Alaska
Excavation Contractors in Alaska
45 earthwork contractors across 9 cities in Alaska. Pick your city below.
Cities in Alaska with earthwork contractors
9 cities. The number on each is how many contractors work there.
About earthwork contractors in Alaska
Alaska coverage is thinner than most states: 45 contractors across 9 cities, and 2 cities carry five or more. The deepest bench is Anchorage (26). Crews in this trade travel, so a town with two listings is still worth a call, and the nearest bigger city usually covers the gap. The trades with the most Alaska coverage are excavation (42), septic systems (7) and demolition (4). 40 of these Alaska listings carry Google reviews, averaging 4.4 stars, and 27 are rated 4.5 stars or higher. 8 cover three or more trades, which is often the cheaper hire: one machine owner carries the job from clearing through grading to the dig. Pick a city below to see who works it and what each firm takes on. Updated for 2026.
Where these numbers come from: how we build and check our listings.
Excavation in Alaska: questions
Which Alaska cities have the most excavation contractors?
Anchorage with 26, Eagle River with 5, Wasilla with 4, Chugiak with 3 and Palmer with 3 lead the Alaska list. In total we cover 9 cities in the state, 45 contractors between them, and every city page can be filtered down to the specific job you need done.
How much does excavation cost in Alaska?
There is no Alaska rate card: contractors quote after seeing access, soil and haul distance. As national reference points, small residential digs commonly land between $1,500 and $5,000, land clearing runs about $1,500 to $5,000 an acre, and a conventional septic install is $5,000 to $15,000. Describe one identical scope to two or three of the 45 Alaska contractors listed here; the quotes that come back beat any published range.
Can one Alaska contractor clear, grade and dig?
8 of the 45 contractors we list in Alaska show three or more earthwork trades, and hiring one of them beats paying two mobilizations. The widest on our records is Titan LLC in Anchorage, covering 5: excavation, septic systems, demolition and driveways & gravel roads. Open any city page and stack the job filters to find the firms that cover your whole scope.
Who installs septic systems in Alaska?
7 of the 45 Alaska listings show septic installation. Those are installers, not tank pumpers; we drop pump-only outfits because a new tank, drain field or leach bed is an excavation job. A perc test and a permit come before any digging, so start those early, then filter a city page by "septic systems" to see who does the work near you.