The share of the added value of the construction in the structure of the gross domestic product in the last ten years ranges from 5% to 7%.
In 2018, 4,938 companies were active in the construction sector representing 6.8% of the total number of active business entities in the Republic of North Macedonia. The largest number of companies are companies with 1 - 9 employees (80.5%), 10 - 19 employees (5.6%), 20 - 49 employees (3.9%), 50 - 249 (1.2 %) and with over 250 employees 0.2%.
The number of employees in the construction sector is 56,263 workers, which represents about 7,4% of the total number of employees at a state level.