New Jersey
Excavation Contractors in New Jersey
260 earthwork contractors across 142 cities in New Jersey. Pick your city below.
Cities in New Jersey with earthwork contractors
142 cities. The number on each is how many contractors work there.
About earthwork contractors in New Jersey
We list 260 earthwork contractors across 142 cities in New Jersey. The reason to browse them here rather than on Maps is the trades: Google files each firm under one category, and we show every job we can evidence. The deepest lists are in Newark (10), Clifton (8) and Plainfield (8). The trades with the most New Jersey coverage are excavation (207), demolition (90) and driveways & gravel roads (28). 217 of these New Jersey listings carry Google reviews, averaging 4.6 stars, and 162 are rated 4.5 stars or higher. 44 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 New Jersey: questions
Which New Jersey cities have the most excavation contractors?
Newark with 10, Clifton with 8, Plainfield with 8, Columbus with 7 and Elizabeth with 7 lead the New Jersey list. In total we cover 142 cities in the state, 260 contractors between them, and every city page can be filtered down to the specific job you need done.
How much does excavation cost in New Jersey?
There is no New Jersey 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 260 New Jersey contractors listed here; the quotes that come back beat any published range.
Can one New Jersey contractor clear, grade and dig?
44 of the 260 contractors we list in New Jersey show three or more earthwork trades, and hiring one of them beats paying two mobilizations. The widest on our records is JCM Sitework Contractors Inc. in Hammonton, covering 6: excavation, grading & site prep, septic systems 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 New Jersey?
15 of the 260 New Jersey 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.