David H Martin Excavating

What David H Martin Excavating does

David H. Martin Excavating, Inc. is a privately held, full-service excavation and sitework contractor headquartered in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, operating since 1968. The company is organized around seven service divisions — Sitework, Utilities, Environmental, Trucking, Vac Truck, Drilling & Blasting, and Surveying — serving residential homeowners, commercial project managers, and agricultural farms across Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. It employs between 251 and 500 personnel and operates a fleet of 40 dump trucks and unspecified heavy excavation equipment.

The company's technology stack is physical-asset-intensive rather than software-defined: heavy excavation equipment, vacuum trucks, drilling and blasting capabilities, and a fleet of 40 dump trucks underpin service delivery. A distinguishing structural feature is vertical integration into raw materials — DHM owns and operates five slate quarries in Pennsylvania and sources limestone and aggregate from local stone quarries, enabling it to sell topsoil (regular, sifted, and compost-blended), stone products across multiple AASHTO classifications, and slate (slate fill, cow path, driveway, and shot slate) directly to the public via delivery or customer pick-up.

The business model combines project-based professional services (quote-priced excavation, utilities installation, environmental compliance, surveying, drilling and blasting) with unit-priced commodity materials sales (priced per tri-axle load for stone/slate or per cubic yard for topsoil). Go-to-market is sales-led and regional: direct engagement with homeowners and commercial project managers, supported by a website, Facebook/Instagram/YouTube/LinkedIn presence, quarterly newsletters, and a referral-driven bottom-of-funnel. Notable commercial customers include FedEx, Allen Distribution, A. Duie Pyle, Waste Management, Martins Pastry, and the Amblebrook Gettysburg residential development.

Name

David H Martin Excavating

Legal name

David H. Martin Excavating, Inc.

Website

https://dhmexc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

David H. Martin Excavating is a full-service excavation contractor based in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, operating since 1968 across seven service divisions and three materials product lines, with five owned slate quarries and a 40-truck fleet serving residential, commercial, and agricultural customers in the Mid-Atlantic.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Excavation & Sitework Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Mining (2131), Industrial Building Construction (23621)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600), Wholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials (5030)

akta.pro primary industry

Process Plant & Materials Handling EPC (Crushing, Conveying, Stockpiles, Loadout) (IMAKAOAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Mine Infrastructure & Utilities EPC (Power, Water, Comms, Camps, Roads, Airstrips) (IMAKAOAB)

Keywords

• Excavation contracting
• Sitework services
• Underground utilities
• Aggregate materials supply
• Drilling blasting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chambersburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Excavation Services: Project-based excavation services including sitework, utilities installation, environmental services, drilling and blasting, and surveying for residential and commercial customers
2. Aggregate Materials Sales: Sale of extracted and processed materials including stone (various AASHTO classifications), slate products, and topsoil. Materials sold by tri-axle load with delivery available
3. Trucking Services: Hauling services utilizing fleet of 40 dump trucks for materials transport and project logistics
4. Vac Truck Services: Vacuum truck services for industrial cleaning and material handling applications

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

David H. Martin Excavating provides project-based excavation, sitework, underground utilities installation, environmental controls, trucking/hauling, vacuum truck daylighting, drilling and blasting, and land surveying services for residential, commercial, and agricultural customers across the Mid-Atlantic. The company complements these service divisions with direct sales of construction aggregate materials—topsoil, stone, and slate—sourced from five owned Pennsylvania slate quarries and regional limestone quarries, sold by the cubic yard or tri-axle load with delivery or pickup options.

Product overview

David H. Martin Excavating is a full-service excavation company offering a portfolio of seven service divisions (Sitework, Utilities, Environmental, Trucking, Vac Truck, Drilling & Blasting, and Surveying) complemented by three construction materials product lines (Topsoil, Stone, and Slate). The company operates five slate quarries in Pennsylvania and hauls limestone from various local quarries. Services range from residential pool reclamation and driveway installation to large-scale commercial sitework, trucking projects, and environmental controls like rain gardens. The trucking fleet of 40 dump trucks supports material delivery operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sitework Division

Named customers8 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

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Waste ManagementmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerDHM contracted with Waste Management to haul 15,000 tons of #8 stone from SGI to Waste Management's Upton Landfill in 2022. DHM acted as communication intermediary between Waste Management and SGI to ensure adequate material supply for project continuity.

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• H&K Group (Haines & Kibblehouse): Skippack, PA-based heavy civil contractor and aggregate producer serving eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. Comparable vertically integrated sitework + quarries + trucking model in the Mid-Atlantic.
• York Building Products: Central PA producer of crushed stone, ready-mix concrete, and related construction services with active quarry operations. Comparable materials-side operations and regional Mid-Atlantic overlap with DHM.
• Kinsley Construction: York, PA-based general/sitework contractor serving commercial, industrial, and institutional clients across the Mid-Atlantic. Comparable to DHM in regional sitework and utilities offerings and customer overlap.
• New Enterprise Stone & Lime (NESL): Roaring Spring, PA-based producer of crushed stone, hot-mix asphalt, and construction services with its own quarries and heavy/civil operations. Highly comparable to DHM's combined quarry + excavation model in Pennsylvania.
• Glen O. Hawbaker: Central Pennsylvania-based heavy/civil contractor and aggregate producer with quarries and material hauling operations. Closely comparable to DHM in geography, service mix (sitework, utilities, paving), and vertical integration into aggregates.

Broad incumbents

• Vulcan Materials Company: Largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates with national footprint including Mid-Atlantic operations. Broad incumbent providing scale, capital access, and distribution reach far exceeding DHM's regional niche.
• Martin Marietta Materials: Large national aggregates and heavy-side building materials producer with operations across the U.S. Mid-Atlantic/Southeast. Overlaps with DHM on aggregate supply and competes for large commercial sitework contracts.
• CRH / Oldcastle APG: Global building materials group whose Oldcastle APG division supplies aggregates, asphalt, and concrete across the U.S., including the Mid-Atlantic. Comparable aggregates and paving exposure, with vastly broader portfolio.

Regional players

• R.G. Griffith Company: Pittsburgh-area excavation, sitework, and utility contractor operating in western Pennsylvania. Comparable in service mix to DHM but with less vertical integration into materials and different geographic focus.

Emerging players

• Eberly & Stone: Lancaster County, PA-based excavating and sitework contractor with smaller scale than DHM. Comparable service offerings (excavation, utilities, sitework) but smaller fleet and quarries.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCf40I7mYKv-7KvOtmrG7xaA?view_as=subscriber
• Facebookfacebook.com/dhmexcavating
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dhmexcavating/about
• Instagraminstagram.com/dhmexcavating/?hl=en

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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