SLE

What SLE does

SLE, Inc. is a privately held excavation and underground utility installation contractor headquartered at 6000 NE 88th St, Building B Suite 101, Vancouver, Washington. Founded in 1993, the company operates as a licensed general contractor in both Washington (LIC# SCOTTLE995C8) and Oregon (CCB# 153209), and delivers three core service lines: Residential Site Work, Underground Utilities, and Commercial Site Work. Its core technology consists of physical earthmoving and utility installation equipment (e.g., excavators, trucks) deployed at customer sites; there is no software or digital product surface.

The company serves two primary customer segments — homeowners/residential property developers requiring site preparation, grading, and foundation excavation, and commercial developers/businesses requiring large-scale site work and underground utility installation — across the Pacific Northwest, primarily in Washington and Oregon. Customer acquisition is sales-led and driven by direct outreach (phone, email), local reputation, and a basic website presence; pricing is quote-based and varies by project scope, with no publicly disclosed rates or contracts. Revenue is generated on a project-by-project basis through one-off service contracts rather than recurring licenses or subscriptions.

SLE is a small, founder-controlled private company with no disclosed parent, subsidiaries, external investors, or funding rounds. The business model is asset-heavy and labor-intensive: the company is currently recruiting truck drivers, operators, and laborers, signaling that growth is gated by workforce capacity rather than demand generation. No financial metrics (revenue, headcount, profitability) are publicly disclosed, limiting external visibility into scale or trajectory.

Name

SLE

Legal name

SLE, Inc.

Website

https://sleinc.biz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SLE, Inc. is a licensed excavation and underground utility contractor, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Vancouver, Washington. It serves residential and commercial clients across Washington and Oregon with site preparation, grading, and underground utility installation services delivered directly via project-based contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Excavation Services: Project-based excavation and site work services for residential and commercial clients in Washington and Oregon. Revenue is generated through project contracts for site preparation, grading, and earthmoving.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

SLE, Inc. is a licensed general contractor providing excavation and underground utility installation services since 1993. The company delivers three core service areas — Residential Site Work, Underground Utilities, and Commercial Site Work — to homeowners, residential developers, and commercial developers in Washington and Oregon states. Projects are performed on customer sites using company-operated heavy equipment and crews.

Product overview

SLE, Inc. is a licensed excavation and underground utility contractor providing services since 1993. The company operates as a single-service business offering three core service areas: Residential Site Work, Underground Utilities, and Commercial Site Work. These services are delivered to both residential and commercial clients in Washington and Oregon states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Site Work Site preparation, excavation, grading, and underground utility installation services for residential construction and renovation projects in Washington and Oregon.
• Underground Utilities Installation of underground utility infrastructure for residential and commercial applications in Washington and Oregon.
• Commercial Site Work Large-scale site preparation, excavation, and underground utility installation services for commercial construction projects in Washington and Oregon.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• Sterling Excavation LLC: Regional Pacific Northwest excavation and site preparation contractor serving both residential and commercial clients. Comparable service mix to SLE but typically smaller scale.
• Trenchless Excavation LLC: Smaller Pacific Northwest excavation and utility contractor with overlapping residential and commercial site work. Direct overlap with SLE's service categories but smaller scale and shorter operating history.

Direct peers

• Rotschy Inc. Vancouver, WA-based site preparation, excavation, and underground utility contractor. Operates in the same Southwest Washington / Portland metro market as SLE with a near-identical service offering.
• Fisher Contracting: Pacific Northwest heavy civil and site preparation contractor performing earthwork, underground utilities, and grading. Comparable service portfolio to SLE with a stronger presence on larger infrastructure projects.
• Tapani Inc. Battle Ground, WA-based site preparation and underground utility contractor serving the Pacific Northwest. Directly comparable to SLE in service mix (excavation, grading, utilities) and regional footprint.

Regional players

• Coluccio Construction: Seattle-area site preparation and underground utility contractor. Similar service mix to SLE (site work, utilities) but focused on the Puget Sound region rather than the SW Washington / Portland corridor.
• Sunset Construction & Excavation: Excavation and site preparation contractor in the Pacific Northwest performing residential and commercial site work directly comparable to SLE's core services.

Broad incumbents

• Knife River Corporation: Large publicly traded construction materials and contracting company with major Pacific Northwest operations including site preparation and excavation. Overlaps with SLE on core services but at materially larger scale and broader geographic scope.
• Apollo Mechanical Contractors: Pacific Northwest mechanical and site utility contractor with broader mechanical/HVAC scope than SLE but overlapping in underground utility installation and commercial site work.
• Goodfellow Brothers: Pacific Northwest heavy civil contractor with site preparation, excavation, and utility installation capabilities. Comparable in service categories but typically operates at larger project scale than SLE.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scott-lee-excavating

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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