Construction
The Competitive Advantage of Not Figuring It Out Alone.
Benchmark your performance, share ideas, and learn from construction leaders facing the same challenges.
Industry pressures
Independent construction executives operate in an unforgiving market.
General contractors
Change orders, labor gaps, and delays erode margin.
Margins are under constant pressure from labor shortages, project delays, and rising costs.
Commercial hvac
Capacity Is Harder to Maintain
solar installation
Growth Is Harder to Plan
Ready mix concrete
Throughput Drives Profitability
Quality issues, plant inefficiencies, and rising competition can quickly impact margins.
The Insight Ecosystem
How Study Groups Helps Independent Construction Operators
Study Groups connects peer insight, benchmarking intelligence, education, and trusted solutions into one connected resource.
Labor Cost Benchmarking
Compare labor costs against non-competing peers and see how top performers manage pay, retention, and staffing.
Project Mix Intelligence
Which segments peers are in, which they’re exiting, and what the margin profile looks like. The operators who shifted into the highest-growth segments early did so with peer intelligence from operators already there.
Cost Pass-Through Tactics
Learn how peers are managing material cost increases and protecting margins without sacrificing customer relationships.
Workforce Strategy
Learn how the industry’s best leaders are retaining talent and building stronger teams.
Verified Construction Data
Collectively, Study Groups members grew gross profit at 9% a year, compounded, against 4.8% for the U.S. economy. 1.6x faster over a full decade.
+25.1%
Gross Profit Growth
Cohort of 14 construction firms (CY2022–CY2025)
Adjusted EBITDA
Cohort of 14 construction firms (CY2022–CY2025)
Total Asset Growth
Cohort of 14 construction firms (CY2022–CY2025)
Owner’s Equity Growth
Cohort of 14 construction firms (CY2022–CY2025)
Do You Know How Your Business Compares?
The leaders making the best decisions aren’t figuring it out alone. The are learning from peers who have already been there.
Confidential Peer Benchmarking
See how your numbers stack up
Top performers already know where they stand.