Todd & Sargent, Inc.

What Todd & Sargent, Inc. does

Todd & Sargent, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned industrial design-build construction firm headquartered in Ames, Iowa, founded in 1933 by George Todd and operating continuously for more than 90 years. The company delivers turnkey facility construction for the feed, grain, flour, biofuel, pet food, and dry-bulk industrial sectors across North America, with a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary (Todd & Sargent Canada, Ltd., established 1985) operating from a Winnipeg, Manitoba headquarters opened in 2022. Its core technical differentiator is specialized concrete slipform construction, a method the company has deployed since 1969 to build large-scale grain elevators, feed mills, flour mills, biodiesel facilities, and processing silos, combined with in-house millwright installation crews and full design-engineering-procurement-construction capabilities under one roof.

The company's revenue model is project-based, earning one-time payments on fixed-price or cost-plus contracts for design, engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of industrial facilities. Customers are predominantly large agribusiness and food-processing enterprises, with documented relationships including Cargill, ADM Milling, Ardent Mills, Sanderson Farms, House of Raeford Farms, Pilgrim's Pride, Ag Processing Inc, Chelsea Milling, Star of the West, NEW Cooperative, and OP Nutrition. Go-to-market is direct enterprise sales through relationship-driven business development, supplemented by trade show participation (GEAPS, IPPE, IAOM), an in-house newsletter (the "Can Do" Review, published since 1977), and a long-term strategic alliance with Renewable Energy Group for biodiesel facility construction dating to 2001.

The business operates with 101-250 employees across offices in Ames, Iowa and Winnipeg, Manitoba, executing projects across 22 US states and three Canadian provinces. Leadership transitioned to third-generation family member Jon Sargent as President and CEO following Lee Sargent's 2019 retirement after 52 years of service, with operational depth supported by senior executives holding 20-45+ years of specialized construction experience. The firm has accumulated multiple national and regional industry awards, including three ABC National Pyramid Awards (2007, 2011, 2017) and recurring ABC of Iowa Excellence in Construction Awards, signaling sustained delivery quality in a niche design-build market that general industrial contractors do not efficiently serve.

Name

Todd & Sargent, Inc.

Legal name

Todd & Sargent, Inc.

Website

https://tsargent.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1933

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Todd & Sargent is a family-owned, 90-year-old industrial design-build construction firm specializing in concrete slipform construction of feed mills, grain elevators, flour mills, biodiesel, and pet food facilities across the United States and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ames

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Industrial Construction Services: Project-based construction revenue from design, engineering, and construction of feed mills, grain elevators, flour mills, biodiesel facilities, and other industrial processing facilities. Revenue is earned through fixed-price contracts or cost-plus arrangements for turnkey facility delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Todd & Sargent is an industrial design-build construction firm providing custom engineering, concrete slipform construction, millwright installation, project management, and field construction/start-up services for feed mills, grain elevators, flour mills, pet food plants, oilseed processing facilities, and biodiesel plants. The company delivers turnkey projects from concept and pre-construction through commissioning, primarily serving agricultural cooperatives, food processors, and industrial manufacturers across the United States and Canada.

Product overview

Todd & Sargent is an industrial construction company offering a unified set of integrated services rather than discrete software products. The company provides turnkey design-build solutions combining custom design & engineering, concrete slipform construction, millwright installation, project management, and field construction services. Their core offering spans multiple industrial sectors including feed mills, grain elevators, flour mills, pet food plants, oilseed processing, and biodiesel facilities. The company operates primarily in North America (US and Canada) with in-house capabilities for the full project lifecycle from concept to commissioning.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Design & Engineering Services In-house design, engineering, and drafting services for feed, grain, flour, specialty, and dry-bulk industrial facilities, including structural, mechanical, and slipform design using 3D modeling and BIM technology. Intended for industrial clients planning new or expanded facilities.
• Concrete Slipform Construction Specialized concrete slipform construction services for industrial storage silos, towers, and processing facilities, enabling large-scale economical vertical construction with smooth interior surfaces for complete material flow. Used for grain elevators, feed mills, flour mills, and other industrial structures.
• Millwright Installation Specialized millwright crews for installation of industrial processing equipment, machinery, and mechanical systems in feed mills, grain elevators, and processing facilities. Intended for ag-industrial facility owners needing equipment installation as part of new builds or expansions.
• Turnkey Design-Build Facility Construction Complete design-to-delivery construction services bringing together design, engineering, construction, and safety under one roof for feed mills, grain elevators, flour mills, pet food plants, oilseed processing, and biodiesel facilities. Delivered as fixed-price or cost-plus contracts.
• Feed Mill Construction Design and construction of poultry, swine, and other animal feed mills including receiving systems, ingredient storage, grinding, batching, pelleting, and loadout facilities. Capacity ranges from 50 TPH to 225 TPH.
• Flour Mill Construction Design and construction of flour milling facilities including processing towers, tempering bins, storage silos, and Buhler equipment installation, supporting new builds and capacity expansions.
• Grain Elevator & Export Terminal Construction Design and construction of grain storage elevators and export terminals including slipform silos, receiving systems, shipping systems, and bulk loadout facilities with capacities up to millions of bushels.
• Biodiesel Facility Construction
• Pet Food & Specialty Processing Construction Design and construction of pet food and specialty food ingredient processing facilities including batching, mixing, and packaging systems that meet food-grade quality and safety requirements.
• Canadian Operations (Todd & Sargent Canada) Design, engineering, and construction services specifically for the Canadian market, delivered from the Winnipeg, Manitoba office and serving grain, feed, flour, petfood, malting, and oilseed industries across western Canada.

Quantifiable outcome

• Built hundreds of facilities across 22 US states and 3 Canadian provinces over 90+ years

Named customers13 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Renewable Energy Group (REG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001Strategic alliance between Todd & Sargent and Renewable Energy Group specializing in the design, engineering, construction, and start-up of new biodiesel facilities across the United States. Partnership began in 2001 with first biodiesel facility for West Central Soy in Ralston, Iowa and continued through multiple biofuel projects.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fagen, Inc. Fagen is a leading design-build contractor for ethanol, biofuel, and agricultural industrial facilities across the U.S. It is the most direct comparable to Todd & Sargent, sharing both end markets (grain, feed, biofuels) and the design-build delivery model for industrial processing facilities.
• Industrial Builders, Inc. Iowa-based industrial design-build contractor with significant overlap in ag-industrial construction, particularly feed mills and grain facilities. Similar in scale, geography, and customer base to Todd & Sargent, making it a direct regional competitor.
• AGRA Industries: Wisconsin-based design-build firm specializing in ag-industrial facilities including grain elevators, feed mills, and fertilizer plants. Comparable in offering, end market focus, and project delivery model to Todd & Sargent.

Broad incumbents

• Bühler Group: Swiss-headquartered global market leader in equipment and processing technology for feed, flour milling, and grain handling. Bühler is the dominant equipment manufacturer whose machines are installed by Todd & Sargent in flour and feed mill projects, making it a key counterpart in the same end markets.
• Kiewit Corporation: One of North America's largest privately held construction firms with a broad industrial construction practice. While not ag-specialized, Kiewit competes for large industrial design-build opportunities that overlap with Todd & Sargent's project profile.

Others

• Wenger Manufacturing: U.S. manufacturer of feed and food processing equipment, including extrusion and cooking systems used in pet food and aqua feed plants. Wenger's equipment is regularly installed in projects built by Todd & Sargent, making it a complementary equipment supplier rather than direct competitor.
• Sukup Manufacturing Co. Iowa-based manufacturer of grain bins, grain dryers, and material handling equipment. Sukup's storage and handling products are integrated into many of the grain elevator and feed mill facilities that Todd & Sargent designs and builds, making it a key equipment partner in the ag-industrial ecosystem.
• CTB, Inc. (Brock Grain Systems): Berkshire Hathaway-owned manufacturer of grain storage, handling, and conditioning systems under the Brock, Grain Handler, and Shivvers brands. CTB/Brock equipment is commonly specified in grain and feed projects built by Todd & Sargent, positioning it as an adjacent equipment supplier.

Emerging players

• VAA, LLC: Minnesota-based engineering and design firm specializing in grain, feed, and ag-industrial facility design. VAA often provides engineering services on projects where Todd & Sargent handles construction, creating both complementary and partial overlap in the ag-industrial value chain.

Regional players

• Smoot Construction: Columbus, Ohio-based general and industrial contractor with a portfolio spanning commercial, healthcare, and industrial projects. Less ag-focused than Todd & Sargent but operates as a regional industrial construction peer of comparable size, occasionally competing for similar mid-size industrial opportunities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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