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Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services in Australia - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Anthony Kelly Anthony Kelly Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: May 2024 ANZSIC E3299

Revenue

$14.7bn

2024-25

$14.9bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$X.Xbn

Employees

62,669

Businesses

25,698

Wages

$X.Xbn

Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services in Australia industry analysis

The Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services industry's revenue is expected to grow at an average annualised 1.5% over the past five years to reach an expected $14.7 billion in 2023-24. Favourable trends in non-residential construction and core infrastructure markets have supported revenue growth. Still, revenue is expected to contract by 4.7% during the current year, corresponding with the slump in residential building construction. The current deterioration in building installation work has intensified price competition in several markets, while the disruption to the industry's supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic has inflated input prices and dampened profitability.

Trends and Insights

  • Favourable trends in the non-residential building market and landmark infrastructure developments have aided contractors. Activity in these markets helped offset the slump in residential building construction.
  • Revenue growth is underpinned by providing services on large-scale non-residential building projects. Expanding opportunities for contractors have emerged for installing metal cladding on industrial buildings, including coolrooms and scaffolding and erecting significant commercial developments.
  • The skew in enterprises towards New South Wales. The concentration principally reflects the requirement for scaffolding and metal cladding installation on large-scale non-residential buildings and apartment construction in Sydney.
  • Internal competition is principally based on price, quality and a proven capacity to work within time and budget constraints. The ability of contractors to meet quality requirements is crucial for the delivery of scaffolding erection and waterproofing services.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 1.5 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $14.7bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Non-residential building growth is providing a platform for revenue growth

  • The favourable trend in non-residential building construction provided the avenue for industry expansion through 2023-24 and generated over half the industry's revenue, employment and profit growth.
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Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services in Australia
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

High-rise apartment construction to drive installation and erection work

  • Improved trends in the residential building market will generate the installation of metal cladding and waterproofing on large-scale apartment and townhouse construction projects, as well as the erection of complex scaffolding for high-rise apartment towers.

Biggest companies in the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services in Australia

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Polyseal Waterproofing Technologies Pty Ltd
132.0
Altrad Services Pty Ltd
74.0
Integrated Fuel Services Pty Ltd
74.0

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Products & Services Segmentation

Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services in Australia
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Metal wall cladding installation, Building waterproofing services and Scaffolding services. Metal wall cladding installation is the largest segment of the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services in Australia.

Trends and Insights

Growth in metal wall cladding installation on non-residential buildings

  • Installing metal wall cladding on buildings represents the most significant and growing source of revenue through 2023-24. Metal cladding installation in non-residential building projects has offset the slump in installation activity in the multi-unit apartment market.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Industry firms provide construction services that are not classified elsewhere. These services include fixing metal cladding to buildings, erecting scaffolding, waterproofing buildings, installing petrol bowsers and sandblasting building exteriors.

What's included in this industry?

Metal wall cladding installationPetrol bowser installationScaffolding servicesBuilding waterproofing buildings

Companies

Polyseal Waterproofing Technologies Pty LtdAltrad Services Pty LtdIntegrated Fuel Services Pty Ltd

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Related Terms

SCAFFOLDWATERPROOFING MEMBRANEWET HIREDRY HIREPERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 3299 - Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services in Australia

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Favourable trends in the non-residential building market and landmark infrastructure developments have aided contractors. Activity in these markets helped offset the slump in...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Revenue growth is underpinned by providing services on large-scale non-residential building projects. Expanding opportunities for contractors have emerged for installing meta...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

The skew in enterprises towards New South Wales. The concentration principally reflects the requirement for scaffolding and metal cladding installation on large-scale non-res...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Internal competition is principally based on price, quality and a proven capacity to work within time and budget constraints. The ability of contractors to meet quality requi...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

The industry has no major companies. The industry mainly includes small-scale businesses that operate in narrow geographic or niche service markets.

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Polyseal Waterproofing Technologies Pty Ltd's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Altrad Services Pty Ltd's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Integrated Fuel Services Pty Ltd's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 3 additional companies

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Polyseal Waterproofing Technologies Pty Ltd, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Altrad Services Pty Ltd, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Integrated Fuel Services Pty Ltd, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for 3 additional companies

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Favourable trends in non-residential building construction have underpinned the performance of many specialist contractors. Much of this expansion has focused on installing m...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Rising input prices have pushed up purchase costs. The supply chain blockages following the outbreak of COVID-19 have pushed up input prices.

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services industry in Australia in 2024?

The market size of the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services industry in Australia is $14.7bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services in Australia industry in 2024?

There are 25,698 businesses in the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services industry in Australia, which has grown at a CAGR of 3.9 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services industry in Australia grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services industry in Australia has been growing at a CAGR of 1.5 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services industry in Australia over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services industry in Australia is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services market in Australia?

The biggest companies operating in the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services market in Australia are Polyseal Waterproofing Technologies Pty Ltd, Altrad Services Pty Ltd and Integrated Fuel Services Pty Ltd

What does the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services in Australia include?

Metal wall cladding installation and Petrol bowser installation are part of the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services in Australia?

The company holding the most market share in Australia is Polyseal Waterproofing Technologies Pty Ltd.

How competitive is the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services industry in Australia?

The level of competition is high and steady in the Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services industry in Australia.

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Competitors

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Complementors

  • Roofing Services in Australia
  • Structural Steel Erection Services in Australia
  • Painting and Decorating Services in Australia
  • Machinery and Scaffolding Rental in Australia

International industries

  • Scaffolding Contractors in the US
  • Metal Cladding, Waterproofing and Scaffolding Services in New Zealand
  • Scaffolding Services in the UK
  • Scaffolding Services in Germany

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