Publication: St. Louis Business Journal

Poettker Construction, an award-winning, family-owned business headquartered in Breese, IL, earned the No. 54 spot on the St. Louis Business Journal‘s 2024 Top 150 Largest Privately Held Companies in the St. Louis region.

“Poettker Construction invests in and attributes our successes to our people, and our value proposition gives Poettker employees purpose, delivers quality to our clients, and strengthens our bottom line,” said Ryan Poettker, president of Poettker Construction.

With safety as one of its core values, Poettker Construction maintained its impressive track record for exceptional safety performance with nearly 400,000 work hours performed without a lost time incident in 2023.

“At Poettker Construction, we prioritize safety and health above all else,” said Charles Wilson, Vice President of Risk Management. “We are extremely proud to have maintained a flawless safety record on all of our projects, and we are fully committed to upholding safety excellence throughout our entire company. Whether it’s our top-level management or our workers on the job site, safety always remains our number one priority.”

In 2023, Poettker Construction built over 4.3 million square feet of distribution and warehouse space in both the Midwest and Southeast regions.

With 32 facilities constructed last year for multiple national clients, Poettker Construction also plays a prominent role in the retail market.

As the construction management partner for 12 districts in the Metro East and Southern Illinois, Poettker Construction made a significant impact in the PK-12 and higher education sectors. With the launch of the Parkway School District‘s six-year improvement program, Poettker Construction will lead seven separate active projects that continue in 2024. Poettker Construction supports Kaskaskia College as the construction manager of their five-year, network-wide facility improvement project. Serving on Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville‘s design-build team, Poettker Construction is supporting the creation of the university’s 221,000 SF Health Sciences building.

As Poettker Construction grows its customer base in the St. Louis metropolitan area, it hopes and plans to climb even farther up the St. Louis Business Journal‘s list next year.

Ownership: Poettker family
HQ Location: Breese, IL
2023 Revenue Volume: $420 million
2022 Revenue Volume: $371 million
Revenue Growth: 13.2%
Local Employees: 198
Total Employees: 228
Services: Construction Management, Design-Build, General Contracting, Self-Perform
Top Executives: Chairman & CEO Keith Poettker and President Ryan Poettker