Urbana, Illinois

8 Best Excavation Contractors in Urbana, IL

8 earthwork contractors working Urbana, IL, 7 rated on Google. Filter by the job you need, then call direct.

Earthwork contractors in Urbana: every listing

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

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5.0 · 393 Google reviews Urbana, IL

Earthwork contractor in Urbana, IL handling demolition and hauling and material delivery. Rated 5.0 on Google across 393 reviews.

3.6 · 24 Google reviews Urbana, IL

Earthwork contractor in Urbana, IL handling excavation, driveway and gravel road work and foundations and concrete work. Rated 3.6 on Google across 24 reviews.

4.0 · 12 Google reviews Urbana, IL

Earthwork contractor in Urbana, IL handling excavation, driveway and gravel road work and foundations and concrete work. Rated 4.0 on Google across 12 reviews.

About earthwork contractors in Urbana

EarthworkScout lists 8 earthwork contractors working Urbana, Illinois: the excavators, land clearers, grading crews and septic installers you can compare side by side instead of opening a dozen tabs. 7 of these Urbana listings carry Google reviews, averaging 4.0 stars, and 2 are rated 4.5 stars or higher. Between them they cover excavation, concrete & foundations, driveways & gravel roads and demolition. 2 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 Urbana 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 Urbana: questions

How much does excavation cost in Urbana?

Excavation in Urbana 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 IL permit and dig-safe process adds. Call two or three of the 8 contractors above and describe the same scope to each, or the numbers will not be comparable.

Can one contractor in Urbana clear, grade and dig?

Yes, and it is usually the cheaper route because you are not paying for a second mobilization. A-1 Pavement Maintenance covers 3 of the earthwork trades on our records, the widest in Urbana: excavation, 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 Urbana is rated highest?

The Mule Junk Removal is the highest-rated earthwork contractor in our Urbana list, at 5.0 stars from 393 Google reviews. Of the 8 contractors working Urbana, 2 are rated 4.5 stars or higher (the list averages 4.0).