COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS

What COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS does

Commercial Contractors, Inc. (CCI) is a privately held, family-controlled commercial construction firm headquartered at 16745 Comstock Street, Grand Haven, Michigan, with 35+ years of operating history focused on retail and adjacent commercial builds. The company constructs, expands, and renovates buildings primarily across the United States with a small presence in Canada, serving restaurants, specialty retailers, department stores, fitness centers, dental offices, educational institutions, and banks. Its value proposition centers on speed-to-market, budget discipline, and exceeding client expectations, with industry positioning reinforced by memberships in ICSC, USGBC, and RCA.

CCI's service offering is project-based rather than product-based: there is no disclosed software platform, modular product line, or proprietary technology stack beyond a standard Squarespace-hosted corporate website, a forthcoming digital Plan Room for project documents, and a bid intake process directed to [email protected]. Pricing is non-public and delivered through competitive bids rather than published rate cards. The executive team is anchored by the Sharkey family (Kenneth Sharkey as CEO, Ken Sharkey as President and COO, Sandy Sharkey as Corporate Secretary) alongside a Director of Construction, Controller, Executive Secretary, and IT Manager, indicating a lean operating structure typical of a regional specialty contractor.

The business model is straightforward services delivery: clients engage CCI directly for new construction, expansion, or renovation projects, and subcontractors engage via the company's bid list and bid schedule. Distribution is direct (regional, enterprise-focused) with no disclosed channel partners, resellers, or recurring revenue streams. No funding rounds, acquisitions, subsidiaries, parent entities, or institutional investors are present in the source data, consistent with a self-funded family business. The primary forward-looking commercial signals are the Canada footprint, vertical diversification beyond pure retail, and the rollout of the digital Plan Room channel.

Name

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS

Legal name

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS, INC.

Website

https://teamcci.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Commercial Contractors, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned retail construction firm headquartered in Grand Haven, Michigan, with 35+ years of experience building, expanding, and renovating commercial buildings across the United States and Canada for restaurants, retailers, and other commercial clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Construction Services

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial General Contracting (New Build) (IMAFAAAA)

Keywords

• Commercial construction services
• Retail construction
• Commercial renovation
• Building expansion
• Construction project management

Headquarters

HQ city

Grand Haven

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Commercial Contractors, Inc. (CCI) is a retail-focused general contractor providing new construction, expansion, and renovation services for commercial buildings across the United States and select locations in Canada. The company builds and remodels facilities for restaurants, specialty retailers, department stores, fitness centers, dental offices, educational institutions, and banks, managing projects from site work through tenant build-out.

Product overview

COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS, INC. is a retail construction company providing construction, expansion, and renovation services for commercial buildings across the United States and Canada. The company serves diverse commercial sectors including restaurants, specialty retailers, department stores, fitness centers, dental offices, educational institutions, and banks. Their core offering is construction services focused on speed, budget consciousness, and exceeding client expectations. The company does not appear to offer a software product platform or modular product offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• New Construction

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers)coreOthersProfessional membership organization for the shopping center industry. CCI's membership demonstrates industry standing and access to networking and resources within the retail construction sector.
• USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council)coreOthersOrganization promoting sustainability in building design and construction. Membership indicates commitment to LEED-certified and sustainable construction practices.
• RCA (Retail Contractors Association)coreOthersNational trade association representing retail contractors. Membership demonstrates commitment to industry standards and professional practices in retail construction.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Structure Tone: Commercial interior construction and general contracting firm with strong retail, corporate, and hospitality practice. Closely comparable to CCI's tenant improvement and renovation-heavy retail construction model.
• Ryan Companies: National commercial general contractor with deep retail, restaurant, and commercial development experience. Highly comparable to CCI in target customer base and service scope, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• Retail Construction Services: Specialty general contractor focused exclusively on retail and restaurant construction, including new builds, remodels, and rollouts. Highly comparable niche competitor to CCI.
• JC Anderson: Mid-size general contractor with strong retail, restaurant, and commercial interiors practice across the Midwest. Comparable to CCI in scale, geography, and customer-segment focus.
• Gilbane Building Company: Large, family-influenced commercial general contractor with extensive retail, hospitality, and institutional experience. Comparable to CCI in commercial-building focus and customer-mix overlap.

Broad incumbents

• Balfour Beatty: Global infrastructure and commercial construction firm with US operations serving retail, hospitality, and commercial markets. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the same nonresidential construction space.
• Clark Construction Group: Major US general contractor with commercial, retail, hospitality, and institutional building experience. Comparable as a large-scale nonresidential incumbent operating in adjacent segments of CCI's market.
• Whiting-Turner Contracting Company: Large, established East Coast-based general contractor serving retail, commercial, healthcare, and industrial markets. Comparable as a broader incumbent in nonresidential building construction with overlapping retail client work.
• Brasfield & Gorrie: Large, privately held commercial general contractor with significant retail, healthcare, and commercial office work. Comparable as a broader nonresidential incumbent with overlapping retail client projects.

Peers

• T.G. Nickel & Associates: Retail-focused general contractor serving national retail and restaurant chains with multi-site rollout, remodel, and ground-up programs. Directly comparable to CCI in customer mix and project types.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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