Frattalone Companies, Inc.

What Frattalone Companies, Inc. does

Frattalone Companies, Inc. is a family-founded civil site construction contractor headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. Founded in 1970 by Frank Frattalone as a single-Caterpillar 955 excavation and grading operation serving residential builders, the firm has grown into a multi-service site civil contractor organized around four divisions: Earthwork, Demolition, Underground Utilities, and Energy Services. The employee-owned company operates a 300+ piece owned heavy equipment fleet, a 12-mechanic maintenance team, and a 48,000 square foot shop running 22 hours per day, enabling self-performance across site civil scopes. Leadership remains in family hands: Frank Frattalone as Founder and Chairman, Tony Frattalone as Executive Vice President (since 1980), and Nick Frattalone as CEO (since 1989), supported by a CFO, COO, and a deep operational bench.

Technology deployment centers on 60 GPS-guided machine control units deployed across the fleet for precision grading, excavation, and pile driving, plus specialized Vermeer PD10 pile drivers that enable utility-scale solar foundation work and a high-reach demolition excavator rated to 90 feet. The wholly-owned Dawnway Demolition Landfill subsidiary (acquired 2007) provides integrated demolition and debris disposal in the Twin Cities Metro, allowing Frattalone to deliver bundled demolition-plus-earthwork-plus-utilities packages on brownfield and redevelopment sites.

Frattalone generates revenue through a project-based, competitive-bid model, pricing custom site civil packages for general contractors, facility owners, and developers. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The firm serves enterprise and institutional clients across the Midwest — including Amazon, Walmart, Costco, Whole Foods, the Minnesota Vikings, hospital systems, county governments, and renewable energy developers such as Geronimo Power and QTS — primarily across MN, WI, IA, SD, NE, KS, MO, and AL. Distribution is exclusively direct; no reseller or franchise channels exist. The GTM relies on long-standing subcontractor relationships with regional prime contractors (Ryan Companies, The Boldt Company, JE Dunn, Kraus-Anderson, Lithko Contracting) and a recurring internship and university recruitment pipeline at five Midwest schools.

Name

Frattalone Companies, Inc.

Legal name

Frattalone Companies, Inc.

Website

https://frattaloneco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Frattalone Companies is a family-founded, employee-owned civil site construction contractor in St. Paul, Minnesota, providing earthwork, demolition, underground utilities, and energy services to commercial, industrial, and institutional developers across the Midwest through an owned 300+ piece heavy equipment fleet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Paul

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Civil Site Construction Services: Project-based contracts for earthwork, demolition, underground utilities, and energy infrastructure. Revenue earned through competitive bids on site civil packages for general contractors, developers, and facility owners. Work is primarily in the commercial and industrial construction sectors across the Midwest.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Frattalone Companies is a civil site construction subcontractor providing self-performed earthwork, demolition, underground utilities, and renewable energy infrastructure services for general contractors, developers, and facility owners across the Midwest. The company operates an owned fleet of 300+ heavy equipment pieces and a 48,000-square-foot maintenance shop to deliver integrated site packages that combine grading, demolition, utility installation, and solar/wind site preparation.

Product overview

Frattalone Companies, Inc. is a family-founded civil site construction company offering a unified portfolio of construction services organized into four core service divisions: Earthwork, Demolition, Utilities (Underground Utilities), and Energy Services. The company operates with an affiliated entity, Dawnway Demolition Landfill, to provide integrated demolition and disposal capabilities. Their service model is structured as a single integrated offering where projects typically combine multiple service types (e.g., demolition + earthwork + utilities) delivered as coordinated site packages. The company does not offer a software product, platform, or SaaS offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Earthwork Services Site preparation, grading, mass excavation, soil corrections, and earth moving services for commercial, industrial, and residential construction projects.
• Demolition Services Building and structure demolition including implosion and mechanical demolition, asbestos abatement, and demolition debris recycling for commercial and government clients.
• Underground Utilities Installation of storm sewer, sanitary sewer, watermain, and other underground utility infrastructure as part of site civil packages. The division was formed in 1985.
• Energy Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered 900,000 SF Metrodome demolition one month ahead of four-month schedule during one of Minnesota's coldest winters, recycling 5,000 tons of scrap metal and 80,000 tons of concrete.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ryan CompaniescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLong-standing strategic partnership with Ryan Companies on multiple major construction projects across the Midwest. Frattalone has served as civil site contractor on Viking Lakes (Vikings HQ), Project Big Red (Amazon distribution), Hilmar K2 cheese factory, and multiple Costco projects.
• The Boldt CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with The Boldt Company as civil site contractor for the Apple River Solar project (100 MW in Range, WI). Frattalone handles all site civil operations including grading, access roads, stormwater, and pile driving.
• Westphal & CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Westphal & Company on the Apple River Solar project to handle 71,000 linear feet of DC trenching for cable routing across the solar site.
• Lithko ContractingcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngaged by Lithko Contracting to handle excavation work for Project Hawkeye, a 612-acre QTS data center campus in Cedar Rapids, IA. Scope includes footing excavation, building pad foundations, and mechanical yard pads across seven planned buildings.
• JE DunncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerFrattalone completed demolition, earthwork, and utilities as a coordinated site package with JE Dunn on the Midway YMCA project in St. Paul, MN.
• Kraus-AndersoncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSelected by Kraus-Anderson as civil site contractor for the six-story, 400,000 SF Lakeview Hospital project in Stillwater, MN (50-acre site).
• Knobelsdorff ElectriccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrattalone was awarded civil work by Knobelsdorff Electric for the Prairie Island Casino Solar PV and Geothermal project near Red Wing, MN. The partnership has developed across several solar projects.
• Central Lakes CollegecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual golf tournament benefiting the Central Lakes College Heavy Equipment Program in Staples, MN. Frattalone has raised over $512,000 for the program through this event and actively recruits graduates from the program.
• The Oasis GroupminorOthersEmployee Assistance Program provider. Contact: Jim Printup 952.484.6110. Provides employee wellness and assistance services to Frattalone team members.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Veit & Company, Inc. Minneapolis-based specialty contractor providing demolition, earthwork, environmental remediation, and utility installation across the Midwest. Directly comparable to Frattalone in scope (demolition + site civil + utilities), geography (Upper Midwest), and customer type (GCS, developers).
• Rachel Contracting: Minnesota-headquartered earthwork and underground utilities contractor serving commercial, industrial, and public infrastructure clients. Directly comparable on earthwork and underground utility self-perform work in the Midwest region.
• Carl Bolander & Sons: St. Paul-based demolition and site work contractor with a long Minneapolis-St. Paul regional track record. Highly comparable on demolition-led civil site work, and overlaps directly with Frattalone's demolition and earthwork service line and geographic footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Quanta Services: Large specialty contractor focused on electric and renewable energy infrastructure, including utility-scale solar site work. Comparable on the renewable energy infrastructure services Frattalone provides to solar developers like Geronimo Power and The Boldt Company.
• Granite Construction: National heavy civil construction company delivering large-scale site preparation, excavation, and infrastructure work. Comparable on civil construction services at much larger scale, with overlapping end markets in transportation, energy, and commercial site work.
• Sterling Infrastructure: Heavy civil infrastructure services company with site preparation, demolition, and transportation end markets. Comparable on the heavy civil site preparation and demolition service mix Frattalone operates, though at substantially larger scale.
• Ames Construction: National heavy civil and site work contractor with mining, energy, and infrastructure projects. Comparable on mass excavation, grading, and large-scale site preparation services, operating at a larger scale than Frattalone but in overlapping end markets.
• Boldt Company: Wisconsin-based general contractor with growing renewable energy and industrial vertical. Existing Frattalone partner on Apple River Solar; comparable as a Midwest GC partner/customer competing in the same solar and industrial site work markets.
• Mortenson Construction: Minneapolis-based large general contractor with significant renewable energy and data center vertical operations. Comparable as a Minnesota-rooted GC that competes for the same commercial and renewable energy site packages Frattalone serves as a self-perform subcontractor.
• Kraus-Anderson Construction: Minneapolis-based commercial general contractor and developer, and a Frattalone customer on healthcare projects like Lakeview Hospital. Comparable as a Minnesota-headquartered GC overseeing integrated site packages Frattalone self-performs.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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