Websites for construction companies

Construction website design that shows your licence where the law expects it — and turns a long, careful decision into a booked consultation.

Nobody hires a builder on impulse. A family planning an extension, a couple with a lot and a set of plans, a property manager with a tenant fit-out, a procurement team building a bid list: each one reads several construction company websites before they call. A good contractor website has to show what you build, roughly what it costs, how the job runs, who will be on site, and the licence, registration or company details your rules expect — with a link so they can check it. We design for all of that, for general contractors, remodelers and custom home builders in the US, builders and fit-out contractors in the UK, contractors and new-home builders in Canada and builders in Australia. Built in 7 days, guaranteed, and hosted on our own fast servers.

What every construction site gets

Consultation bookingBook, call or send plans from the first screen
Licence you can checkLabelled, with a link to the official register
Honest cost guidesRanges, what moves them, and the tax position
A path for bidsPrequal pack and subcontractor sign-up

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The short answer

What makes a good construction company website?

A good construction company website gets a careful buyer from “could these people build this?” to a booked consultation or a bid invitation, and gives them proof they can check. In practice that means projects shown by type with size and duration, a plain description of how a job runs, typical cost ranges and what changes them, the people who will run the job, your licence or registration number labelled and linked to the official register, your insurance and warranty in plain words, and a separate route for commercial buyers and subcontractors.

The galleries, examples lists and agency pages that rank for construction website design talk about photography, video headers, navigation and testimonials. Those matter, but none of the top results we read mention licence numbers, the rules on advertising building work, prequalification, or anything country-specific outside the US. In October 2026 we reviewed 261 real contractor and builder websites in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, and those were exactly the gaps we found most often. Every section below comes from that review.

What clients look for

What do people check before they contact a builder or contractor?

A building project is one of the largest sums most people ever spend, and it runs for weeks or months. Buyers look for fit, proof, a rough idea of cost and a sense of who they will deal with.

Have you built something like mine?Projects grouped by type — extensions, lofts, custom homes, remodels, fit-outs — with size, duration and location, not an unlabelled photo wall.

Are you licensed and insured?Your licence or registration number, labelled, with a link to the register, plus your insurance and warranty in plain words.

Roughly how much?Typical ranges for the work you do most, what moves the price, and whether tax is included.

How does the job run?The steps from first visit to handover, who signs off what, and how long each stage usually takes.

Who will be on site?The owner, project manager or site supervisor by name and photo — the person they will speak to every week.

Can we send you our plans?A form that takes drawings, photos, budget band and start window, so the first call is useful.

What we found

What did we find when we reviewed 261 construction websites?

These figures come from the home pages (or ranking city pages) we reviewed on 20 October 2026: 63 in the US, 64 in the UK, 62 in Canada and 72 in Australia. We read each page’s text, so a number shown only in an image, a footer loaded by script or on another page was not counted — treat them as a fair picture, not a census.

Country	What we saw	Why it matters
United States	Only 14 of 63 sites showed a licence or registration number. Only 7 showed prices or ranges on the page (4 more linked to a pricing page). Commercial contractors showed no safety figures or bonding capacity. Years in business contradicted each other on several sites, and placeholder text, “Button” labels and counters stuck at “0” were left live.	Several states require the licence or registration number in advertising, websites included. Prequalification forms always ask for safety and bonding data, so a commercial site that hides them sends buyers elsewhere.
United Kingdom	About 45 of 64 sites showed no company number. 60 of 64 showed no prices, even where they promised “fixed” or “clear” pricing. FMB was the most common badge (about 30 of 64), but only 1 site printed its member numbers. Commercial sites offered no tender or PQQ route, and none explained CDM.	A limited company must show its registered details on its website. There is no general builder licence, so trade-body numbers with a register link are the proof people can check.
Canada	Only 1 of about 11 Ontario new-home builders linked its HCRA licence. 4 of 5 small Québec firms showed their RBQ number, but none in the set wording. No BC builder showed a BC Housing licence number. WCB or WSIB proof appeared on 3 sites and COR on 1. Only 5 of 62 showed price figures, and none of the 6 commercial firms offered an RFP, prequal or bid-invite route.	Ontario requires a new-home builder’s licence on its website, and Québec requires the RBQ number on websites and ads. Workers’ compensation clearance is one of the first things a careful client asks for.
Australia	About 32 of roughly 66 homeowner-facing sites showed no builder licence or registration number. Offer prices sat behind asterisks, and several sites carried unsupported “No. 1” or “most awarded” claims. Template leftovers included lorem ipsum, “0” counters and a “0 reviews” widget.	Every state we checked expects the licence or registration number in building-work advertising, and a part price must be shown with a total price that is at least as prominent.
All four	Unsourced “premier” and “#1” claims, years in business stated two ways, counters at “0”, broken forms, and portfolios with no scope, size or timeline.	A builder is judged on finishing things properly. A sloppy website makes a careful buyer doubt the rest. We check every page before launch.

Source: our own review of 261 construction company websites, 20 October 2026. No business is named here. Not legal advice — your licensing board or regulator has the final word.

The rules

What do the rules say a construction website must show or avoid?

Building work is licensed by state, province or territory, and the rules on advertising usually include your website and social media. These are examples from official sources that we build into the design, so the number or notice sits where a client looks — not buried in a footer. Where we could not confirm the current wording, we say “check with your regulator”. It is a summary to help you brief us, not legal advice.

Where	What the rule says
US: licence in ads	California requires the licence number in all advertising, websites included (CSLB). Florida requires the certification or registration number in every advertisement, bid and contract (s. 489.119). Arizona lets web ads link to a home page that shows your name and ROC number prominently, not only in the footer (Arizona ROC). Oregon requires the CCB number on internet advertising (OAR 812-003-0120), and Massachusetts home-improvement ads carry the HIC registration number (c.142A §17). Washington expects the registration number in advertising — check the current wording with L&I. In other states, and before writing “state licensed” in Texas, check with your state or city.
US: claims and reviews	The FTC’s rule on consumer reviews bans fake, bought and undisclosed insider reviews and review suppression. Under the Endorsement Guides, claims such as “#1”, “100% on time” or “27% faster” need evidence. Safety claims are the same: show real figures or none.
UK: licences and schemes	There is no general UK builder licence. FMB, TrustMark, CHAS, Constructionline and SafeContractor are voluntary, so a site should not imply they are required by law — but a member number with a register link is proof a client can check. Gas work legally needs Gas Safe registration.
UK: company details, contracts and claims	Limited companies must show their registered name, number and office on their website. Contracts signed at the customer’s home carry a 14-day cancellation right. Under CDM 2015, the contractor normally takes on a domestic client’s duties. The CAP Code expects claims such as “award-winning”, “fixed price” and “No.1” to be backed by evidence, and the CMA treats fake and concealed incentivised reviews as unlawful.
Ontario	New-home builders and vendors must be licensed by the HCRA and display the licence on their website, easy to find and readable; old “Tarion registered” wording should be replaced. Renovation contracts and estimates have their own consumer rules (Ontario guide). Clients can check your WSIB clearance.
Québec	The RBQ requires the licence number on your website and social media when you advertise services, written as “RBQ licence: XXXX-XXXX-XX”; the RBQ logo may not be used. A website marketing services in Québec must be available in French.
BC, Alberta and prices	In BC, residential builders of new homes need a BC Housing licence and home warranty insurance. Alberta requires a builder licence for new homes and a prepaid contracting licence for some deposit-taking contracts. We found no rule requiring these numbers in ads — check with your regulator; showing them is good practice. The Competition Bureau treats a price that leaves out mandatory fees, other than government taxes, as misleading.
Australia: licence in ads	NSW building-trade ads must show the licensee name and licence number. In Queensland the licence name and number must appear in ads, social media included — a trading name alone is not enough. Victoria requires the name and registration number in ads and written offers. WA registered builders must put their registration number in ads, and SA ads must show the licence name and BLD number. Home warranty insurance (HBCF, DBI and others) applies above state thresholds — check the current figure with your regulator.
Australia: prices and reviews	If you show part of a price, the ACCC expects the total price to be at least as prominent. The ACCC also bans fake, selectively edited and undisclosed-incentive reviews.

Sources checked October 2026. Rules and thresholds change — we re-check before every launch.

Two kinds of buyer

Should a construction website treat homeowners and commercial clients differently?

Yes. A homeowner wants to feel safe with you; a commercial buyer or general contractor wants to tick a prequalification list. Most sites we reviewed served one and ignored the other, and none of the commercial firms in Canada offered a bid route at all.

What a homeowner looks for

Projects like theirs, with size, weeks and suburb or town
Typical cost ranges and what moves them
The licence or registration number and warranty
The person who will run the job
A form that takes plans, photos and a budget band

What a commercial buyer looks for

Projects by sector, with scope and delivery model
Licence numbers, insurance limits and bonding capacity
Your safety record, COR, CHAS or Constructionline status — real figures only
A downloadable prequalification pack
A bid calendar and a subcontractor sign-up

Cost guides

Should a builder’s website show prices?

Yes, as honest ranges — and very few do. Only 7 of the 63 US sites we reviewed showed prices or ranges on the page, 5 of 62 in Canada, and 60 of 64 UK sites showed none, even where they promised “fixed” or “clear” pricing. The sites that did publish figures looked more confident, not cheaper, and buyers who already know the rough cost turn up to the first meeting ready to talk about their project.

The tax position matters. Prices shown to homeowners in the UK and Australia should include VAT or GST. In Australia, the ACCC expects a total price at least as prominent as any part price, and in Canada a “from” price must not leave out mandatory fees. Offer prices with an asterisk and conditions in small print, which we saw on several volume-builder sites, are the pattern to avoid.

So we build cost guides as ranges with context: what a typical job of each type includes, what pushes the price up or down — size, site access, structural work, finish level, permits — the tax position, and the date the figures were last checked. You set the numbers; we make sure the page says them clearly and is easy to update.

Pages

Which pages does a construction company website need?

Every site is planned around the work you want more of — extensions, custom homes, remodels, new builds or commercial fit-outs. A typical general contractor or builder website is built from these page types.

Page	What it does
Home	What you build and where, a consultation button, and your licence or registration in the first screen
Services	One page per project type, with what is included, a typical timeline and a cost range
Projects	Case studies by type and place, with size, duration, scope and the problem you solved
How we work	The steps from first visit to handover, payments in plain words, and who signs off each stage
Cost guide	Ranges, what moves them, the VAT or GST position and when the figures were checked
Team	Owner, project managers and site supervisors, with photos and the qualifications that matter
Licences, insurance and warranty	Every number labelled and linked to its register, insurance cover, warranty provider and company details
Commercial and prequalification	Sectors, delivery models, safety and bonding data, and a downloadable prequal pack
Subcontractors and bids	Bid calendar, trade sign-up and the documents you ask subcontractors for

How it works

How does a construction website go from brief to live in 7 days?

01BriefProjects, services, licences, prices and the rules where you build.

02DesignYour own concept, not a construction template.

03BuildServices, projects, cost guide and licence pages, rules built in.

04LaunchLive on your domain in 7 days, guaranteed.

After launch

Who keeps the site up to date as projects finish?

We do. Your site runs on servers we manage ourselves, and a monthly care plan covers updates, backups and the changes a builder makes all year — a finished project added with photos, a cost range revised, a licence renewed, a new insurance certificate, a new site supervisor on the team page. Project photos are large, so we keep them compressed and fast on phones.

LiteSpeed web servers built for speed
Each site isolated in its own container
Malware scanning and a web firewall
Off-site backups
Free Cloudflare on our account

Care plan basics

UpdatesApplied and checked
BackupsAutomatic, off-site
Project postsNew jobs added with photos
MonitoringUptime and security

Our work

Our construction website concepts.

Ideas for general contractors, builders, remodelers and commercial contractors, each built from our review of 261 construction websites in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Every firm in them is fictional. Click any concept to try it.

CONCEPTIronbridge BuildersThe skyline build · United StatesScroll and a tower crane lifts sample projects into a skyline, each with its sector, size and timeline, next to a prequal pack for owners.Open the live demo →

CONCEPTCopperline RemodelingJobs like mine · United StatesPick your room and size and a wall of past jobs reshuffles to spotlight the three closest, with honest weeks and price bands.Open the live demo →

Ashworth & Kemp Builders concept website

CONCEPTAshworth & Kemp BuildersPlanning checker · United KingdomDrag an extension on a drawing of the house and the general permitted development limits light up, with a link to the Planning Portal.Open the live demo →

View all 6 concepts →

Concepts are design demos we built to show what's possible — not client websites. Every client site is designed from scratch for that business.

FAQ

Questions we get asked

How much does a construction website cost?

It depends on the number of service, project and location pages and features such as a cost guide, a plans upload or a bid calendar. We give you a fixed quote after a short call, and the launch date is guaranteed.

Where should our licence number go?

Where a client looks and where your rules expect it: usually in the header or first screen, on the licences page and on quotes, labelled with the issuing body and linked to the register. In Arizona, for example, the footer alone is not enough. We add it to your structured data too, so it matches your Google profile.

Should we show prices if every job is different?

Yes, as ranges with what moves them. Few of the sites we reviewed showed any figures, so even a range sets you apart. In the UK and Australia, prices for homeowners should include VAT or GST. We set the wording with you.

We do homes and commercial work. One site or two?

Usually one site with two clear routes: a homeowner path with projects, costs and booking, and a commercial path with sectors, a prequal pack and a bid route. One brand, one set of credentials, two kinds of buyer.

Can clients and subcontractors upload plans and documents?

Yes. Quote forms can take drawings and photos, and subcontractor forms can take the documents you ask for. We keep sensitive files off public pages and send them where your team can manage them.

Do we need a French site in Québec?

If your website markets services in Québec, it must be available in French, and your RBQ number must appear on it. We build both languages as equals, not a machine-translated copy.

Can you improve our current site instead of starting again?

Yes. We can redesign it while keeping the search rankings it has earned — see website redesign.

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