Samron Midwest Contracting

What Samron Midwest Contracting does

Samron Midwest Contracting, Inc. is a privately held regional general contractor headquartered in Murphysboro, Illinois, operating across Southern Illinois, Missouri, and the broader tri-state Midwest. Founded in 2003 as a concrete contractor, the firm has expanded in three documented phases: into general contracting and construction management in 2010, into transportation infrastructure via pre-qualification with the Illinois and Missouri Departments of Transportation in 2014, and into asphalt production and installation in 2020. The company's product surface spans four integrated service lines — General Building, Transportation, Concrete, and Asphalt — delivered through design-build, negotiated general contract, construction management, and competitive bid delivery methods. Core assets include a vertically integrated equipment fleet for concrete and asphalt production and installation, with documented cumulative output of more than 2 million cubic yards of concrete and thousands of completed projects since inception. Notable project references include the $86 million Mt. Vernon High School, a $30 million Wayne City K-12 facility, the $15 million City of Marion recreation center, the Walker's Bluff Casino Resort, IDOT highway resurfacing, and large-scale site work for Aisin Electronics and Love's Travel Stops.

The business model is project-based and quote-driven, with revenue generated from one-time contracts awarded through competitive public bidding or private negotiation; there is no subscription, licensing, or recurring revenue component. The go-to-motion is enterprise field sales: the firm pursues government and municipal work as a pre-qualified IDOT/MoDOT contractor and pursues private commercial and institutional clients via negotiated design-build and construction management engagements, supplemented by a residential/SMB channel for driveways and parking lots with partner financing up to $100,000. Customer mix is dominated by public-sector and institutional clients (government, education, transportation infrastructure) with selected private enterprise customers in hospitality/gaming, manufacturing, and truck-stop retail. The firm markets primarily through its project portfolio website, limited organic social media (Facebook, YouTube), SEO, and a sustained record of industry safety awards from the Associated General Contractors of Illinois and SIBA, including a 2018 IDOT Contractor of the Year recognition.

Name

Samron Midwest Contracting

Legal name

Samron Midwest Contracting, Inc.

Website

https://samron.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Samron Midwest Contracting is a privately held regional general contractor headquartered in Murphysboro, Illinois, offering vertically integrated general building, transportation infrastructure, concrete, and asphalt services to government, institutional, and commercial clients across Southern Illinois, Missouri, and the tri-state Midwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

General Construction Services

NAICS

Nonresidential Building Construction (2362), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (23622), Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors (23811)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Nonresidential Bldgs (1540), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600), Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Works General Contracting (IMAFAAAG)

Keywords

• General contracting services
• Concrete construction services
• Asphalt paving services
• Transportation infrastructure construction
• Highway bridge construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Murphysboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. General Building Construction: One-time project-based revenue from general contracting services including new construction and renovation projects for various building types.
2. Transportation/Highway Construction: Revenue from road and bridge construction projects for IDOT, MoDOT, and local municipalities, including new construction and infrastructure repairs.
3. Concrete Services: Concrete contracting including foundations, structural decks, vertical concrete, tilt-up, flatwork, and site work for commercial and residential projects.
4. Asphalt Services: Asphalt production and installation for driveways, parking lots, city streets, state highways, and interstate roads.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Samron Midwest Contracting is a regional construction services firm that delivers general building, transportation/highway, concrete, and asphalt projects for government, institutional, commercial, and residential clients across Southern Illinois, Missouri, and the tri-state Midwest. The company operates as a pre-qualified contractor with the Illinois and Missouri Departments of Transportation, executing work through design-build, negotiated, construction management, and competitive bid contract delivery methods.

Product overview

Samron Midwest Contracting is a construction services company offering a unified portfolio of four integrated service lines: General Building, Transportation, Concrete, and Asphalt. The company was founded in 2003 as a concrete contractor and expanded organically over 20+ years. General Building provides full-service general contracting for diverse project types including commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities. Transportation handles road and bridge work for state and municipal clients. Concrete delivers specialized concrete work including foundations, structural decks, tilt-up panels, and flatwork. Asphalt, added in 2020 as a natural vertical integration, provides paving services from residential driveways to interstate highways. These services are offered through multiple contract delivery methods (design-build, construction management, negotiated general contract, and competitive bid) and are backed by a diversified fleet of construction equipment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Building Full-service general contracting for projects of all sizes and budgets, from small renovations to large-scale new construction. Covers hospitals, schools, manufacturing facilities, retail stores, restaurants, office buildings, warehouses, municipal buildings, and similar commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities.
• Transportation Road and bridge construction services as a pre-qualified contractor with the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Missouri Department of Transportation. Scope ranges from parking lots and small road/sidewalk projects to full highways and large-span bridge work.
• Concrete Concrete contracting services including foundations, structural decks, vertical concrete, tilt-up, flatwork, and site work. Samron positions itself as the region's leading concrete contractor with more than 2 million cubic yards poured since 2003.
• Asphalt Asphalt production and installation for driveways, parking lots, city streets, state highways, and interstate roads. Added as a natural vertical integration in 2020.

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Tarlton Corporation: Established St. Louis general contractor and construction manager with a broader and longer-history portfolio than Samron in commercial, healthcare, education, and industrial construction. Functions as a larger incumbent competitor in the same region.
• Keeley Construction Group: St. Louis-based general contractor with a diversified portfolio across commercial, industrial, transportation, and concrete construction. Larger and more diversified than Samron, competing for the same regional Midwest projects.
• McCarthy Building Companies: Large national general contractor with significant Midwest operations across healthcare, education, commercial, and industrial sectors. Listed as a Samron client (likely subcontractor relationship) but also competes for larger projects in the same region.
• Alberici Group: Large, diversified Midwestern construction services firm with general contracting, concrete, and specialty construction capabilities. Even though shown as a Samron client, it competes broadly for the same type of public and private projects.

Direct peers

• S.M. Wilson & Co. St. Louis-area general contractor providing construction management, design-build, and general contracting services across commercial, institutional, healthcare, and industrial sectors. Comparable in scale, regional focus, and service-line breadth to Samron.
• IMPACT Strategies: Illinois-based general contractor with a portfolio spanning commercial, healthcare, education, senior living, and industrial construction. Similar regional Midwest focus and mid-market project scale to Samron.
• BSI Constructors: St. Louis-based design-build and construction management firm serving healthcare, education, commercial, and industrial clients. Comparable regional Midwest GC with overlapping vertical specialization.
• Holland Construction Services: Midwest-based general contractor with a comparable multi-discipline footprint spanning commercial, healthcare, education, and industrial projects. Similar size and regional scope to Samron, making it one of the closest direct comparables in the Illinois/Midwest GC market.
• Contegra Construction: Midwest general contractor based in Edwardsville, IL offering pre-construction, construction management, design-build, and general contracting. Directly competes in the same Southern Illinois/Midwest geographic corridor with overlapping service lines.
• Vee-Jay Cement Contracting: Regional concrete and specialty contracting firm headquartered in the Midwest. Directly comparable to Samron's core concrete service line (foundations, structural decks, flatwork, tilt-up) and a competitor for concrete scopes on regional projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/samron

Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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