What Lakeside Industries does

Lakeside Industries is a privately held, family-owned asphalt paving and materials company founded in 1955 and headquartered in Issaquah, Washington. It operates across Washington and Oregon through 11 regional division locations and a vertically integrated network of 15 award-winning asphalt plants, producing hot mix asphalt, aggregates, and the proprietary EZ Street Ambient cold mix product. The company delivers paving, repair, and airfield services for highways, commercial parking lots, residential driveways, airports, and military installations, with a workforce of more than 700 employees (the "Lakeside Family") and third-generation Lee-family leadership under CEO Mike Lee and President Jaime Lee.

The business model is project-based and hybrid: Lakeside both sells asphalt materials (per-ton pricing for hot mix, aggregates, and EZ Street cold mix) and self-performs placement and paving services under contract. Customer segments split between public-sector infrastructure (WSDOT, municipal, county, port, transit, and airport authorities including Sea-Tac, Spokane, Portland, Eugene, Hillsboro, Olympia, and Pullman-Moscow, plus military airfields such as Joint Base Lewis-McChord) and private-sector work (commercial clients including Costco retail sites, residential driveways, and parking lots). The company's plant-and-division footprint enables it to bid as both material supplier and prime paving contractor, capturing margin across the value chain.

Lakeside Industries has remained under continuous family ownership for 70 years, with no disclosed external private equity or strategic investment. Its competitive positioning is built on regional plant density, multi-decade relationships with public agencies, and a workforce-development pipeline through apprenticeship and internship programs. Recognitions include WAPA awards, an AGC PRIDE Award, the 2020 WAPA Hall of Fame induction for Tim Lee, and the 2022 Washington State Lifesaving Award.

Name

Lakeside Industries

Legal name

Lakeside Industries

Website

https://lakesideind.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Asphalt Manufacturing and Paving

NAICS

Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing (324121)

SIC

Asphalt Paving & Roofing Materials (2950)

akta.pro primary industry

Asphalt Mixing & Paving Materials (Hot/Warm/Cold Mix, RAP/RAS Blends) (EUALAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Asphalt Aggregates & Specialty Aggregates (Rail Ballast, Riprap, Lightweight) (IMADAAAJ)

Keywords

• Asphalt paving
• Hot mix asphalt
• Construction aggregates
• Cold mix asphalt
• Road construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Issaquah

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Asphalt Paving Services: Full spectrum of asphalt paving services including airfields, highways, roads, parking lots, driveways, and asphalt repair. Ranges from large public works projects to commercial to residential.
2. Asphalt and Aggregate Products: Manufacturing and distribution of hot mix asphalt through 15 award-winning plants. Sale of aggregates for various project types. Production and distribution of EZ Street cold mix asphalt products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lakeside Industries manufactures and distributes hot mix asphalt through 15 award-winning plants across Washington and Oregon, and produces aggregates and its proprietary EZ Street Ambient cold mix asphalt patching material. The company delivers a full spectrum of asphalt paving services covering airfields, highways and roads, parking lots, driveways, and asphalt repair for government agencies, commercial businesses, and residential homeowners via eleven regional divisions.

Product overview

Lakeside Industries operates as an asphalt paving company offering a unified portfolio of products and services. The core product offerings include hot mix Asphalt manufactured at 15 award-winning plants, Aggregates for construction projects, and EZ Street Ambient Asphalt cold mix patching material. The company provides comprehensive paving services including Asphalt Paving, Air Field Paving, Highways and Roads, Driveway Paving, Parking Lot Paving, and Asphalt Repair. The products are produced and distributed throughout Washington and Oregon, with services delivered through eleven regional division locations spanning both states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EZ Street Ambient: Premium cold mix asphalt patching material manufacturer in the Pacific Northwest. For more than 25 years, customers have trusted EZ Street Ambient for permanent, easy-to-use road repairs in all weather conditions.

Products and services

• Hot Mix Asphalt Hot mix asphalt manufactured and distributed through 15 award-winning asphalt plants across Washington and Oregon. An industry-leading core product sold to paving contractors, government agencies, and used internally for Lakeside's paving services.
• Aggregates Construction aggregates sold for use across home renovation projects, small paving jobs, and large commercial operations throughout Washington and Oregon.
• EZ Street Ambient Asphalt The Pacific Northwest's premier cold mix asphalt patching material, manufactured, bagged, and distributed by Lakeside Industries for over 25 years. Provides permanent, easy-to-use road repairs in all weather conditions.
• Asphalt Paving Services Comprehensive asphalt paving services delivered to transportation departments, cities, counties, commercial businesses, and homeowners across Washington and Oregon.
• Airfield Paving Large-scale paving services for airfields including airport taxi lanes, runways, and aprons, with project experience at major regional airports such as Sea-Tac, Portland International, Bremerton National, and Paine Field.
• Highways and Roads Paving Paving services spanning rural county roads through expansive interstate highway projects, with collaboration on WSDOT improvements along corridors such as I-405, I-5, SR 520, and SR 92.
• Parking Lot Paving Commercial parking lot asphalt paving services delivered with craftsmanship and quality materials for business owners across the Pacific Northwest.
• Driveway Paving Residential driveway paving services for homeowners across Washington and Oregon.
• Asphalt Repair Industry-recognized asphalt repair services for maintaining and restoring existing paved surfaces, including pothole filling and road maintenance.

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Granite Construction Incorporated: Publicly traded West Coast-focused heavy civil contractor and construction materials producer with asphalt plants and aggregate operations overlapping directly with Lakeside's WA/OR footprint. Closely aligned services, customer base (DOTs and municipalities), and vertically integrated business model.
• Construction Partners, Inc. Publicly traded road construction company operating asphalt plants and performing highway and commercial paving in Sun Belt states. Closely comparable vertically integrated model (plants + paving services + aggregates), useful as a direct comparable for valuation multiples despite different geography.
• Knife River Corporation: MDU Resources subsidiary that produces construction aggregates and asphalt and performs heavy civil and paving work across the Western and Midwestern US. Closest direct comparable to Lakeside's vertically integrated aggregates-and-asphalt-paving model with strong Pacific Northwest and West Coast presence.

Broad incumbents

• Martin Marietta Materials: Major US producer of aggregates and asphalt products with national operations. Overlaps with Lakeside on aggregates and hot mix asphalt, with comparable customers (DOTs, airports, commercial), but is significantly larger and geographically diversified well beyond the Pacific Northwest.
• Lehigh Hanson (Heidelberg Materials): Heidelberg Materials' North American subsidiary producing aggregates, ready-mix, and asphalt products in the US including the West Coast. Comparable product overlap with Lakeside on hot mix asphalt and aggregates serving infrastructure and commercial customers.
• CalPortland Company: Major West Coast producer of cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and asphalt with operations spanning California, Arizona, and the Pacific Northwest. Regional competitor to Lakeside in aggregates and asphalt supply and a relevant comparable for plant-network density and DOT bidding.
• Oldcastle Materials (CRH plc): North American subsidiary of CRH plc and one of the largest producers of asphalt, aggregates, and ready-mix concrete in the US. Operates an extensive plant network and competes for many of the same DOT and commercial paving projects, but at vastly greater scale and national breadth than the regional Lakeside footprint.
• Vulcan Materials Company: Largest US producer of construction aggregates, with sizable asphalt production operations and a national footprint. Provides overlap with Lakeside's aggregate and asphalt-mix product lines, but Vulcan operates at far greater scale and competes primarily on aggregates rather than paving services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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