The short version
Across 25,000+ participant evaluations, Building Teams averages 4.76 out of 5 on “This activity was a good use of my time.” 35% of clients rebook and 5% of those return 10+ times. Since 2003 the company has run 2,000+ events for 1,500+ companies and 500,000+ participants, and built and donated 50,000+ bikes to children. Meanwhile, industry-wide, employee engagement sits at a record-low 20% (Gallup) — the gap these numbers are meant to close.
Building Teams: proprietary data
First-party statistics from our participant evaluations, client booking records and accounting, 2003–2026. Free to cite with attribution to Building Teams (Be Legendary).
4.76/5
Average participant rating on the statement “This activity was a good use of my time.”Source: Building Teams, mean across 25,000+ participant evaluations
4.88/5
Same question at DaVita’s 2,200-person national meeting.Source: Building Teams / DaVita post-event evaluations, 2005
35%
Of clients book Building Teams again.Source: Building Teams client booking records
5%
Of those repeat clients come back 10 or more times.Source: Building Teams client booking records
50,000+
Bikes built at events and donated to children in need since 2003.Source: Building Teams accounting records (donated goods)
500k+
Participants since 2003.Source: Building Teams program data
1,500+
Companies served.Source: Building Teams program data
2,000+
Events produced since 2003.Source: Building Teams program data
5–5,000
People per event — everyone participating at once. Holder of the
Guinness World Record for the most bicycles donated to charity in one hour (979, for client DaVita).
Source: Guinness World Records; Building Teams
The industry in 2026: cited research
Third-party figures that frame why measurable team connection matters right now. Fuller analysis and sources in The 2026 State of Team Building.
20%
Global employee engagement in 2025 — its lowest since 2020, down from a 23% peak in 2022.Source: Gallup, 2026 State of the Global Workplace
$10T
Estimated annual cost of low engagement to the global economy — roughly 9% of GDP.Source: Gallup
54%
Of the Fortune 100 now require five days in the office, up from 5% two years earlier.Source: JLL, via Fortune
34%
Of U.S. firms require full-time on-site work; about 27% are fully in-person and 67% hybrid.Source: JLL, via Fortune
1 in 5
Workers feel lonely (1 in 4 among remote workers) — proximity alone isn’t connection.Source: 2025–2026 workplace wellbeing research
20–28%
Performance gains from coaching-trained managers, with up to 18% higher team engagement.Source: 2025–2026 leadership & coaching research
How we compiled this. Proprietary figures reflect Building Teams’ aggregated participant evaluations, client booking records and accounting records for donated goods (2003–2026). Third-party figures are attributed to their sources above. A note on behavior measurement: we track improvement in the behaviors a team wants to build rather than performance against a single pre-chosen target — deliberately, to avoid the Hawthorne effect biasing us toward easy targets. To cite this page: “Team Building Statistics 2026, Building Teams (Be Legendary).”
Team building statistics FAQs
What is Building Teams’ average participant rating? +
Building Teams averages 4.76 out of 5 on the statement “This activity was a good use of my time” across more than 25,000 participant evaluations. At DaVita’s 2,200-person national meeting the same question scored 4.88 out of 5.
What percentage of clients rebook Building Teams? +
35% of clients book again, and 5% of those repeat clients return 10 or more times — an unusually strong repeat rate for corporate team building.
How many bikes has Building Teams donated? +
More than 50,000 bikes have been built at Building Teams events and donated to children in need since 2003, tracked through the company’s accounting records.
What is the state of employee engagement in 2026? +
Gallup’s 2026 State of the Global Workplace report found global employee engagement fell to 20% in 2025 — its lowest since 2020 and down from a 23% peak in 2022 — with low engagement costing the global economy about $10 trillion a year, roughly 9% of GDP.
