Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co.

What Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co. does

Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co. (PBSG) is a fourth-generation, family-owned construction materials and marine services company founded in 1913 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and now headquartered in White Hall, Arkansas. The company operates a vertically integrated pit-to-project model that spans quarrying of construction aggregates (sand, gravel, crushed stone, rip rap), production of ready-mix concrete and hot-mix asphalt, marine construction (dikes, revetments, berms, and shoreline protection), marine dredging via the Dredge Wallace McGeorge (the largest private dustpan dredge in the United States, maintaining deep draft crossings on the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans), highway and heavy civil construction, and marine transportation of materials via an owned barge fleet.

PBSG serves two principal customer segments: federal and state government agencies (including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with whom the company has partnered since the 1960s–1970s on waterway infrastructure, flood control, levee work, and shoreline stabilization), and commercial construction firms requiring aggregates, concrete, asphalt, and site development for roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects. The company operates through wholly owned subsidiaries including Jeffrey Sand (Arkansas), Pine Bluff Materials (PBM, covering Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas), SanGravl Co. (Tennessee), River Mountain Quarries (sandstone, Arkansas), and Cumberland River Quarry (Kentucky).

Revenue is generated through quote-based, project-specific one-time contracts for both materials sales and construction services, distributed through company-owned yards, quarries, distribution facilities, and marine terminals across a multi-state Mid-South footprint. The company remains privately held and has never taken external private equity or venture capital funding, growing organically and through strategic acquisitions while remaining family-led. PBSG employs 501-1000 people across approximately 20 facilities in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, with reported reach into Texas and Florida.

Name

Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co.

Legal name

Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel

Website

https://pbsgc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1913

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co. is a fourth-generation, family-owned construction materials and marine services company that produces aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and asphalt, and provides marine dredging, marine construction, heavy civil contracting, and barge transportation to government agencies and commercial construction firms across the Mid-South.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Aggregates and Marine Services

NAICS

Construction Sand and Gravel Mining (212321), Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing (324121), Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (2123)

SIC

Mining & Quarrying Of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) (1400), Asphalt Paving & Roofing Materials (2950), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Sand & Gravel Extraction & Processing (IMAKAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Aggregate Processing & Value-Added Products (Washing, Screening, Asphalt/Concrete Aggregates) (IMAKAHAH), Crushed Stone Quarrying & Processing (IMAKAHAA), Asphalt Aggregates & Specialty Aggregates (Rail Ballast, Riprap, Lightweight) (IMADAAAJ), Subsea & Nearshore Civil Works (Trenching, Rock Placement, Mattressing) (IMAFAJAI)

Keywords

• Construction aggregates
• Marine dredging services
• Ready-mix concrete
• Marine construction
• Hot-mix asphalt

Headquarters

HQ city

White Hall

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices21 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction Materials Sales: Sale of mined and produced construction aggregates including sand, gravel, crushed stone, rip rap, ready-mix concrete, and hot-mix asphalt to construction companies and government projects.
2. Marine Construction Services: Marine construction services including dike, revetment, and berm construction, coastal shoreline protection, and levee work performed for government agencies and industrial clients.
3. Marine Dredging Services: Dredging services to maintain navigable waterways, partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to maintain channel depth and stabilize shorelines throughout the Mid-South.
4. Highway and Heavy Civil Construction: Highway and heavy civil construction services including site development, grading, asphalt and concrete paving for roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects.
5. Marine Transportation and Barge Fleet: Transportation of aggregates, rip rap, and other materials via company-owned barge fleet, ensuring materials arrive when and where needed.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Co. extracts, processes, and sells construction aggregates (sand, gravel, crushed stone, rip rap), ready-mix concrete, and hot-mix asphalt produced at its own quarries and plants. It also provides marine construction (dikes, revetments, berms, shoreline protection), marine dredging (anchored by the Dredge Wallace McGeorge, the largest private dustpan dredge in the U.S.), highway and heavy civil construction, and marine transportation via a company-owned barge fleet — sold directly to government agencies and commercial construction firms across the Mid-South.

Product overview

Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel is a construction materials and marine services company that operates a vertically integrated portfolio from pit to project. The company produces construction aggregates (crushed stone, graded materials), rip rap, sand and gravel, ready-mix concrete, and hot-mix asphalt. These materials are supported by marine services including dredging (via the Dredge Wallace McGeorge), marine construction, and barge transportation. The company operates through divisions including Jeffrey Sand (Arkansas), Pine Bluff Materials (Alabama/Kentucky/Tennessee/Texas), and SanGravl Co. (Tennessee). Specialty products serve niche needs including farm field maintenance, golf courses, and gardening applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jeffrey Sand: Subsidiary company providing sand and aggregates. Logo visible on company website.
• Pine Bluff Materials (PBM)
• SanGravl Co.
• River Mountain Quarries
• Cumberland River Quarry

Products and services

• Construction Aggregates Crushed stone and graded aggregates produced at company quarries and used as raw input for road building, bridge construction, concrete production, and site development. Sold to commercial construction firms and government infrastructure projects.
• Rip Rap Durable stone available in various sizes used for erosion control and shoreline protection, safeguarding levees, shorelines, drainage channels, and embankments. Produced by PBSG quarries for marine construction and government flood-protection projects.
• Sand & Gravel Sand and gravel sourced from PBSG's river dredging operations and quarries, sold for use in concrete, asphalt, and construction applications. Sold to construction companies and ready-mix and asphalt customers.
• Ready-Mix Concrete High-grade ready-mix concrete produced using PBSG's own aggregates, meeting standards for strength, durability, and performance. Sold to commercial construction firms and infrastructure projects.
• Hot-Mix Asphalt Hot-mix asphalt produced using PBSG's own aggregates, sold for road construction and paving applications. Supplied to commercial paving contractors and government roadway projects.
• Specialty Products Specialized materials for farm field maintenance, golf course sand, household gardening, and other niche construction and consumer needs, produced using PBSG's aggregate resources.
• Marine Construction Construction of dikes, revetments, berms, and coastal shoreline protection structures that safeguard waterways. Performed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other government and industrial clients along rivers and coastlines.
• Marine Dredging Maintenance dredging services performed with the Dredge Wallace McGeorge, the largest private dustpan dredge in the United States, maintaining deep draft crossings on the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Provided to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other waterway authorities under long-term contracts.
• Highway & Heavy Civil Construction Road, bridge, and infrastructure construction services including site development, grading, and asphalt and concrete paving for highways and heavy civil projects. Performed for state Departments of Transportation, commercial contractors, and infrastructure developers.
• Marine Transportation & Barge Fleet Barge transport and waterborne logistics for delivering aggregates, rip rap, and other construction materials via company-owned barge fleet to project sites, particularly along Mississippi River and tributary projects.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Martin Marietta Materials: National aggregates producer with significant Mid-South presence across crushed stone, sand and gravel, and ready-mixed concrete. Comparable product/customer overlap with PBSG's materials lines, though at much larger public-company scale.
• Summit Materials: Vertically integrated construction materials company with aggregates, cement, asphalt, and ready-mix operations across the U.S., with exposure in the Mid-South and Southeast. Comparable business model — vertically integrated from raw materials to placement.
• Granite Construction: Large civil construction and materials producer with aggregates, asphalt, and heavy civil contracting capabilities. Compares to PBSG on the heavy civil construction and asphalt product lines, particularly on highway and infrastructure work.
• Vulcan Materials Company: Largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates with nationwide operations, including active quarrying and asphalt operations in the Mid-South. Compares to PBSG on aggregates and asphalt product mix but operates at vastly larger national scale.
• Lehigh Hanson: Major U.S. aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and cement subsidiary of Heidelberg Materials. Comparable to PBSG on aggregates and ready-mix product lines across overlapping Southeast/Mid-South geographies.
• Holcim US: Major U.S. aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and cement producer (formerly LafargeHolcim). Overlap with PBSG in aggregates production and ready-mix concrete manufacturing across overlapping U.S. geographies.
• U.S. Concrete (now part of Vulcan Materials): Specialty aggregates and ready-mixed concrete producer with significant operations in the Mid-South and Texas, comparable to PBSG on product mix and regional customer profile.

Direct peers

• Rogers Group: Privately held, Nashville-headquartered aggregates and construction materials producer operating quarries and asphalt plants across the Mid-South and Southeast. Closest comparable to PBSG in geography, scale, family/private ownership profile, and vertically integrated pit-to-project model.
• Irving Materials (IMI): Privately held, family-led producer of ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and construction services operating across the U.S. Midwest and South. Closely comparable on materials product mix, family ownership profile, and integrated quarry-to-customer model.

Emerging players

• Charah Solutions: Specialty construction materials and environmental services company serving infrastructure markets across the U.S. Comparable to PBSG on construction materials supply and environmental/infrastructure-related services, though more focused on fly ash and specialty materials.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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