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Asphalt Paving Contractors in Austin, TX

Browse asphalt paving contractors serving Austin, Texas for commercial parking lots, residential driveways, private roads, asphalt overlays, mill and overlay work, full asphalt replacement, asphalt repair, and new pavement construction. Each listing links to a profile showing the services that company reports offering, so you can shortlist Austin paving companies that match your project before you request proposals.

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Austin
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Before you hire: The Pavement Directory does not guarantee contractor performance, pricing, licensing, insurance, or availability. Business information may be submitted by contractors or gathered from public sources and should be independently verified before hiring. Always confirm licensing, insurance, references, scope of work, and written contract terms.

Austin asphalt contractors differ widely in what they actually do. Some run civil and commercial crews built around parking lots, private roads, and site work, and carry minimum project sizes to match. Others concentrate on driveways and smaller residential paving. Coverage across the metro varies too, so a company based in Austin may or may not travel to Round Rock, Pflugerville, Cedar Park, or Buda for a job of your size. Confirm both the service and the service area before you invite a bid.

The Pavement Directory does not rank, endorse, or vet the paving contractors in Austin, Texas listed here. Before you sign anything, confirm current availability, licensing where it applies to your scope, insurance, references, and experience on similar projects. Ask for a written scope that states measured square footage, compacted asphalt thickness, base preparation, exclusions, and warranty terms, then compare proposals line by line rather than on the total price alone.

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Asphalt PavingConcrete SiteworkCommercial & Residential

Aaron Concrete Contractors, L.P. has been in business since 1985 and is family and locally owned. The company offers services including road construction, utilities, curb work, concrete paving, and slip form barrier wall construction and placement. They provide free quotes for their projects.

(512) 926-7326Website on file
Asphalt PavingSealcoatingStriping & Pavement MarkingsCommercial & Residential

Ballards Asphalt & Concrete provides asphalt and concrete paving and repair services in Austin, Texas, and surrounding Central Texas cities including Round Rock and Pflugerville. The company works on commercial, residential, and government projects, offering services such as asphalt sealcoating, pothole repair, concrete repair, parking lot striping, driveway paving, and cinder block wall repair. It states it is licensed and insured and reports over 25 years of experience in the trade.

(512) 278-8777Website on file
Asphalt PavingConcrete SiteworkCommercial & Residential

C.C. Carlton Industries Ltd. has been serving Central Texas for over 30 years since 1993. The company maintains two office locations in Austin and Liberty Hill, Texas. The company states it has over 150 years of combined experience within its executive team and holds over 50 safety certifications. The company is bonded and prequalified to perform TxDOT work.

(512) 476-4282Website on file
Asphalt PavingConcrete SiteworkSealcoatingCommercial & Residential

The company operates as a vertically integrated paving contractor, managing asphalt production, material mixing, and pavement placement. They serve public and private projects across Central, South and Southeast Texas, with services including asphalt paving, highway and road construction, commercial and residential paving, asphalt production and supply, aggregates, and data center site work. Founded in 2014, the company has expanded from Austin roots to operate multiple locations and asphalt plants.

(512) 428-5778Website on file
Pavecon Ltd. logo

Austin, Texas

Asphalt PavingSealcoatingCrack SealingCommercial

Pavecon provides asphalt and concrete paving, repair, and maintenance services for commercial and multi-family properties, including parking lots, curbs, sidewalks, crack sealing, and sealcoating and striping. The company has operated since 1992 and lists offices or service locations in Dallas, Houston, Lubbock, and San Antonio, Texas, as well as Northwest Arkansas and Birmingham, Alabama. Client testimonials reference work for multi-family and commercial property managers.

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RDC Paving logo

Austin, Texas

Asphalt PavingSealcoatingCommercial & Residential

RDC Paving offers asphalt paving, asphalt crack filling, asphalt milling and reclamation, asphalt patching, asphalt resurfacing, asphalt sealcoating, concrete and curbing, concrete flatwork, concrete repair, parking lot repair, parking lot striping, parking lot sealcoating, ADA parking, drainage systems, safety features, soil stabilization, and sports construction services. The company serves commercial properties across multiple Central Texas communities.

(512) 920-9155Website on file
Texan Paving logo

Austin, Texas

Asphalt PavingSealcoatingCommercial & Residential

The company specializes in asphalt paving for parking lots, roads, and driveways, as well as asphalt maintenance services including pothole repair, sealcoating, and parking lot striping. Texan Paving states it uses project managers to provide free estimates and oversee jobs through completion. The company serves multiple cities across Texas including Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio.

(512) 696-4896Website on file

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Asphalt paving services available in Austin

Austin area paving companies group their work into a handful of distinct scopes. Not every contractor listed above performs all of them, and capability on large commercial projects varies a great deal, so confirm the specific scope with each company rather than assuming a paving contractor covers everything below.

  • New asphalt paving on previously unpaved ground
  • Commercial parking lot paving and reconstruction
  • Residential driveway paving
  • Private road and private lane paving
  • Full asphalt removal and replacement
  • Mill and overlay
  • Asphalt resurfacing and overlays
  • Full depth asphalt repair and dig-outs
  • Grading and subgrade preparation
  • Aggregate base placement and repair
  • Drainage related corrections tied to the paving work
  • Parking lot striping after paving

Individual contractor capabilities vary. Some companies subcontract striping, concrete, or drainage work instead of self performing it, which matters when you are deciding who carries responsibility for the finished result. For background on how these scopes differ, see asphalt paving vs. asphalt repair and asphalt paving vs. overlay.

Commercial asphalt paving in Austin

Commercial paving on an occupied property is as much a logistics project as a paving project. Property managers, HOA boards, apartment operators, retail centers, office properties, warehouses, industrial facilities, and schools are buying a schedule as much as a surface, because the pavement leaves service while it is replaced and every tenant, customer, and delivery has to keep moving around the work.

Before you accept a commercial proposal, get the phasing plan in writing. Ask which areas close on which days, how tenant and customer access is maintained, where displaced parking goes, and how heavy vehicle routes, dumpster pickups, and delivery areas are handled while a section is closed. Emergency access has to stay open throughout. Traffic control, signage, and flagging are real line items, and a bid that omits them is not comparable to one that includes them.

Drainage deserves attention before the work is scheduled. Water that ponded on the old surface will usually pond on the new one unless grades, inlets, or catch basin elevations are addressed in the scope. Striping should be coordinated with the paving schedule so the lot reopens with a usable layout.

Ask how ADA parking stalls, access aisles, and their slopes are handled, and get the answer in the written scope. A paving contractor performs the physical work, but compliance depends on site conditions, jurisdiction, and inspection, so treat accessibility as something to review with a qualified professional rather than something a paving bid can guarantee. The commercial asphalt paving guide covers the rest of the checklist.

Residential driveway and private road paving

Residential asphalt work around Austin ranges from replacing a worn driveway to building a new one, to paving private lanes serving several properties. The visible asphalt is the smaller half of the job. Ask how deep the demolition goes, what base material is placed and compacted, how the grade is set so water runs away from the garage and foundation, and how the edges are supported so they do not crumble under turning wheels.

Transitions are where residential jobs most often disappoint. Confirm how the new asphalt ties into the street, the sidewalk, the garage apron, and any existing concrete, and what the finished elevation will be at each point. Ask for the compacted asphalt thickness, which is not the same number as the thickness as it is laid down.

Get curing and reopening expectations in writing: when vehicles can drive on it and when they can park on it. Be skeptical of unsolicited door-knock offers to pave with leftover asphalt from a nearby job at a discount, a long running scam covered in red flags in cheap paving bids.

Asphalt repair, overlay, or full replacement

Property owners often ask for a price to repave when the right scope is something narrower or something larger. These are the common treatments and what each one is actually for.

TreatmentTypical purposeExisting condition requiredMain limitation
Localized asphalt repairFix isolated potholes, failed patches, or small areas of broken pavementSurrounding pavement and base still soundDoes not extend the life of the surrounding pavement
Asphalt overlayAdd a new asphalt layer over the existing surface to restore ride and appearanceExisting pavement structurally sound, with grades and elevations that can accept added heightUnderlying cracking and base failure tend to reappear through the new layer
Mill and overlayGrind off a set depth of surface, then repave to the original elevationBase sound enough to keep, and surface distress limited to the milled depthDoes not repair failure below the milled depth; adds milling and disposal cost
Full removal and replacementRemove the pavement, correct the base, and rebuild the sectionApplies where base failure, drainage, or grades cannot be corrected any other wayHighest cost and longest closure of any of these options
New asphalt pavingBuild pavement where none exists, such as an expansion or a new lotSubgrade prepared and compacted, with drainage designed inRequires grading, base, and drainage work beyond the asphalt itself

Which treatment fits depends on pavement condition, base condition, drainage, traffic loads, grades, utility and drain elevations, the service life you need, the available budget, and what the project is meant to accomplish. Those are site-specific judgments, so treat this table as vocabulary for reading proposals rather than a recommendation for your property, and have a contractor or engineer assess the pavement before committing to a scope. The repair vs. replace calculator can help you frame the question before you call anyone.

What affects asphalt paving cost in Austin

Paving proposals for the same property can differ substantially without either contractor being wrong, because the price is driven by scope and site conditions rather than by a single square foot rate. These are the variables that move a number most:

  • Total square footage and the shape of the area being paved
  • Compacted asphalt thickness and the number of lifts placed
  • Demolition depth, or milling depth where the surface is being ground off
  • Aggregate base repair, and how much of it is included versus priced as an extra
  • Soft or unsuitable subgrade found once the surface is removed
  • Trucking, disposal of removed material, and distance to the asphalt plant
  • Mobilization, and whether the crew has to mobilize more than once for phasing
  • Site access, including gates, overhead clearance, and room for equipment
  • Traffic control, flagging, and work in an occupied property
  • Drainage corrections, catch basin adjustments, and utility casting adjustments
  • Striping, curbing, and any concrete work bundled into the same contract
  • Night or weekend work required to keep a property operating
  • Overall project size, since small jobs carry fixed costs over less area
  • Asphalt material pricing at the time of the work

Published averages will not price your project, and this directory does not publish local rates. Use the asphalt paving cost guide to understand what drives a number, the asphalt tonnage calculator to sanity check quantities, and the paving budget estimator for early planning. Then get written proposals from the contractors above and compare them against each other.

How to compare Austin paving companies

The fastest way to tell two proposals apart is to check whether they describe the same work. Ask each contractor to state the following in writing, then line the bids up item by item:

  • Exact work limits, marked on a plan or sketch
  • Measured square footage rather than an approximation
  • Demolition or milling depth
  • Compacted asphalt thickness, stated as compacted
  • Asphalt mix being used and the number of lifts
  • Base preparation method and compaction
  • How soft base or unsuitable subgrade is handled, and how it is priced
  • Drainage assumptions, and which grade problems are and are not being corrected
  • Utility casting, manhole, and drain adjustments
  • Transitions and tie-ins at streets, curbs, aprons, and concrete
  • Tack coat where a new layer meets existing pavement
  • Compaction method and any testing included
  • Striping, including layout and ADA stalls
  • Traffic control and project phasing
  • Everything specifically excluded
  • Schedule, including reopening time
  • Written warranty terms and what voids them

Two guides cover this in more depth: how to compare asphalt paving bids and the asphalt paving proposal checklist. If you are unsure what a line item means, the bid decoder translates common proposal language, and the asphalt thickness guide for parking lots explains why the thickness line matters as much as the price line.

Questions to ask Austin asphalt contractors

Bring the same questions to every company you contact. Consistent questions produce comparable answers, and the answers usually tell you more about a contractor than the total at the bottom of the page.

  1. Do you regularly complete this type and size of paving project?
  2. What exact areas and square footage are included in this price?
  3. Is the proposed asphalt thickness the compacted thickness?
  4. What demolition or milling depth is included?
  5. What base preparation is included, and how is compaction handled?
  6. How will unsuitable base or soft subgrade be handled if you find it?
  7. Are drainage corrections included, and which problems are you not correcting?
  8. Are utility casting and drain adjustments included?
  9. Is striping included, and does it cover ADA stalls and access aisles?
  10. How will site access and project phasing be managed while the work runs?
  11. What items are specifically excluded from this proposal?
  12. What written warranty is provided, and what would void it?

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Asphalt Paving in Austin: common questions

How do I find an asphalt paving contractor in Austin?

Start by matching the contractor to the project. Decide whether you need commercial parking lot work, a residential driveway, a private road, a repair, or a full replacement, then shortlist companies whose listings show that scope. Contact several, ask each the same questions, and require a written scope with measured square footage, compacted asphalt thickness, base preparation, and exclusions before comparing prices. Confirm licensing where it applies, insurance, and references yourself, since this directory does not verify them for you.

What services do Austin asphalt paving companies provide?

Commonly offered work includes new asphalt paving, commercial parking lot paving, driveway paving, private road paving, asphalt overlays, mill and overlay, full removal and replacement, full depth repair, grading and base preparation, drainage related corrections, and striping after paving. Capabilities vary by company, and some subcontract striping, concrete, or drainage rather than self performing it, so confirm the scope with each contractor.

Do Austin paving contractors handle commercial parking lots?

Many do, and several listings in this directory report commercial paving among their services. Commercial lots bring requirements a driveway does not: phasing so the property keeps operating, traffic control, maintained access for tenants and deliveries, heavier pavement sections for truck traffic, drainage, and striping and ADA parking reinstatement. Ask for references on projects of similar size and property type.

Can new asphalt be installed over existing pavement?

Sometimes. An overlay places new asphalt over the existing surface and can work when the pavement below is structurally sound and the added height does not create problems at doors, curbs, drains, or tie-ins. It is a poor fit where there is widespread base failure, severe alligator cracking, or standing water, because those conditions reappear through the new layer. A contractor should explain why an overlay is appropriate for your pavement rather than defaulting to it.

What is the difference between an overlay and full replacement?

An overlay adds a new asphalt layer on top of pavement that is being kept. Full replacement removes the existing pavement, allows the base to be corrected, and rebuilds the section from the ground up. Overlays cost less and close the property for less time. Replacement addresses problems in the base and grades that an overlay cannot reach. Mill and overlay sits between them, grinding off a set depth before repaving to the original elevation.

How should I compare asphalt paving proposals?

Compare scope before price. Check that each proposal states the same work limits and measured square footage, the same compacted asphalt thickness and number of lifts, the same demolition or milling depth, the same base preparation, and the same treatment of drainage, striping, and traffic control. Read the exclusions closely, since that is usually where two bids that look different turn out to be pricing different jobs.

What causes asphalt pavement to fail?

Most premature failure traces back to water and to what is under the asphalt rather than to the asphalt itself. Water reaching the base weakens support, which shows up as alligator cracking, rutting, and potholes. Insufficient pavement thickness for the traffic it carries, poor compaction, inadequate base preparation, and unrepaired cracks that let water in all shorten pavement life. Surface oxidation and heat add wear on top of that.

Should drainage problems be corrected before paving?

Generally yes, because paving over a drainage problem usually preserves it. Water that ponded on the old surface will tend to pond on the new one unless the grades, inlets, or catch basin elevations are addressed as part of the work. Ask each contractor which drainage issues the proposal corrects, which it leaves alone, and whether correcting them requires a drainage or sitework contractor in addition to the paving crew.

How long does an asphalt paving project take?

It depends on square footage, the scope, and how much of the property has to stay open. A residential driveway is often a short job, while a commercial lot phased around tenant access can run across multiple mobilizations and weeks. Ask each contractor for a schedule that shows which areas close on which days and when each area reopens to traffic, and confirm the reopening times in writing rather than by assumption.

Do paving contractors also provide striping or concrete work?

Many do, either with their own crews or through subcontractors. Striping is commonly bundled with paving because a lot has to be relined after it is resurfaced. Concrete work such as curbs, sidewalks, and pads is offered by some paving companies and not others. Ask whether the work is self performed or subcontracted, and confirm who is responsible for the finished result under the warranty.

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