Top 35 housebuilders: Full tables (2024)

See below for Housing Today’s ranking of the Top 35 UK housebuilders by turnover. The tables, compiled by Hewes Associates, are fully sortable, including figures for turnover, completions, operating profit, completions and average sales price.

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Overall ranking	Housebuilder	Latest year end	previous year end	Latest turnover (£k)	Previous turnover (£k)	Latest operating profit (£k)	Previous operating profit (£k)	Latest completions	Previous completions	Operating profit per completion (£)	Latest operating margin(%)	Previous operating margin (%)	Latest Average House Price (£)	Previous Average House Price (£)
1	Barratt Developments	Jun-21	Jun-20	4,811,700	3,419,200	811,100	493,400	17,243	12,604	47,039	16.9	14.4	325,500	310,600
2	Persimmon	Dec-20	Dec-19	3,328,300	3,649,400	862,800	1,036,700	13,575	15,855	63,558	25.9	28.4	230,534	215,709
3	Bellway Plc	Jul-21	Jul-20	3,122,500	2,225,400	531,500	321,700	10,138	7,522	52,427	17.0	14.5	306,500	293,100
4	Taylor Wimpey	Dec-20	Dec-19	2,790,200	4,341,300	292,400	842,500	9,609	15,719	30,430	10.5	19.4	288,000	269,000
5	Berkeley Group	Apr-21	Apr-20	2,202,200	1,920,400	502,300	469,700	2,825	2,723	177,805	22.8	24.5	770,000	677,000
6	Redrow Group	Jun-21	Jun-20	1,939,000	1,339,000	321,000	148,000	5,620	4,032	57,117	16.6	11.1	338,500	330,400
7	Vistry Group	Dec-20	Dec-19	1,811,727	1,130,768	171,023	194,355	6,131	3,867	27,895	9.4	17.2	302,500	280,200
8	Bloor Homes	Jun-20	Jun-19	1,033,113	1,129,306	159,482	184,498	3,548	3,760	44,950	15.4	16.3	290,000	296,000
9	Countryside Properties PLC	Sep-20	Sep-19	892,000	1,237,100	54,200	234,400	4,053	5,733	13,373	6.1	18.9	364,000	367,000
10	Cala Group	Dec-20	Dec-19	704,754	973,597	38,724	107,407	1,835	2,449	21,103	5.5	11.0	434,000	464,000
11	Crest Nicholson Plc	Oct-20	Oct-19	677,900	1,086,400	57,100	133,000	2,247	2,912	25,412	8.4	12.2	295,000	319,000
12	Miller Homes	Dec-20	Dec-19	664,800	841,400	110,500	167,900	2,620	3,498	42,176	16.6	20.0	261,000	249,000
13	Hill Holdings Ltd*	Dec-20	Dec-19	651,685	582,748	44,169	42,499	1,241	1,069	22,085	6.8	7.3	525,000	545,000
14	Avant Homes	Apr-20	May-19	505,336	445,995	43,909	16,740	1,921	1,759	22,857	8.7	3.8	287,000	271,000
15	Morgan Sindall Plc	Dec-20	Dec-19	441,400	512,900	16,100	18,300	1,216	1,144	13,240	3.6	3.6	229,000	238,000
16	Keepmoat Homes	Oct-20	Oct-19	405,953	649,808	11,360	60,532	2,460	4,035	4,618	2.8	9.3	165,000	161,000
17	Fairview (Holdings ltd)	Dec-20	Dec-19	313,477	413,908	34,165	- 29,956	832	896	41,064	10.9	-7.2	na	na
18	MJ Gleeson Group	Jun-21	Jun-20	288,575	147,181	43,083	5,929	1,812	1,072	23,776	14.9	4.0	145,800	130,900
19	Telford Homes	Dec-20	Dec-19	239,582	249,153	1,255	5,939	na	na	na	0.5	2.4	na	na
20	Springfield Properties	May-21	May-20	216,962	143,516	19,128	10,837	973	727	19,659	8.8	7.6	244,000	236,000
21	Mount Anvil	Dec-20	Dec-19	215,326	238,415	778	5,997	320	301	2,431	0.4	2.5	853,000	1,182,000
22	Stewart Milne	Oct-20	Oct-19	214,081	205,601	na	na	836	871	-	0.0	0.0	230,659	232,219
23	Wain Group.	Sep-20	Jun-19	200,656	219,245	27,467	38,894	903	984	30,411	13.7	17.7	222,321	222,561
24	McCarthy & Stone PLC	Oct-20	Oct-19	197,300	621,429	- 56,500	68,100	666	1,972	- 84,835	-28.6	11.0	302,000	308,000
25	Story Homes	Mar-21	Mar-20	179,891	219,783	9,609	7,805	652	838	na	5.3	3.6	300,000	292,000
26	Weston Group.	Jul-20	Jul-19	178,848	255,919	2,862	26,828	631	767	4,536	1.6	10.5	na	na
27	Beacon Hill Group	Dec-20	Dec-19	168,827	202,013	17,069	29,758	608	703	28,074	10.1	14.7	276,122	285,789
28	Abbey Developments	Apr-21	Apr-20	164,459	121,275	41,418	27,935	502	405	82,506	25.2	23.0	na	na
29	Croudace Homes	Dec-20	Dec-19	164,040	189,880	11,887	16,951	461	507	25,785	7.2	8.9	427,000	419,000
30	London Square Ltd	Mar-21	Mar-20	158,761	272,417	16,980	10,826	328	559	na	10.7	4.0	na	na
31	Galliard	Mar-21	Mar-20	134,191	248,377	na	na	771	998	na	0.0	0.0	509,000	369,000
32	Inland Homes	Sep-20	Sep-19	124,000	118,320	11,800	26,160	226	161	52,212	9.5	22.1	287,000	250,000
33	C G Fry and Son	Dec-20	Dec-19	95,970	95,193	12,607	12,113	207	na	60,903	13.1	12.7	344,000	381,000
34	Strata Homes	Jun-20	Jun-19	92,699	149,036	- 1,458	12,150	349	630	- 4,178	-1.6	8.2	272,000	270,000
35	Churchill Retirement plc	Jun-20	Jun-19	91,365	208,609	- 5,815	60,462	280	584	- 20,768	-6.4	29.0	319,000	314,000

Notes: Vistry was formed in 2020 from a merger between Bovis Homes and Galliford Try’s housebuilding businesses. Stewart Milne: previous data adjusted from 16 to 12 months. Telford Homes: previous data adjusted from nine to 12 months. Wain Group: latest adjusted from 15 to 12 months. Inland Homes: previous data adjusted from 15 to 12 months. Hill completes about 2,000 houses a year, the figure used to calculate operating profit per house sale

Source:This analysis refers to those companies identified by Hewes & Associates as the top 35 by turnover that have results available for 2020/21 and are housebuilders. In order to take account of covid lockdowns, only firms with year-end results from June 2020 onwards are included. Operating profit (included where data available) refers to profit before pre-exceptional items etc. Turnover includes joint ventures. Data compilation and analysis was undertaken by Hewes & Associates, to which any queries on the data should be directed, on: 01428 641518, hewesinfo@aol.com or at www.hewes-associates.com