What Ready Mixed Concrete does

Ready Mixed Concrete Company, founded in 1929 in Lincoln, Nebraska by George P. Abel, Sr., manufactures and delivers ready mixed concrete across southeastern and central Nebraska and broader Midwest markets. The company operates 22 production plants — including four in Lincoln — and a fleet of more than 235 mixer trucks, making it the self-described area's largest concrete supplier. Its product portfolio spans commodity and specialty mixes under the registered PERFORMMIX™ brand (engineered exterior, interior, and wall/footing formulations), plus heavyweight, lightweight, high-strength, high-early, rapid-drying, fiber-reinforced, shotcrete, flowable fill/CLSM, pervious (Filtercrete), and decorative (colored, polished, stained, stamped, exposed aggregate) concrete.

The company's distribution backbone is a computerized dispatching system that predicts plant-to-job-site travel times, auto-updates the project database, and ingests real-time GPS status from in-truck boards into a Central Dispatch console, enabling close monitoring of plant and fleet operations. Field quality control uses an iPad application that captures mix tests, weather data, photos, and live truck locations. Pricing is quote-based, determined by mix design, delivery location, project specifications, and volume, with no publicly listed rates. GTM is sales-led B2B, serving commercial contractors, residential contractors, and government/municipal projects, supplemented by a Find-a-Contractor portal that routes end customers to vetted installers segmented by trade specialty.

Ready Mixed Concrete operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEBCO, Inc., a diversified Nebraska-based construction-materials conglomerate, and maintains family-owned roots. The company is a member of NRMCA, ACI, ABC, HBAL, NC&AA, and the Lincoln Builders Bureau, and partners with General Testing Lab for mix design and quality verification. Its revenue model is transactional (per-yard delivery), with multi-thousand-cubic-yard projects for enterprise and government customers interspersed with distributed small-project volume through the contractor network.

Name

Ready Mixed Concrete

Legal name

Ready Mixed Concrete Company

Website

https://readymixedconcrete.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1929

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ready Mixed Concrete is a Nebraska-headquartered, family-owned ready mix concrete supplier — a NEBCO, Inc. subsidiary — operating 22 plants and a 235-truck fleet across the Midwest, serving commercial, residential, and government construction customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lincoln

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices22 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Ready Mixed Concrete Sales: Sale of ready mixed concrete to construction contractors, builders, and government entities. Concrete is delivered to job sites with a fleet of over 235 trucks from 22 plants across the Midwest.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ready Mixed Concrete manufactures and supplies ready mixed concrete products through 22 plants across the Midwest and a fleet of more than 235 trucks, delivering directly to construction job sites. Its portfolio spans High-Performance Concrete (including the proprietary PERFORMMIX™ engineered mixes, standard, lightweight, high strength, high early/rapid drying, fiber-reinforced, shotcrete, and flowable fill/CLSM), Decorative Concrete (colored, polished, stained, exposed aggregate, and stamped), and Sustainable Concrete (pervious/Filtercrete). The company serves commercial contractors, residential contractors, government and municipal projects, and large institutional customers across southeastern and central Nebraska.

Product overview

Ready Mixed Concrete is a concrete supplier operating as a network of eight regional divisions (Lincoln Ready Mixed, Husker Ready Mixed, Kearney Ready Mixed, Concrete Industries – Nebraska City, Beatrice Ready Mixed, Southeast Ready Mixed, Overland Ready Mixed, and J-CO Ready Mixed) across Nebraska and the Midwest. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of concrete products organized into three categories: High-Performance Concrete (including the proprietary PERFORMMIX™ brand of engineered mixes, plus heavyweight, lightweight, high strength, high early, rapid drying, fiber-reinforced, shotcrete, and flowable fill), Decorative Concrete (colored, polished, stained, exposed aggregate, and stamped), and Sustainable Concrete (pervious/Filtercrete). The portfolio also includes a Concrete Calculator tool. All divisions operate with computerized dispatching and GPS-tracked truck fleets for delivery management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PERFORMMIX: Scientifically engineered and field proven concrete mixes for commercial and residential applications. Offers improved durability, easy pumping, placing and finishing. Available in exterior, interior, and wall/footing formulations.

Products and services

• PERFORMMIX™ Concrete Mixes

Quantifiable outcome

• 22 plants in the Midwest with centralized ordering
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• General Testing LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorks closely with General Testing Lab and other testing labs for quality control of all concrete mixes. Inspectors from the lab are actively involved in the design and control of concrete mixes.
• Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc.minorOthersNational association representing 23,000 construction and construction-related firms in 80 chapters across the United States.
• American Concrete Institute (ACI)minorOthersLeading authority and resource worldwide for development and distribution of consensus-based standards, education, and training programs.
• Home Builders Association of Lincoln (HBAL)minorOthersProvides benefits to 900+ members and offers numerous ways for members to grow their businesses.
• Nebraska Concrete & Aggregates Association (NC&AA)minorOthersRepresents the concrete industry through ongoing training and education, promotion, safety concerns, legislative oversight, and long-range planning efforts since 1983.
• National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA)minorOthersProvides exceptional value for members by representing and serving the entire ready mixed concrete community through leadership, promotion, and education.
• Lincoln Builders BureauminorOthersFounded in 1932 by general contractors, architects and engineers for a local plan room to house blueprints for sub contractors and suppliers.
• NEBCO, Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent company of Ready Mixed Concrete. NEBCO is a family of construction-related companies. Ready Mixed Concrete is a NEBCO, Inc. Company.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Summit Materials: U.S. vertically integrated heavy-side building materials producer with a sizable ready-mix concrete platform, aggregates, and cement operations across similar Sun Belt and Midwest geographies. Closest direct comparable to RMC's multi-plant, multi-division ready-mix model with similar product mix.
• GCC of America: U.S. subsidiary of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua, producing cement, ready-mix concrete, and concrete products in the central U.S. (including the Midwest and Plains states). Most directly comparable to RMC on geographic overlap, cement-to-ready-mix integration, and project mix.
• Arcosa, Inc. Texas-based provider of infrastructure-related products including concrete and aggregates, with a North American ready-mix and specialty concrete platform. Comparable to RMC in product breadth (engineered concrete products, aggregates) and infrastructure customer focus.

Broad incumbents

• Martin Marietta Materials: One of the largest U.S. producers of aggregates and ready-mixed concrete, with a national footprint and a vertically integrated platform. Operates a much larger ready-mix business than RMC but competes for the same commercial, infrastructure, and residential contractor demand.
• Vulcan Materials Company: Largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates with a significant ready-mix concrete footprint across the Sun Belt and Midwest. Competes with RMC for large commercial and infrastructure pours and is a benchmark public-market proxy for the regional ready-mix/aggregates model.
• Holcim US: U.S. arm of global building materials major Holcim, with an integrated cement, ready-mix, and aggregates platform. Competes with RMC in the Midwest ready-mix and concrete products category at a national scale, with broader product and geographic reach.
• Cemex USA: U.S. operations of global building materials company Cemex SAB de CV, with cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates businesses serving commercial, residential, and infrastructure markets. Competes with RMC on large infrastructure and commercial pours in overlapping U.S. regions.
• CRH Americas: U.S. operations of CRH plc, the world's largest building materials company, with extensive ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and cement assets including legacy Ash Grove Cement operations across the Midwest. Competes with RMC across Nebraska and adjacent states.

Regional players

• Irving Materials, Inc. Family-owned regional producer of ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and concrete products based in Indiana with operations across the Midwest and Southeast. Closest privately held regional peer to RMC in business model, product mix, and family-owned culture.
• Thomas Concrete: Family-owned, vertically integrated ready-mix concrete and aggregates producer operating across the U.S. Southeast. Comparable to RMC as a multi-plant, multi-state regional ready-mix operator with engineered mix offerings, though geographically separate.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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