RYSE Construction

What RYSE Construction does

RYSE Construction, LLC is a privately held commercial general contractor founded in 2020 and headquartered in Mills River, North Carolina, with a secondary office in Waynesville, NC. The firm delivers preconstruction, construction management, design-build, and special projects services for healthcare, industrial, institutional/educational, commercial office and retail, and government/non-profit clients across Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. Project sizes range from $100,000 to $20 million+, and the company operates as an Unlimited Licensed General Contractor managing its own delivery pipeline alongside subcontractor and design partner relationships (including LS3P, Masters Architecture, Bettac Engineering, Architecture Odell, and SUD Associates).

The company's technology stack consists of industry-standard construction management software — Procore for project management, Bluebeam Revu for takeoffs and markups, CompanyCam for field documentation, time-lapse construction cameras for progress monitoring, and drones for site surveys — alongside a safety program encouraging OSHA 10/30, CICTI, IICRC, and CHC certifications across the team. No proprietary software, AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or mobile applications are offered. Differentiation rests on regional talent density, healthcare specialization (including infection-control-trained crews for active-facility builds), and an integrated preconstruction-through-completion delivery model.

RYSE generates revenue on a project-based, professional-services model with fee/percentage or fixed-price contracts bid individually rather than via published pricing tiers. Its go-to-market is relationship-driven enterprise field sales supplemented by earned media (Inc. 5000 recognition, BBB A+ rating) and community sponsorships, with project acquisition occurring through direct client relationships, design-partner referrals, and active bidding in the regional $100K–$20M+ tier. Customer concentration tilts toward regional healthcare systems (MAHEC, HCA/Mission Hospital) but is diversified across roughly 40 named logos spanning healthcare, commercial, government, industrial, and non-profit verticals.

Name

RYSE Construction

Legal name

RYSE Construction, LLC

Website

https://ryseconstruct.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

RYSE Construction is a commercial general contractor founded in 2020 in Western North Carolina, delivering preconstruction, construction management, and design-build services for healthcare, industrial, institutional, and government clients on projects ranging from $100K to $20M+.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mills River

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. General Contracting Services: Traditional general contracting services for commercial construction projects including preconstruction, construction management, and design-build delivery. Revenue earned through project-based contracts on a fee/percentage basis or fixed price arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

RYSE Construction is an Unlimited Licensed Commercial General Contractor providing preconstruction, construction management, design-build, and special project services across healthcare, commercial, industrial, institutional/education, and government/non-profit verticals. Projects are bid and delivered on a fee/percentage or fixed-price basis in the $100,000 to $20 million+ range, spanning new construction, renovations, and tenant upfits throughout Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina.

Product overview

RYSE Construction is a commercial general contractor offering a unified suite of construction services rather than a software product. The company's service portfolio centers on healthcare, commercial, industrial, institutional/education, and non-profit/government construction sectors. Core service offerings include Preconstruction, Construction Management, Design-Build, and Special Projects. These services are delivered as an integrated offering focused on the full project lifecycle from planning through completion, rather than as discrete modular products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Construction Specialized construction services for hospitals, clinics, outpatient care centers, dental practices, behavioral health facilities, and specialized care facilities in Western North Carolina, with expertise in infection control and healthcare compliance.
• Commercial Construction General commercial construction services including office buildings, retail spaces, restaurants, and business facilities for clients across Asheville, Hendersonville, and surrounding regions.
• Industrial Construction Construction services for warehouses, factories, and specialized industrial facilities, including interior upfits, mezzanines, tilt-up construction, precast construction, and pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) new construction.
• Institutional and Education Construction Construction services for K-12 schools, higher education institutions, universities, administrative offices, and institutional facilities with capabilities for occupied-campus coordination and historic structural repairs.
• Non-Profit and Government Construction Construction services for government facilities and non-profit organizations, managing projects from start to finish including county offices, community centers, and non-profit headquarters.
• Preconstruction Services Planning, coordinating, and budgeting services delivered to clients at every milestone before the start of a construction project.
• Construction Management Client-focused construction management approach ensuring every aspect and phase of the construction process is handled efficiently.
• Design-Build Services Fully managed, turnkey system covering every aspect of preconstruction and construction processes through a single point of accountability.
• Special Projects Custom project consultation services for unique or non-standard construction needs, including assessment of scope and feasibility.

Quantifiable outcome

• Completed over 1,000,000 square feet of project space in first few years of operations
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers40 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Brasfield & Gorrie: One of the largest Southeast-based commercial GCs with deep healthcare, industrial, and institutional portfolios. Comparable service mix to RYSE but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Balfour Beatty: Global commercial GC operating a substantial US healthcare, education, and commercial building practice. Overlaps with RYSE in healthcare and institutional segments but competes at much larger contract sizes.
• Skanska USA: Global commercial GC with US operations spanning healthcare, education, and commercial building. Comparable vertical exposure but at substantially larger project scale and capital base.
• Gilbane Building Company: National commercial GC with a strong healthcare construction practice and design-build delivery model. Directly comparable service offering to RYSE, but operating across many more geographies and at larger project sizes.
• DPR Construction: National technical commercial builder with significant healthcare and life-sciences exposure and an integrated preconstruction/design-build model. Comparable vertical mix and delivery philosophy to RYSE.
• Clark Construction Group: Major Mid-Atlantic commercial GC with healthcare, higher education, and institutional expertise. Comparable segment mix and design-build approach to RYSE, but at materially larger scale and capital base.

Direct peers

• Vannoy Construction: North Carolina-headquartered commercial general contractor serving healthcare, education, commercial, and industrial clients across the Carolinas. Closest geographic and segment peer to RYSE within the state.
• Robins & Morton: Southeast-based general contractor with a strong healthcare construction specialization, serving hospital systems across the South. Highly comparable to RYSE's healthcare-led, regional GC model, though at significantly larger scale.
• Hoar Construction: Mid-sized commercial GC with a recognized healthcare and institutional construction practice across the Southeast and Texas. Comparable customer mix (healthcare systems, higher education, commercial) and similar design-build/preconstruction service offering.

Regional players

• Messer Construction: Employee-owned regional commercial GC with a healthcare, industrial, and institutional focus across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Comparable vertical mix and culture to RYSE, but operates in different primary geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/RYSE-Construction-LLC-100254992298388
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ryse-construction

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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