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Utility Locating Services in the US Procurement Price, Data and Insights
Construction firms in this market assess a job site before an excavation project begins to determine utility lines' locations. Services include assessment of utility lines for natural gas, telecommunications, electricity, fiber optics, water, sewage, traffic lights, and other underground and underwater utility equipment. Vendors also specialize in safety management and typically work directly with construction crews in the early stages of excavation projects. Local governments source utility locating services for utility infrastructure maintenance activities and oil and gas production companies. Key buyers include construction and engineering companies, utility companies, municipalities and government agencies, telecommunications companies, oil, gas, and pipeline companies.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Utility Locating Services procurement and pricing environment in the United States includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.
About this Market
What’s this procurement report about?
This procurement coverage of the Utility Locating Services market in the United States includes Electromagnetic Utility Locating, Ground Penetrating Radar Utility Locating, Acoustic Utility Locating and Hydro Excavation. Standard coding in this coverage includes ISIC-8299-Other business support service activities n.e.c., NACE-82.99-Other Business Support Service Activities N.E.C., NAICS-561990-All Other Support Services and UNSPSC-72141126-Underground utilities construction service.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Utility Locating Services procurement coverage includes Ground Penetrating Radar (Geophysical utility locating equipment that uses radar pulses to obtain underground images.), Trenching (The practice of digging an elongated trench underground to map out utility infrastructure systems.) and Construction Access Permit (The paperwork that grants contractors the authority to begin construction work. The permitting process includes an application, fees, plan review, and required compliance with insurance and background security check standards.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Utility Locating Services procurement report as suppliers are United Locating Services, Mason Private Locating LLC, Subsurface Imaging Inc., Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, Llc and Cox Utility Services Inc..
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Utility Locating Services market in the United States category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.
The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per hour, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.
Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Utility Locating Services market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Utility Locating Services procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.
These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.
Price Environment
What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?
The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Utility Locating Services market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.
Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.
Supply Chain & Vendors
What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?
The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Utility Locating Services market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.
Business Requirements
What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?
The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current market price for Utility Locating Services?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Utility Locating Services is $166 per hour. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 1.02 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Utility Locating Services market?
The top vendors in the Utility Locating Services market include United Locating Services, Mason Private Locating LLC, Subsurface Imaging Inc., Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, Llc and Cox Utility Services Inc..
What industries supply the Utility Locating Services market?
The top industries supplying the Utility Locating Services market are Computer & Packaged Software Wholesaling in the US, Computer Manufacturing in the US, Software Publishing in the US, Fuel Dealers in the US, Petroleum Refining in the US, Navigational Instrument Manufacturing in the US and Electrical Equipment Wholesaling in the US.
What is the supply chain risk for Utility Locating Services?
Moderate vendor financial risk calls for ongoing monitoring. Vendor risk in this market is moderate due to intense market competition and regulatory changes. The moderate level of vendor risk poses problems for buyers as vendor bankruptcy could disrupt the provision of services and lead to financial losses for buyers who have prepaid for services yet to be delivered. As a result, buyers should vet prospective vendors before entering into agreements and continuously check whether their incumbent vendors are financially stable.
What factors affect the price of Utility Locating Services?
Utility locating services for electric utilities typically cost more than utility locating for water utilities due to the hazards involved with electricity.
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