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Civil Engineering Companies in Leicester: 439 Active Firms (2026)
Civil engineering companies in Leicester design, build and maintain transport, utilities, water and communications infrastructure across the metro area.
Buying centres in Leicester tend to sit with local authorities, utilities, developers and principal contractors rather than with a single corporate function. Work is usually procured around projects, frameworks and subcontract packages: highways repairs, drainage, enabling works, utility diversions, public-realm improvements and estate infrastructure. Sales cycles therefore hinge on accreditations, bid history, insurances, site supervision and the ability to manage specialist labour. Engagements are operationally heavier than consultancy retainers, with priced works packages, mobilisation plans and health-and-safety responsibilities carrying more weight than advisory credentials.
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Leicester has 439 actively trading civil engineering companies, a market with many small contractors and a narrower layer of larger operators. The local picture appears weighted towards firms that can take defined packages from public bodies, utilities, developers and principal contractors, rather than pure design consultancies. Across the cohort, reported headcount totals 861 employees. That gives Leicester a visible delivery footprint, but the employment base looks more dispersed across contractor businesses than concentrated among very large employers.
Project delivery sits inside the UK construction health-and-safety regime, with the Health and Safety Executive treating the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations as the framework for project notification, construction work, legal duties and role allocation. That matters because civil engineering contracts commonly split responsibility between clients, designers, principal contractors, contractors and workers. The Civil Engineering Contractors Association frames the sector around the building and maintenance of transport, energy, water, waste and communications networks. Infrastructure demand also sits inside the wider new-work and new-orders cycle, rather than a detached utilities market.
Leicester appears likely to remain a contractor-led market, with demand tied to public works programmes, utility maintenance, housing-enabling infrastructure and the subcontracting needs of principal contractors. Scale-up scarcity tends to favour firms that can evidence safety control, workforce availability and repeat delivery across frameworks, rather than those selling design advice alone. Newer entrants may find room in specialist groundworks, drainage and enabling packages, but procurement and insurance requirements make casual expansion difficult. Consolidation would not be surprising where smaller operators need access to plant, supervisors and bid capacity.
439
Active firms
2026
15
£5M-plus firms
Annual revenue threshold
119
Newer incorporations
Incorporated since 2022
Key facts
About 3% of the trading cohort reports turnover above £5M (15 of 439 firms) — the rest sits below that revenue band.
27% of the cohort was incorporated since 2022 (119 firms), so a sizeable share is in its first few filing cycles.
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 set duties for clients, designers, principal contractors, contractors and workers, with the Health and Safety Executive overseeing the construction health-and-safety regime.
The Civil Engineering Contractors Association frames civil engineering contractors around transport, energy, water, waste and communications networks.
ONS counted 370,770 VAT and PAYE-registered construction firms in Quarter 3 2024, up 1.7% on 2023.
Top Leicester Civil Engineering companies
Arthur Civil Engineering Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides civil engineering and infrastructure construction services, including high‑pressure pipelines, deep drainage, highways, reinforced concrete structures and commercial works. Also delivers…
Serves public-sector, regulated utility and infrastructure clients, including water companies, environmental agencies, transport bodies, canal authorities and commercial construction customers…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · -6% CAGR over 1y
Location
R D Cutting Services Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides maintenance and specialist services for highway electrical systems and traffic infrastructure, including installation, repair and upkeep of road network power supplies, signals and related…
Serves organisations involved in highway electrical and traffic infrastructure, including road authorities, public sector highways teams and infrastructure contractors.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 11% CAGR over 4y
Location
TAIRET LTD
Trajectory
4y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
CODY DIGGING LTD
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
SUFA STEELFIXING LTD
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong
Location
DAB Civil Engineering Contractors Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides civil engineering and groundwork services for commercial, industrial and retail construction projects, including drainage and pipe laying, earthworks, land remediation, concrete foundations,…
Sells to businesses in construction, serving commercial, industrial and retail developments. Targets housebuilders, main contractors, developers and related firms needing civil engineering and…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Profitable · 2% CAGR over 2y
Location
BROOKSIDE (2014) LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides asphalt surfacing and in‑situ concreting services for car parks, driveways and paved areas. Also undertakes excavation, drainage, kerbing, block paving, line marking and related civil…
Serves schools, commercial property and car park owners, homeowners needing driveways, and other organisations commissioning paving and surfacing projects in Leicester, surrounding areas and the East…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
ALD Construction Limited
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 1y
Location
MIRROR UNDERGROUND ASSETS LTD
Trajectory
4y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed · -21% CAGR over 3y
Location
BARDIC RAIL SERVICES LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
PROENGINEERING SERVICES LTD
Trajectory
1y · 2025–NowFinancial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
Location
Construction Lux Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · -16% CAGR over 4y
Location
ACE SIX LTD
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed
Location
Al-Najar Engineers Ltd
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong
Location
D.g.r. Builders Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak · Hiring · 7% CAGR over 4y
Location
MANAGING C.D.M. LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Omega Engineering Services Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
WeakWeak · Hiring · 19% CAGR over 4y
Location
KLAZYK LTD
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong · Growing · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
Sheshnaag Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Ctex Software Ltd
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong · Growing · 0% CAGR over 3y
Location
Ackers Consulting Engineers Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
ROAD & SEWER CONSULTING LTD
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 3y
Location
Functional Studios Ltd
Trajectory
2y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 1y
Location
A Mohamed Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 29% CAGR over 2y
Location
PANDEMIC ADVISORY & AUDIT LTD
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable
Location
DANAHER & WALSH GROUP LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides civil engineering contracting services delivering construction, maintenance and improvement of highways, bridges, public realm spaces and infrastructure, including drainage, access roads and…
Serves B2B and public sector clients in the Midlands and East of England, including local authorities, Tier 1 contractors and consultancies commissioning civil engineering works in highways, bridges,…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 6% CAGR over 2y
Location
DANAHER & WALSH (CIVIL ENGINEERING) LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides civil engineering contracting services including construction, maintenance and improvement of highways, bridges, public realm and infrastructure. Delivers projects such as road schemes,…
Serves public sector bodies, Tier 1 contractors and consultancy clients in the Midlands and East of England commissioning highways, bridge, public realm and infrastructure projects.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Profitable, Hiring · 5% CAGR over 2y
Location
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides civil engineering and construction services including groundworks, road and highway works, drainage systems, car parks, footways, and infrastructure for commercial developments and public…
Serves B2B and public sector buyers, including local councils, main contractors, developers, commercial property owners and infrastructure clients needing civil engineering and construction works…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -11% CAGR over 4y
Location
On Site Service (UK) Limited
Trajectory
4y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProvides specialist civil engineering and maintenance services for water, drainage and pipeline infrastructure, including water mains repair, leak detection, trenchless pipe installation, sewer…
Serves water utilities, rail infrastructure operators, civil engineering contractors, commercial and industrial site owners, insurers and domestic property customers across the UK and internationally.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -13% CAGR over 3y
Location
Premier Road Surfacing Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides road planing and asphalt surfacing services for highways and construction projects. Carries out surface preparation, laying of asphalt materials, and related civil engineering works…
Serves B2B and public sector customers, including large multinational companies, local councils, civil engineering firms and building contractors needing road surfacing, planing, civil engineering…
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 7% CAGR over 4y
Location
FIBRE OPTIC CONNECTIONS LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides fibre optic network installation services including surveying, design and planning, cable blowing and splicing, testing, maintenance, emergency repairs, and related civil works and traffic…
Serves businesses, government agencies and community organisations in the Midlands needing fibre optic network infrastructure, plus clients seeking practical network installation training.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -10% CAGR over 4y
Location
NEWLINE CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides civil engineering, demolition, and groundwork services for infrastructure and construction projects. Activities include highways and drainage works, earthworks, structural works, site…
Serves public and private sector clients in the East Midlands, including local authorities, public utilities, property developers, builders, and organisations in industrial, transport, commercial and…
Financial Health
StableStable · -67% CAGR over 4y
Location
RK Air Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides civil engineering and pipeline installation services for airport utilities, including firemain, potable water, heating and hot water systems. Supplies pipework, manages site works, welding,…
Serves airport operators, aviation infrastructure owners and principal contractors at UK airports needing utility works on airside and terminal estates, including firemain, heating, hot water and…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -1% CAGR over 5y
Location
Whitehall Landscapes and Groundcare Contractors Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides highway maintenance and civil engineering services including grass cutting, hedge flailing, drainage works, underground utilities construction, cement and lime stabilisation, winter gritting…
Serves B2B and public-sector buyers in the highway and construction sectors, including construction companies, schools, colleges, industrial sites, and clients needing highway maintenance, civil…
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 13% CAGR over 4y
Location
All Roads Asphalt Solutions Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides road surfacing and civil engineering services, including asphalt laying, pothole and carriageway repairs, and infrastructure works. Also supplies plant and labour hire and installs Paco…
Serves local councils, community organisations and private sector clients needing surfacing and civil engineering project delivery, from small repairs to major road and infrastructure works,…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 5% CAGR over 4y
Location
H3 Contracts Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides renewal and improvement works for highway infrastructure under framework contracts, delivering installation, upgrade and maintenance services related to highways communications systems…
Serves B2B and public sector buyers responsible for highways framework contracts, including highways authorities, principal contractors and infrastructure organisations needing renewals, improvement…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Airport Utilities Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsFinancial Health
HealthyHealthy · -12% CAGR over 4y
Location
ECL CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsProvides civil engineering and infrastructure services for residential development projects, including highways construction, groundworks, bulk earthworks, land and brownfield remediation, bridge…
Serves B2B clients, mainly UK housebuilders and residential property developers delivering major new-build and large residential developments, with some infrastructure-related clients such as water…
Financial Health
StableStable · Profitable · -10% CAGR over 1y
Location
DWG Infraco Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides ground engineering and structural improvement services for infrastructure and industrial assets, including resin injection ground stabilisation, void filling, grouting, concrete slab…
Serves public-sector and commercial infrastructure asset owners and contractors across rail, airports, bridges, ports, roads, utilities, heritage buildings, factories and warehouses.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Hinds Construction Services Limited
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProvides groundworks and civil engineering services for residential and commercial developments, including foundations, roads and sewers, Section 278 highway works, and bulk earthworks, supplying…
Sells to businesses in the construction sector, particularly national housebuilders and commercial property developers needing groundworks, civil engineering and infrastructure support on new-build…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Growing · 0% CAGR over 3y
Location
Mole Groundworks Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides groundworks and civil engineering services for construction projects, including drainage, sewer connections and highway works. Supplies building and decorative aggregates and landscaping…
Serves public and private sector construction clients, developers, professional bodies, subcontractors, and domestic property owners, with aggregate customers including local builders, landscapers,…
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
J M Evans Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides groundworks and civil engineering services for residential and construction developments as a subcontractor. Activities include foundations, drainage and sewer installation, surfacing,…
Serves B2B construction clients, primarily major and regional housebuilders, developers and related market sectors needing subcontractor partners for residential and infrastructure projects.
Financial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Gillett Surfacing Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides asphalt surfacing services for roads, car parks, footpaths and driveways using machine and hand-lay methods. Undertakes commercial, domestic and highway works including resurfacing, pothole…
Serves domestic homeowners, commercial property owners and developers, housing site developers, and highway maintenance clients in Leicestershire.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -5% CAGR over 4y
Location
DANAHER & WALSH APS LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides trenchless pipeline rehabilitation and no-dig repair services for sewer and drainage networks. Delivers inspection, cleaning, robotic cutting, condition surveys and UV‑CIPP structural…
Serves utilities, highways authorities, commercial estates and industrial infrastructure operators managing critical sewer, drainage and pipeline assets, especially in hard-to-access or…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Profitable, Growing · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
Gigalight Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides surveying, planning, civil engineering, physical infrastructure access, cabling, splicing and commissioning services for fibre telecoms networks, supporting the design and installation of…
Serves B2B telecoms and broadband network operators involved in full-fibre and gigabit network rollouts across Britain.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 29% CAGR over 4y
Location
SM Comms Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
StableStable · 0% CAGR over 2y
Location
Max Utilities UK Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsFinancial Health
StrongStrong · 0% CAGR over 1y
Location
Utiliton Limited
Trajectory
4y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsFinancial Health
DistressedDistressed · 0% CAGR over 3y
Location
MULLEN & KELLY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides civil engineering and groundworks services for public, commercial and domestic construction projects. Acts as principal contractor or subcontractor, delivering site preparation,…
Serves public sector bodies, commercial organisations, main contractors and domestic customers, with clients across the Midlands and nationally.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 26% CAGR over 4y
Location
MPH Construction (Lutterworth) Limited
Trajectory
4y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProvides construction and civil engineering services including groundworks, foundations, drainage, roads and sewer installations, and hard landscaping. Also installs driveways, patios and block…
Serves domestic and commercial customers in Leicestershire and the Midlands, including homeowners, main contractors, property developers, industrial clients and organisations commissioning building…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -26% CAGR over 3y
Location
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How Leicester Civil Engineering companies work and how to sell to them
What they do
Revenue usually comes from priced works packages rather than retainers: drainage runs, surfacing, groundworks, utility connections, enabling works, reinstatement and public-realm jobs. Leicester civil engineering contractors typically price from drawings, bills of quantities, schedules of rates or site visits, then recover margin through labour, plant, materials and subcontract control. Some work is tendered as fixed-price packages; other work runs through call-offs, dayworks or measured rates where scope changes during delivery. The service shape is operational: supervised crews, plant, materials procurement, method statements, traffic management and handover evidence, with commercial success tied to estimating accuracy and variation control.
Who they sell to
Customers are usually public-sector estates teams, local authority highways functions, utility asset teams, developers, housing delivery teams and principal contractors managing larger schemes. The day-to-day buyer may be a project manager, quantity surveyor, procurement officer, commercial manager or contracts manager, with directors involved where risk, bonding or insurance is material. Smaller packages can move through invited quotes or framework call-offs; larger work tends to need formal tendering, pre-qualification and evidence of safety performance. Sales cycles are often slower than ordinary B2B services because budgets, permits, site access and subcontract sequencing all affect the start date.
What they buy
Spend inside these contractors follows project delivery rather than office preference. Most civil engineering firms tend to buy estimating and take-off tools, job costing, fleet and plant management, workforce scheduling, finance, payroll, document control, health-and-safety management, quality records and environmental compliance support. They also use external accountants, insurance brokers, employment lawyers, training providers, recruitment agencies, survey support, materials suppliers, testing services, waste handlers and temporary traffic-management providers. A seller with office software may need to show how it survives site conditions, delayed paperwork and subcontractor use; a seller of services may need to fit around tenders, mobilisations and payment cycles.
Why and how to sell to them
Buying intent tends to appear when contractors win a framework place, take on a larger subcontract package, add supervisors, expand plant, or face tighter evidence requirements from a public-sector or utility customer. Common pressures include thin margins, late variations, retention cashflow, safety documentation, skills shortages and the gap between site activity and back-office reporting. Outbound works better when it attaches to a live operational trigger rather than a generic efficiency claim: faster tender turnaround, fewer invoice disputes, cleaner handover packs, easier audit preparation or better visibility of labour and plant utilisation. Messages should be short, practical and aimed at commercial or operations leaders, not just finance teams.
How this list is built
Data sources
This list is built from UK Companies House filings, XBRL accounts data, and semantic analysis of each company's public website. Revenue and headcount figures come from the most recent filed accounts; where the company has not filed, values are estimated using a model trained on filed history and peer benchmarks and are labelled as estimates.
Classification
Rather than relying solely on SIC codes, Firmbase classifies each company semantically: the company's website is crawled, an AI model reads what the company actually sells, and the company is placed into the relevant industry and subsectors. SIC codes are used as one signal but not the only one. This means a company that registered under a generic SIC code but pivoted into (for example) fintech is correctly identified as fintech, not as its original SIC category.
Freshness
The underlying company data is refreshed from Companies House continuously; filings appear in the list within days of submission. The curated list ordering is regenerated when the underlying data moves meaningfully (company count changes by more than 5%, a new company enters the top-ranked segment, or the filed-revenue numbers for the top firms change). You can see the last-updated timestamp near the top of the page.
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