Florida
Excavation Contractors in Florida
1432 earthwork contractors across 304 cities in Florida. Pick your city below.
Cities in Florida with earthwork contractors
304 cities. The number on each is how many contractors work there.
About earthwork contractors in Florida
Florida is one of the deeper states in this directory: 1432 earthwork contractors across 304 cities, with the biggest benches in Jacksonville (43), Miami (42) and Lakeland (35). 83 Florida cities carry five or more crews, so most jobs here have a real shortlist to compare. The trades with the most Florida coverage are excavation (1055), demolition (416) and land clearing (327). 1178 of these Florida listings carry Google reviews, averaging 4.7 stars, and 947 are rated 4.5 stars or higher. 318 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 Florida: questions
Which Florida cities have the most excavation contractors?
Jacksonville with 43, Miami with 42, Lakeland with 35, Orlando with 33 and Tampa with 32 lead the Florida list. In total we cover 304 cities in the state, 1432 contractors between them, and every city page can be filtered down to the specific job you need done.
How much does excavation cost in Florida?
There is no Florida 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 1432 Florida contractors listed here; the quotes that come back beat any published range.
Can one Florida contractor clear, grade and dig?
318 of the 1432 contractors we list in Florida show three or more earthwork trades, and hiring one of them beats paying two mobilizations. The widest on our records is Ancient City Land service - Land clearing, Excavation, Demolition, Forestry Mulching, Tree Removal, Stump Grinding. in Elkton, covering 7: excavation, land clearing, demolition and drainage & ponds. Open any city page and stack the job filters to find the firms that cover your whole scope.
Who does land clearing in Florida?
327 of the 1432 Florida listings show land clearing: taking trees, brush and stumps off a lot before anything can be dug or built. Clearing is priced per acre and moves hardest on tree density and the debris plan (mulch on site, burn, or haul off), so settle the debris question first. Filter any Florida city page by "land clearing" to see who takes it.