SPAN RANKED #1 TOP METAL BUILDER IN THE NATION
SPAN is proud to be listed as 2026’s #1 steel building contractor in the nation for both overall tonnage of steel and in square footage of buildings delivered in the 2025 calendar year! In the 36 years since MCN has been tracking the top metal builders annually, SPAN has proudly held a top spot 32 times in both categories.
METAL CONSTRUCTION NEWS; May 21, 2026; By David Flaherty (Full Article)
2026 Top Metal Builders
This year, our list of top metal builders shows a steady industry, with the largest contractors and erectors reporting just a slight drop in the average tonnage and square footage of the metal buildings they constructed between 2024 and 2025.
Again, this year, we separated the list of the top 20 erectors from the list of the top 100 contractors. We do this so we do not count work on the same building twice—once for the contractor furnishing the metal building system and again for the erector putting up the steel.
This does cause complications, however, because some companies furnish and erect but are contracted only to erect a building, making them both contractors and erectors. We identify those companies as contractors rather than separating those numbers into separate entities.
The two lists make it difficult to compare trends, such as changes in building size or market share over the years. However, to alleviate this, we identified the 100 largest companies regardless of whether they are contractors or erectors and showed how their averages compare to previous years.