San Mateo, California

5 Best Excavation Contractors in San Mateo, CA

5 earthwork contractors working San Mateo, CA, 4 rated on Google. Filter by the job you need, then call direct.

Earthwork contractors in San Mateo: every listing

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

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5.0 · 159 Google reviews San Mateo, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Mateo, CA handling excavation, drainage and pond work and foundations and concrete work. Rated 5.0 on Google across 159 reviews.

5.0 · 1 Google reviews San Mateo, CA

Earthwork contractor in San Mateo, CA handling excavation. Rated 5.0 on Google across 1 review.

About earthwork contractors in San Mateo

EarthworkScout lists 5 earthwork contractors working San Mateo, California: the excavators, land clearers, grading crews and septic installers you can compare side by side instead of opening a dozen tabs. 4 of these San Mateo listings carry Google reviews, averaging 5.0 stars, and 4 are rated 4.5 stars or higher. Between them they cover excavation, drainage & ponds, demolition and concrete & foundations. 1 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 Mateo 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 Mateo: questions

How much does excavation cost in San Mateo?

Excavation in San Mateo 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 5 contractors above and describe the same scope to each, or the numbers will not be comparable.

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

Yes, and it is usually the cheaper route because you are not paying for a second mobilization. Ideal Landscape & Concrete covers 3 of the earthwork trades on our records, the widest in San Mateo: excavation, drainage & ponds 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 Mateo is rated highest?

Ideal Landscape & Concrete is the highest-rated earthwork contractor in our San Mateo list, at 5.0 stars from 159 Google reviews. Of the 5 contractors working San Mateo, 4 are rated 4.5 stars or higher (the list averages 5.0).