Samsung C&T Retains Top Spot in Construction Industry for 13th Year... GS E&C Climbs to Third Place

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Announces 2026 Construction Capability Evaluation
GS E&C and Hyundai Engineering Move Up Two Ranks
Daewoo and DL Drop to Fifth and Sixth Place, Respectively

SAMSUNG C&T has retained its top spot for the 13th consecutive year in this year’s construction capacity evaluation. While DL E&C dropped two spots from the previous year, falling out of the top five, Hyundai Engineering climbed into the top four, resulting in a shakeup among the highest-ranked firms.

On July 30, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport released the results of the 2026 construction capacity evaluation. The construction capacity evaluation is a system that publicly announces a comprehensive assessment of each construction company’s performance, financial standing, technical capability, and reputation, to help project owners select suitable contractors. This year, 74,332 companies—representing 84.1% of all 88,424 construction firms—applied to have their competitiveness assessed.

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According to this year’s civil engineering and architectural construction sector evaluation, six out of the top 10 construction firms experienced a change in ranking. SAMSUNG C&T maintained its lead for the 13th straight year since 2014, posting a construction capacity of 34.8785 trillion won. Hyundai Engineering & Construction ranked second with 18.2714 trillion won, while GS Engineering & Construction was third, recording 11.0668 trillion won. GS Engineering & Construction climbed two places from last year’s rankings, placing third in civil engineering (1.3 trillion won) and second in apartment construction (5.9 trillion won) by project category performance.

In contrast, Daewoo Engineering & Construction and DL E&C, which placed third and fourth last year respectively, each fell two spots compared to the previous year. Daewoo Engineering & Construction posted 9.9249 trillion won, dropping below the 10 trillion won mark after recording more than 11 trillion won last year and finishing in third place. DL E&C (9.0352 trillion won) also fell by about 2 trillion won compared to last year’s 11.2183 trillion won, dropping from fourth to sixth place. In their stead, Hyundai Engineering climbed two spots from last year to secure fourth place with 11.0053 trillion won.

There was some movement in rankings between fifth and tenth place compared to the previous year. Lotte Engineering & Construction moved up by one rank to seventh place, with a capacity of 7.8411 trillion won. On the other hand, POSCO E&C, which held seventh place last year, dropped to eighth with 7.5851 trillion won. SK ecoplant, which was ninth last year, maintained its ranking this year with 7.0059 trillion won. IPARK Hyundai Development Company, in tenth place, recorded a capacity of 5.6448 trillion won, retaining the same rank as last year.

Breaking down the main construction categories: Hyundai Engineering & Construction posted the highest apartment construction performance at 7 trillion won, followed by GS Engineering & Construction (5.9 trillion won) and Lotte Engineering & Construction (4.06 trillion won). In the industrial and environmental facilities sector, SAMSUNG E&A retained first place for the second consecutive year with 7.4 trillion won.

The new construction capacity evaluation results will take effect starting August 1. Detailed evaluation results for individual construction companies can be found on the relevant industry association websites for each construction sector.

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