Inroads Paving

What Inroads Paving does

InRoads Paving, Milling and Materials is a privately held, vertically integrated asphalt services company headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm operates across two main divisions: a Portable Asphalt Division that relocates its plant and crew 4-6 times per year to serve projects across Iowa, and a Des Moines Metro Division anchored by a 2020-installed Astec Double Barrel asphalt plant on a 17-acre site along Interstate 80 that also houses the Metro Urban Quarry and recycling yard. Core services include full-service asphalt paving (interstates, highways, airports, city streets, commercial parking lots, driveways), asphalt milling using Wirtgen and CAT machines, construction materials supply (recycled concrete, RAP, landscaping stone, sand, mulch, cold mix), and in-house trucking via Bottom Dump, Lowboy, Belt, Quad-Axle, and Truck-and-Pup trailers. The company is owned and operated by the Manatt family, with Founder and President Joe Manatt representing the third generation of a paving lineage that began with his grandfather Merlin Manatt in the 1960s; both Merlin and Joe's father Brad Manatt were inducted into construction-related Hall of Fame classes.

The business model is project-based and quote-driven, with revenue generated from one-time contracts ranging from small residential patches to large interstate and airport engagements of up to 69,000 tons HMA and 89,000 SY of milling. Customers are predominantly Iowa DOT, county governments (Linn, Carroll, Kossuth, Greene, Dallas), municipalities (Marshalltown), commercial contractors, and residential property owners. GTM motion is enterprise field sales with dedicated estimators responding to website quote requests and direct outreach, supplemented by phone, email, and Facebook presence. Vertical integration is the central operating principle: in-house plant production, milling, materials supply, and trucking allow the firm to bid competitively on government work, control quality across the value chain, and recycle milled asphalt back into new hot-mix asphalt at environmentally award-winning facilities. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, no public financial reporting, and headcount data limited to a small named management roster.

Name

Inroads Paving

Legal name

InRoads LLC

Website

https://inroadspaving.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

InRoads Paving is a vertically integrated Iowa asphalt paving, milling, materials, and trucking company serving Iowa DOT, county and municipal governments, commercial contractors, and residential customers across the state from its Des Moines headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Road Construction Services

NAICS

Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block Manufacturing (324121), Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Saturated Materials Manufacturing (32412)

SIC

Asphalt Paving & Roofing Materials (2950), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600)

akta.pro primary industry

Asphalt Mixing & Paving Materials (Hot/Warm/Cold Mix, RAP/RAS Blends) (EUALAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Asphalt & Pavement Removal / Milling (IMAFAKAM), Paving-Grade Asphalt Binder (PG/Performance-Graded) (EUALAKAA)

Keywords

• Asphalt paving services
• Asphalt milling services
• Construction materials supply
• Heavy haul trucking
• Road construction services

Headquarters

HQ city

Des Moines

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. Asphalt Paving Services: Full-service asphalt paving for interstates, airports, city streets, highways, commercial projects, and driveways. Revenue is generated through project-based contracts ranging from small patches to large interstate projects.
2. Asphalt Milling Services: Asphalt scarification services for city, county, commercial and Iowa DOT projects. Includes capability for the largest interstate projects.
3. Construction Materials Sales: Sale of construction and landscaping materials including recycled concrete (special backfill), recycled asphalt millings (RAP), landscaping stone, sand and mulch from the Urban Quarry.
4. Trucking Services: Transportation services for dirt, rock, sand, gravel, asphalt, or milling materials using Bottom Dump Trailers, Lowboy/Heavy Hauling, Belt Trailers, Quad-Axle Dump Trucks, and Truck-and-Pups.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

InRoads Paving is a vertically integrated asphalt paving, milling, and materials company operating in Iowa. The company produces hot-mix asphalt through its Astec Double Barrel plant and portable plant, performs asphalt scarification and milling on city, county, and Iowa DOT projects, sells construction and landscaping materials from its Urban Quarry, and operates a trucking fleet for materials haulage across the state. Services span from large interstate and airport paving projects down to residential driveways and patches.

Product overview

Inroads Paving is a vertically integrated asphalt paving, milling, and materials company serving the State of Iowa. The company operates through two main divisions: the Portable Asphalt Division (award-winning, moves throughout Iowa 4-6 times per year) and the Des Moines Metro Division (newly introduced in 2020 with an Astec Double Barrel plant in Des Moines). Core services include Asphalt Paving, Asphalt Milling (using Wirtgen and CAT machines), Materials/Urban Quarry (recycled concrete, RAP, landscaping materials, cold mix), and Trucking Services. The divisions work together to provide comprehensive project capabilities from the largest Interstate projects to the smallest driveways.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Asphalt Paving
• Asphalt Milling
• Materials / Urban Quarry
• Trucking Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Asphalt paving projects up to 69,000 tons
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Manatts: Brooklyn, Iowa-based asphalt paving, aggregate, and construction services contractor sharing the Manatt family heritage with InRoads. Operates similar hot-mix production, paving, and materials capabilities and competes for many of the same Iowa DOT and county projects.
• Cedar Valley Construction: Iowa-based heavy highway and asphalt paving contractor with comparable HMA paving and road rehabilitation capabilities. Competes head-to-head with InRoads for Iowa DOT and county resurfacing lettings.
• L.L. Pelling Company: Long-established Iowa asphalt paving and grading contractor serving municipalities, counties, and the Iowa DOT across eastern Iowa. Direct competitor on highway, street, and parking lot paving scopes that InRoads targets.
• Ajax Paving Industries: Michigan-based asphalt paving contractor with hot-mix production, milling, and large-project capabilities including airport and interstate work. Directly comparable in scope and project size to InRoads' largest Iowa jobs.

Broad incumbents

• Granite Construction: Publicly traded heavy civil contractor with large asphalt paving and materials operations across the U.S. Competes on the largest interstate and airport projects that InRoads' portable division targets.
• Oldcastle Materials: CRH-owned network of asphalt plants, aggregate quarries, and paving crews — the largest-scale vertically integrated operator in the U.S. Sets the competitive ceiling on pricing and capacity in regional markets like Iowa.
• Knife River Corporation: Publicly traded aggregates and asphalt producer/paver with Midwest operations including hot-mix plants, paving crews, and aggregate reserves. Represents the larger, better-capitalized incumbent against which InRoads competes on Iowa bids.
• Walsh Construction / The Walsh Group: Large national heavy civil and transportation contractor with significant asphalt paving and roadway capabilities. Competes with InRoads on major highway and interstate projects in the Midwest.

Regional players

• Mathy Construction Company: Wisconsin-headquartered asphalt paving and highway construction firm serving the Upper Midwest with HMA production, paving, and milling capabilities that mirror InRoads' vertically integrated model.
• Payne & Dolan: Walbec Group's paving and aggregate division in Wisconsin/Upper Midwest, operating hot-mix plants, paving crews, and aggregate quarries. Comparable vertically integrated model and adjacent geographic footprint to InRoads.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/InRoadsPaving
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inroads-paving

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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