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Prefabrication is an advanced construction approach that has drawn increasing attention from the construction industry. Governments worldwide have begun to offer subsidies to establish local prefabrication factories (LPFs) to increase the uptake of prefabrication and decrease the transport emissions of prefabricated components (PCs). The establishment of LPFs needs to comprehensively consider numerous factors, such as the large investment required for factory construction, the limited subsidies available, and the trilevel mechanism involving government, manufacturers, and contractors. However, current subsidy programs primarily focus on the relationship between government and manufacturers, with less emphasis on the interactive responses of contractors. In this article, we design an optimal trilevel government–manufacturer–contractor subsidy plan. The proposed methodology is validated through a case …