Thursday, July 23, 2026 from Floor Daily

As seen in the Q2 2026 U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), at the end of the second quarter, there are 5,975 projects with 703,001 rooms in the pipeline.

Midway through 2026, there are 1,081 projects comprising 133,216 rooms under construction. Projects slated to start construction anytime within the next 12 months total 2,147 comprising 245,871 rooms. Projects and room counts in the early planning stage stand at 2,747 projects and 323,914 rooms.

LE analysts report that the upper midscale and upscale chain scales continue to lead the total U.S. construction pipeline with the greatest number of projects and rooms. The upper midscale chain scale stands at 2,225 projects/214,027 rooms and the upscale chain scale at 1,282 projects/159,252 rooms. Together, these two chain scales comprise 59% of all projects and 53% of all rooms in the total pipeline.

The luxury chain scale reaches a record high project to