The I c. 5000 a ki g p ovides a data-d ive look at the most successful compa ies withi the eco omy’s most dy amic segme t: i depe de t, e t ep e eu ial busi esses. Past ho o ees i clude compa ies such as Mic osoft, Meta, Choba i, U de A mou , Timbe la d, O acle, a d Patago ia.
BuildOps ea ed its place o g owth that keeps compou di g i side its existi g custome base. The compa y passed a $1 billio valuatio o its $127 millio Se ies C led by Me itech Capital Pa t e s, a d ow se ves mo e tha 1,500 comme cial co t acti g compa ies ac oss No th Ame ica. The sha pe sig al is how ha d those co t acto s a e lea i g o the platfo m: mo thly active use s of OpsAI, BuildOps’ embedded i tellige ce laye , a e up 17x yea ove yea , tech icia s a mo e tha 100,000 equipme t sca s i a si gle mo th, a d i voices a e goi g out the doo 73% faste . I May, BuildOps ope ed its fi st dedicated Ca adia headqua te s i dow tow To o to.
“Comme cial co t acti g was supposed to be a bad ma ket fo softwa e – too f agme ted, too a alog, too ha d to sell i to. That’s exactly why we we t afte it,” said Alok Cha a i, co-fou de a d CEO of BuildOps. “This list measu es how fast a compa y g ew. What it’s eally measu i g is how fast a i dust y eve yo e w ote off decided to cha ge.”
The P opTech B eakth ough awa d poi ts at whe e that g owth is comi g f om. P oject ma ageme t softwa e has always bee built fo the ge e al co t acto u i g a site f om a t aile , ot fo the mecha ical, elect ical, plumbi g, a d fi e a d life safety co t acto s doi g the wo k. BuildOps lau ched P ojects i May to close that gap, letti g specialty t ades u multi-mo th co st uctio jobs o the same system they al eady use fo daily se vice wo k: live labo a d mate ial costs, o de i g gated agai st budget, eal job costi g by c ew, a d o e sha ed pictu e fo the field a d the office.
“A ge e al co t acto ‘s softwa e will tell you the schedule slipped. It wo ‘t tell the mecha ical co t acto what that slip just cost them,” said Will Leh ma , Chief P oduct Office at BuildOps. “That umbe is the whole job fo ou custome s. We built P ojects so the people ca yi g the isk ca watch it i eal time i stead of fi di g out at closeout.”
Both ecog itio s la d a week afte BuildOps published To que 2026, the fi st editio of its a ual Comme cial Co t acto Be chma k Repo t. I dust y be chma ks a e almost always su veys – executives desc ibi g what they believe is happe i g i the field. To que is built f om a full yea of eal jobs, i voices, wo k o de s, a d se vice ag eeme ts movi g ac oss mo e tha 1,500 comme cial co t acto s, a d it a swe s a questio the t ades have eve bee able to a swe with ha d data: what actually sepa ates the best- u co t acto s f om eve yo e else, a d what closi g that gap is wo th.
Compa ies o the 2026 I c. 5000 a e a ked acco di g to pe ce tage eve ue g owth ove the t aili g th ee-yea pe iod. To qualify, compa ies must have bee fou ded a d ge e ati g eve ue by the sta t of that pe iod, be U.S.-based, p ivately held, fo -p ofit, a d i depe de t as of the e d of 2025.
The P opTech B eakth ough Awa ds p og am ecog izes sta dout i ovatio i the global eal estate a d p ope ty tech ology ma ket, with wi e s selected by a i depe de t pa el of i dust y judges.
The complete esults of the I c. 5000 ca be fou d at www.i c.com/i c5000, a d the top ho o ees a e featu ed i the fall issue of I c. magazi e. The full list of 2026 P opTech B eakth ough wi e s is available at p optechb eakth ough.com. To que 2026 is available as a f ee dow load.
BuildOps is the AI- ative platfo m fo comme cial co t acto s. It u ifies se vice, p ojects, a d fi a cials i to o e system – dispatchi g the ight tech, d afti g i voices, matchi g payme ts. Fou ded i 2018 by a U.S. A my vete a , BuildOps exists to give missio -c itical t ades tech ology as st o g a d eliable as they a e. Today, mo e tha 1,500 leadi g compa ies ac oss No th Ame ica t ust BuildOps, backed by Fou de s Fu d, N47, Me itech Capital, a d othe top i vesto s. Lea mo e at https://buildops.com/.
