Best Building Materials Companies in Houston, United States
The 60 best Building Materials companies in Houston, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: NanoTech Materials.
Our analysis of 50 Building Materials companies
$17.1b in tracked funding; 82% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Building Materials companies in Houston
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NanoTech Materials Provider of roof coating, fireproofing, insulation, and custom formulation 48Tech top 26%Funding top 35%Talent top 38%News top 40% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 26% Fundingtop 35% Talenttop 38% Newstop 40% Growthtop 45% Producttop 46% Innovationbottom 46% Moatbottom 38% Marketbottom 36% Globalbottom 32% Tech: 41 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare Funding: Raised $43.7M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 6 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $44M | 2 mo ago | Series A | Hani Taan Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder | 2019 | Node.jsNextAuth.jsTailwind CSS+21 | — | — |
| 2 | frakktal Manufacturer of biobased PVC building products | $100K | 44 mo ago | Seed | Jhana Porter Founder & CEO | 2020 | — | 3 patents Bio-based biodegradable polymer synthesis from plant biomass | — |
| 3 | CEMEX Supplier of concrete, cement, and aggregate building materials | — | 29 mo ago | Public | Fernando Gonzalez CEO | 1906 | LiferayJavaBootstrap+16 | 5 patents Patents concentrated in construction | 1 expansion · 2 awards |
| 4 | Quanex Quanex Building Products Corporation is headquartered in Houston, Texas with locations around the world. | — | 92 mo ago | Public | George Wilson Chairman and CEO | 1927 | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — | 1 award |
| 5 | Momentum Glass Designer, manufacturer and installer of glazing systems, building enclosures and interior glass | — | 102 mo ago | Series A | Omar Maalouf Founder & CEO | 2011 | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | — |
| 6 | Swiff-Train Company Supplier of floor covering products | — | 138 mo ago | Late Stage | Jonathan Train CEO | 1937 | — | — | — |
| 7 | able Able is a manufacturer of refractory products. | — | — | Acquired | — | 1929 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Action Gypsum Manufacturer of door frames, ceilings, and exterior products | — | — | Unfunded | — | 1980 | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | — | — |
Top 6 Building Materials companies in Houston
#1
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2019$43.7Mraised▾
Provider of roof coating, fireproofing, insulation, and custom formulation
- Apr 2026Series A$29.4M
- Jul 2023Series A$9.3M
- Dec 2020Seed$5M
#2
Seed · Houston, Texas · founded 2020 · 1 employees$100Kraised▾
Manufacturer of bio-based polymer building materials designed for local companies to achieve zero waste to landfill. The company's biopolymers are crafted from materials recovered from the greater gulf coast region for applications across a wide range of media such as coatings, resins and films, enabling industries to use biobased PVC alternatives for the built environment.
- Oct 2022Seed$100K
#3
Public · Houston, Texas · founded 1906 · 43853 employees—raised▾
Supplier of concrete, cement, and aggregate building materials. Its products include cement, ready-mix concrete, and construction aggregates & operate in more than 50 countries. It provides services to individuals & corporates. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $15.93B and a net profit of $0.58B.
#4
Public · Houston, Texas · founded 1927—raised▾
Manufacture and Retailer of home appliances
#5
Series A · Houston, Texas · founded 2011 · 142 employees—raised▾
Designer, manufacturer and installer of glazing systems, building enclosures and interior glass
- Dec 2017Series A—
#6
Late Stage · Houston, Texas · founded 1937 · 126 employees—raised▾
Swiff-Train Company is a unique entity, a family-owned business where fair business practices, mutual respect and appreciation for entrepreneurship are foundations established over 65 years ago. These founding beliefs are the guideposts for valued relationships with employees, customers and vendors. Joseph Swiff and his son-in-law, Herbert Train, founded the company in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1937. It began operations with the reprocessing of loose cotton.
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Building Materials coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
What Houston researches in advanced materials
University of Houston and Houston Methodist lead Houston's optimistic advanced-materials research, focusing predominantly on shape memory alloys and structural health monitoring, with virtually no concern-driven work.
- University of Houston24
- Houston Methodist1
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston1
Common questions
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