J. HUTCHINS INC.

What J. HUTCHINS INC. does

J. Hutchins, Inc. is a family-owned heavy-civil contractor headquartered in Richmond, Vermont, in its 37th year of continuous operation since founding in July 1988. It operates four interconnected service lines: heavy excavation and site work (including demolition, utility installation, drainage, concrete work, hydro excavation, street sweeping, and vactor services), a paving division running Caterpillar equipment for state, town, commercial, and residential paving, an aggregate plant and rock quarry operated under its wholly-owned subsidiary Northeast Sand & Gravel in Irasburg, Vermont (producing up to six aggregate products simultaneously including plant mix, washed manufactured sand, washed ledge, dense grade, erosion stone, quarry run, screen sand, fill, and top soil), and an asphalt plant on the same Irasburg site founded in 2017 described as the first of its kind in the United States, capable of producing more than 300 tons per hour and meeting both Vermont and New Hampshire state specifications as well as private custom mixes.

The company staffs more than 160 full-time employees across excavation, paving, and aggregates operations and serves a tri-state regional market spanning Vermont, New Hampshire, and adjacent areas. Customer mix is concentrated in three segments: government/municipal buyers (state and town road construction and maintenance), commercial property owners and contractors (parking lots, access roads, industrial sites), and residential property owners (driveway paving, site preparation). Distribution is entirely direct: enterprise-style field sales through quote requests handled by Construction Manager Adam Slattery, on-site delivery of paving and excavation services, and aggregate pickup at the Irasburg facility.

Revenue mechanics consist of quote-based one-time project contracts for excavation and paving, per-ton unit pricing for aggregate products (priced $3.00-$22.00/ton across product categories) and asphalt, and specialty services billed per engagement. The vertical integration from raw aggregate through asphalt production to finished paving delivery provides supply-chain control that underpins the company's pricing and capacity positioning in regional heavy-civil work. There is no external parent, private equity sponsor, public listing, or institutional funding identified — the company has been family-controlled and grown organically since 1988.

Name

J. HUTCHINS INC.

Legal name

J. Hutchins, Inc.

Website

https://jhutchinsinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Short description

J. Hutchins, Inc. is a family-owned Vermont heavy-civil contractor operating since 1988, providing excavation, paving, asphalt production (300+ tons/hour), and aggregate quarrying across Vermont, New Hampshire, and the tri-state area for municipal, commercial, and residential customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Excavation & Paving Contracting

NAICS

Site Preparation Contractors (23891), Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying (2123)

SIC

Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Aggregates Mining & Processing (Sand, Gravel, Crushed Stone) (IMADAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sand & Gravel Extraction & Processing (IMAKAHAB)

Keywords

• Excavation contracting
• Asphalt paving
• Aggregate production
• Site work services
• Heavy construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Excavation Services: Heavy excavation and site work services including demolition, utility installation, drainage and culverts, and concrete work
2. Paving Services: Commercial and residential paving services for roads, parking lots, and driveways using Caterpillar equipment and experienced crews
3. Aggregate Sales: Sale of various aggregate products including plant mix, manufactured sand, washed ledge, dense grade, erosion stone, quarry run, screen sand, fill, and top soil from Northeast Sand & Gravel
4. Asphalt Sales: Production and sale of asphalt products meeting state specifications for Vermont and New Hampshire, as well as custom private mix formulations
5. Specialty Services: Additional services including hydro excavation, street sweeping, vactor services, and cleaning of catch basins/manholes

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

J. Hutchins, Inc. is a family-operated excavation and paving contractor providing heavy excavation, site work, utility installation, drainage, demolition, and concrete services, along with a Caterpillar-equipped paving division for roads, parking lots, and driveways. Through its wholly owned subsidiary Northeast Sand & Gravel, the company operates a state-of-the-art asphalt plant (the first of its kind in the U.S., producing 300+ tons per hour) and an aggregate quarry producing up to six stockpile products simultaneously.

Product overview

J. Hutchins, Inc. is a family-operated excavation and paving contractor in its 37th year of business. The company offers a unified portfolio of four interconnected service divisions: Excavation Services (heavy excavation, site work, utility installation, demolition, drainage, and related services), Paving Division (using Caterpillar equipment with paving machines, dump trucks, and testing equipment for roads, parking lots, and driveways), Asphalt Plant through Northeast Sand & Gravel (a state-of-the-art facility producing over 300 tons per hour of asphalt meeting state specifications), and Aggregate Products through Northeast Sand & Gravel (producing up to six aggregate products simultaneously including various plant mixes, washed sands, ledge, and quarry materials). The company staffs more than 160 employees and operates across the tri-state area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Northeast Sand & Gravel: Aggregate plant and rock quarry operated by J. Hutchins, Inc., located in Irasburg, Vermont. Produces up to six different products simultaneously including sand, gravel, and various aggregate materials.

Products and services

• Paving Division Full-service paving operations serving state and town roads, parking lots, and driveways. Uses an expansive Caterpillar equipment fleet including paving machines, triaxle and tandem dump trucks, and state-of-the-art testing equipment. Crewed by experienced paving crews and equipment operators for municipalities, commercial contractors, and property owners.
• Northeast Sand & Gravel Asphalt Plant Asphalt production facility founded in 2017 producing highest-quality asphalt products meeting Vermont and New Hampshire state specifications, plus private custom mixes. Capable of producing more than 300 tons per hour. Used by the company's own paving crews and sold to other paving contractors and buyers in the tri-state area.
• Northeast Sand & Gravel Aggregate Products Aggregate plant and rock quarry producing up to six different products simultaneously. Stockpiled products available for purchase and pickup include 3/4" plant mix ($15.25/ton), 1-1/2" plant mix ($15.50/ton), dry manufactured sand ($13.25/ton), washed manufactured sand ($22.00/ton), 3/8" washed ledge ($21.50/ton), 1/2" washed ledge ($22.00/ton), 3/4" washed ledge ($16.25/ton), 1-1/2" ledge ($13.25/ton), 3" dense grade ($15.25/ton), erosion stone Types I/II/III ($13.75/ton), quarry run ($13.75/ton), screen sand ($9.75/ton), fill ($3.00/ton), screened top soil ($21.00/ton), and unscreened top soil ($12.00/ton).
• Excavation and Site Work Services Heavy excavation and site work services including utility installation, drainage and culverts, demolition, utility repair, concrete work, cleaning of catch basins and manholes, hydro excavation, street sweeping, and vactor services. Delivered to municipalities, commercial contractors, and residential property owners across the tri-state area.

Quantifiable outcome

• 300+ tons per hour asphalt production capacity
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 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

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Peckham Industries: Family-owned New York-based construction materials company producing asphalt, aggregates, and paving services across the Northeast. Directly comparable as a vertically integrated regional aggregates-asphalt-paving operator serving municipal and commercial customers with similar plant-and-fleet assets.
• Tilcon Connecticut: Connecticut-based producer of crushed stone, asphalt, and paving services with quarries and plants across southern New England. Closely mirrors J. Hutchins' aggregate quarry + asphalt plant + paving crew model in an adjacent Northeastern geography.
• R.J. Grondin & Sons: Maine-based site preparation, paving, and aggregate company with quarry and asphalt operations. Highly comparable as a privately held family-oriented regional excavation/paving/aggregate contractor in northern New England.
• Gorham Sand & Gravel: New Hampshire-based aggregate producer and site work contractor serving northern New England. Comparable in product mix (sand, gravel, aggregate products) and in its New England regional customer base that overlaps J. Hutchins' core market.

Broad incumbents

• Granite Construction: Publicly traded heavy civil construction and materials company producing aggregates, asphalt, and paving services across the western and central U.S. Comparable in materials/paving business model but with substantially larger geographic footprint and project scale.
• CRH plc: Global building materials leader with extensive aggregates, asphalt, and paving operations in the United States through subsidiaries such as Tilcon and Oldcastle. Competes broadly with J. Hutchins in New England aggregate supply but at vastly larger scale and broader portfolio.
• Vulcan Materials Company: Largest U.S. producer of construction aggregates with nationwide operations including crushed stone, sand, gravel, and asphalt. Overlaps with J. Hutchins in aggregate and asphalt production but at national scale and with public-company resources and reach.
• Summit Materials: Vertically integrated construction materials company operating aggregates, cement, and paving assets across the U.S. Including northeastern markets. Competes with J. Hutchins in aggregates and paving but at multi-region scale and with public-market capital.
• Lane Construction: Heavy civil and transportation infrastructure contractor with significant Northeast paving and asphalt operations, owned by Webuild. Comparable in asphalt/paving capabilities but operates at broader geographic scale and is part of a much larger corporate parent.

Others

• Caterpillar Inc. Heavy equipment OEM whose paving machines, dump trucks, and earthmoving equipment form J. Hutchins' core fleet. Not a direct competitor but a critical supplier whose pricing, product availability, and financing terms directly shape J. Hutchins' operating economics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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