Construction Business Group

What Construction Business Group does

Construction Business Group (CBG), founded in 1992 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, is a joint labor-management organization that promotes fair contracting compliance in the state's public construction sector. The organization monitors and enforces prevailing wage, public bidding law, and worker classification standards, with CBG Investigators conducting annual outreach to contractors, counties, cities, villages, and towns. CBG publicly claims to represent the interests of over 25,000 operating engineers, carpenters, and painters, alongside approximately 3,500 contractors in Wisconsin.

CBG's core products are the Bidder Database — a proprietary database of more than 12,000 businesses that bid on Wisconsin public works projects, accessible via web and dedicated iOS/Android applications — and a monthly e-newsletter covering prevailing wage, public bidding laws, and worker classification. The organization also co-administers the Wisconsin Operating Engineers apprenticeship and skill improvement program with IUOE Local 139, the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association, the Associated General Contractors, and several other partner associations, supported by a 380-acre training facility near Coloma, Wisconsin. Outreach channels include a Spanish-language resource section, an Annual Construction Workers' Memorial Service, and a Winter Conference featuring Congressional Roundtables with elected officials. The technology stack is conventional (a content website plus database-driven mobile apps); no proprietary AI or ML capabilities are disclosed.

CBG operates as a private nonprofit association, generating revenue primarily through membership and association dues paid by the labor and contractor groups it serves. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and there are no observed funding rounds, acquisitions, or external institutional investors in the record. Concentration is structural to a single state and three trades; growth signals are limited to incremental channel and demographic outreach rather than geographic or vertical expansion.

Name

Construction Business Group

Legal name

Construction Business Group

Website

https://cbgwi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Construction Business Group (CBG) is a Wisconsin-based joint labor-management organization that enforces fair contracting, prevailing wage, and worker classification compliance in public construction, serving roughly 25,000 workers and 3,500 contractors via a Bidder Database, newsletter, and apprenticeship programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Compliance Services

NAICS

Specialty Trade Contractors (238)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Contractor Benefits & Perks Administration (BPACAGAJ)

Keywords

• Construction compliance services
• Prevailing wage enforcement
• Public works bidding
• Labor management organization
• Fair contracting compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Madison

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership/Association Dues: As a joint labor-management organization representing over 25,000 operating engineers, carpenters and painters and 3,500 contractors, CBG likely derives revenue from membership dues and associations fees from the construction industry workers and contractors they represent and serve.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Construction Business Group is a joint labor-management organization that ensures fair contracting compliance on Wisconsin public construction projects. It provides compliance monitoring, prevailing wage enforcement, worker misclassification prevention, and public bidding law oversight for over 25,000 operating engineers, carpenters, and painters and 3,500 contractors. Core deliverables include a Bidder Database covering 12,000+ businesses, a monthly newsletter, and apprenticeship/continuing education resources through the Wisconsin Operating Engineers Skill Improvement and Apprenticeship Fund.

Product overview

Construction Business Group offers a focused set of services for the Wisconsin construction industry, primarily consisting of the Bidder Database for public works project oversight, monthly E-Newsletters covering prevailing wage and fair contracting compliance, and apprenticeship resources through the Wisconsin Operating Engineers Skill Improvement and Apprenticeship Fund. The organization serves as a Joint Labor-Management company dedicated to ensuring fairness, equity, and standards of excellence in Wisconsin construction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Building Wisconsin Together: Slogan/tagline campaign for Construction Business Group focused on Wisconsin construction industry

Products and services

• Bidder Database Database of over 12,000 businesses that bid on public works projects in Wisconsin, made available to state agencies, counties, cities, villages, towns, and other public entities via a web platform and dedicated iOS and Android apps for contractor vetting and bid law compliance.
• E-Newsletter Monthly electronic newsletter covering prevailing wage, public bidding laws, worker classification, and industry updates for the Wisconsin construction industry, designed to help preserve fair contracting standards.
• Apprenticeship Information Resource Resource providing information about the Wisconsin Operating Engineers Skill Improvement and Apprenticeship Fund, including apprenticeship and continuing education opportunities for construction workers and details on the 380-acre training center near Coloma, Wisconsin.
• Apprenticeship Training Center 380-acre training facility near Coloma, Wisconsin offering apprenticeship and journeyworker continuing education for operating engineers, operated under the Wisconsin Operating Engineers Skill Improvement and Apprenticeship Fund.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• IUOE Local 139coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Union of Operating Engineers Local 139 administers the oldest and most widely recognized apprenticeship program in Wisconsin for Operating Engineers, in conjunction with CBG and other organizations.
• Wisconsin Transportation Builders AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-administers the Operating Engineers apprenticeship program and skill improvement fund.
• Allied Construction Employers AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-administers the Operating Engineers apprenticeship program.
• Wisconsin Underground Contractors AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-administers the Operating Engineers apprenticeship program.
• Associated General ContractorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-administers the Operating Engineers apprenticeship program.
• Associated Earth MoverscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-administers the Operating Engineers apprenticeship program.
• Bureau of Apprenticeship StandardscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWisconsin state agency that co-administers the Operating Engineers apprenticeship program.

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association: Wisconsin trade association for transportation infrastructure contractors; explicitly a CBG partner in co-administering the Operating Engineers apprenticeship and skill improvement fund, and a directly comparable industry association serving public-works contractors in Wisconsin.
• IUOE Local 139: International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139, the primary labor counterpart CBG works with; both serve Wisconsin operating engineers through apprenticeship, training, and labor-standards advocacy, making Local 139 a directly comparable organization with overlapping membership.
• Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association: Wisconsin trade association for underground utility and excavation contractors; documented CBG partner in co-administering the Operating Engineers apprenticeship, and a comparable specialty construction industry association.
• Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin: State chapter of AGC representing Wisconsin general contractors; CBG has a documented partnership with this organization in co-administering the Operating Engineers apprenticeship program, making it a direct comparable in serving as a construction industry convener in Wisconsin.
• Allied Construction Employers Association: Wisconsin-based employer association for union-affiliated construction contractors; documented CBG partner in co-administering the Operating Engineers apprenticeship program, and a directly comparable construction industry association.

Others

• Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards (Wisconsin DWD): Wisconsin state agency that registers and oversees apprenticeship programs; comparable to CBG's apprenticeship co-administration role, but as a government regulator rather than an industry-funded association.
• Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development: State agency enforcing Wisconsin labor standards including prevailing wage; comparable to CBG in enforcing fair contracting and labor compliance on public works, but as a regulator rather than a member-funded organization.

Emerging players

• National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER): National nonprofit that develops standardized construction craft training and credentialing; comparable to CBG's apprenticeship and training role, but operating through a broader accreditation model rather than Wisconsin-specific direct delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Associated General Contractors of America: National trade association for general contractors; comparable to CBG in serving as an industry convener on labor, compliance, and apprenticeship, but operating nationally and at much broader scope than Wisconsin-only CBG.
• North America's Building Trades Unions: National umbrella for U.S. building trades unions; comparable to CBG in its labor-side focus on apprenticeship training, fair contracting, and prevailing wage advocacy, but operating nationally across all trades rather than in a single state.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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