Waterloo, Iowa

6 Best Excavation Contractors in Waterloo, IA

6 earthwork contractors working Waterloo, IA, 5 rated on Google. Filter by the job you need, then call direct.

1 more contractor works this area from a truck rather than a yard, so it has no address to pin. It is in the list below.

Earthwork contractors in Waterloo: every listing

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

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3.9 · 19 Google reviews Waterloo, IA

Earthwork contractor in Waterloo, IA handling excavation, hauling and material delivery and snow removal. Rated 3.9 on Google across 19 reviews.

About earthwork contractors in Waterloo

Excavation dominates the Waterloo list: 6 of the 6 contractors show it, with hauling & materials (1) and snow removal (1) behind it. Bauler Construction leads the list on Google at 5.0 stars from 9 reviews; across all 5 rated listings the average is 3.8, and 2 sit at 4.5 or higher. 1 of the 6 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. 1 runs mobile with no yard address; most directories drop those outfits, we flag them and keep them. Prices in Waterloo 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.

Where these numbers come from: how we build and check our listings.

Excavation in Waterloo: questions

How much does excavation cost in Waterloo?

Excavation in Waterloo 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 IA permit and dig-safe process adds. Call two or three of the 6 contractors above and describe the same scope to each, or the numbers will not be comparable.

Can one contractor in Waterloo clear, grade and dig?

Yes, and it is usually the cheaper route because you are not paying for a second mobilization. Cedar Valley Lawn Care covers 3 of the earthwork trades on our records, the widest in Waterloo: excavation, hauling & materials and snow removal. Use the filters above to stack the trades your job needs and see who covers all of them.

Which excavation contractor in Waterloo is rated highest?

Bauler Construction is the highest-rated earthwork contractor in our Waterloo list, at 5.0 stars from 9 Google reviews. Of the 6 contractors working Waterloo, 2 are rated 4.5 stars or higher (the list averages 3.8).