Ideker

What Ideker does

Ideker, Inc. is a family-owned heavy highway construction and materials company founded in 1947 by Welton Ideker in St. Joseph, Missouri, and incorporated in 1972. The firm operates as a vertically integrated general contractor and materials producer, performing concrete paving, asphalt paving, cold milling, soil stabilization, grading and excavation, underground utilities, airport runway and taxiway construction, and concrete breaking. It supports those activities with captive upstream capacity: four asphalt plants (Mosby, South Kansas City, KCI, and Sugar Creek) and a rock quarry in Mosby producing concrete rock, asphalt rock, base rock, road rock, and rip rap from Winterset, Bathany Falls, and Sniabar ledges.

Revenue is generated through two streams. The first is project-based construction revenue earned via competitive bidding on public infrastructure contracts — federal, state, and municipal airfield and highway work — and negotiated commercial work; documented projects include runways at KCI, Rosecrans Memorial, Northwest Missouri Regional, and Gould Peterson airports, interstate highway paving on I-35, and multiple Missouri DOT route projects. The second stream is volume-based materials sales of asphalt mixes and aggregate to external contractors and government entities from company-owned plants and the quarry. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is determined per project, per mix specification, or per aggregate delivery. The company sells exclusively through direct enterprise field sales and competitive bidding, with go-to-market supported by trade-association memberships (AGC, ACPA, MAPA, NAPA, Heavy Construction Association) and a public project portfolio rather than paid marketing.

Ideker is led by the third generation of the Ideker family: Roger Ideker (CEO and Chairman), Paul Ideker (President), Ken Ideker (Vice President overseeing quarry and purchasing), and Cody Phillips (Vice President, estimating and concrete/grading divisions). Operations are concentrated in Missouri and Kansas, with the company repeatedly recognized by ACPA and Missouri/Kansas paving associations for airport and highway work. Family ownership remains intact with no disclosed private equity or institutional investors.

Name

Ideker

Legal name

Ideker, Inc.

Website

https://ideker.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1947

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Family-owned heavy highway construction and materials producer founded in 1947 in St. Joseph, Missouri, operating four asphalt plants and a rock quarry to deliver concrete and asphalt paving, milling, utilities, and airport construction for government agencies and commercial clients across Missouri and Kansas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heavy Highway Construction

NAICS

Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing (324121)

SIC

Asphalt Paving & Roofing Materials (2950)

akta.pro primary industry

Asphalt & Pavement Removal / Milling (IMAFAKAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sand & Gravel Extraction & Processing (IMAKAHAB), Rock Excavation, Blasting & Quarry-Assist Works (IMAFAKAE)

Keywords

• Heavy highway construction
• Concrete paving
• Asphalt paving
• Aggregate supply
• Airport runway construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Joseph

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Construction Services: Project-based revenue from heavy highway construction services including concrete paving, asphalt paving, milling, soil stabilization, grading and excavation, utilities installation, and airport construction. Revenue is earned through competitive bidding on public and private infrastructure projects with typical contract values varying by project scope and duration.
2. Asphalt Sales: Production and sale of asphalt mixes from company-owned plants. They operate four asphalt plants in the Kansas City metro area producing various asphalt mix formulations to meet customer specifications. Revenue generated from volume-based asphalt sales to construction contractors and government entities.
3. Aggregate Sales: Revenue from owned rock quarry operations in Mosby, Missouri producing crushed rock products including concrete rock, asphalt rock, base rock, road rock, and rip rap. Products sold to construction projects ranging from residential driveways to airport runways.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ideker, Inc. is a family-owned heavy highway construction contractor that performs concrete paving, asphalt paving, cold milling, soil stabilization, grading and excavation, utilities installation, airport runway/taxiway/apron construction, and concrete breaking for government transportation agencies and commercial clients in Missouri and Kansas. The company also produces and sells asphalt mixes from four Kansas City-area plants and crushed rock aggregates from its Mosby, Missouri quarry, providing vertically integrated materials supply alongside its construction services.

Product overview

Ideker, Inc. is a family-owned construction company offering a comprehensive portfolio of heavy highway construction services and related products. The company operates multiple asphalt plants (Mosby, South Kansas City, KCI, and Sugar Creek locations) and a rock quarry in Mosby, Missouri. The service offering includes Concrete Paving, Asphalt Paving, Milling, Soil Stabilization, Grading & Excavation, Utilities, Airports, and Concrete Breaking. Products include Aggregate Sales (crushed rock from their quarry) and Asphalt Sales (produced at their four plant locations). These services and products work together to deliver complete construction solutions from site preparation through final paving, serving projects ranging from parking lots to super highways and airport runways.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Concrete Paving Concrete paving services for government transportation agencies and commercial clients, covering projects from city streets to interstates and airport runways. Ideker brings over 30 years of experience and has earned regional and national recognition for workmanship.
• Asphalt Paving Asphalt paving services using high-quality materials and innovative approaches including recycled asphalt and recycled shingles. Ideker is a licensed applicator through Roadscience, LLC for Bondtekk and Novachip products.
• Milling Cold milling operations equipped with top-of-the-line milling machines to handle projects from parking lots to airport runways, added in 2014 to improve efficiencies across all projects.
• Soil Stabilization Subgrade improvement through mixing lime, fly ash, or cement with soil to create strong base layers for construction projects, including fly-ash treated subgrade and cement treated base installations.
• Grading & Excavation Earth and rock moving services specializing in mass excavating and grading projects, with extensive experience in flood control including dams, levees, and retention wall construction, tracing back to the company's original 'dirt mover' roots.
• Utilities Construction and installation of all water, storm, and sanitary underground infrastructure for various construction projects.
• Airports Specialized airport construction services including runways, taxiways, parking ramps, and EMAS installations meeting high specifications and accelerated schedules, with work performed at KCI, Rosecrans Memorial, Northwest Missouri Regional, Gould Peterson, Chillicothe, Coffey County, and other airports.
• Concrete Breaking Pavement breaking using guillotine breaker truck and Impactor 3000 to rubblize pavement for separation, hauling, excavation, and recycling.
• Asphalt Sales Asphalt mix production and sale from state-of-the-art facilities at four plant locations in the Kansas City area (Mosby, South Kansas City at 15001 Andrews Rd, KCI at 9700 N. Amity Ave., and Sugar Creek at 2001 N Courtney Rd). Produces various asphalt mixes to meet a wide range of specifications, with on-site quality control labs.
• Aggregate Sales High-quality crushed rock products from Ideker's Mosby, Missouri quarry located at 13210 Cameron Road. Products include concrete rock, asphalt rock, base rock, road rock, and rip rap produced from Winterset, Bathany Falls, and Sniabar ledges, sold to construction projects ranging from residential driveways to airport runways.

Quantifiable outcome

• Completed projects one month ahead of schedule on multiple highway projects
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 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

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Summit Materials: Public aggregates and construction materials company with asphalt plant operations across the Midwest, comparable to Ideker's vertically integrated quarry-plus-plants model but at materially larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Martin Marietta Materials: Large public aggregates producer with crushed stone, sand, and gravel operations across the U.S., comparable to Ideker's Mosby quarry business but at vastly greater scale and broader geographic footprint.
• Granite Construction Incorporated: Large national heavy civil contractor with vertically integrated materials, aggregates, and paving operations across multiple states; competes for larger airport and interstate projects that overlap with Ideker's higher-end work.
• APAC-Central (CRH/Oldcastle): Division of CRH (Oldcastle) operating asphalt plants, quarries, and paving crews across the central U.S., directly competing with Ideker's materials supply and paving services in Missouri and Kansas with greater scale and balance-sheet capacity.
• Ames Construction: Privately held heavy civil contractor with capabilities in earthwork, grading, airport, and highway construction, comparable to Ideker's project portfolio and government-customer focus, though operating across a wider geography.

Direct peers

• Emery Sapp & Sons: Midwest-based heavy civil contractor with comparable services in site development, grading, utility installation, and concrete/asphalt paving, frequently competing with Ideker on Missouri and regional DOT projects.
• Clarkson Construction Company: Kansas City-based heavy highway and bridge contractor that competes with Ideker for MoDOT, airport, and municipal paving work in the same regional footprint, with overlapping capabilities in concrete paving, grading, and bridge construction.
• Herzog Contracting Corp: Missouri-based heavy civil contractor operating in rail, highway, and transit construction with similar concrete and asphalt paving capabilities and overlapping Midwest DOT and public-sector bidding territory.
• Capital Paving & Construction: Midwest regional heavy highway and asphalt paving contractor with overlapping public-sector customer base and similar project-based bidding model for DOT and municipal work.

Others

• Roadscience LLC: Technology partner and licensor of Bondtekk and Novachip pavement preservation products, which Ideker is certified to apply; relevant as the upstream supplier of Ideker's differentiated thin-lift paving capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Ideker.rock
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ideker-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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