How many quotes should I get for a foundation & crawl space job in Cary?

At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cary foundation & crawl space firms usually file between $8,250 and $13,123 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.6 times apart and both be normal for Cary. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.

What range is normal for foundation & crawl space jobs in Cary?

Half of permits were filed between $7,300 and $18,200; 8 in 10 between $4,300 and $25,800. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.

How much do foundation contractors charge in Cary?

The usual foundation & crawl space job is filed at $12,083; the middle half of firms usually file between $8,250 and $13,123. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $14,500, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job

Do bigger houses get bigger bills?

Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $8,250, the lower third $12,800.

Where does this data come from?

Town of Cary building permit applications (issued permits only), read October 2026. How the records work in Cary

Foundation Work Cost in Cary, NC: Usual $12,083 (2026)

How much does foundation work cost in Cary?

The usual foundation & crawl space job filed with Cary is $12,083, from 618 priced permits, October 2023 through September 2026. The middle half of firms usually file between $8,250 and $13,123. Half of jobs were filed for less, half for more. A filed value is what the contractor wrote on the permit, not a quote or the final bill. A foundation & crawl space permit here usually takes 66 days from issue to final inspection. How long permits take →

What the spread looks like

Approximately, from each firm's own spread: every firm's range of filed values, weighted by its 618 priced permits across 69 firms, pooled into one. Half of Cary foundation & crawl space permits were filed between $7,300 and $18,200.

Percentile	Filed value	Reads as
10th	$4,300	1 in 10 permits filed below
25th	$7,300	1 in 4 filed below
50th	$12,000	the middle permit
75th	$18,200	1 in 4 filed above
90th	$25,800	1 in 10 filed above

By home value

Firms split into thirds by the usual value of the homes they work on, with each third's usual filed value weighted by permits. Home values: Wake County parcel values.

Firms working on	Usual home value	Usual filed value	Firms	Permits
Lower third	under $559,450	$12,800	21	85
Middle third	$559,450–$664,376	$14,500	22	381
Upper third	$675,163 and up	$8,250	22	150

Busiest firms and what they usually charge

Top 10 by permits in the last 12 months. Usual is each firm's middle filed value; middle half is the range its middle half of jobs were filed in. Busy is not the same as careful: pick what you value to build a list.

Firm	Permits	Last 12 mo	Usual	Middle half	Finished
Groundworks North Carolina	231	89	$14,500	$9,595–$20,288	66.1%
Carolina Basement Systems LLC	46	19	$12,745	$8,548–$17,014	62.3%
Foundation Pro NC, LLC	18	18	$13,184	$9,958–$16,062	—
Foundation Solutions,LLC	51	12	$6,630	$4,154–$13,068	95.7%
Atlantic Foundation & Repair	31	12	$8,975	$5,930–$17,650	91.1%
Advanced Structural Repair	23	8	$11,500	$6,737–$17,819	93.1%
Elite Construction Holdings	6	6	$10,605	$9,241–$15,211	—
Triangle Reconstruction	32	5	$12,800	$9,787–$18,662	92.0%
Bolin Enterprises, Inc.	20	5	$15,000	$7,150–$19,050	62.6%
Foundation Xperts, LLC	17	5	$10,650	$7,100–$14,800	80.0%

Why filed values run low or high

The 10 busiest firms usually file $14,500; the 57 firms with fewer than 10 permits usually file $10,800.
Firms working on the most expensive third of homes (usual home value $675,163 and up) usually file $8,250, against $12,800 for the least expensive third.
One permit type covers small and large jobs: 1 in 10 foundation & crawl space permits is filed under $4,300 and 1 in 10 over $25,800, 6 times as much.
99.5% of the 621 permits carry a value; the 3 without one are left out of every figure here.

Is your quote normal? Compare it with 618 filed values

Line your quote up against the file. In Cary, 1 in 10 foundation & crawl space filed values sit under $4,300, the middle half between $7,300 and $18,200, and 1 in 10 over $25,800.

$33,600Above $25,800: higher than 9 in 10 filed values for this work in Cary.
$12,083Right at the usual $12,083: in the middle of the file.
$3,000Below $4,300: lower than 9 in 10. Ask what the quote leaves out.

When to schedule foundation work in Cary

Cary files the fewest foundation & crawl space permits in December (62 against an average month of 100) and the most in June (156). If you can choose, ask for quotes in a quiet month. We have no prices by month, so this is about crews' schedules, not a discount. When each trade is busiest in Cary →

How these numbers are made

Source: Town of Cary building permit applications (issued permits only). The window is October 2023 through September 2026; a permit filed after that isn't here yet.

Usual is the middle permit: half were filed for less, half for more. Only permits with a filed value count; a value of $0 or none is left out.

The spread is approximate: we keep seven points of each firm's own range of filed values, not every permit, and pool them.

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Common questions

How many quotes should I get for a foundation & crawl space job in Cary?At least three. In the permit record the middle half of Cary foundation & crawl space firms usually file between $8,250 and $13,123 a job, so two ordinary firms can sit 1.6 times apart and both be normal for Cary. A third quote shows which one is the outlier. Filed values are what contractors wrote on permits, not quotes, so use them to judge the spread, not to price your own job.
What range is normal for foundation & crawl space jobs in Cary?Half of permits were filed between $7,300 and $18,200; 8 in 10 between $4,300 and $25,800. These are approximate, pooled from each firm's own spread.
How much do foundation contractors charge in Cary?The usual foundation & crawl space job is filed at $12,083; the middle half of firms usually file between $8,250 and $13,123. The 10 firms with the most permits in the last 12 months usually file $14,500, more than the usual. See every firm's usual job →
Do bigger houses get bigger bills?Not in the file: firms working on the upper third of homes by value usually file $8,250, the lower third $12,800.
Where does this data come from?Town of Cary building permit applications (issued permits only), read October 2026. How the records work in Cary →

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