The Building Safety Group

What The Building Safety Group does

The Building Safety Group (BSG) is a UK-based, member-owned construction safety organisation that delivers health, safety and environmental (HS&E) site inspections, training, consultancy and compliance software exclusively to the construction industry. Founded circa 1970 and headquartered in Bristol, BSG serves over 800 member companies across approximately 3,500 UK locations through four membership tiers — Standard, Standard with Site Inspections, Manufacturing/Plant, and Designer — priced from £878 to £2,258 per year plus a one-off joining fee. The membership model is cooperative rather than commercial: the board of directors comprises BSG members, profits are reinvested into services, and contracts are structured as six-month rolling agreements. Supporting services include CDM compliance consultancy, a Contractor Assessment Service for subcontractor vetting (£102 per application), and CITB-approved classroom and online training covering topics from asbestos and silica dust to behavioural safety.

BSG's operating engine is a directly employed workforce of 40+ regionally distributed safety advisers (many Chartered members of IOSH) delivering more than 15,000 site inspections and over 8,000 training days per year, training approximately 5,000 construction workers annually. The technology layer is the BSG Hub, a member-only online portal hosting RAMS software (Risk Assessments, Method Statements, COSHH assessments), construction-specific document templates, and the Contractor Assessment Service workflow, with over 2,000 regular users. BSG is an Approved Member of CITB's Training Provider Network and holds partnerships with Medigold Health (occupational health), Glenigan and Barbour (data/marketing), and industry bodies including IOSH and SELECT. In 2025 the company secured Investors in People accreditation and hosted its annual BSG Health & Safety Awards ceremony.

Revenue is generated through recurring membership subscriptions, per-course training fees (with a 20% member discount), pre-paid site inspection bundles, professional services for CDM compliance, and unit-priced contractor assessments. Geographic scope is restricted to UK mainland with offshore explicitly excluded. The business is a private limited company (The Building Safety Group Ltd, Company No. 01109090) with no external funding rounds, no parent company, and no disclosed revenue figure.

Name

The Building Safety Group

Legal name

The Building Safety Group Ltd

Website

https://bsgltd.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Building Safety Group is a UK member-owned cooperative providing health, safety and environmental inspections, training, CDM consultancy and compliance software exclusively to construction-industry members across 3,500 UK locations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Health, Safety and Environmental Services

NAICS

Building Inspection Services (54135), Building Inspection Services (541350), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Safety & Site Safety Management (EDABAEAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fire Safety Compliance, Risk Assessments & Training (Code Consulting) (IMAIAJAL), Working at Heights, Fall Protection & Scaffolding (EDABAEAH)

Keywords

• Construction safety services
• Health and safety training
• Site inspections
• CDM compliance consultancy
• Contractor assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Bristol

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: Annual membership subscriptions with tiered packages (Standard from £878/year, Manufacturing/Plant from £1232/year, Designer from £1232/year). Six-month rolling agreements. Revenue is recurring and predictable based on membership count.
2. Training Courses: CITB-approved construction health, safety and environmental training courses delivered at UK venues or on customer premises. Includes 20% discount for members. Revenue is per-course with categories including Site Safety Plus, first aid, fire safety, plant operations, scaffold training, and working at height.
3. Site Inspections: Site inspection services offered through pre-paid bundles. Members receive site, office and workshop inspections as part of membership packages.
4. CDM Consultancy: CDM Compliance support services for Principal Designers, Principal Contractors and Clients to meet legal obligations under CDM regulations.
5. Contractor Assessment Service: Assessment of subcontractor health and safety competence for principal contractors. Cost of £102 per subcontractor application.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Building Safety Group provides health, safety and environmental (HS&E) site inspections, consultancy, software and CITB-approved training services exclusively to the UK construction industry. Its core offerings are sold through tiered annual memberships (Standard, Manufacturing/Plant, Designer) supplemented by CDM compliance consultancy, a Contractor Assessment Service, classroom and online training courses, and the BSG Hub online portal hosting RAMS software.

Product overview

The Building Safety Group offers a unified membership-based platform providing health, safety and environmental services exclusively for the UK construction industry. The portfolio consists of four membership tiers (Standard Membership, Standard Membership with Site Inspections, Manufacturing/Plant Membership, and Designer Membership) as core offerings, supplemented by CDM Compliance Support consultancy services and a Contractor Assessment Service for supply chain vetting. Training is delivered through CITB-approved classroom courses and a digital online training platform, covering topics from asbestos awareness to behavioural safety. The BSG Hub provides RAMS software for document management, while an annual Health and Safety Awards programme incentivises member performance. These components work together to provide construction companies with site inspections, safety advice, compliance documentation, and workforce training under a single membership umbrella.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Standard Membership

Quantifiable outcome

• 19% drop in dust and fume breaches recorded on construction sites based on 7,000 BSG site inspections comparing Q3 with Q4 2025.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 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

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and minor.

• CITB (Construction Industry Training Board)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBSG is an Approved Member of the CITB's Training Provider Network, delivering CITB-approved construction health and safety training courses including Site Safety Plus, SMSTS, SSSTS, and temporary works programmes. Each year BSG trains over 5,000 construction workers through CITB-accredited qualifications.
• Medigold HealthsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing occupational health support services to BSG members, offering access to occupational health expertise as part of the membership offering.
• GleniganminorGTM or Marketing PartnerConstruction industry data provider used by BSG for B2B marketing communications to reach potential members in the construction sector.
• BarbourminorGTM or Marketing PartnerConstruction industry information provider used by BSG for B2B marketing communications to reach potential members.
• SELECTsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association partnership for joint webinars on health and safety topics such as working at height, providing educational content to construction professionals.
• IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerBSG's Safety Advisors are all experts in their fields with many being Chartered members of IOSH, ensuring high professional standards across the organisation.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Croner (Croner-I): Long-established UK H&S, HR and compliance consultancy serving thousands of UK employers including construction. Comparable advisory-led model with H&S training, CDM support, and compliance documentation — overlapping significantly with BSG's membership offering.
• SOCOTEC UK: One of the UK's largest Testing, Inspection and Compliance (TIC) providers serving construction and infrastructure. Directly comparable to BSG on construction H&S inspections, CDM consultancy, and compliance services, though at larger scale and with broader TIC scope.
• Ellis Whittam: UK health & safety, HR and employment law consultancy with strong construction and SME client base. Comparable subscription/advice model including CDM support, training, and inspection-adjacent services.
• Arco: UK safety equipment distributor and training provider with significant construction-industry overlap. Comparable on safety training and PPE/equipment advisory, though anchored in product distribution rather than pure H&S consultancy.
• Peninsula Group (BrightHR): UK-based H&S, HR, and employment law outsourcing provider with BrightHR SaaS platform. Directly comparable outsourced H&S model serving construction SMEs with subscription-based compliance, training, and documentation.
• Citation: UK provider of health & safety, HR, and compliance services to SMEs including construction firms. Directly comparable subscription/compliance model with growing technology platform; competes head-to-head for UK construction H&S budgets.

Broad incumbents

• Bureau Veritas UK: Global TIC giant with a UK construction compliance practice spanning inspections, certification, and consultancy. Comparable on inspection and code-compliance services but offers them as part of a much wider industry-agnostic portfolio.

Others

• CITB (Construction Industry Training Board): UK industry training board that sets standards and funds construction training, including the Site Safety Plus suite BSG delivers. Comparable as both a regulator/funder and a competitor for training delivery at scale.
• IOSH (Institution of Occupational Safety and Health): UK Chartered body for occupational safety and health professionals. Comparable as the professional standards body that qualifies BSG's Chartered advisers and offers competing H&S training courses and memberships.
• SSIP (Safety Schemes in Procurement): UK umbrella accreditation scheme for H&S competence assessments in construction (core criteria used in BSG's Contractor Assessment Service). Comparable ecosystem player as an accreditation framework BSG's CAS is built on, rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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