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Construction &Building MaterialsIntelligence

Explore contractors, developers, building material suppliers, equipment providers and project opportunities across Sri Lanka.

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    Find contractors, suppliers and project partners

  • Industry Intelligence

    Market trends, key players and growth

  • Geographic Intelligence

    Construction activity by district and location

  • Opportunity Intelligence

    New projects and tenders

  • Predictive Intelligence

    Anticipate demand with published series

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Directory counts for Galle and Matara where we hold them, including the contractor register, and national trade figures from CBSL for materials and equipment.

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Construction Activity by District

Registered business places across all 25 districts.

Jaffna: 17,499 business placesKilinochchi: 4,403 business placesMannar: 993 business placesMullaitivu: 2,609 business placesVavuniya: 1,548 business placesGalle: 13,365 business placesHambantota: 10,331 business placesMatara: 15,616 business placesAmpara: 9,632 business placesAnuradhapura: 17,425 business placesBadulla: 13,719 business placesBatticaloa: 11,310 business placesMonaragala: 5,228 business placesPolonnaruwa: 9,472 business placesColombo: 18,471 business placesGampaha: 30,904 business placesKalutara: 11,110 business placesKegalle: 9,513 business placesKurunegala: 28,407 business placesPuttalam: 7,044 business placesRatnapura: 15,906 business placesKandy: 14,022 business placesMatale: 8,666 business placesNuwara Eliya: 15,014 business placesTrincomalee: 6,919 business places
Colombo 30,904 business places Industry, trade and services

Top districts by registered business places

  1. 1Gampaha30,904
  2. 2Kurunegala28,407
  3. 3Colombo18,471
  4. 4Jaffna17,499
  5. 5Anuradhapura17,425

DCS District Statistical Handbook 2025 · 2024 · registered with local authorities

Key Industry Insights

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Rs. 1.87tn

Value added, current prices

CBSL Annual Economic Review 2025 · 2025 prov.

9.2%

Real growth

CBSL Annual Economic Review 2025 · 2025 prov.

7.3%

Share of GDP

CBSL Annual Economic Review 2025 · 2025 prov.

1,106

Building material shops, Galle & Matara

DCS District Statistical Handbook 2025 · 2024

Construction value added, constant 2015 prices

Rs. bn025050075010002022: Rs. 927bnRs. 927bn20222023: Rs. 735bnRs. 735bn20232024: Rs. 882bnRs. 882bn20242025: Rs. 964bnRs. 964bn2025

CBSL Annual Economic Review 2025 · 2025 provisional; 2022 from AER 2024

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Illustrative photo: earth-moving equipment on a building site

ABC metal supply and laying for rural roads, Hiniduma division (RDA)

Hiniduma engineering division, Galle District

Open

RDA's Executive Engineer's office at Thalgaswala is inviting bids to supply, and separately to supply and lay, ABC metal for the rural roads programme in the Hiniduma division of Galle District. Bids close on 11 November 2026.

Closes 11 Nov 2026 Road Development Authority
Illustrative photo: utility poles and power lines

Concrete poles, bundled conductor and cross-arm sets for CEB Southern Province 1

CEB Southern Province 1, Galle

Open

CEB's Southern Province 1 office in Galle is taking e-quotations on PROMISe for 200 reinforced-concrete 6 m poles, 25,000 m of aerial bundled conductor and 30 line-change cross-arm sets. The first two close on 4 November 2026, the cross-arms on 11 November.

Closes 11 Nov 2026 e-GP Sri Lanka (PROMISe)
Illustrative photo: earth-moving equipment on a building site

Ready-mix concrete supply for rural roads, Matara and Deniyaya (RDA)

Matara and Deniyaya engineering divisions

Open

RDA's Chief Engineer's office in Matara is inviting bids to supply grade 30 ready-mix concrete for rural road and special projects in the Matara and Deniyaya engineering divisions. Bids close on 11 November 2026.

Closes 11 Nov 2026 Road Development Authority

Construction businesses in Galle & Matara

446 listed in the pilot districts: 227 in Galle and 219 in Matara. Pick a sub-sector to drill into districts, DS divisions and businesses.

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Official figures for the same districts
GalleMatara
PopulationDCS Census of Population and Housing 2024 · 20241,097,372837,889
Registered business placesDCS District Statistical Handbook 2025 · 202413,36515,616
Registered building material shopsDCS District Statistical Handbook 2025 · 2024544562

A few listings

Listings in this directory for Galle and Matara: OpenStreetMap, the SLTDA licence list and the contractor register. Not every business is listed yet.

Supply chain in Galle & Matara

Who supplies the sector, and who it supplies. Counts are listings in our directory and OpenStreetMap data for the two districts; open a step to drill down.

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  1. Upstream inputs

    • Cement, timber & metal makers

      Local works making blocks, cement products, timber and metal items.

      6listed Galle 1 · Matara 1

      Cement, Timber & Metal 6
    • Hardware & building materials

      Hardware stores and building-material dealers.

      33listed Galle 18 · Matara 18

      Hardware & Building Materials 33
    • Fuel & power

      Fuel for plant and vehicles, gas and electrical supplies.

      68listed Galle 36 · Matara 36

      Fuel Stations 53Gas & Electrical Suppliers 15
    • Plant hire & haulage

      Machinery hire, lorries and tipper transport.

      No listings in our data yet

  2. Construction & Building Materials

    • Contractors

      Building, civil and specialist contractors.

      413listed Galle 201 · Matara 201

      Contractors 413

  3. Downstream services

Chain curated by Backend team (2026-10-30). "No listings in our data yet" marks a gap in our coverage, not an absence of businesses.

Construction businesses on the map

Listings in the directory's pilot districts, by DS division. Open Galle or Matara to see individual businesses.

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Map of Sri Lanka's districts shaded by the number of listed construction businesses in Galle and Matara; other districts are coming soon.Jaffna: coming soonKilinochchi: coming soonMannar: coming soonMullaittivu: coming soonVavuniya: coming soonHambantota: coming soonAmpara: coming soonAnuradhapura: coming soonBadulla: coming soonBatticaloa: coming soonMonaragala: coming soonPolonnaruwa: coming soonColombo: coming soonGampaha: coming soonKalutara: coming soonKegalla: coming soonKurunegala: coming soonPuttalam: coming soonRatnapura: coming soonKandy: coming soonMatale: coming soonNuwara Eliya: coming soonTrincomalee: coming soon

District outlines: geoBoundaries gbOpen LKA ADM2 boundaryID LKA-ADM2-46371173 (build Dec 2023, file commit 9469f09). Original geometry: OpenStreetMap and Wambacher, ODbL 1.0. Simplified in this repository for display. Not a legal boundary. DS division outlines: Survey Department of Sri Lanka via OCHA COD-AB v03 (CC BY-IGO 3.0), simplified for display. Not legal boundaries.