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Road & Highway Construction in China - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

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Revenue

$413.5bn

2024

$435.9bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XX.Xbn

Employees

4m

Businesses

76

Wages

$XX.Xbn

Road & Highway Construction in China industry analysis

The Road and Highway Construction industry in China has been growing steadily, driven by China's urbanization, increases in automobile ownership, large freight and passenger road transportation volumes, and increasing government investment. Over the five years through 2023, industry revenue is anticipated to rise at an annualized rate of 2.8%, to total $413.5 billion, including 5.0% in 2023. The total length of roads in China increased from 4.8 million kilometers in 2018 to an estimated of 5.4 million kilometers in 2023, representing an average rate of 2.3%. Meanwhile, the total length of highways in China rose from 142,600 kilometers to about 186,500 kilometers, at an average rate of 5.5%.In 2023, 76 industry enterprises are expected to operate 1,581 establishments and employ 4.5 million workers. Wage costs in the current year are anticipated to represent 7.3% of industry revenue. The number of enterprises and establishments has increased rapidly over the period, due to the large demand for road and highway construction in China.The Ministry of Transport issued the 14th Five-Year Plan of Transportation in 2022, which intends for the construction of China's modern highway transportation system to achieve significant development, with better facilities supply, more efficient transportation services and safer road network operation. The plan is intended to support China in becoming a successful transportation country and meet the requirements of high-quality economic development. Moreover, the investment of fixed assets on road and highway construction is expected to maintain steady growth during the 14th Five-Year Plan period.Revenue is forecast to grow at an annualized 4.8% over the five years through 2028, to total $522.5 billion. Projected industry trends include more road and highway construction projects in underdeveloped areas and upgrading and rebuilding provincial highways.

Trends and Insights

  • Advance investment in infrastructure to stabilize the economy. The construction of transportation infrastructure in multiple regions has started to accelerate since the second half of 2022, especially for highways.
  • Highways are increasing rapidly. Highways represent a large part of total fixed assets investment in transportation infrastructure, and are growing rapidly in its share in total road mileage.
  • Dynamic economic activities drive industry demand. Economically active regions often have higher transportation needs and more develop road and highway network. Industry activities are also correlated to population size, urbanization level, etc.
  • Industry concentration level is low. The industry has a low level of concentration with top four major companies making up of 25.1% of industry revenue.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 2.8 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $413.5bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

The need to stabilize economic growth promoted industry revenue rises

  • Infrastructure investment, as an important tool for countercyclical regulation, is one of the commonly used levers for stabilizing economic growth.
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Road & Highway Construction in China
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

Consistent government investment will support future industry growth

  • In April 2022, the Chinese Government has decided that infrastructure that is conductive to leading industrial development and maintaining national security should be appropriately advanced to stabilize economic growth.

Biggest companies in the Road & Highway Construction in China

Company
Market Share (%)
2023
Revenue ($short_0)
2023

There are no companies that hold a large enough market share in the Road & Highway Construction in China industry for IBISWorld to include in this product.

Products & Services Segmentation

Road & Highway Construction in China
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Highways, First-class roads and Second-class roads. Highways is the largest segment of the Road & Highway Construction in China.

Trends and Insights

Highways represent a small but increasingly important segment

  • Highways or expressways, are fully controlled for entry and exit, specially designed for vehicles to travel at high speeds on separated lanes.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Operators in the Road and Highway Construction industry in China mainly construct roads and highways. Maintaining roads and highways is also included in the industry. Companies in the industry may subcontract some or all of the actual construction work.

What's included in this industry?

HighwaysFirst-class roadsSecond-class roadsThird-class roadsFourth-class roadsSub-standard roads

Companies

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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

Advance investment in infrastructure to stabilize the economy. The construction of transportation infrastructure in multiple regions has started to accelerate since the secon...

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

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Analyst insight

Highways are increasing rapidly. Highways represent a large part of total fixed assets investment in transportation infrastructure, and are growing rapidly in its share in to...

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

Dynamic economic activities drive industry demand. Economically active regions often have higher transportation needs and more develop road and highway network. Industry acti...

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

Industry concentration level is low. The industry has a low level of concentration with top four major companies making up of 25.1% of industry revenue.

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 is fragmented. Industry operators can be roughly divided into central government owned companies, regional state-owned companies, large-scale private companies a...

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

Detailed analysis

    External Environment

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

    Analyst insights

    The industry is closely regulated by the Government. Roads and highways are important transportation infrastructure. The construction and maintenance of roads and highways ha...

    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

    Profit margins are not high. Intensive competition and increasing purchase costs have resulted that industry’s profit margins stayed at a relatively low level.

    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 Road & Highway Construction industry in China in 2024?

    The market size of the Road & Highway Construction industry in China is $413.5bn in 2024.

    How many businesses are there in the Road & Highway Construction in China industry in 2024?

    There are 76 businesses in the Road & Highway Construction industry in China, which has grown at a CAGR of 14.3 % between 2019 and 2024.

    Has the Road & Highway Construction industry in China grown or declined over the past 5 years?

    The market size of the Road & Highway Construction industry in China has been growing at a CAGR of 2.8 % between 2019 and 2024.

    What is the forecast growth of the Road & Highway Construction industry in China over the next 5 years?

    Over the next five years, the Road & Highway Construction industry in China is expected to grow.

    What does the Road & Highway Construction in China include?

    Highways and First-class roads are part of the Road & Highway Construction industry.

    How competitive is the Road & Highway Construction industry in China?

    The level of competition is low and increasing in the Road & Highway Construction industry in China.

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    Complementors

    • Construction Equipment Manufacturing in China
    • Bridge, Tunnel and Subway Construction in China
    • Freight Trucking in China
    • Couriers in China

    International industries

    • Road & Highway Construction in the US
    • Road & Highway Construction in Canada
    • Road and Bridge Construction in Australia
    • Road and Bridge Construction in New Zealand
    • Road & Motorway Construction in the UK

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    • People’s Bank of China

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