Ken Becker & Sons Inc.

What Ken Becker & Sons Inc. does

R.C. Becker & Son, Inc. is a third-generation, family-owned general engineering contractor headquartered in Santa Clarita, California, founded in 1959. The company operates as a union signatory prime contractor delivering street and site improvement construction for public works agencies and private clients throughout California. Its service portfolio spans four integrated capabilities — grading, concrete, asphalt, and road construction — plus underground utilities and landscaping, allowing self-performance across the full site improvement stack. Notable projects include the $126.2 million Castaic High School build (16 buildings, 250,000 square feet on a 58-acre site), the City of Palmdale's Yellen Park development ($4 million, 12 acres), the City of Santa Clarita's Main Street beautification ($2.2 million), and the Soledad Pedestrian Bridge ($500,000).

The business operates on a bid-based, project-by-project contracting model under California Contractor's License #258762, generating revenue as a one-time prime contract engagement per project rather than through recurring or subscription pricing. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales — direct bidding on municipal RFPs and negotiated private work — supported by union labor partnerships with the Laborer, Operators, and Cement Mason unions and industry membership in the Southern California Contractors Association. Distribution is entirely domestic, confined to California, with no evidence of geographic expansion beyond the state. The company's value proposition rests on multi-decade brand recognition, family stewardship, union-grade skilled labor access, and a track record of municipal contract execution, including a 2014 Project of the Year recognition from the City of Santa Clarita.

Revenue is driven primarily by public-sector clients (cities, school districts, community colleges) with selective private work such as asphalt and parking lot expansion at Santa Clarita Studios. The firm runs a lean direct-employee base (11–50) supplemented by union labor mobilized per project. No external investment, private equity involvement, M&A activity, or leadership transitions outside family succession have been disclosed in the available data.

Name

Ken Becker & Sons Inc.

Legal name

R.C. Becker & Son, Inc.

Website

https://rcbeckerandson.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

R.C. Becker & Son, Inc. is a third-generation, family-owned general engineering contractor in Santa Clarita, California, delivering grading, asphalt, concrete, and road construction services as a union signatory prime contractor for California public works and private clients since 1959.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Clarita

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Construction Project Services: Prime contractor managing construction projects including grading, asphalt, paving, concrete, underground utilities, and landscaping for public works and private projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

R.C. Becker & Son, Inc. is a general engineering contractor that provides integrated street and site improvement construction services, including grading, asphalt paving, concrete work, roadway construction, underground utilities, and landscaping. The company operates as a union signatory prime contractor serving public agencies and private clients on projects of all sizes throughout California.

Product overview

R.C. Becker & Son, Inc. is a third-generation family-owned general engineering company serving California since 1959. The company operates as a union signatory prime contractor offering a unified suite of street and site improvement construction services. The core service portfolio consists of four integrated offerings: Grading Services for site preparation and earthwork; Concrete Services including formwork, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and repairs; Asphalt Services covering seal coating, crack sealing, striping, removal/replacement, and new road construction; and Road Construction Services for public works and private projects. All services are delivered through unified project management, coordinating grading, asphalt, paving, concrete, underground utilities, and landscaping as a single-source contractor.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grading Services
• Concrete Services
• Asphalt Services
• Road Construction Services

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Laborer UnioncoreOthersUnion partnership providing skilled labor force for construction projects. R.C. Becker operates as a union signatory company.
• Operators UnioncoreOthersUnion partnership providing equipment operators and skilled workforce for heavy construction and earthwork projects.
• Cement Mason UnioncoreOthersUnion partnership providing cement masons for concrete work, formwork, and finishing services on construction projects.
• Southern California Contractors AssociationstrategicChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIndustry association membership providing networking, advocacy, and business development opportunities within the Southern California construction industry.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Granite Construction: One of the largest U.S. heavy civil and infrastructure contractors with deep California roots in transportation, water resources, and site development. Highly comparable as a general engineering / heavy civil prime contractor in California, though operating at materially greater scale and public company breadth.
• Tutor Perini Corporation: Major California-headquartered civil and building construction firm with large-scale public infrastructure projects. Comparable on public works bid model and California-heavy portfolio, though at much larger scale across multiple infrastructure verticals.

Direct peers

• Security Paving Company: Southern California-based heavy civil and asphalt paving contractor serving public agencies with grading, paving, and site improvement work. Direct peer — same geography, same public works bid model, and overlapping service lines (asphalt, grading, concrete).
• Griffith Company: California-based general engineering contractor providing grading, paving, concrete, and underground utilities for public and private clients. Closely comparable in scope, service lines, and California public works focus.
• Martin Brothers Construction: Southern California general engineering contractor performing site preparation, grading, paving, and concrete for public agencies. Highly comparable regional general engineering contractor with overlapping service mix and customer type.
• Cal Stripe / California Pavement Maintenance: California pavement maintenance and paving contractor serving municipalities with seal coating, striping, and asphalt services. Direct peer in the asphalt and roadway services niche that overlaps with R.C. Becker's asphalt services line.
• Sully-Miller Contracting Company: Southern California general engineering contractor specializing in asphalt, paving, grading, and concrete for public works and private clients. Closely comparable service portfolio and customer base, union signatory, operating in the same California markets.

Emerging players

• Reyes Construction: California-based site work and underground utilities contractor serving municipal and private clients. Comparable on underground utilities and grading scope; smaller scale than R.C. Becker with more emerging presence.

Others

• Southern California Contractors Association: Industry association of which R.C. Becker is a strategic partner. Not a direct competitor but an ecosystem participant whose membership base represents the universe of directly comparable California general engineering contractors.

Regional players

• Hazard Construction: Southern California heavy civil and site work contractor with grading, paving, and concrete services. Comparable service offering but focused more exclusively on the San Diego region rather than overlapping geographically with R.C. Becker in LA County.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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