What Younglove Construction does

Younglove Construction, L.L.C. is a privately-held US design-build construction firm founded in 1896 in Sioux City, Iowa, specializing in grain processing facilities, feed mills, flour mills, and adjacent specialty agricultural processing plants. The company delivers turn-key services from conceptual design through commissioning, including process, architectural, structural, electrical, and mechanical design, using 3D Revit BIM tooling and Procore project management software. Its distinguishing technical asset is a proprietary slipform concrete construction process pioneered over 70 years ago, in which hydraulic jacks continuously raise formwork as concrete is poured, producing seamless monolithic grain elevators, silos, and processing structures with faster completion times, greater structural strength, and lower lifecycle cost than alternative building methods.

The firm self-performs critical construction scopes — slipform concrete, steel erection, equipment installation, and millwright services — rather than subcontracting them, which preserves quality control and reduces coordination overhead. It is a member of Klinger Companies, L.L.C., a parent organization that places it among the 300 largest US construction companies and provides bonding capacity. The company has used no outside financing for more than 30 years and has maintained a continuous relationship with its bonding company since 1979, indicating a self-funded, conservatively capitalized operating model. Leadership tenure is unusually deep — the CEO has 51 years with the firm, the President 27 years, and key employees average 23 years — embedding institutional knowledge of slipform methods and grain-facility design that competitors cannot readily replicate.

Younglove serves enterprise agricultural customers across the continental United States on a project-based, multi-year contract basis, with documented clients including ADM, Tyson Foods, Cargill Animal Nutrition, Koch Foods, Mountaire Farms, ConAgra, Ardent Mills, Louis Dreyfus Company, Mar-Jac Poultry, Diamond Pet, Wonderful Citrus, Perdue Farms, and Peco Foods. Pricing is custom and quote-based per project scope. The company has achieved 1.3 million hours worked without a lost-time accident (November 2025) and maintains an EMR below the 1.0 industry average, an outcome it leverages to offer clients lower insurance pass-through costs. Customer concentration is moderate, with a base of 20+ named enterprise logos spanning poultry, flour milling, grain handling, pet food, citrus, and feed ingredient manufacturing, and demonstrable multi-project repeat business with several large clients.

Name

Younglove Construction

Legal name

Younglove Construction, L.L.C.

Website

https://younglovellc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1896

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Younglove Construction is a 129-year-old US design-build firm specializing in grain processing, feed mills, flour mills, and specialty agricultural facilities, using a proprietary slipform concrete technique to serve enterprise agribusiness customers across the continental United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Construction Services

NAICS

Industrial Building Construction (23621)

SIC

Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Food & Beverage Processing Plant Construction (IMAFADAH)

Keywords

• Design-build construction
• Grain processing facilities
• Feed mill construction
• Flour mill construction
• Slipform concrete construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Sioux City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Design-Build Construction Services: Full-service construction firm providing turn-key design-build solutions for grain processing, feed mills, flour mills, and specialty facilities. Revenue generated through project-based construction contracts including conceptual design, construction, equipment installation, and commissioning services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Younglove Construction provides turn-key design-build construction services for grain processing facilities, feed mills, flour mills, and specialty agricultural processing facilities. The firm handles projects from initial conceptual design through self-performed slipform concrete construction, steel erection, equipment installation, and final commissioning. Their primary market segments are feed mills (poultry, swine, commercial), flour mills, grain terminals/storage, and specialty processing facilities across the continental United States.

Product overview

Younglove Construction is a design-build construction firm offering a portfolio of specialized services for the grain processing and milling industry. Their core service lines include Feed Mills, Flour Mills, Grain Facilities, and Specialty Projects (citrus processing, pet food, feed ingredients). These services are delivered through integrated offerings: Design-Build Construction (full project lifecycle management), Conceptual Design (pre-construction planning with CAD/Revit), Facility Expansions, and Self-Performed Work including their proprietary Slipform Concrete Construction technique. The company operates across four main market segments—feed mills (poultry, swine, commercial), flour mills, grain terminals/storage, and specialty facilities—with documented project capabilities ranging from 60 to 780,000 tons annual production capacity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Feed Mills Design-build feed mill construction services including initial concept design through self-performed slipform construction to commissioning, specializing in poultry, swine, and commercial feed production facilities.
• Flour Mills State-of-the-art flour milling facility construction with advanced sanitary features and lasting durability, including wheat storage and bulk flour loadout capabilities.
• Grain Facilities Grain processing facilities including truck and rail receiving systems, steel or concrete storage, and high-capacity loadout systems with over 100 years of expertise.
• Specialty Projects Custom construction projects built to specific client requirements, including citrus processing facilities, pet food plants, and feed ingredient manufacturing.
• Design-Build Construction Turn-key design-build services with project manager continuity from initial drawings through commissioning, including complete facility design for process, architectural, structural, electrical, and mechanical systems.
• Conceptual Design Pre-construction planning assistance including equipment and material selection, cost-saving ideas, and development of CAD (2D) and Revit (3D) drawings for accurate budgeting.
• Facility Expansions Expansion of existing facilities with seamless integration, careful planning, and coordination to enhance capacity while maintaining quality and safety standards.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,300,000 hours worked without a single lost-time accident (November 2025)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• VAA (Engineering Firm)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerVAA provided structural engineering and industrial architecture services for large-scale feed mill projects. Younglove served as multidisciplinary engineering firm construction partner on high-capacity feed mill projects with annual production up to 780,000 tons.
• Vigen ConstructionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Vigen Construction on poultry feed mill project producing over 15,000 tons of pelleted feed weekly, utilizing 3D modeling technology.
• Klinger Companies, L.L.C.coreOthersYounglove Construction is a member of Klinger Companies, L.L.C., which places them among the 300 largest construction companies in the United States. The parent company relationship provides financial stability and bonding capacity.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Henkel Construction Company: Henkel Construction is a Midwest design-build firm with deep feed mill, grain handling, and food processing facility experience, frequently competing with Younglove on the same enterprise customer projects.
• Todd & Sargent: Todd & Sargent is a design-build contractor specializing in grain storage, feed mills, and bulk material handling facilities, directly overlapping with Younglove's core feed mill and grain facility work.
• Vigen Construction: Vigen Construction is a Midwest design-build contractor delivering poultry feed mills and grain facilities, including partnered projects with Younglove, making it a directly comparable peer in scope and customer base.
• T.E. Ibberson Company: T.E. Ibberson is a closely comparable design-build contractor with deep experience in slipform concrete construction of grain elevators, feed mills, and food/ag processing facilities, serving similar enterprise agricultural customers.

Broad incumbents

• Borton Construction (formerly Borton-Lawson): Borton is a design-build contractor active in industrial and food processing facility work with comparable project types, though with a broader geographic and end-market footprint than Younglove.
• Tarlton Corporation: Tarlton is a large Midwestern design-build firm with industrial and food/ag processing experience; it overlaps with Younglove on certain food processing projects but operates at meaningfully larger scale across broader end markets.
• Industrial Builders Inc: Industrial Builders is a diversified heavy/industrial design-build contractor in the upper Midwest overlapping with Younglove on grain and feed mill projects but operating across a broader industrial portfolio.
• McCormick Construction Company: McCormick Construction is a design-build general contractor with substantial food processing and industrial facility work, overlapping Younglove's specialty and flour mill segments but serving a wider end-market mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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