Commercial General Contractor

Commercial general contractors manage commercial construction projects - tenant improvements, office buildouts, retail spaces, and small commercial buildings coordinating trades, managing schedules, and delivering commercial projects.

You work with businesses, property owners, and developers.

Project values range from $100,000-$2M+ with 12-20% contractor fees.

Completing 8-20 commercial projects annually generates $300,000-$1.5M+ in revenue with 12-20% net margins.

Target clients include commercial property owners, tenant improvement projects, retail and restaurant buildouts, office space renovations, property management companies, and small commercial developers.

Services include commercial project bidding and estimating, permit and code compliance, subcontractor management, project scheduling and coordination, owner and architect communication, and punch list and closeout.

Success requires commercial construction experience, understanding commercial building codes, bonding capacity for commercial projects, relationships with commercial subcontractors, potentially prevailing wage and union knowledge, and managing complex commercial requirements.

Many commercial general contractors specialize in commercial types (office, retail, medical), work with commercial brokers and property managers, potentially bid public works projects, build bonding capacity over time, hire project managers for multiple concurrent projects, and grow through reputation in commercial real estate community.