Forsyth Building Company Inc

What Forsyth Building Company Inc does

Forsyth Building Company Inc. is a privately held, family-owned general contractor founded in 1998 by Harold Forsyth and headquartered in Anniston, Alabama. The company provides three integrated services — Construction Management, General Contracting, and Design-Build — for commercial, industrial, institutional, and municipal projects across the Southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky). Over 24 years, the company has completed 350+ projects with a disclosed repeat-client rate of approximately 20%, and has won multiple Associated General Contractors (AGC) awards including the 2009 AGC Build Alabama Award and the 2017 AGC BuildSouth Award.

The company's underlying technology is traditional construction methodology augmented by design-build delivery, which provides a single-point-of-contact turnkey model across all project phases. There is no proprietary software platform or AI/ML capability disclosed; the business is execution-driven, supported by industry certifications (BBB, ISN, Avetta) and a leadership team including President Harold Forsyth (Auburn University graduate), Corporate Secretary Deborah Forsyth, Assistant Project Manager Lincoln Forsyth, and 40 UNDER 40 AGC honorees Josh Green and Derak Davis. Projects range from approximately $78,000 (small renovations) to $11.5 million (I-85 Welcome Center, 2021), and the client mix spans government agencies (Alabama DOT, Randolph County Commission), financial institutions (Farmers & Merchants Bank, Noble Bank & Trust, First State Bank), manufacturers (Southwire, New Flyer), healthcare providers (Regional Medical Center), and educational institutions (Randolph County Board of Education).

The revenue model is professional services — project-based, individually bid and contracted construction work — with no standard pricing tiers, no subscription or recurring revenue component, and no disclosed pricing per unit. Pricing is determined per project through competitive bidding and direct contracting. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales, targeting institutional buyers through direct engagement and repeat-client relationships. The company is funded entirely by internal/owner capital, with no external investors, PE/VC backing, or parent company. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Forsyth Building Company Inc

Legal name

Forsyth Building Company Inc.

Website

https://forsythbuilding.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Forsyth Building Company Inc. is a privately held, family-owned general contractor founded in 1998 in Anniston, Alabama, providing construction management, general contracting, and design-build services across the Southeastern United States for government, financial, industrial, healthcare, and educational clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

General Contracting & Construction Services

NAICS

Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (236220), Nonresidential Building Construction (2362)

akta.pro primary industry

Office & Corporate Building Construction (IMAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

New School Construction (Greenfield Builds) (EDAEABAA)

Keywords

• Construction management services
• General contracting services
• Design-build construction
• Commercial construction services
• Institutional building construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Anniston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction Project Revenue: Revenue generated through one-time construction project fees for general contracting, construction management, and design-build services. Projects range from small renovations to multi-million dollar industrial, commercial, and institutional builds.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Forsyth Building Company provides Construction Management, General Contracting, and Design-Build services for commercial, industrial, institutional, and municipal construction projects. Projects range from small renovations to multi-million dollar builds across financial, educational, governmental, healthcare, religious, and industrial sectors in the southeastern United States. The design-build offering entered in 2000 provides clients with a turnkey, single-point-of-contact delivery model covering all project phases.

Product overview

Forsyth Building Company Inc operates as a general contractor providing three integrated service offerings: Construction Management, General Contracting, and Design-Build. The company, founded in 1998 and headquartered in Anniston, Alabama, serves the southeastern United States across Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky. With over 350 completed projects and approximately 20% of work commissioned by repeat clients, the company delivers commercial, industrial, institutional, and municipal construction projects spanning sectors including financial, healthcare, educational, religious, retail, and sports/recreation facilities. The Design-Build service, entered in 2000, has completed several million dollars in contracts and offers clients a streamlined single-contact approach to project delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction Management
• General Contracting
• Design-Build

Quantifiable outcome

• 350+ projects completed with at least 20% from repeat clients
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

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 accreditation and compliance.

• BBB (Better Business Bureau)accreditationOthersBBB accredited business demonstrating commitment to ethical business practices and customer trust.
• ISNcomplianceOthersISN certification for contractor safety and compliance management.
• AvettacomplianceOthersAvetta certification for supplier compliance and risk management.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Caddell Construction: Alabama-headquartered general contractor delivering commercial, institutional, and industrial building construction across the Southeast. Directly comparable to Forsyth in regional focus, project mix (banks, government, education, healthcare), and design-build delivery approach, though operating at a larger scale.

Regional players

• Robins & Morton: Birmingham, Alabama-based general contractor specializing in healthcare, commercial, and institutional construction across the Southeast. Comparable in regional base, client mix (hospitals, higher education, government), and design-build delivery to Forsyth, but operates at materially larger scale with national reach.
• Hoar Construction: Birmingham, Alabama-based general contractor with a regional Southeast focus across commercial, healthcare, education, and multifamily sectors. Comparable in territory, owner relationships, and design-build orientation to Forsyth, though larger in headcount and revenue.

Broad incumbents

• Brasfield & Gorrie: One of the largest privately held U.S. general contractors, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, with deep Southeast roots across healthcare, commercial, industrial, and institutional building construction. Overlaps with Forsyth in territory and core service lines, but operates as a broad incumbent at a much larger scale.
• BL Harbert International: Birmingham, Alabama-based international general contractor with commercial, institutional, and government construction across the Southeast and beyond. Comparable in Southeast base and public-sector bid experience to Forsyth, but with international reach and significantly larger project capacity.

Peers

• Holder Construction:

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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