Concrete companies in Texas: 2,652 locations, 1,038 permitted plants and who owns the supply after 2026's deals

This report is for Texas builders, developers and buyers sourcing concrete work or supply, and for B2B sellers covering the state's concrete firms: equipment and truck dealers, admixture and cementitious suppliers, plant automation, staffing, insurance and software.

The state in Census data

Figures for Texas, combining NAICS 238110 (Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors) and NAICS 327320 (Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing). Source: US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.

In bands, 2,132 locations have fewer than 20 employees, 452 have 20 to 99 and 68 have 100 or more; the last is the total less the smaller bands, because the Census Bureau doesn't publish the 1,000-or-more cell. By code, two contractor establishments have 1,000 or more employees (the 1,858 total less the published classes), and no ready-mix plant has 250 or more.

County Business Patterns counts establishments with paid employees, not companies. A producer with many plants counts once per plant location; a finisher working alone with no payroll counts as none.

Where the market is

By county, Harris leads with 304 locations (216 contractors, 88 plants), then Dallas (205), Tarrant (203), Bexar (131), Travis (117) and Collin (102).

The plants, from state permits

Concrete plants that discharge process wastewater or stormwater need coverage under the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's general permit TXG110000. As updated on 29 October 2026, TCEQ's open data lists 1,038 active authorizations held by 295 operators:

By metro, the DFW counties hold 265, Houston's 208, San Antonio's 76 and Austin's 73; the other 416 are spread across the rest of the state. The list includes block and precast plants, and a plant with no discharge may not appear.

Who owns the supply now

The data file's search for SEC-registered companies in the concrete industry codes (SIC 3270 to 3273 and 1771) with a Texas address finds none; Eagle files under cement (3241) and Arcosa under fabricated structural metal (3440), which is why they appear here from their filings instead.

Hiring in Texas: the local rules

Texas has no state license for concrete contractors. Cities fill some of the gap:

The city reports on San Antonio, Austin and Fort Worth cover each in detail.

Worked example: three reps for a state this size

Illustrative example. The plan and rates are invented; the counts are from the tables above.

A plant automation vendor has three field reps and an inside team.

Each field rep gets 500 to 730 locations and 150 to 265 plants. The inside team gets 40% of the plants, scattered across small markets where a phone call is cheaper than a drive. Since Smyrna alone holds 176 authorizations, it needs a separate national account plan.

Selling to Texas concrete firms

Plants buy automation, trucks, drivers and cementitious materials; contractors buy forming, pumps, finishing equipment, estimating and labor. The two-thirds of locations in four metros make field coverage efficient, while the TCEQ list reaches plants in towns too small for most data sets. For building the list, see how to build a prospect list. Bebop can find Texas concrete firms that match a description and research each account.

Subject: [number] plants, one dashboard

Hi [first name],

[Company] runs [number] permitted concrete plants in Texas, by TCEQ's list, and most operators that size still pull batch and ticket data plant by plant.

We connect existing batch panels to one dashboard, so you see yards, cement use and truck turns across every plant by noon.

Would a look at two of your plants be useful?

[Your name]

Sources for names

Next step: for the wider builder market, read the report on construction companies in Texas.