Cortis Brothers Trucking

What Cortis Brothers Trucking does

Cortis Brothers Trucking and Excavating Inc. is a privately held, family-owned full-service excavating company founded in 1986 and headquartered at 6052 Starville Road, Marine City, Michigan. The firm provides integrated construction services — including underground utility construction, athletic field installation, complete site work, educational construction, and geothermal field installation — to industrial, commercial, residential, and educational clients across southeastern Michigan. Notable project evidence spans K-12 athletic field installation for Romeo Public Schools (2017), geothermal field installation at Algonquin Middle School for Algonac Community Schools (2008/2009), culvert installation at Total Sports Complex (2017/2018), and an underground retention system at Quality Metal Craft (2015). The company employs 11–50 people and operates from a single facility, with no disclosed subsidiaries, M&A, or external institutional investment.

The business operates on a project-based professional services revenue model in which pricing is determined per-project quote rather than public rate cards. Its go-to-market motion is sales-led and direct, conducted through construction project bidding with industrial, commercial, and residential clients, with general contractors and construction managers — including Barton Malow Company, Lee Contracting, and Brivar — acting as primary points of engagement on sizable projects. The only documented distribution channel is direct construction services delivered within a regional footprint, and the only marketing channels are the corporate website (https://cortisbros.com) and a visual project portfolio that showcase completed underground utility, athletic field, and geothermal work. There is no evidence of mobile applications, APIs, AI/ML capabilities, patents, certifications, or regulatory actions in the available data.

Name

Cortis Brothers Trucking

Legal name

Cortis Brothers Trucking and Excavating Inc.

Website

https://cortisbros.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cortis Brothers Trucking and Excavating Inc. is a family-owned full-service excavating company in Marine City, Michigan providing underground utility construction, athletic field installation, educational construction, geothermal installation, and complete site work to industrial, commercial, residential, and educational clients across southeastern Michigan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Excavating and Site Work Construction Services

NAICS

Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction (237110), Land Subdivision (23721)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Trenching & Utility Excavation (IMAFAKAD)

Keywords

• Excavating services
• Underground utility construction
• Site work construction
• Athletic field installation
• Geothermal field installation

Headquarters

HQ city

Marine City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Construction Services: Project-based revenue from excavating, underground utility construction, athletic field installation, educational construction, and geothermal field installation services for industrial, commercial, and residential clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Cortis Brothers Trucking and Excavating Inc. is a full-service excavating company providing underground utility construction, complete site work, educational construction, athletic field installation, and geothermal field installation services. The company delivers project-based construction solutions to industrial, commercial, residential, and educational clients throughout southeastern Michigan.

Product overview

Cortis Brothers Trucking and Excavating Inc. is a full-service excavating company that provides integrated construction services. The company operates as a single unified service offering rather than a modular platform, combining underground utility construction, athletic field installation, complete site work, educational construction, and geothermal field installation. These services are delivered as an integrated portfolio of construction capabilities that work together to deliver complete site work solutions for commercial, industrial, residential, and educational clients throughout southeastern Michigan.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Underground Utility Construction
• Athletic Field Installation
• Complete Site Work
• Educational Construction
• Geothermal Field Installation

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Barton Malow CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Barton Malow Company served as Construction Manager for Cortis Brothers on the Romeo High School K-12 Education athletic field installation project in 2017. This indicates a working relationship on educational facility construction projects.
• BrivarcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Brivar served as Construction Manager for Cortis Brothers on the Total Sports Complex culvert installation project in 2017/2018. This partnership demonstrates collaboration on sports and recreation facility projects.
• Lee ContractingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Lee Contracting served as Construction Manager for Cortis Brothers on the Quality Metal Craft underground retention system project in 2015. This represents an established working relationship with a contracting firm on industrial projects.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Toebe Construction: Toebe Construction is a southeast Michigan heavy civil and excavating contractor performing underground utilities, earthwork, and site development for public and private clients. Comparable scale band and service overlap, and a frequent competing bidder on the same regional work Cortis Brothers targets.
• Leidal & Hart Excavating: Leidal & Hart Excavating is a Michigan-based full-service excavating and site preparation contractor. Comparable in services (earthwork, underground utilities, demolition) and customer profile (commercial and municipal), and a realistic bidder against Cortis Brothers on shared regional work.
• M.L. Chartier Excavating & Trucking: M.L. Chartier Excavating & Trucking is a southeast Michigan excavating and site work contractor serving the same geographic market as Cortis Brothers with overlapping capabilities in underground utility and site preparation. Most directly comparable regional peer given shared service mix, scale band, and customer geography.
• Goretski Excavating: Goretski Excavating is a southeast Michigan excavating contractor performing underground utility construction, site preparation, and earthwork for residential and commercial customers. Direct peer offering the same core services to overlapping customers within driving distance of Marine City.

Broad incumbents

• Ajax Paving Industries: Ajax Paving Industries is a large Michigan-based heavy civil contractor performing site work, earthmoving, utilities, and paving across the state. Much larger and broader than Cortis Brothers, with overlapping underground utility and earthwork capability, and a realistic competitor for larger regional projects.
• Cadillac Asphalt: Cadillac Asphalt is a Michigan heavy civil and paving contractor with site preparation and underground utility exposure. Substantially larger than Cortis Brothers but competes for similar public and commercial work, making it a relevant incumbent benchmark.
• Angelo Iafrate Construction Company: Angelo Iafrate Construction is a southeast Michigan heavy civil contractor performing earthwork, underground utilities, and site development for public agencies and private developers. Much larger scale and broader portfolio, but overlapping service profile and customer geography make it a relevant comparable incumbent.

Others

• Barton Malow Company: Barton Malow is a southeast Michigan-based construction manager/general contractor that has engaged Cortis Brothers as a subcontractor on K-12 and educational projects (Romeo High School 2017, Algonac Community Schools 2008/2009). Not a direct competitor — it is a known buyer of Cortis Brothers' services and a channel for project flow.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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