What DiFazio Industries does

DiFazio Industries LLC is a family-owned underground utility contractor founded in 1978 and headquartered at 38 Kinsey Place, Staten Island, NY. The company operates a multi-trade service platform spanning five integrated lines: milling and paving, sewer work, water/trunk main installation, wetland remediation, and telecommunications infrastructure. Technically, DiFazio self-performs all aspects of its projects, owning and operating equipment for excavation, milling, paving, and restoration, with specialised capabilities in micro-tunneling (e.g., 1,000 feet of 48-inch sewer via deep jacking shaft at Station Ave) and Best Management Practices (BMP) for storm water management integrated with Staten Island's Blue Belt system.

The company's go-to-market is enterprise B2B field sales driven by Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and direct outreach. Pricing is custom and project-based, with quotes prepared by an in-house engineering department. DiFazio's revenue mechanics are one-time project contracts with multi-year framework relationships; the longest and most strategically important is a 30+ year master contractor relationship with Verizon spanning Brooklyn and all five NYC boroughs, which generated outside plant, FIOS, manhole refurbishment, and emergency support work after 2018.

DiFazio's customer base is concentrated in NYC municipal agencies (NYCDDC, NYCDEP, NYCDOT) and private utilities (Verizon, Consolidated Edison, National Grid, Spectrum), with smaller engagement to commercial construction managers such as Turner Construction and Prismatic. The company is privately held with no institutional investors, no disclosed funding rounds, and a headcount ranging from 11 to 50 employees. It has won the 1st place award at the 26th Annual NYC Commissioner Project Recognition Award Ceremony for the Station Ave project, underscoring its credentials in the NYC public works contracting market.

Name

DiFazio Industries

Legal name

DiFazio Industries LLC

Website

https://difazioind.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DiFazio Industries LLC is a family-owned Staten Island underground utility contractor (founded 1978) serving NYC municipal agencies, Verizon, and private utilities with milling, paving, sewer, water main, wetland remediation, and telecom infrastructure services across the five boroughs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Underground Utility Construction Services

NAICS

Waste Management and Remediation Services (562)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Groundwater Extraction, Treatment & Discharge (Pump-and-Treat, reinjection) (BPALAKAF)

Keywords

• Underground utility construction
• Sewer installation services
• Water main installation
• Milling and paving
• Wetland remediation

Headquarters

HQ city

Staten Island

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, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Underground Utility Construction Services: Project-based revenue from underground utility construction services including sewer installation, water main installation, milling and paving, and wetland remediation. Revenue is earned through competitive bidding on public and private construction projects.
2. Contractor Services: As a contractor, DiFazio performs excavation, conduit installation, manhole work, and final restoration. Revenue derived from project contracts with government agencies and private companies.
3. Master Contractor Services (Verizon): Long-term master contractor relationship with Verizon providing outside plant work including manhole refurbishment, geo-thermal well installation, conduit work, and emergency support services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

DiFazio Industries is a family-owned underground utility contractor that self-performs milling and paving, sewer system installation, water/trunk main installation, wetland remediation, and telecommunications infrastructure services. The company delivers projects including excavation, micro-tunneling, conduit installation, manhole work, and final restoration using its own crews and equipment. Services are provided primarily to NYC municipal agencies, telecommunications providers, and private construction firms across the five boroughs of New York City.

Product overview

DiFazio Industries is a family-owned underground utility contractor that operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The company provides five integrated service lines: Milling and Paving (road construction), Sewer Work (sewer system installation), Water/Trunk Main (water main installation), Wetland Remediation (environmental remediation), and Telecommunications Infrastructure Services (Verizon master contractor for telecom work). These services are delivered through multi-disciplined staff and skilled craftsmen using proven project management techniques, with all work self-performed by DiFazio crews. The company primarily serves public utilities, private industry, and government agencies across the five boroughs of New York City.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Milling and Paving

Quantifiable outcome

• 1000 feet of 48-inch sewer successfully installed via micro-tunneling
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 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

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• VerizoncoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDiFazio Industries has been Verizon's premier master contractor for over 30 years in Brooklyn, providing outside plant work including controlled environmental manholes, geo-thermal well installation, conduit work, manhole refurbishment, FIOS support, and emergency support services across all five boroughs of NYC.
• Turner ConstructionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDiFazio was hired as the excavation contractor for the Aquarium Electrical Sub-station Improvements project. Self-performed trenching, conduit installation, encasement manhole installation, final tie-in, and restoration work.
• PrismaticminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWater main work performed for Prismatic construction company as part of various projects.
• Consolidated EdisonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUtilities infrastructure partnership involving underground utility installation work in NYC.
• National GridminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUtilities infrastructure partnership involving underground utility installation work in NYC.
• SpectrumminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTelecommunications infrastructure work partnership following work with other utility providers. Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable) requires utility installation services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Quanta Services: Largest pure-play infrastructure services company in North America, active in underground electric, gas, telecom and water — same end markets as DiFazio but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Granite Construction: U.S. heavy civil contractor with water, sewer, and underground utility capabilities — same project archetypes as DiFazio, but operating at multi-region scale.
• Skanska USA Civil: Large, multi-disciplinary civil contractor with a strong NYC presence in transit, water, and roadway infrastructure — overlaps DiFazio's project categories but at materially larger scale.
• Tutor Perini Corporation: National heavy civil builder active in NYC water, transit, and utility megaprojects — competes for the same municipal RFPs but with significantly greater bonding and execution capacity.
• MasTec, Inc. National infrastructure services provider with a large communications and utility installation business — competes for telecom outside-plant work similar to DiFazio's Verizon contract.

Direct peers

• Bove Industries: Northeast underground utility and site-work contractor serving public and private clients — similar specialty contractor profile and project-based revenue model.
• Halcyon Construction Corp: New York City utility and infrastructure contractor focused on sewer and water installations for municipal clients — closely overlapping service lines and go-to-market.
• Petillo Construction Corp: NYC-area heavy civil and utility contractor with municipal infrastructure experience — comparable in scope of sewer/water/road work and public-agency RFP participation.
• CAC Industries: NYC-based specialty contractor performing sewer, water main, and underground utility work for city agencies — directly comparable service mix, customer base, and project scale to DiFazio.
• Tully Construction: Heavy civil and underground utility contractor serving NYC and the Northeast with sewer, water, and roadway work for public agencies — comparable project types and customer set.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 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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