Bachtel Excavating Inc.

What Bachtel Excavating Inc. does

Bachtel Excavating, Inc. is a privately held, locally owned excavation contractor headquartered at 4113 Millennium Blvd SE in Massillon, Ohio, founded in 1998 and serving residential, commercial, industrial and municipal clients across eight Northeast Ohio counties (Stark, Tuscarawas, Carroll, Portage, Summit, Medina, Wayne, Holmes) and surrounding areas. The firm provides general excavating services across the project lifecycle, including site clearing, mass excavation, building pads, parking lots, basement and footer excavation, utility trenching, and installation of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, water mains, fire lines (state certified), downspouts and electric services, with a residential offering that adds grading, gravel driveways, basement waterproofing, and trenchless water line replacement via boring machine.

Operationally, Bachtel Excavating differentiates on technology and safety rather than scale. Field execution uses Trimble GPS machine control, a Trimble GPS rover/base station for surveying, and digital earthwork take-off software to drive accuracy in dirt moving and grading. Back-office and field operations are unified on the Viewpoint Maxwell Pro Contractor platform for estimating, project management, change orders and invoicing, with a custom Viewpoint mobile app deployed on iPads across all foreman and project manager roles for real-time field reporting. The firm layers a formal safety program on top, featuring OSHA 10 Hour, OSHA Competent Person and First Aid training, monthly safety classes, daily toolbox talks, pre-employment and random drug testing, third-party inspections by Safety Resources, and a policy granting any employee authority to shut down an unsafe job.

The business model is direct-to-customer, project-based and entirely fee-for-service, with no recurring revenue or subscription layer. Lead generation runs through the company website (bachtelexcavating.com), free-estimate calls-to-action, a public project gallery and word-of-mouth within the regional construction trade ecosystem, where the firm holds affiliations with the BIA of Stark County and the Builders Exchange of East Central Ohio. Customer concentration is diversified across municipalities, schools, utilities, nonprofits and general contractors, with named work for the City of Massillon, City of Canton, Perry Local Schools, Aqua Ohio, Massillon Library, Eric Snow YMCA, St. Clair Pavlis Group, Fred Olivieri Construction and Hammond Construction. The firm was a finalist for Equipment World magazine's Contractor of the Year award, and management is led by Matt Bachtel as Owner/Project Manager, supported by an Office Manager, an Estimator/Project Manager and a Superintendent.

Name

Bachtel Excavating Inc.

Legal name

Bachtel Excavating, Inc.

Website

https://bachtelexcavating.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bachtel Excavating is a privately held Northeast Ohio excavation contractor serving residential, commercial, industrial and municipal clients across eight counties with Trimble GPS-guided equipment and Viewpoint-based project management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Massillon, Ohio

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, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Excavation Services: Project-based excavation services for commercial, industrial, and residential clients. Revenue is earned through one-time project fees for specific excavation work including site clearing, utility installation, grading, and demolition services. No recurring subscription revenue model.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Bachtel Excavating, Inc. performs general excavating services for residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal clients in Northeast Ohio, including site clearing, mass excavation, utility installation (water mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, fire lines), building pads, parking lots, basement and footer excavation, utility trenching, demolition, and trenchless water line replacement via boring machines. Operations are supported by Trimble GPS machine control, digital earthwork take-off, and the Viewpoint Maxwell Pro Contractor management platform.

Product overview

Bachtel Excavating, Inc. is a services company (not a software product company) providing general excavating services across residential, commercial, and industrial segments in Northeast Ohio. The company operates two primary service lines: Commercial Excavating Services (site clearing, mass excavation, utility installation, building pads, parking lots, demolition, GPS grading) and Residential Excavating Services (basement waterproofing, grading, driveways, utility services). The company also offers specialized utility services including state-certified fire line installation and boring machine services for trenchless water line replacement. Services are delivered using Trimble GPS technology for machine control and surveying, and operations are managed using Viewpoint's Maxwell Pro Contractor platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Excavating Services Large-scale excavation projects for commercial, municipal, and industrial clients, covering site clearing, mass excavation, utility line installation (water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, electric), building pads, parking lots, basement excavation, footer excavation, and utility trenching. Targeted at general contractors, municipalities, industrial firms, and utility companies.
• Residential Excavating Services Residential excavation services for homeowners including sewer line replacement, water line installation, downspout line work, basement waterproofing, grading, gravel driveways, building pads, basement excavation, footer excavation, and utility installation/replacement. Includes boring machine services for minimal-disturbance water line replacement. Targeted at individual homeowners in Northeast Ohio.
• Utility Installation Services (Commercial) Installation of water mains, sanitary sewers, storm sewers, state-certified fire lines, and utility trenches for plumbers and electricians on commercial, municipal, and industrial sites.

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Complete General Construction Company: Ohio-based excavation and heavy civil contractor serving commercial, industrial, and municipal clients with earthwork, utility, and site development services. Comparable as a regional Ohio excavation peer with overlapping municipal and commercial customer profile.
• R.B. Jergens Contractors: Ohio-based heavy civil contractor performing earthwork, excavation, utilities, and site development for public and private clients. Direct comparable in service mix (excavation, utility installation, site prep) and Ohio geographic footprint to Bachtel.
• Beaver Excavating Company: Beaver, Pennsylvania-based excavation and heavy civil contractor specializing in site development, utility installation, grading, and earthmoving for commercial, industrial, and institutional clients. Highly comparable in service mix and customer profile to Bachtel's commercial/municipal excavation work.
• Great Lakes Construction Co. Huron, Ohio-based heavy/highway and site development contractor delivering earthwork, drainage, utility, and roadway projects for ODOT, municipalities, and private developers. Comparable as an Ohio-based excavation and utility installation peer with similar municipal and commercial customer base.
• Independence Excavating: Pittsburgh-area excavation, demolition, and site development contractor serving commercial, industrial, and institutional clients across the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. Comparable in core excavation, site prep, and utility scope, though with a broader geographic footprint than Bachtel.

Broad incumbents

• The Shelly Company: Ohio-based heavy civil and paving contractor (CRH-owned) performing earthwork, site prep, utilities, and roadway construction across Ohio. Overlaps with Bachtel on commercial site prep and utility installation but operates at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Kokosing Construction Company: Westerville, Ohio-based heavy/civil construction contractor performing earthwork, utility, highway, and site development across Ohio and the Midwest. Comparable as a regional heavy civil peer bidding on similar utility, roadway, and site-prep work in Bachtel's Northeast Ohio footprint, but with materially larger scale and project scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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