Concrete Industry Challenges 2025: Data Points Dealmakers Can't Ignore

Sep 01, 2025

Turning Sector Pressures into Strategic Capital Wins

Executive Summary The concrete industry in 2025 isn't crumbling—it's under siege from a perfect storm of labor shortages, supply chain chokeholds, skyrocketing costs, and sustainability mandates. Data from sources like the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Associated General Contractors (AGC), and industry reports show input costs up 38.7% since February 2020, with cement prices surging 7.5-25% and labor gaps requiring 500,000+ new workers annually. Conventional lenders are fumbling with rate-focused pitches that ignore these realities, leaving prospects shopping commodities. Sophisticated dealmakers win by positioning capital as transformation fuel: equipment financing for automation to slash labor dependency, facility loans for decarbonization upgrades, and working capital to buffer supply volatility. This report breaks down the data, exposes failed approaches, and delivers tactical plays to close bigger deals in this $130B+ sector.

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Concrete Industry Challenges 2025: Data Points Dealmakers Can't Ignore

Turning Sector Pressures into Strategic Capital Wins

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Battle-tested frameworks and actionable resources exist and live right here. Proven scripts, expanding company announcements, sales question banks, and execution frameworks built by dealmakers for dealmakers. Master craftsmen don’t use dull tools. Neither should you.

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