San Jose, California

37 Best Excavation Contractors in San Jose, CA

37 earthwork contractors working San Jose, CA, 30 rated on Google. Filter by the job you need, then call direct.

Earthwork contractors in San Jose: every listing

9 of these cover three or more trades, so one call may carry the whole job.

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5.0 · 267 Google reviews San Jose, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Jose, CA handling excavation, demolition and foundations and concrete work. Rated 5.0 on Google across 267 reviews.

ECO BOX

5.0 · 26 Google reviews San Jose, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Jose, CA handling excavation, debris removal and hauling and material delivery. Rated 5.0 on Google across 26 reviews.

5.0 · 17 Google reviews San Jose, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Jose, CA handling demolition, driveway and gravel road work and foundations and concrete work. Rated 5.0 on Google across 17 reviews.

5.0 · 15 Google reviews San Jose, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Jose, CA handling demolition, driveway and gravel road work and foundations and concrete work. Rated 5.0 on Google across 15 reviews.

4.5 · 19 Google reviews San Jose, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Jose, CA handling excavation, demolition and foundations and concrete work. Rated 4.5 on Google across 19 reviews.

4.2 · 5 Google reviews San Jose, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Jose, CA handling excavation, driveway and gravel road work and foundations and concrete work. Rated 4.2 on Google across 5 reviews.

3.3 · 15 Google reviews San Jose, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Jose, CA handling excavation, demolition and hauling and material delivery. Rated 3.3 on Google across 15 reviews.

5.0 · 11 Google reviews San Jose, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Jose, CA handling demolition and driveway and gravel road work. Rated 5.0 on Google across 11 reviews.

4.0 · 30 Google reviews San Jose, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Jose, CA handling excavation and driveway and gravel road work. Rated 4.0 on Google across 30 reviews.

4.3 · 12 Google reviews San Jose, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Jose, CA handling demolition and hauling and material delivery. Rated 4.3 on Google across 12 reviews.

5.0 · 1 Google reviews San Jose, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Jose, CA handling excavation, demolition and utility trenching. Rated 5.0 on Google across 1 review.

5.0 · 4 Google reviews San Jose, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Jose, CA handling driveway and gravel road work and grading and site prep. Rated 5.0 on Google across 4 reviews.

About earthwork contractors in San Jose

EarthworkScout lists 37 earthwork contractors working San Jose, California: the excavators, land clearers, grading crews and septic installers you can compare side by side instead of opening a dozen tabs. 30 of these San Jose listings carry Google reviews, averaging 4.6 stars, and 22 are rated 4.5 stars or higher. Between them they cover excavation, demolition, driveways & gravel roads and concrete & foundations. 9 of them handle three or more of these trades, which matters more than it looks: a single outfit that can clear, grade and dig takes a lot from raw to pad-ready without a handoff, and handoffs are where a schedule slips. Earthwork in San Jose is priced by the job rather than by a rate card, so the sensible move is to describe the same scope to two or three contractors and compare what comes back. Every listing here is built from public business data and the full set of categories a firm is filed under, and a service we do not show simply means we found no evidence of it, not that they turn the work down. Updated for 2026.

Excavation in San Jose: questions

How much does excavation cost in San Jose?

Excavation in San Jose is quoted by the job or the machine day, not off a price list. A small residential dig commonly lands between $1,500 and $5,000; what moves it is access, how far the spoil has to travel, whether you hit rock, and what the CA permit and dig-safe process adds. Call two or three of the 37 contractors above and describe the same scope to each, or the numbers will not be comparable.

Can one contractor in San Jose clear, grade and dig?

Yes, and it is usually the cheaper route because you are not paying for a second mobilization. Bay Area Demo and Hauling covers 4 of the earthwork trades on our records, the widest in San Jose: excavation, demolition, driveways & gravel roads and concrete & foundations. Use the filters above to stack the trades your job needs and see who covers all of them.

Which excavation contractor in San Jose is rated highest?

Bay Area Demo and Hauling is the highest-rated earthwork contractor in our San Jose list, at 5.0 stars from 267 Google reviews. Of the 37 contractors working San Jose, 22 are rated 4.5 stars or higher (the list averages 4.6).