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Best Building Materials Companies in TX, United States

The 48 best Building Materials companies in TX, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals.

48companies tracked
$0disclosed funding
0unicorns
—have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · BUILDING MATERIALS × TX

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.

50companies analysed
82%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2002median founding year
50kcombined LinkedIn audience
71%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Building Materials companies in TX

#CompanyDisclosed fundingEmployeesFoundedStageTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1Saint-Gobain Weber
Solutions for facades, Solutions for flooring, Solutions for fixing tiles and natural stones, Technical…
—2,6821900Unfunded———
2Reece USA
Ever since our founder, Harold Joseph Reece, began selling plumbing products from the back of his truck in…
—2,244————1 job opening
3Morrison Supply Company
Our history and products: Morrison Supply Company has been providing superior, wholesale plumbing products…
—7311917Acquired———
4Glass DoctorÂ
For consumer services, visit https://glassdoctor.com.\n\nTo find out more about franchising opportunities in…
—569—————
5Impact Floors
Impact Floors is a locally-owned company providing the best flooring service in Texas and Louisiana.
—3921988————
6Texas Materials
Texas Materials, A CRH Company is the one-stop shop for hot mix asphalt and aggregate production.
—3032009—WordPressMySQLPHP+34Top 5M1 internship · 1 expansion
7Arteras Engineering Services
Arteras Engineering Services Inc.
—2952018————
8Senox Corp
Senox Corporation is a leading manufacturer and supplier of seamless gutter products for residential and…
—202——WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+20Top 5M8 job openings

Funding & investor landscape

$0total disclosed funding
0companies funded
0disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,138,770 docs

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

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Advanced Materials is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Advanced Materials — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,306 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 46% → 87% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Georgia Institute of Technology46
  • Purdue University West Lafayette46
  • North Carolina State University39
  • Northeastern University36
  • Texas A&M University34
leading researchers
Gangbing Song · Antonella D’Alessandro · Marcelo J. Dapino · H. Jerry Qi · Hari Krishna Bisoyi · Simon Laflamme · Jeong‐Hoi Koo · Timothy J. White
▲ Breakthroughs541 · 41%
▲ 30%→51% share
▲1.7× share momentum6 median citations56% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (30%→51% of field), led by Smart material.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Smart material61→108
  • Soft robotics4→36
  • Morphing8→35
  • Nanotechnology19→46
  • Elastomer18→41
Newly emergingScalability 0→7 · Photopolymer 0→7 · Cellulose 0→7
Landmark Multimaterial 4D Printing with Tailorable Shape Memory Polymers · 1,085 cites
◆ Advancements508 · 39%
▼ 51%→31% share
▼0.6× share momentum6 median citations36% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (51%→31% of field), led by Nanotechnology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Nanotechnology12→29
  • Soft robotics2→13
  • Fabrication4→12
  • Liquid crystal3→10
  • 3D printing6→12
Newly emergingPolyvinylidene fluoride 0→5 · Biocompatible material 0→5 · Deformation (meteorology) 0→5
Landmark A review of stimuli-responsive shape memory polymer composites · 1,147 cites
▼ Concerns71 · 5%
▲ 5%→6% share
▲1.2× share momentum11 median citations51% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are rising (5%→6% of field), led by Smart material.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Smart material10→18
  • Nanotechnology7→9
  • Shape-memory alloy2→4
Newly emergingTextile 0→6
Landmark Covalent adaptable networks: smart, reconfigurable and responsive network systems · 1,275 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where advanced materials is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Boston81 · +0.59
Hot · HysteresisAdvancing · Smart materialOpportunity · Modular designConcern · Nanotechnology
Atlanta47 · +0.63
Hot · 3D printingAdvancing · Energy harvestingOpportunity · Biomimetics
Los Angeles34 · +0.64
Hot · FabricationAdvancing · SMA*Opportunity · 3D printing
Philadelphia32 · +0.57
Hot · Magnetic fieldAdvancing · MagnetostrictionOpportunity · MorphingConcern · Smart material
SF Bay Area31 · +0.59
Hot · Smart materialAdvancing · FabricationOpportunity · Wearable computer
Pittsburgh30 · +0.64
Hot · RobotAdvancing · MorphingOpportunity · Soft materials
Chicago27 · +0.66
Hot · Liquid crystalAdvancing · BiomimeticsOpportunity · Auxetics
New York24 · +0.55
Hot · NanotechnologyAdvancing · ActuatorOpportunity · Flexibility (engineering)
Ann Arbor19 · +0.74
Hot · Composite materialAdvancing · Control reconfigurationOpportunity · Soft robotics
San Diego14 · +0.62
Hot · Smart materialAdvancing · Composite numberOpportunity · Nanotechnology
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing advanced materials patents in the United States

United States advanced materials patent filing is cooling — 88,582 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by IBM, General Electric, Halliburton Energy Services; annual filings 9852→6833.

88,582 filings8,000 assigneespeak 9998/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • IBM5881
  • General Electric4493
  • Halliburton Energy Services3870
  • Intel3631
  • UNIV California3335
  • 3M Innovative Properties3293
  • Corning3129
  • United States Gypsum2665

Common questions

How many Building Materials companies are there in TX, United States?
Radar tracks 48 indexable Building Materials companies headquartered in TX, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Building Materials companies in TX, United States?
The Building Materials companies in TX, United States on this list have raised a combined $0 in disclosed equity funding across 0 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Building Materials company in TX, United States?
Funding figures are not yet disclosed for Building Materials companies in TX, United States.
How many Building Materials companies in TX, United States are funded?
0 of the 48 Building Materials companies in TX, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Building Materials unicorns are there in TX, United States?
None of the Building Materials companies in TX, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in TX, United States Building Materials companies?
The most active investors in TX, United States Building Materials companies on this list include a range of venture and angel investors.
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