Telluride Gravel

What Telluride Gravel does

Telluride Gravel, operating as a brand under United Companies, is a Colorado-based, privately held construction materials and services provider founded in 1989 and headquartered in Grand Junction. The company supplies four integrated product lines: sand and rock aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, hot-mix asphalt and paving, and general construction services. It claims to offer the broadest range of quality products and services across the widest geography of any supplier in Colorado, and executes projects ranging from residential subdivisions to multi-million dollar highway and commercial contracts, with publicly showcased work including Rim Rock Drive, Highway 330, Cottonwood Pass, and projects in Steamboat Springs.

The business serves three primary customer segments — state and local government agencies (infrastructure and highway work), commercial developers (parking lots, driveways, site development), and residential subdivision builders — using a B2B, project-based, quote-driven go-to-market. Customers initiate engagement through a website quote request, by contacting the local office, or via an existing-customer portal (myunitedfourcorners.myamatportal.com); pricing is not publicly disclosed and contracts are negotiated per project. Distribution is direct and domestic, with no indications of public listing, external funding, M&A activity, or AI/ML or proprietary software capability in the available data. The technology stack is conventional construction-industry infrastructure (aggregate plants, ready-mix fleets, asphalt plants, paving crews) with no disclosed digital or AI differentiation beyond the customer portal.

Name

Telluride Gravel

Legal name

United Companies

Website

https://telluridegravel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Telluride Gravel, operating under United Companies, is a Colorado-based construction materials and services provider offering aggregates, ready-mix concrete, asphalt/paving, and general contracting to government agencies, commercial developers, and residential builders across Colorado since 1989.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Materials and Services

NAICS

Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing (327320), Asphalt Paving, Roofing, and Saturated Materials Manufacturing (32412), Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (237)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Sand & Gravel Extraction & Processing (IMAKAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ready-Mix Concrete Production & Delivery (IMADAAAA), Asphalt Aggregates & Specialty Aggregates (Rail Ballast, Riprap, Lightweight) (IMADAAAJ), Paving-Grade Asphalt Binder (PG/Performance-Graded) (EUALAKAA)

Keywords

• Construction aggregates supply
• Ready-mix concrete
• Asphalt paving services
• Highway construction materials
• Heavy civil construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Telluride

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Construction Materials Sales: Sale of sand, rock products, and ready-mixed concrete to construction projects on a per-unit or project basis.
2. Asphalt & Paving Services: Contracted paving and asphalt services for highway, commercial, and residential projects.
3. Construction Services: General construction services including project design assistance and build services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Telluride Gravel supplies construction-grade sand and rock aggregates, ready-mixed concrete, hot mix asphalt, and asphalt paving services, alongside general construction services such as project management and site preparation. The portfolio is delivered to government infrastructure projects, commercial developers, and residential subdivision builders across Colorado from a single integrated supplier operating since 1989.

Product overview

Telluride Gravel operates as a construction materials and services provider under the United Companies brand, offering a portfolio of four integrated product lines. The core offerings include sand and rock aggregate products (raw materials), ready mixed concrete (manufactured construction material), asphalt and paving services (road and surface construction), and general construction services (project execution). Since 1989, the company has served Colorado from subdivisions to multi-million dollar highway and commercial projects, positioning itself as a single-source provider across the construction supply chain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sand & Rock Products Construction-grade sand and rock aggregate materials for use in building and infrastructure projects, supplied directly to construction sites across Colorado.
• Ready Mixed Concrete Pre-mixed concrete delivered to construction sites for foundations, structures, and paving applications, serving government, commercial, and residential builders.
• Asphalt & Paving Hot mix asphalt production and paving services for roads, highways, driveways, and commercial surfaces, delivered as a contracted service across Colorado.
• Construction Services General construction services including project management, site preparation, and full-service contracting for infrastructure projects across Colorado.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• CEMEX USA: Major US producer of cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and asphalt with broad geographic reach. Comparable in product offerings and end-markets; primarily serves as a large-scale benchmark for pricing and capacity rather than a direct local competitor in Colorado.
• CRH plc: Global building materials group with extensive US aggregates, asphalt, ready-mix, and paving operations (through Oldcastle). Comparable product portfolio but operates at much larger scale and broader geography; relevant as a benchmark for how national players approach the same markets Telluride Gravel serves regionally.
• Holcim US (Aggregate Industries): US arm of global building materials group, producing cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and asphalt solutions. Comparable product portfolio; relevant as a benchmark for what scale and national procurement capabilities a fully integrated competitor brings to regional markets.
• Granite Construction: Large heavy civil contractor with vertically integrated materials production (aggregates, asphalt, concrete) in the Western US. Overlaps with Telluride Gravel on highway construction, paving services, and materials supply to public-sector infrastructure projects.

Regional players

• Teichert Inc. California-based, family-owned producer of aggregates, ready-mix concrete, asphalt, and heavy civil construction services. Closely comparable mid-sized regional operator combining materials production with construction services in a single western US market, similar in scope and customer mix to Telluride Gravel's Colorado operations.
• CalPortland Company: Western US producer of cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and asphalt with operations across California, Arizona, and the Pacific Northwest. Most comparable regional peer given overlapping Western US geography, similar product mix, and customer overlap in infrastructure and commercial construction.

Direct peers

• Summit Materials: Vertically integrated construction materials company producing aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete, and asphalt across the US. Closely comparable to Telluride Gravel's portfolio of aggregates-plus-concrete-plus-asphalt, with similar mix of public infrastructure and commercial customers.
• Vulcan Materials Company: The largest US producer of construction aggregates, with significant ready-mix concrete and asphalt operations. Most directly comparable by business model: quarry-owned aggregates, downstream concrete and asphalt manufacturing, and heavy paving services sold to government and commercial customers.
• Knife River Corporation: Producer of aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and asphalt with heavy construction services across the US. Operates the same end-to-end model Telluride Gravel does (raw materials through paving installation), serving DOT, municipal, commercial, and residential customers.
• Martin Marietta Materials: Largest US producer of aggregates and a major supplier of ready-mix concrete, asphalt, and paving services. Directly comparable because it operates the same vertical: aggregates extraction, downstream concrete/asphalt production, and highway/heavy civil paving. National scale, but its product mix and customer base mirror Telluride Gravel's core offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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