Wills Bros

Name

Wills Bros

Website

https://willsbros.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Infrastructure Construction

NAICS

Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (237310), Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (237110)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Road & Tunnel Operations/Construction Interfaces (Tolling Infrastructure, Ventilation/Fire-Life-Safety Civil Works) (IMAFAEAL)

Keywords

• Civil engineering contracting
• Road construction services
• Bridge construction works
• Infrastructure development
• Drainage systems construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Foxford

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Infrastructure Construction Contracts: Wills Bros generates revenue through winning and delivering large-scale public infrastructure construction contracts. Revenue is project-based, earned through fixed-price contracts with government entities for construction work on roads, bridges, and related infrastructure.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Wills Bros Civil Engineering is a civil engineering contractor that delivers large-scale transport and infrastructure construction projects. The company's core work includes road building (including trunk road dualling and town centre relief roads), bridge construction, drainage systems, flood relief culverts, and associated infrastructure works. It competes for and delivers both major national framework programmes and local government contracts.

Product overview

Wills Bros Civil Engineering is a civil engineering construction company that delivers infrastructure projects including road construction, bridge building, and large-scale transport infrastructure works. The company operates as a contractor, not a software or technology product provider. Based on the available source data, no distinct software products, platforms, or named service offerings were identified.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Major Trunk Road Dualling and Infrastructure Programmes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Transport ScotlandcoreOthers · 4 June 2026Transport Scotland has shortlisted Wills Bros Civil Engineering as one of three contractors (alongside Balfour Beatty and Kier Transportation) for the £1.94bn delivery framework to complete the remaining five sections of the £4bn A9 dualling programme between Perth and Inverness. The framework covers 92.4km of dualling work with individual contracts ranging from £266M to £553M.
• Devon County CouncilcoreOthers · 11 May 2026Devon County Council awarded Wills Bros a £13.8M contract to deliver the Cullompton Town Centre Relief Road. The 1.3km project runs from June 2026 to January 2028 and includes a four-arm roundabout, bridge over Spratford Mill Stream, flood relief culverts, and drainage systems.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Costain Group: UK-listed infrastructure contractor delivering highways, bridges, and complex civil engineering programmes for public sector clients. Comparable operating model and customer base to Wills Bros across national infrastructure frameworks.
• BAM Nuttall: UK arm of Royal BAM Group focused on civil engineering including highways, bridges, and rail infrastructure. Direct competitor on major public sector frameworks with overlapping scope in roads, bridges, and drainage delivery.
• Graham Group: Northern Ireland-based civil engineering contractor with comparable scale and capability across roads, bridges, and drainage infrastructure. Active across the UK and Ireland on public sector frameworks directly comparable to Wills Bros' portfolio.
• Kier Group: UK infrastructure and transportation contractor named alongside Wills Bros on the A9 dualling framework shortlist. Direct competitor for major trunk road and highways frameworks, operating a similar contracting model across roads, bridges, and drainage works.
• John Sisk & Son: Irish-headquartered international contractor with similar heritage and operational model to Wills Bros. Delivers comparable civil engineering, roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects across the UK and Ireland, making it one of the closest like-for-like peer firms by origin and scope.
• Balfour Beatty: UK-listed Tier 1 infrastructure group directly named alongside Wills Bros on the A9 dualling framework shortlist. Competes for the same major public sector civil engineering contracts (roads, bridges, highways) with similar delivery scope but materially larger scale.
• McLaughlin & Harvey: Northern Ireland-based civil engineering contractor operating across the UK and Ireland on roads, bridges, utilities, and infrastructure projects. Comparable scale and contracting model to Wills Bros, with overlapping public sector client base.
• Morgan Sindall: UK-listed infrastructure and construction group operating across highways, bridges, utilities, and civil engineering. Competes for the same national and regional public sector framework opportunities as Wills Bros.
• Farrans Construction: Northern Ireland-headquartered civil engineering and building contractor of similar size to Wills Bros. Delivers roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects for UK and Ireland public sector clients on comparable contract models.

Broad incumbents

• Skanska UK: UK subsidiary of global Skanska Group, delivering roads, bridges, and major civil infrastructure across a wider portfolio than Wills Bros. Competes in overlapping geographies and framework opportunities but with materially greater scale and resource base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wills_bros

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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