Industry Description
General contractors primarily engaged in construction (including new work, additions, alterations, remodeling, and repair) of single-family houses.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 1521 - General Contractors - Single-Family Houses are:
- Building alterations, single-family-general contractors
- Building construction, single-family-general contractors
- Custom builders, single-family houses-general contractors
- Designing and erecting combined: single-family houses-general con-
- Home improvements, single-family-general contractors
- House construction, single-family-general contractors
- House: shell erection, single-family-general contractors
- Mobile home repair, on site-general contractors
- Modular housing, single-family (assembled on site)-general
- One-family house construction-general contractors
- Prefabricated single-family houses erection-general contractors
- Premanufactured housing, single-family (assembled on site)-general
- Remodeling buildings, single-family-general contractors
- Renovating buildings, single-family-general contractors
- Repairing buildings, single-family-general contractors
- Residential construction, single-family-general contractors
- Rowhouse (single family) construction-general contractors
- Townhouse construction-general contractors
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Home Builders in the US (23611a)
Revenue 2025
$166.9bn
Growth 2025
1.58%
Key Trends
Home builders also cut expenses and raised profit by hiring subcontractors
Homebuilders received a large chunk of the Paycheck Protection Program
Housing starts are set to dip
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 1521 - General Contractors - Single-Family Houses
US-SIC Code 1521 - General Contractors - Single-Family Houses sits in the 2-digit General Contractors - Single-Family Houses sector. US SIC codes can be 2 to 8 digits and the further along the hierarchy, the more detailed and specific the category will be.
Division: C
Division Title: Construction
2 Digits 3 Digits 4 Digits
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152 General Building Contractors-residential
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153 Operative Builders
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154 General Building Contractors - Nonresidential
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161 Highway and Street Construction, Except
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162 Heavy Construction, Except Highway and Street
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171 Plumbing, Heating and Air-conditioning
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172 Painting and Paper Hanging
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173 Electrical Work
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174 Masonry, Stonework, Tile Setting, and Plastering
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175 Carpentry and Floor Work
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176 Roofing, Siding, and Sheet Metal Work
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177 Concrete Work
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178 Water Well Drilling
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179 Miscellaneous Special Trade Contractors
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Extended US-SIC Hierarchy for 1521 - General Contractors - Single-Family Houses
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 1521 - General Contractors - Single-Family Houses. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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152101 Patio & deck builders
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152102 Garage builders
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152103 General contractors
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152104 Carports
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152105 Home improvements
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152106 Designers
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152107 Patio porch & deck enclosures
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152108 Water damage restoration-residential
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152109 Residential designers
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152110 Solariums sunrooms & atriums
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152111 Screen enclosures
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152112 Home builders
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152113 Bathroom remodeling
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152114 Fire damage restoration
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152115 Handyman services
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152116 Mobile homes-improvements
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152117 Kitchen remodeling & planning svc
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152118 Mobile homes-repairing & service
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152119 Spas-builders
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152120 Closets-designing & organizing
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152121 Florida rooms
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152122 Sun rooms solariums atriums etc bldrs
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152123 Cabinets-resurfacing & refinishing
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152124 Attic & basement finishing
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152125 Dormer construction
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152126 Gazebo builders
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152127 Storm shelter contractors & dealers
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152128 Basement-repair & restoration
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152129 Disability accessibility renovations
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152130 Construction-building contractors
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152131 Solar rooms & additions
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152132 Dry rot-repair
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152133 Timber frame homes
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152134 Enclosures
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152135 Mobile offices & coml units-repairing
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152137 Shelters
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152138 Deck builders
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152139 Remodeling & repairing bldg contractors
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152140 Log chinking
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152141 Strawbale construction
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152143 Earth home construction
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152144 Construction companies
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152145 Glass sun rooms
8 Digit SIC Codes
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15210000 Single-family housing construction
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15210100 Single-family home remodeling, additions, and repairs
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15210101 General remodeling, single-family houses
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15210102 Mobile home repair, on site
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15210103 Patio and deck construction and repair
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15210104 Repairing fire damage, single-family houses
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15219900 Single-family housing construction, nec
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15219901 New construction, single-family houses
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15219902 Prefabricated single-family house erection
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15219903 Townhouse construction
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