South Dakota
Excavation Contractors in South Dakota
79 earthwork contractors across 27 cities in South Dakota. Pick your city below.
Cities in South Dakota with earthwork contractors
27 cities. The number on each is how many contractors work there.
About earthwork contractors in South Dakota
South Dakota coverage is thinner than most states: 79 contractors across 27 cities, and 2 cities carry five or more. The deepest bench is Sioux Falls (25). 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 South Dakota coverage are excavation (71), demolition (13) and septic systems (8). 60 of these South Dakota listings carry Google reviews, averaging 4.4 stars, and 41 are rated 4.5 stars or higher. 15 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.
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Excavation in South Dakota: questions
Which South Dakota cities have the most excavation contractors?
Sioux Falls with 25, Rapid City with 21, Fort Meade with 3, Keystone with 3 and Tea with 3 lead the South Dakota list. In total we cover 27 cities in the state, 79 contractors between them, and every city page can be filtered down to the specific job you need done.
How much does excavation cost in South Dakota?
There is no South 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 79 South Dakota contractors listed here; the quotes that come back beat any published range.
Can one South Dakota contractor clear, grade and dig?
15 of the 79 contractors we list in South Dakota show three or more earthwork trades, and hiring one of them beats paying two mobilizations. The widest on our records is 605 Companies, Inc in Sioux Falls, covering 5: excavation, demolition, trenching & utilities 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 South Dakota?
8 of the 79 South 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.