

112

163

11.9

17.3

10.6

10.6

18

9

 

 

Totals

10,910

16,204

(1,901)

(3,410)

 

 

 

 

All companies ranked according to their most recently filed accounts.

* Bloor Holdings only publishes an operating profit (before exceptional items) for its house-building business.

** Crest Nicholson results cover period 23 January to 31 October 2009. The company was incorporated on 23 January 2009.