Roadway Electric

What Roadway Electric does

Roadway Electric is a Phoenix, Arizona-based electrical contracting firm founded in 1990 that provides electrical and signing contracting services for traffic signals, highway lighting, and freeway management systems. Its work is concentrated in the public roadway infrastructure vertical, with end customers likely comprising state departments of transportation, county and municipal transportation authorities, and freeway management operators in the Arizona and broader Southwest corridor. The company operates as a private, for-profit business with a workforce of 101-250 employees, suggesting a mid-sized specialty contractor rather than a large national infrastructure player.

Name

Roadway Electric

Website

https://roadwayelectric.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Roadway Electric is a Phoenix-based electrical contracting firm providing traffic signal, highway lighting, and freeway management system installation and signing services for public-sector transportation clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Traffic Signal & Highway Lighting Contracting Services

NAICS

Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors (23821), Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction (237130), Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (237310)

SIC

Electrical Work (1731)

akta.pro primary industry

Electrical Contracting & Wiring (IMAFALAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Street Lighting & Area Lighting Electrical Infrastructure (IMAFAHAJ)

Keywords

• Traffic signal contracting
• Highway lighting services
• Freeway management systems
• Electrical signing services
• Transportation infrastructure contracting

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Core offering

Roadway Electric provides electrical and signing contracting services for traffic signals, highway lighting, and freeway management systems. The firm acts as a specialty contractor executing installation, maintenance, and related electrical infrastructure work for roadway and freeway projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Sturgeon Electric: MYR Group subsidiary performing transportation electrical work across the western US, including traffic signals, highway lighting, and ITS infrastructure. Directly competes for similar public-works roadway electrical scopes.
• Aldridge Electric: Illinois-based specialty electrical contractor with strong focus on transportation infrastructure including highway lighting, traffic signals, and tollway systems. Closest comparable in scope and customer type to Roadway Electric.
• Republic Electric: Southwest US electrical contractor specializing in traffic signal, highway lighting, and intelligent transportation system installations. Direct regional competitor with overlapping customer base of state DOTs and municipalities.

Broad incumbents

• Quanta Services: Largest US infrastructure services firm providing electric power, telecommunications, and renewable energy infrastructure; competes for large-scale transportation-electrical programs through regional operating units.
• MasTec: Diversified infrastructure construction company serving utilities, communications, and government customers with capabilities in traffic signal, lighting, and roadway technology deployments across the Southwest.
• MYR Group: Publicly traded specialty electrical construction services firm with multiple subsidiaries performing transmission, distribution, and commercial/industrial electrical work, including transportation-electrical scopes through Sturgeon Electric.
• IES Holdings: Publicly traded provider of electrical and communications services including transportation infrastructure across multiple US regions. Broader portfolio including commercial and industrial work, but competes for the same roadway-electrical scopes.

Emerging players

• Precision Infrastructure: Specialty contractor focused on intelligent transportation systems, traffic signal modernization, and roadway lighting — an emerging niche player with deep overlap to Roadway Electric's freeway management and ITS-related scope.
• Town & Country Electric: Mid-sized specialty electrical contractor with growing transportation infrastructure practice including traffic signal and roadway lighting work, often competing with regional players like Roadway Electric on smaller municipal scopes.

Regional players

• Saulsbury Industries: Southwest and Mountain West specialty contractor performing electrical and instrumentation work for infrastructure, energy, and transportation customers. Comparable size and regional exposure; overlapping on roadway and DOT scopes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/roadwayelectric

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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