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Hotel Construction in the US - Market Research Report (2015-2030)

Gavin Ross Gavin Ross New York, United States Last Updated: May 2025 NAICS OD4670

Revenue

$23.8bn

2025

$23.8bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$X.Xbn

Employees

12,927

Businesses

3,040

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Hotel Construction in the US industry analysis

Over the past five years, hotel construction has navigated a highly dynamic environment marked by shifting travel habits, pandemic disruptions and rising competition from alternative lodging platforms. When travel restrictions eased, pent-up demand for both leisure and business trips initially revitalized renovation activity and selective new hotel projects, particularly in urban destinations and regions benefiting from major events. However, a series of challenges—including high interest rates, persistent labor shortages and softening demand due to rising consumer debt—constrained broader industry growth. Additional headwinds from tighter government travel budgets and a highly competitive landscape shaped by peer-to-peer rental services further impacted the hotel construction spending. As a result, industry revenue is expected to decline at a CAGR of 0.8% to $23.8 billion over the five years to 2025, despite an increase of 3.7% in 2025 alone.

Trends and Insights

  • Peer-to-peer accommodation platforms are reshaping competitive dynamics as travelers increasingly explore alternatives like Airbnb and VRBO. Traditional businesses are responding with unique designs, enhanced amenities and more personalized guest experiences to differentiate themselves.
  • Proposed tariffs on imported construction materials will drive up hotel development costs across the board. Builders face tough choices between absorbing higher expenses or delaying projects as supply chains adjust to new trade barriers.
  • The Southeast stands out for its strong construction activity, driven by factors like population growth, tourism and a favorable business environment. Companies benefit from lower costs and rapid project delivery, making development in this region more appealing and less risky.
  • Tough regulatory requirements, high start-up costs and labor shortages make it difficult for new entrants to compete with established businesses. These barriers favor well-resourced companies that can navigate compliance, secure financing and recruit experienced teams, further limiting competition.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2015-2030)

Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 0.8 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $23.8bn in 2025.

Trends and Insights

Travel demand recovery has reignited hotel construction and renovation

  • The easing of pandemic-related travel restrictions unleashed significant pent-up demand from both leisure and business travelers, inspiring hotel developers and builders to pick up previously delayed projects and push forward with new expansion plans in travel hotspots and urban centers.
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Hotel Construction in the US
Revenue (2015-2030)
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Industry outlook (2025-2030)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Consumer debt pressures are expected to temper demand for new hotel construction

  • Ongoing growth in consumer debt—including student loans, credit cards and auto financing—is projected to limit discretionary spending for many Americans. With more households facing constrained budgets, demand for travel and overnight lodging may moderate, slowing justification for aggressive new hotel development in the near term.

Biggest companies in the Hotel Construction in the US

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue ($short_0)
2025
Profit ($short_0)
2025
Profit Margin (%)
2025

There are no companies that hold a large enough market share in the Hotel Construction in the US industry for IBISWorld to include in this product.

Products & Services Segmentation

Hotel Construction in the US
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including General contracting and new construction, Additions and renovations and Maintenance, repair and other services. General contracting and new construction is the largest segment of the Hotel Construction in the US.

Trends and Insights

Hotel new construction jumps in strong economies and falls fast under uncertainty

  • New hotel construction is defined as the ground-up development of hotels on previously unused or cleared land. This process includes site acquisition, design, permitting and full-scale build-out, resulting in a net increase in available rooms for a given market.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Operators and contractors in the industry engage in new construction, addition, reconstruction and maintenance projects for accommodation establishments. These establishments range in size, but largely comprise hotels, motels, resorts and related structures.

What's included in this industry?

Products and services covered in the Hotel Construction industry in the United States include Luxury hotel construction, Upper-upscale hotel construction , Upscale hotel construction, Upper-midscale hotel construction , Midscale hotel construction , Economy hotel construction and Independent hotel construction .

Companies

Companies covered in the Hotel Construction industry in the United States include .

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Related Terms

Related terms covered in the Hotel Construction industry in the United States include average daily rate, occupancy, general contractor and tender.

Industry Code

NAICS 2017

NAICS 236220 - Hotel Construction in the US

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Peer-to-peer accommodation platforms are reshaping competitive dynamics as travelers increasingly explore alternatives like Airbnb and VRBO. Traditional businesses are respon...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Employees, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Businesses, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Profit, including historical (2015-2025)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Proposed tariffs on imported construction materials will drive up hotel development costs across the board. Builders face tough choices between absorbing higher expenses or d...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2025
  • Product innovation level

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2025
  • Major market segmentation in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

The Southeast stands out for its strong construction activity, driven by factors like population growth, tourism and a favorable business environment. Companies benefit from ...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2025

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each state in 2025
  • Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of employees in each state in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Tough regulatory requirements, high start-up costs and labor shortages make it difficult for new entrants to compete with established businesses. These barriers favor well-re...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2020-2025
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

The industry is highly fragmented. Hotel construction contractors operate in regional markets and cater to local projects.

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2021 through 2025
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2025

Detailed analysis

    External Environment

    Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

    Analyst insights

    Local building codes, licensing requirements and environmental standards create a complex regulatory environment that significantly raises the bar for new entrants. These rul...

    In this chapter

    • External Drivers
    • Regulation & Policy
    • Assistance

    Key metrics

    • Regulation & policy level and trend
    • Assistance level and trend

    Charts

    • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 
    • Assistance historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 

    Detailed analysis

    • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
    • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
    • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

    Financial Benchmarks

    View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

    Analyst insights

    Industry profit has improved as investment in property expansions and renovations rebounded after the pandemic, though high interest rates have tempered rapid growth. This tr...

    In this chapter

    • Cost Structure
    • Financial Ratios
    • Key Ratios

    Key metrics

    • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
    • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
    • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
    • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

    Charts

    • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
    • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
    • Investment vs. share of economy

    Data tables

    • Industry Multiples (2018-2023)
    • Industry Tax Structure (2018-2023)
    • Income Statement (2018-2023)
    • Balance Sheet (2018-2023)
    • Liquidity Ratios (2018-2023)
    • Coverage Ratios (2018-2023)
    • Leverage Ratios  (2018-2023)
    • Operating Ratios (2018-2023)
    • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2015-2030)
    • Revenue per Employee (2015-2030)
    • Revenue per Enterprise (2015-2030)
    • Employees per Establishment (2015-2030)
    • Employees per Enterprise (2015-2030)
    • Average Wage (2015-2030)
    • Wages/Revenue (2015-2030)
    • Establishments per Enterprise (2015-2030)
    • IVA/Revenue (2015-2030)
    • Imports/Demand (2015-2030)
    • Exports/Revenue (2015-2030)

    Detailed analysis

    • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

    Key Statistics

    Industry Data

    Data Tables

    Including values and annual change:

    • Revenue (2015-2030)
    • IVA (2015-2030)
    • Establishments (2015-2030)
    • Enterprises (2015-2030)
    • Employment (2015-2030)
    • Exports (2015-2030)
    • Imports (2015-2030)
    • Wages (2015-2030)

    Top Questions Answered

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    What is the market size of the Hotel Construction industry in the United States in 2025?

    The market size of the Hotel Construction industry in the United States is $23.8bn in 2025.

    How many businesses are there in the Hotel Construction industry in the United States in 2025?

    There are 3,040 businesses in the Hotel Construction industry in the United States, which has declined at a CAGR of 3.4 % between 2020 and 2025.

    How may import tariffs affect the Hotel Construction industry in the United States?

    The Hotel Construction industry in the United States is unlikely to be materially impacted by import tariffs with imports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.

    How may export tariffs affect the Hotel Construction industry in the United States?

    The Hotel Construction industry in the United States is unlikely to be materially impacted by export tariffs with exports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.

    Has the Hotel Construction industry in the United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?

    The market size of the Hotel Construction industry in the United States has been declining at a CAGR of 0.8 % between 2020 and 2025.

    What is the forecast growth of the Hotel Construction industry in the United States over the next 5 years?

    Over the next five years, the Hotel Construction industry in the United States is expected to grow.

    What does the Hotel Construction industry in the United States include?

    Luxury hotel construction and Upper-upscale hotel construction are part of the Hotel Construction industry in the United States.

    How competitive is the Hotel Construction industry in the United States?

    The level of competition is high and steady in the Hotel Construction industry in the United States.

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