County Market Overview · Washington State

Whatcom 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 $2.18B
Total Projects 15,276

Whatcom County Yearly Growth (2015–2025)

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Total Spend ($)
Total Projects
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$243.62M $233.85M $128.36M $249.91M $150.44M $472.54M $184.46M $153.39M $166.41M $134.36M $65.92M 878 842 884 782 959 1,483 1,623 1,817 2,157 2,015 1,836 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
$199.41M
110 projects
$197.92M
47 projects
$130.56M
2 projects
$110.38M
1 projects
$108.88M
58 projects
$98.50M
103 projects
$94.87M
42 projects
$82.89M
126 projects
$76.45M
74 projects
$59.31M
2 projects

Top Awarding Public Agencies

WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
$371.26M
BELLINGHAM, CITY OF
$334.06M
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT #501
$280.78M
BELLINGHAM, PORT OF
$149.48M
FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT #502
$123.58M