For more than six decades, J.W. Hampton Company has proudly served Western North Carolina with expert grading and excavation services. As a family-owned business, our foundation is built on hard work, integrity, and trust, with an unwavering commitment to safety, quality, and client satisfaction.
The High Country’s trusted grading and excavation contractor, backed by decades of experience, skilled professionals, and the equipment to handle any project.
J.W. Hampton Company provides turnkey commercial site development from initial site preparation and grading through utilities, drainage, paving, and completed parking areas. Our experienced team delivers safe, efficient, high-quality work that gives every project a strong foundation from the ground up. Established in the High Country, our reputation for dependable results follows us well beyond the mountains.
From secondary roads to major highways, our team has extensive experience delivering transportation infrastructure projects for state and federal DOT.
Founded in 1960, The J.W. Hampton Company is a family-owned leader in grading, excavation, and site development throughout North Carolina’s High Country. As a certified NCDOT bidder and subcontractor and a Women-Owned Business, we have built our reputation on quality workmanship, integrity, safety, and reliability.
We specialize in turnkey commercial site development, providing comprehensive services from initial clearing and erosion control to grading, utilities, storm drainage systems, retaining walls, concrete work, paving, and final site completion. Our experienced team has successfully delivered commercial projects ranging from $500,000 to over $15 million, with the equipment, expertise, and resources to handle the most challenging site conditions.
In addition to commercial development, J.W. Hampton Company has extensive experience in roadway construction and infrastructure improvement projects, including roadway widening, reconstruction, and transportation enhancements for the Federal Highway Administration, North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and other public agencies.
For more than 65 years, we’ve been helping build the communities of Western North Carolina by providing safe, efficient, and high-quality earthwork solutions.
