North Dakota
Excavation Contractors in North Dakota
78 earthwork contractors across 11 cities in North Dakota. Pick your city below.
Cities in North Dakota with earthwork contractors
11 cities. The number on each is how many contractors work there.
About earthwork contractors in North Dakota
North Dakota coverage is thinner than most states: 78 contractors across 11 cities, and 6 cities carry five or more. The deepest bench is Bismarck (20). Crews in this trade travel, so a town with two listings is still worth a call, and the nearest bigger city usually covers the gap. The trades with the most North Dakota coverage are excavation (74), concrete & foundations (11) and demolition (11). 57 of these North Dakota listings carry Google reviews, averaging 4.3 stars, and 31 are rated 4.5 stars or higher. 12 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 North Dakota: questions
Which North Dakota cities have the most excavation contractors?
Bismarck with 20, Fargo with 17, Minot with 14, Mandan with 8 and Grand Forks with 7 lead the North Dakota list. In total we cover 11 cities in the state, 78 contractors between them, and every city page can be filtered down to the specific job you need done.
How much does excavation cost in North Dakota?
There is no North Dakota 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 78 North Dakota contractors listed here; the quotes that come back beat any published range.
Can one North Dakota contractor clear, grade and dig?
12 of the 78 contractors we list in North Dakota show three or more earthwork trades, and hiring one of them beats paying two mobilizations. The widest on our records is Lunneborg Legacy Excavation in Wilton, covering 6: excavation, septic systems, demolition and trenching & utilities. Open any city page and stack the job filters to find the firms that cover your whole scope.
Who installs septic systems in North Dakota?
7 of the 78 North Dakota 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.