The El Salvador construction industry, valued at $1.92 billion in 2025, presents a stable yet evolving market landscape. While the current Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) stands at 0.00%, reflecting a period of consolidation, underlying drivers suggest potential for future growth. Key sectors such as residential construction, driven by increasing urbanization and a growing middle class, and infrastructure development, particularly in transportation and energy, are expected to contribute to modest expansion in the coming years. Government initiatives focused on infrastructure improvements and private sector investment in residential projects will likely influence market dynamics. However, economic volatility and potential regulatory hurdles could act as restraints, requiring careful navigation by market players. The segmentation by sector (Commercial, Industrial, Residential, Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities) offers diverse investment opportunities, with residential and infrastructure projects presenting the most significant potential for growth in the medium-term. The presence of established companies like B Construcciones Nabla S A de C V and Salazar Romero Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable, alongside smaller players, indicates a moderately competitive environment with opportunities for both large-scale and niche projects. Despite the 0.00% CAGR, a deeper analysis reveals several factors that suggest a cautious optimism. While the recent past may reflect a period of slower growth, external factors such as regional economic development and international investment could influence future growth rates. Furthermore, the industry's inherent link to broader economic trends means that even moderate economic expansion in El Salvador will likely translate to increased construction activity. The resilience of the residential sector, coupled with targeted infrastructure projects, suggests a potential for a modest upward trajectory in the coming years. Careful monitoring of macroeconomic indicators and government policies will be crucial for accurate forecasting and informed decision-making within the El Salvador construction industry. Recent developments include: July 2023: Grupo Ternova started construction of a USD 100 million logistics park in El Salvador. The park will be located in Nejapa municipality and will include four industrial warehouses between 17,700 m2 and 34,700 m2 in size. It will also include two-lane internal roads for transportation of containers and light-vehicle traffic., April 2023: Korean contractor Dongbu Corporation built a new megaproject in El Salvador, which is the USD 410 million Los Chorros extension to the Pan-American highway. The project includes building the new 1 km long Francisco Morazán viaduct, which will be the longest, highest, and most complex in the country., February 2023: Amdocs, a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, announced that Telefónica Móviles El Salvador, a company with 24 years in the Salvadoran telecommunications industry, selected Amdocs Charging as a first step in its business support transformation. The new solution will upgrade Telefónica Móviles El Salvador’s charging systems and its surrounding environment. It will also allow Telefónica Móviles El Salvador to take advantage of new monetization opportunities enabled by 5G and easily expand into additional countries over time using the same charging platform.. Key drivers for this market are: Increase in GDP contribution from Construction Industry, Increase in Number of Building Permits. Potential restraints include: Increase in GDP contribution from Construction Industry, Increase in Number of Building Permits. Notable trends are: Rise in road investment projects.

GDP from Construction in El Salvador increased to 679.92 USD Million in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 573.63 USD Million in the third quarter of 2024. This dataset provides - El Salvador Gdp From Construction- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The construction industry in El Salvador is estimated to be valued at USD 1.92 million and has a CAGR of 0.00%, with the market size remaining relatively stable. The industry is influenced by various drivers, such as government infrastructure projects, population growth, and urbanization. However, it also faces challenges from economic fluctuations and the availability of skilled labor. Key market segments include commercial, industrial, residential, infrastructure (transportation), energy, and utilities. Major companies operating in the El Salvador construction industry include B Construcciones Nabla S A de C V, American Industrial Park S A de C V, Production and Development SA de CV, Aluminum Glass Factory SA De CV, Consolidated Developments SA de CV, Road and Industrial Signaling of El Salvador SA de CV, Aggregates of El Salvador SA de CV, Inversiones Roble S A de C V, and Salazar Romero Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market, including market size, growth rate, key trends, challenges, and opportunities. Recent developments include: July 2023: Grupo Ternova started construction of a USD 100 million logistics park in El Salvador. The park will be located in Nejapa municipality and will include four industrial warehouses between 17,700 m2 and 34,700 m2 in size. It will also include two-lane internal roads for transportation of containers and light-vehicle traffic., April 2023: Korean contractor Dongbu Corporation built a new megaproject in El Salvador, which is the USD 410 million Los Chorros extension to the Pan-American highway. The project includes building the new 1 km long Francisco Morazán viaduct, which will be the longest, highest, and most complex in the country., February 2023: Amdocs, a leading provider of software and services to communications and media companies, announced that Telefónica Móviles El Salvador, a company with 24 years in the Salvadoran telecommunications industry, selected Amdocs Charging as a first step in its business support transformation. The new solution will upgrade Telefónica Móviles El Salvador’s charging systems and its surrounding environment. It will also allow Telefónica Móviles El Salvador to take advantage of new monetization opportunities enabled by 5G and easily expand into additional countries over time using the same charging platform.. Key drivers for this market are: Increase in GDP contribution from Construction Industry, Increase in Number of Building Permits. Potential restraints include: High Initial Investments. Notable trends are: Rise in road investment projects.

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No of Job Postings: Active: Construction data was reported at 15.000 Unit in 14 Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 16.000 Unit for 07 Apr 2025. No of Job Postings: Active: Construction data is updated weekly, averaging 0.000 Unit from Jan 2008 (Median) to 14 Apr 2025, with 902 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.000 Unit in 23 Jan 2023 and a record low of 0.000 Unit in 19 Sep 2022. No of Job Postings: Active: Construction data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Revelio Labs, Inc.. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.RL.JP: Number of Job Postings: Active: by Industry.

Generally, construction employees made up a higher share of total employment in urban areas of Latin America than in the countryside. Over **** percent of the urban workforce in Panama and Honduras was employed in the construction sector, while that percentage was over *** percent for the rural population in El Salvador. During the past years, the value of the construction sector in Latin America has fluctuated significantly.

Statistics illustrates consumption, production, prices, and trade of Clays for Construction and Industrial Use in El Salvador from Jan 2019 to May 2025.

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Industry (including construction), value added (current US$) in El Salvador was reported at 8488310000 USD in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. El Salvador - Industry, value added - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

Industry (including construction), value added (annual % growth) in El Salvador was reported at 0.35242 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. El Salvador - Industry, value added (annual % growth) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Ecuador Foreign Direct Investment: El Salvador: Construction data was reported at 0.000 USD th in Mar 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.000 USD th for Dec 2018. Ecuador Foreign Direct Investment: El Salvador: Construction data is updated quarterly, averaging 0.000 USD th from Mar 2000 (Median) to Mar 2019, with 77 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.000 USD th in Mar 2019 and a record low of 0.000 USD th in Mar 2019. Ecuador Foreign Direct Investment: El Salvador: Construction data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Bank of Ecuador. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table: EC.O004: Foreign Direct Investment: by Industry and by Country.

Industry (including construction), value added (constant LCU) in El Salvador was reported at 6854922572 LCU in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. El Salvador - Industry, value added (constant LCU) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on June of 2025.

El Salvador Number of Job Postings: Removed: Construction data was reported at 3.000 Unit in 28 Apr 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.000 Unit for 21 Apr 2025. El Salvador Number of Job Postings: Removed: Construction data is updated weekly, averaging 0.000 Unit from Jan 2008 (Median) to 28 Apr 2025, with 904 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.000 Unit in 14 Mar 2022 and a record low of 0.000 Unit in 17 Mar 2025. El Salvador Number of Job Postings: Removed: Construction data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Revelio Labs, Inc.. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.RL.JP: Number of Job Postings: Removed: by Industry.

Abstract

This research was conducted in El Salvador between July 2010 and April 2011 as part of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Enterprise Survey 2010, an initiative of the World Bank. Data from 360 establishments was analyzed. Stratified random sampling was used to select the surveyed businesses.

The objective of the study is to obtain feedback from enterprises in client countries on the state of the private sector as well as to help in building a panel of enterprise data that will make it possible to track changes in the business environment over time, thus allowing, for example, impact assessments of reforms. Through face-to-face interviews with firms in the manufacturing and services sectors, the survey assesses the constraints to private sector growth and creates statistically significant business environment indicators that are comparable across countries.

The standard Enterprise Survey topics include firm characteristics, gender participation, access to finance, annual sales, costs of inputs/labor, workforce composition, bribery, licensing, infrastructure, trade, crime, competition, capacity utilization, land and permits, taxation, informality, business-government relations, innovation and technology, and performance measures. Over 90% of the questions objectively ascertain characteristics of a country’s business environment. The remaining questions assess the survey respondents’ opinions on what are the obstacles to firm growth and performance.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

The primary sampling unit of the study is the establishment. An establishment is a physical location where business is carried out and where industrial operations take place or services are provided. A firm may be composed of one or more establishments. For example, a brewery may have several bottling plants and several establishments for distribution. For the purposes of this survey an establishment must make its own financial decisions and have its own financial statements separate from those of the firm. An establishment must also have its own management and control over its payroll.

Universe

The whole population, or the universe, covered in the Enterprise Surveys is the non-agricultural economy. It comprises: all manufacturing sectors according to the ISIC Revision 3.1 group classification (group D), construction sector (group F), services sector (groups G and H), and transport, storage, and communications sector (group I). Note that this population definition excludes the following sectors: financial intermediation (group J), real estate and renting activities (group K, except sub-sector 72, IT, which was added to the population under study), and all public or utilities sectors.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

The study was conducted using stratified random sampling. Three levels of stratification were used in the sample: firm sector, firm size, and geographic region.

Industry stratification was designed in the way that follows: the universe was stratified into one manufacturing industry, one service industry -retail -, and one residual sector. The manufacturing industry, service industry, and residual sectors had a target each of 120 interviews.

Size stratification was defined following the standardized definition for the Enterprise Surveys: small (5 to 19 employees), medium (20 to 99 employees), and large (more than 99 employees). For stratification purposes, the number of employees was defined on the basis of reported permanent full-time workers. This seems to be an appropriate definition of the labor force since seasonal/casual/part-time employment is not a common practice, except in the sectors of construction and agriculture.

Regional stratification was defined in two locations (city and the surrounding business area): San Salvador and the Rest of the Country.

For El Salvador, two sample frames were used. The first was supplied by the World Bank and consisted of enterprises interviewed in El Salvador 2006. The World Bank required that attempts should be made to re-interview establishments responding to the El Salvador 2006 survey where they were within the selected geographical locations and met eligibility criteria. That sample is referred to as the Panel. The second sample frame was produced from the Directorio de Empresas de bases de solvencias from 2008 via the Dirección General de Estadísticos y Censos.

The two sample frames were then used for the selection of a sample with the aim of obtaining interviews with 360 establishments with five or more employees.

The quality of the frame was assessed at the onset of the project through visits to a random subset of firms and local contractor knowledge. The sample frame was not immune from the typical problems found in establishment surveys: positive rates of non-eligibility, repetition, non-existent units, etc. In addition, the sample frame contains no telephone/fax numbers so the local contractor had to screen the contacts by visiting them. Due to response rate and ineligibility issues, additional sample had to be extracted by the World Bank in order to obtain enough eligible contacts and meet the sample targets.

Given the impact that non-eligible units included in the sample universe may have on the results, adjustments may be needed when computing the appropriate weights for individual observations. The percentage of confirmed non-eligible units as a proportion of the total number of sampled establishments contacted for the survey was 20.56% (26 out of 917 establishments).

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

The current survey instruments are available: - Core Questionnaire [ISIC Rev.3.1: 45, 50, 51, 52, 55, 60-64, 72]; - Core Questionnaire + Manufacturing Module [ISIC Rev.3.1: 15-37]; - Core Questionnaire + Retail Module [ISIC Rev.3.1: 52]; - Screener Questionnaire.

The "Core Questionnaire" is the heart of the Enterprise Survey and contains the survey questions asked of all firms across the world. There are also two other survey instruments - the "Core Questionnaire + Manufacturing Module" and the "Core Questionnaire + Retail Module." The survey is fielded via three instruments in order to not ask questions that are irrelevant to specific types of firms, e.g. a question that relates to production and nonproduction workers should not be asked of a retail firm. In addition to questions that are asked across countries, all surveys are customized and contain country-specific questions. An example of customization would be including tourism-related questions that are asked in certain countries when tourism is an existing or potential sector of economic growth.

The standard Enterprise Survey topics include firm characteristics, gender participation, access to finance, annual sales, costs of inputs/labor, workforce composition, bribery, licensing, infrastructure, trade, crime, competition, capacity utilization, land and permits, taxation, informality, business-government relations, innovation and technology, and performance measures. The questionnaire also assesses the survey respondents' opinions on what are the obstacles to firm growth and performance.

Cleaning operations

Data entry and quality controls are implemented by the contractor and data is delivered to the World Bank in batches (typically 10%, 50% and 100%). These data deliveries are checked for logical consistency, out of range values, skip patterns, and duplicate entries. Problems are flagged by the World Bank and corrected by the implementing contractor through data checks, callbacks, and revisiting establishments.

Response rate

The number of realized interviews per contacted establishment was 0.39. The estimate is based on the total number of firms contacted including ineligible establishments. This number is the result of two factors: explicit refusals to participate in the survey, as reflected by the rate of rejection (which includes rejections of the screener and the main survey) and the quality of the sample frame, as represented by the presence of ineligible units. The number of rejections per contact was 0.23.

Complete information regarding the sampling methodology, sample frame, weights, response rates, and implementation can be found in "Description of El Salvador ES 2010 Implementation" in external resources.

El Salvador E-Commerce Transactions: Value: Heavy Industry & Engineering: Construction & Maintenance data was reported at 316.441 USD in 02 Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 204.363 USD for 29 Nov 2024. El Salvador E-Commerce Transactions: Value: Heavy Industry & Engineering: Construction & Maintenance data is updated daily, averaging 1,359.436 USD from Apr 2019 (Median) to 02 Dec 2024, with 124 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 226,486.001 USD in 10 Oct 2023 and a record low of 3.831 USD in 14 Mar 2024. El Salvador E-Commerce Transactions: Value: Heavy Industry & Engineering: Construction & Maintenance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Grips Intelligence Inc.. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.GI.EC: E-Commerce Transactions: by Category.

Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP) in El Salvador was reported at 22.44 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. El Salvador - Industry, value added (% of GDP) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

El Salvador E-Commerce Transactions: Volume: Heavy Industry & Engineering: Construction & Maintenance data was reported at 2.000 Unit in 02 Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.000 Unit for 29 Nov 2024. El Salvador E-Commerce Transactions: Volume: Heavy Industry & Engineering: Construction & Maintenance data is updated daily, averaging 5.000 Unit from Apr 2019 (Median) to 02 Dec 2024, with 124 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 106.000 Unit in 10 Oct 2023 and a record low of 1.000 Unit in 29 Nov 2024. El Salvador E-Commerce Transactions: Volume: Heavy Industry & Engineering: Construction & Maintenance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Grips Intelligence Inc.. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.GI.EC: E-Commerce Transactions: by Category.

El Salvador E-Commerce Transactions: AOV: Heavy Industry & Engineering: Construction & Maintenance data was reported at 158.221 USD in 02 Dec 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 204.363 USD for 29 Nov 2024. El Salvador E-Commerce Transactions: AOV: Heavy Industry & Engineering: Construction & Maintenance data is updated daily, averaging 285.048 USD from Apr 2019 (Median) to 02 Dec 2024, with 124 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,432.940 USD in 20 Jan 2023 and a record low of 3.042 USD in 13 Mar 2024. El Salvador E-Commerce Transactions: AOV: Heavy Industry & Engineering: Construction & Maintenance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Grips Intelligence Inc.. The data is categorized under Global Database’s El Salvador – Table SV.GI.EC: E-Commerce Transactions: by Category.

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