Top 20 contractors

Biggest earners in the Super City since 2010

1 Downer $1,614,560,107

Construction contracts/road maintenance Predominantly Australian owned (Listed on ASX)

2 Fulton Hogan $1,544,833,371*

Construction contracts/road maintenance Predominantly NZ privately owned

3 NZ Bus $1,088,266,208

Public Transport Operator Foreign owned (Australian private equity firm Next Capital)

4 Transdev Auckland $807,134,602

Public Transport Operator Foreign owned (Transdev, French-based public transport operator)

5 Construcciones Y Auxiliar $663,243,023

Purchase and maintenance of electric trains

Foreign owned (Spanish manufacturer of trains and buses)

6 Ventia $646,240,696

Road and park maintenance Foreign owned (Australian multinational contractor CIMIC Group)

7 KiwiRail $507,611,404

Track access, station leases, train maintenance

NZ State-Owned Enterprise

8 Ritchies Transport $420,209,697

Public transport operator NZ family-owned business testing buyer interest

9 HEB Construction $402,167,555**

Construction and road maintenance Foreign owned (French company Vinci Construction)

10 Fletcher Construction $348,037,852

Construction

Largely foreign owned (listed on NZX)

11 City Care $329,694,545

Parks and facilities maintenance/management

NZ Owned (Christchurch City Council)

12 McConnell Dowell $249,260,850***

Infrastructure and construction Foreign owned (South African infrastructure company Aveng)

13 Waste Management $235,317,553

Waste services

Foreign owned (Beijing Capital)

14 Howick & Eastern Buses $189,779,608

Public transport operator Foreign owned (Transdev)

15 Go Bus $176,031,778

Public transport operator Foreign owned (Australian bus operator Kinetic)

16 NZ Strong Group $154,399,802

Infrastructure and construction NZ privately owned

17 Enviro Waste $154,264,263

Waste services

Foreign owned (CK Infrastructure Holdings)

18 Madison Recruitment $149,106,561

Temporary and contract staffing Largely NZ owned (listed on NZX as part of Accordant Group)

19 Recreational Services Ltd $148,695,633

Facilities maintenance NZ owned

20 NZ Transport Agency $143,928,736

Construction Contracts NZ Government owned

* $97,984,304 was in partnership with rail operator John Holland ** $193,244,999 was in a joint venture with civil construction firm Higgins *** $160,623,805 was in a joint venture with HEB Construction