Industry Description
General contractors primarily engaged in the construction (including new work, additions, alterations, remodeling, and repair) of industrial buildings and warehouses, such as aluminum plants, automobile assembly plants, pharmaceutical manufacturing plants, and commercial warehouses.
Business Examples
Common types of business activities within US SIC 1541 - General Contractors - Industrial Buildings and Warehouses are:
- Aluminum plant construction-general contractors
- Building alterations, industrial and warehouse-general contractors
- Building components manufacturing plant construction-general
- Building construction, industrial and warehouse-general contractors
- Clean room construction-general contractors
- Cold storage plant construction-general contractors
- Commercial warehouse construction-general contractors
- Custom builders, industrial and warehouse-general contractors
- Designing and erecting, combined: industrial-general contractors
- Drycleaning plant construction-general contractors
- Factory construction-general contractors
- Food products manufacturing or packing plant construction-general
- Grain elevator construction-general contractors
- Industrial building construction-general contractors
- Industrial plant construction-general contractors
- Paper pulp mill construction-general contractors
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing plant construction-general contractors
- Prefabricated building erection, industrial-general contractors
- Remodeling buildings, industrial and warehouse-general contractors
- Renovating buildings, industrial and warehouse-general contractors
- Repairing buildings, industrial and warehouse-general contractors
- Truck and automobile assembly plant construction-general contractors
- Warehouse construction-general contractors
IBISWorld Industry Research Report
Industrial Building Construction in the US (23621)
Revenue 2025
$45.3bn
Growth 2025
1.52%
Key Trends
Industry revenue will most closely track with movements in manufacturing capacity utilization
Government-mandated shutdowns restricted business operations, resulting in revenue loss
Industry activity is anticipated to be supported by an acceleration in the industrial production index
Products and Services
US-SIC Hierarchy 1541 - General Contractors - Industrial Buildings and Warehouses
US-SIC Code 1541 - General Contractors - Industrial Buildings and Warehouses sits in the 2-digit General Contractors - Industrial Buildings and Warehouses 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 1541 - General Contractors - Industrial Buildings and Warehouses
For business marketing and targeting, US SIC Codes have been extended to provide more specific classifications within US-SIC 1541 - General Contractors - Industrial Buildings and Warehouses. Extended US SIC Codes are being continuously updated to reflect the current business environment.
6 Digit SIC Codes
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154101 Building restoration & preservation
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154102 Designers-industrial
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154103 Clean rooms-installation & equipment
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154104 Grain elevators-builders
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154105 Floors-raised
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154106 General contrs-industrial bldgs & wrhse
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154107 Contractors-industrial & commercial
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154108 Grain elevators-repairing
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154109 Building systems & components
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154110 Sewage treatment plant contractors
8 Digit SIC Codes
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15410000 Industrial buildings and warehouses
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15419900 Industrial buildings and warehouses, nec
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15419901 Dry cleaning plant construction
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15419902 Factory construction
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15419903 Food products manufacturing or packing plant construction
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15419904 Grain elevator construction
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15419905 Industrial buildings, new construction, nec
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15419906 Paper/pulp mill construction
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15419907 Pharmaceutical manufacturing plant construction
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15419908 Prefabricated building erection, industrial
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15419909 Renovation, remodeling and repairs: industrial buildings
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15419910 Steel building construction
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15419911 Truck and automobile assembly plant construction
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15419912 Warehouse construction
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