County Market Overview · Washington State

King County Public Construction Insights

Detailed public works bidding spend, project activity metrics, top awarded prime contractors, and major public agency awards compiled from WA State records (2015–2025).

Ongoing Data Ingestion: Data for 2023, 2024, and 2025 is continuously being updated as new state filings are processed.
Total Spend $25.36B
Total Projects 107,579

King County Yearly Growth (2015–2025)

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Total Spend ($)
Total Projects
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$2.36B $3.20B $3.33B $2.84B $2.55B $2.60B $2.69B $2.22B $1.69B $1.29B $594.60M 6,520 6,676 6,967 6,810 8,231 9,047 11,291 12,267 12,763 13,721 13,286 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
* Note: Data for 2023–2025 is actively being updated as new state affidavit & intent filings are processed.

Top Prime Contractors

Ranked by Award Volume
$861.45M
17 projects
$773.50M
47 projects
$693.04M
40 projects
$655.38M
11 projects
$617.77M
9 projects
$572.81M
15 projects
$570.51M
1,169 projects
$567.84M
23 projects
$516.42M
28 projects
$462.33M
87 projects

Top Awarding Public Agencies

TRANSPORTATION, WASH STATE DEPT OF
$2.72B
SEATTLE, PORT OF
$2.62B
University of Washington
$1.91B
SEATTLE, CITY OF
$1.21B
SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
$1.05B