Earthwork contractor in Waukegan, IL handling excavation and drainage and pond work. Rated 4.8 on Google across 2203 reviews.
Waukegan, Illinois
5 Best Excavation Contractors in Waukegan, IL
5 earthwork contractors working Waukegan, IL, 4 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 Waukegan: every listing
1 of these covers three or more trades, so one call may carry the whole job.
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Earthwork contractor in Waukegan, IL handling excavation, driveway and gravel road work and foundations and concrete work. Rated 5.0 on Google across 5 reviews.
Earthwork contractor in Waukegan, IL handling excavation and drainage and pond work. Rated 5.0 on Google across 19 reviews.
Earthwork contractor in Waukegan, IL handling utility trenching. Rated 1.0 on Google across 1 review.
Earthwork contractor in Waukegan, IL handling demolition.
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About earthwork contractors in Waukegan
The 5 earthwork contractors working Waukegan, Illinois spread across the trades rather than stacking in one: excavation (3), drainage & ponds (2), driveways & gravel roads (1) and concrete & foundations (1). ILM Environments leads the list on Google at 5.0 stars from 19 reviews; across all 4 rated listings the average is 4.0, and 3 sit at 4.5 or higher. 1 of the 5 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 Waukegan 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 Waukegan: questions
How much does excavation cost in Waukegan?
Excavation in Waukegan 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 5 contractors above and describe the same scope to each, or the numbers will not be comparable.
Can one contractor in Waukegan clear, grade and dig?
Yes, and it is usually the cheaper route because you are not paying for a second mobilization. M. Sanchez Concrete Construction Inc. covers 3 of the earthwork trades on our records, the widest in Waukegan: 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 Waukegan is rated highest?
ILM Environments is the highest-rated earthwork contractor in our Waukegan list, at 5.0 stars from 19 Google reviews. Of the 5 contractors working Waukegan, 3 are rated 4.5 stars or higher (the list averages 4.0).