Welcome to the second annual Automate Construction Power Ranking. The one time of year I compare startups against each other using a carefully crafted & transparent rubric in an imperfect attempt to measure their power in the construction automation industry.
This is not a ranking of investment quality or a predictor of success. Certainly not investment advice.
My name is Jarett Gross, 5 years ago I started filming the very first permitted 3D printed buildings and I haven’t stopped since.
This does not make me an expert, I’m just a guy with internet access reaching 100M+ people per year.
2025 was the first year I started doing sponsored videos on my channel. As a journalist I would be skeptical of a ranking which includes companies with sponsorships, understandable. To ease your concern I’d like to share with you that not every company which sponsored a video of mine made the top 50 list. Only 2 companies who sponsored videos made the top 20.
To raise your concern, much has occurred since this list was finalized almost a year ago and if I were to redo it today based on my current knowledge it would be different. I considered not posting but this is a valid reflection of my opinions at the time it was written. I will post an updated list some time for 2026, I am already working on the 2026 ranking process.
I do my best to remain unbiased, my biggest weakness is awareness bias… of 400+ construction automation companies the information available to me is only a fraction of the picture.
The transparent rubric at the bottom may be challenged at any time by any construction automation company on or off this list. I will tell you your ranking offline and although the specific grading breakdown of each competitor is not public, I will give you examples of other companies who scored higher or lower in the categories you disagree with me on so that you can understand my logic & good faith attempt at neutral bias. Please note the rubric changed from 2024 to 2025, I added a ‘Momentum’ category to grade companies based on their growth trajectory from last year. Due to the lag in release, there are a couple offensive omissions who would have been included if I ranked them today and a couple laughable inclusions of companies that are no longer operating at all who will certainly not make next years list.
Remember, this is not a list of my favorite companies just the results of a rubric I came up with in an attempt at measuring the immeasurable. Congratulations to the 50 companies ranked out of hundreds. It’s only getting more competitive every year!
| Company Name | Power Ranking Score |
| MiCob Printer Manufacturer from India with military projects | 16 |
| Cosmos 3D Printer Manufacturer & Traditional GC on large projects | 16 |
| Rudenko Printer Manufacturer, 3DCP OG | 16 |
| RIC Printer Manufacturer from China | 17 |
| New Standard Homes Printing team in Texas | 17 |
| M3DUSA Printer Manufacturer from Germany | 17 |
| Printera Print Operator in FL | 17 |
| Alquist 3D Print Operator behind Walmarts & Other buildings | 18 |
| Tvasta Printer Manufacturer from India | 18 |
| Contour 3D Printer Manufacturer from Australia | 18 |
| Print4d Printer Manufacturer in Prague | 18 |
| ICE 3DCP Printer Manufacturer from Czech Replublic | 18 |
| Heidelberg German Materials Company | 18 |
| Raise Robotics Robotic Arms on construction sites | 19 |
| Vertico Printer Manufacturer from The Netherlands | 19 |
| Figure Humanoid Robot Manufacturer | 19 |
| Wasp 3D Printer Manufacturer from Italy | 19 |
| XTreee Printer Manufacturer from France | 19 |
| 3D Potter Budget Printer Manufacturer from Florida | 19 |
| Cybe Printer Manufacturer from The Netherlands | 19 |
| Cobod Printer Manufacturer from Denmark | 19 |
| Muddy Robots Adobe Print Operator | 19 |
| Print3DTechnologies Printer Manufacturer in Texas | 19 |
| Madco 3D Print Operator in New Hampshire | 19 |
| Gaudi Printer Manufacturer from China | 19 |
| Innotech 3D Printer Manufacturer from Oman | 19 |
| Printstone 3D Printer Manufacturer from Dubai | 19 |
| TRS Tech Printer Manufacturer from Iran | 19 |
| SmartBuild Printer Manufacturer from Russia | 19 |
| Sq4D Printer Manufacturer from NY | 20 |
| MAI Mixer Pump Manufacturer | 20 |
| Macro 3D Printer Manufacturer from Australia | 20 |
| UTU Printer Manufacturer from Ukraine | 20 |
| FIBO Batch Plant Manufacturer | 21 |
| M-Tech Mixer Pump Manufacturer | 21 |
| Apis Cor Printer Manufacturer | 21 |
| LT Construction Print Operator from India | 21 |
| Printed Farms Print Operator from FL | 22 |
| Neri Oxman Bioprinting | 22 |
| Emergent 3D Print Operator in CA | 22 |
| Pikus 3d Printer Manufacturer/operator in Utah | 22 |
| Constructions 3D Printer Manufacturer in France | 23 |
| PERI 3D Print operator | 23 |
| Hive Print operator | 24 |
| Botbuilt Robotic prefab framework | 24 |
| Sika Materials company | 24 |
| Icon Printer Manufacturer/ Operator in TX | 25 |
| Boxabl Prefab residential unit production | 25 |
| AutoVol Prefab commercial unit production | 26 |
| Fastbrick Robotics Bricklaying robot | 28 |
I hope everyone is offended, even Fastbrick Robotics. They have not maintained pace through mid 2025 though perhaps they are working on advancements quietly behind the scenes.
Complaints will be met with a private review of your rubric scoring.
Check out the ranking from last year!
2024 Ranking (https://automateconstruction.com/2023/12/29/automate-construction-power-ranking-2024/)
POWER RANKING RUBRIC
Activity
How busy is the company or tech working directly on construction automation projects?
- No current projects
- Small activity
- Daily building
- Notably high activity
- Scaled multi team 24 hr activity (None yet achieved)
Funding
How much access to capital does the company have
- Bootstrapped
- Pre Seed
- Seed
- 10M+
- 100M+
Commercialization
Is the company doing projects, selling systems, and operating like a typical contractor
- No commercial revenue
- Small or subsidized commercial revenue
- At least some work is sold with the expectation of profit
- Regularly doing projects with expectation of profit
- Gold rush (None yet achieved)
Code Compliance
Is the product sold following typical codes and regulations permissible everywhere?
- No code is followed in any projects or project ending non compliance
- Light local restrictions allow activity
- Permitted projects in typical regions
- Permitted projects in extra challenging regions
- Identical to traditional methods in ease of permitting
Innovation
Is the company doing new things all the time?
- No notable improvements over last year
- Small progress
- Clearly innovating
- Wildly unique
- Vertically integrated innovation
Reliability
Does the company follow through on promised projects, predictions, and products?
- Multiple cases of no follow through
- Typical startup challenges
- Consistently delivers
- Exceptional delivery & delivery rate
- Top tier reliability (None yet achieved)
Publicity
Do people know the company exists?
- Why are you so secret? Get the word out!
- Minor publicity
- Substantial publicity
- Above average media exposure
- Enormous PR
Construction
Do they build stuff and operate like a normal construction company or construction equipment provider?
- Operating like early startup
- Some construction
- Contractor or commercial equipment provider
- Experienced GC
- Major construction player
Momentum
Are they growing and expanding or are their achievements getting old?
- Activity is stale or shrinking
- Advancing slowly
- Rapidly scaling
Let’s organize this list in some logical way. If they’re not ranked 1-50, then place them in alphabetical order, as is customary, Journalism 101 stuff. Lest your list seems misleading
It’s ranked in ascending order you can see the number of points each one got on the right.
Interesting placements. I agree with most. I do not agree Apis Cor should be that high. They are currently in a lawsuit, some guy from SD sued them for taking his money after he paid for his printer in full, so I hear. I have read the legal docs and that is what sounds like happened. https://dockets.justia.com/docket/florida/flmdce/6:2025cv00834/441795
Shady business operators. The ICON hype is getting old. Ever since they partnered with Lennar its been discouraging to watch. Until they start delivering printers to contractors I will continue to sigh when i see another TX development. HIVE is on a roll. Enjoyed watching their progress, the industry needs many more companies like HIVE. They have been waiting for their additional printer to come in but not sure its arrived yet, for that I wouldn’t t have ranked that company as high. There are problems going through that company, hopefully they can pull through. The prefab systems look promising for faster construction. Definitely some new companies I will have to check out. In conclusion, thanks for all you do to educate about the industry. There should be more stories about the companies pulling wool over peoples eyes though. Many people have been taken advantage of and those companies have gone uncritiqued which allows them to continue to scam or take advantage of people. Look forward to seeing more on the industry of automated construction.
This list is a complete and utter joke
Go ahead, Jarrett keep pushing people to buy machines That don’t work and cause companies to go bankrupt or That just steal there money or are currently Fighting off lawsuits from every angle.
This list is becoming the Forbes 30 under 30 of the 3-D printing industry. If you have the top spots you’ll be out of business bankrupt and or in jail 😂 I’m surprised mighty buildings and Diamond age didn’t make Top the list again. Oh yeah, They’re already bankrupt. 😂
Invalid, better luck next year. Perhaps I need to add a category for sportsmanship & positive attitude.
As an affordable housing developer, I’ve been able to conduct due diligence on 3D printing operators much more efficiently thanks to your content. ☺️
I truly appreciate the work you’re doing to advance this industry and am excited to be collaborating with Hive 3D on Houston, Texas’s first 3D printed hybrid attainable community of 80 homes.
Please continue the great work and we look forward to continuous improvement in the convergence of attainable, high-quality housing and 3D printing.