What is a construction company's data worth?
In this article
Why buyers want a general contractor or construction company's recordsWhich systems hold the valueWhat never leaves your buildingWhich buyers fitA worked exampleWhat to check firstRange is our estimate from the buyers' published figures, October 2026, sources on file. Not an offer.
Why buyers want a general contractor or construction company's records
A general contractor's history is change orders, RFIs, submittals, schedules and draws, all documented because the money depends on it. One buyer publishes a six-figure band for this category.
What a buyer is paying for is the loop: a piece of work that starts, moves through people and systems, and ends with a visible result. In a general contractor or construction company that looks like:
- Bid invitation, takeoff, estimate, submitted, awarded or lost, with the reason.
- An RFI, the architect's response, the resulting change order, the owner's approval, the billing.
- A schedule slip, the recovery plan, the daily logs that show it.
Which of your systems hold the value
Value follows the systems that recorded the work. For a general contractor or construction company, the usual ones are:
| System | What the buyer sees in it |
|---|---|
| Procore, Buildertrend or CoConstruct | every project: bids, schedules, RFIs, submittals, change orders, daily logs, punch lists |
| QuickBooks or Sage | job costing, AIA billing, retainage and lien waivers |
| Outlook or Gmail | owner, architect and sub correspondence |
| Estimating software | takeoffs, bids and the won/lost record |
More connected systems means a higher number. A ticket that links to an invoice that links to an email thread is worth more than any one of them alone. See every system, and how each one is exported.
What never leaves your building
The buyer scrubs before anything is used, and you approve the categories first. For a general contractor or construction company that always means:
- Owner and client names, addresses and contract values that identify them
- Subcontractor pricing where your sub agreements restrict it
- Worker personal data and safety incident details that identify people
- Bonding and insurance details
How scrubbing works, and what every buyer commits to.
See what your company's records could get.
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Get my estimate →Which buyers fit a general contractor or construction company
- The buyer built for small and mid-size operators
- Publishes $250K to $750K for roofing and construction.
- The enterprise buyers
- 30+ employees; 40+ employees preferred.
- The multi-lab licensing platform
- Work orders and operations exceptions.
We check your company against every program and introduce you to the one that publishes the most for your size, with the fastest payment if you are in a hurry. Every buyer type side by side.
A worked example
A 50-person commercial GC, twelve years old, on Procore, QuickBooks, Outlook and an estimating tool. Our model: roughly $190,000 to $450,000. The RFI-to-change-order history is the most valuable part.
What to check before the first call
Procore exports project by project. The buyer scopes which projects are in. Active projects with sensitive owners can be excluded.
Other industries
In short
- Typical range for a 40-person general contractor or construction company with 8 to 15 years of records: $150,000 to $360,000, from published buyer figures.
- 3 of the 6 buyer types fit this industry. One buyer that works with small and mid-size operators publishes an offer band of $250,000 to $750,000 for roofing and construction companies.
- Customer, patient, borrower and employee identities never leave. Buyers want the process and the outcomes.
- Owners pay nothing. The buyer pays Briggs Analytics only when the company signs.
Questions owners ask.
Do owners or architects have to consent?
Depends on your contract. Most private contracts say nothing about it. The buyer reads a sample before quoting.
What about our subs' data?
Their pricing and their people are removed or excluded. Your management of the sub (scheduling, RFIs, change orders) stays.
Does Buildertrend count the same as Procore?
Yes. Any project system with years of history works. The buyer handles the export.
Can we exclude current jobs?
Yes. Most deals use closed projects only.
