Thomas Mackey & Sons Inc

Thomas Mackey & Sons has turned up in Salem-area contractor directories since 1987, doing the excavating and water-main work that keeps a small crew busy for decades without much marketing. BBB records list Daniel Mackey as owner and put the business at about 25 years running under that name, and it also shows up as a general contractor bidding commercial jobs through ConstructConnect. Its Massachusetts home improvement contractor license is active. Its online footprint is thin. Google shows a 5.0-star average, but that's across just seven ratings and one written review — most of the directories that list the company, from Birdeye to Where.org to Opendi, show no reviews at all, just an address and a phone number. Birdeye's page header claims six reviews, but the profile is unclaimed and none of that content is visible to check. There's no BBB accreditation, and the bureau has no rating or complaint history either way to weigh in. With this little written online, it's worth asking for references directly and confirming current insurance before signing anything — a long-tenured, licensed excavation and general contracting outfit, but one where the paper trail online won't tell you much more than that.