Vermont
Excavation Contractors in Vermont
36 earthwork contractors across 12 cities in Vermont. Pick your city below.
Cities in Vermont with earthwork contractors
12 cities. The number on each is how many contractors work there.
About earthwork contractors in Vermont
Vermont coverage is thinner than most states: 36 contractors across 12 cities, and 2 cities carry five or more. The deepest bench is Williston (8). 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 Vermont coverage are excavation (35), snow removal (3) and driveways & gravel roads (3). 27 of these Vermont listings carry Google reviews, averaging 4.4 stars, and 17 are rated 4.5 stars or higher. 2 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 Vermont: questions
Which Vermont cities have the most excavation contractors?
Williston with 8, Tunbridge with 6, Colchester with 4, Essex Junction with 4 and Richmond with 3 lead the Vermont list. In total we cover 12 cities in the state, 36 contractors between them, and every city page can be filtered down to the specific job you need done.
How much does excavation cost in Vermont?
There is no Vermont 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 36 Vermont contractors listed here; the quotes that come back beat any published range.
Can one Vermont contractor clear, grade and dig?
2 of the 36 contractors we list in Vermont show three or more earthwork trades, and hiring one of them beats paying two mobilizations. The widest on our records is All Terrain Excavating in South Burlington, covering 3: excavation, septic systems and snow removal. Open any city page and stack the job filters to find the firms that cover your whole scope.
Who installs septic systems in Vermont?
2 of the 36 Vermont 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.