Michigan
Excavation Contractors in Michigan
531 earthwork contractors across 159 cities in Michigan. Pick your city below.
Cities in Michigan with earthwork contractors
159 cities. The number on each is how many contractors work there.
About earthwork contractors in Michigan
Michigan is one of the deeper states in this directory: 531 earthwork contractors across 159 cities, with the biggest benches in Grand Rapids (25), Kalamazoo (25) and Detroit (19). 26 Michigan cities carry five or more crews, so most jobs here have a real shortlist to compare. The trades with the most Michigan coverage are excavation (463), demolition (102) and concrete & foundations (56). 461 of these Michigan listings carry Google reviews, averaging 4.6 stars, and 324 are rated 4.5 stars or higher. 90 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 Michigan: questions
Which Michigan cities have the most excavation contractors?
Grand Rapids with 25, Kalamazoo with 25, Detroit with 19, Muskegon with 19 and Saginaw with 19 lead the Michigan list. In total we cover 159 cities in the state, 531 contractors between them, and every city page can be filtered down to the specific job you need done.
How much does excavation cost in Michigan?
There is no Michigan 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 531 Michigan contractors listed here; the quotes that come back beat any published range.
Can one Michigan contractor clear, grade and dig?
90 of the 531 contractors we list in Michigan show three or more earthwork trades, and hiring one of them beats paying two mobilizations. The widest on our records is Fitz Construction Ltd - Windsor in Grosse Pointe, covering 6: excavation, septic systems, demolition and drainage & ponds. Open any city page and stack the job filters to find the firms that cover your whole scope.
Who installs septic systems in Michigan?
44 of the 531 Michigan listings show septic installation. Those are installers, not tank pumpers; we drop pump-only outfits because a new tank, drain field or leach bed is an excavation job. A perc test and a permit come before any digging, so start those early, then filter a city page by "septic systems" to see who does the work near you.