Santa Clara, California

9 Best Excavation Contractors in Santa Clara, CA

9 earthwork contractors working Santa Clara, CA, 9 rated on Google. Filter by the job you need, then call direct.

Earthwork contractors in Santa Clara: every listing

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

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5.0 · 42 Google reviews Santa Clara, CA

Earthwork contractor in Santa Clara, CA handling excavation, driveway and gravel road work and foundations and concrete work. Rated 5.0 on Google across 42 reviews.

5.0 · 1 Google reviews Santa Clara, CA

Earthwork contractor in Santa Clara, CA handling excavation, utility trenching and driveway and gravel road work. Rated 5.0 on Google across 1 review.

4.2 · 5 Google reviews Santa Clara, CA

Earthwork contractor in Santa Clara, CA handling demolition and foundations and concrete work. Rated 4.2 on Google across 5 reviews.

5.0 · 13 Google reviews Santa Clara, CA

Earthwork contractor in Santa Clara, CA handling grading and site prep. Rated 5.0 on Google across 13 reviews.

About earthwork contractors in Santa Clara

The 9 earthwork contractors working Santa Clara, California spread across the trades rather than stacking in one: excavation (4), concrete & foundations (4), demolition (3) and grading & site prep (2). Granite Northwest Grading And Paving leads the list on Google at 5.0 stars from 42 reviews; across all 9 rated listings the average is 4.8, and 7 sit at 4.5 or higher. 2 of the 9 cover three or more trades. That matters when a lot has to go from raw to pad-ready: a firm that clears, grades and digs keeps the job off a second mobilization, and mobilizations are where budgets slip. Prices in Santa Clara are set per job, not off a rate card, so describe one scope to two or three of these firms and compare what comes back. Every listing is compiled from public Google Maps business data (our harvest ran July 2026), and a trade we do not show is one we found no evidence of, not one the firm turns down. Updated for 2026.

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Excavation in Santa Clara: questions

How much does excavation cost in Santa Clara?

Excavation in Santa Clara 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 9 contractors above and describe the same scope to each, or the numbers will not be comparable.

Can one contractor in Santa Clara clear, grade and dig?

Yes, and it is usually the cheaper route because you are not paying for a second mobilization. Granite Northwest Grading And Paving covers 4 of the earthwork trades on our records, the widest in Santa Clara: excavation, grading & site prep, 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 Santa Clara is rated highest?

Granite Northwest Grading And Paving is the highest-rated earthwork contractor in our Santa Clara list, at 5.0 stars from 42 Google reviews. Of the 9 contractors working Santa Clara, 7 are rated 4.5 stars or higher (the list averages 4.8).