The Twin Cities used to be a market that was dominated by home-grown, family-owned home builders companies that were locally owned and operated. Not anymore. The top five builders on this list are national companies, and most of the remainder are local companies including some that also sell elsewhere. Rottlund, for example, is a Twin Cities company that also sells in Florida and Iowa. Based on revenues, here's how they stacked up last year:

2010 Top Ranked Builders in the Twin Cities metro area

1. Lennar — Minneapolis/St. Paul $103,775,661 Units: 294
2. Pulte Homes/Centex Homes $99,141,651 Units: 353
3. D.R. Horton, Inc. — Minnesota $72,954,000 Units: 248
4. Ryland Homes — Twin Cities Division $49,280,000 Units: 193
5. Mattamy Homes $40,600,000 Units: 164
6. Rottlund Homes $38,207,607 Units:190
7. Minks Custom Homes/Capstone Homes, Inc. $36,295,815 Units: 119
8. Hanson Builders, Inc. $26,380,089 Units: 43
9. KEYLAND HOMES $23,706,140 Units: 81
10. Toll Brothers, Inc. $19,942,600 Units: 32
11. K. Hovnanian Homes of Minnesota $18,452,829 Units: 64
12. McDonald Construction, Inc. $18,100,000 Units: 37
13. Weiss Builders (*one senior co-op building) $16,400,000 *
14. Donnay Homes, Inc. $15,000,000 Units: 52
15. Gonyea Homes $14,806,522 Units: 25
16. Sharper Homes, Inc. $14,800,000 Units: 52
17. Woodside/Centra Homes $14,650,510 Units: 88
18. Brandl Anderson Homes, Inc. $13,970,966 Units: 46
19. Youngfield Homes (sales through Country Joe Homes not included): $13,839,679 Units: 35
20. Hans Hagen Homes, Inc. $12,120,000 Units: 50
21. Pratt Homes $11,961,500 Units: 23
22. Novak-Fleck, Inc. $10,251,853 Units: 55
23. Gorham Companies, Inc. $9,385,499 Units: 20
24. SW Wold Construction, Inc. $8,037,345 Units: 30

25. NIH Homes $7,500,000 Units: 12

Commercial construction companies constructing rental or senior housing and not members of the Builders Association of the Twin Cities, which did the ranking, were not included.
Rankings are based on information provided by survey respondents, which the association says is said to be reliable.