What is my landscaping business worth

Landscaping is valued almost entirely on recurring maintenance. Design and install revenue is nice to have; the contracted mowing, grounds and snow work is what a buyer is really buying.

2.0x–3.2x
Multiple we apply: 6
Questions: $0
Cost to you

Applied to profit before your own pay, then moved inside that range for the size of the earnings and the years you have traded. It is a range, not an appraisal.

Your range, in six questions

What moves the number in landscaping

Recurring maintenance contracts

Annual or seasonal contracts that renew are the core of the value. Install-only revenue is discounted because it has to be won again each spring.

Commercial against residential

Commercial and HOA contracts are larger, longer and transfer more cleanly. A residential route can still be strong if the retention is there.

Route density

Twenty properties in one zip code are worth more than twenty spread across a county, because the buyer's cost to serve them is lower.

Equipment condition

Owned, maintained equipment with life left in it reduces the buyer's first-year capital spend and shows up in the price.

Questions owners ask us first

What is a landscaping business worth: We use 2.0x to 3.2x profit before the owner's pay, moved for size and years trading. The share of your revenue that is contracted maintenance is the single biggest lever inside that range.
Does snow or seasonal work count: Yes, if it is contracted. Committed seasonal work with a signed agreement counts toward recurring revenue. Casual per-event work does not, in a buyer's eyes.

Before you trust the number

We publish the arithmetic in full: the earnings a buyer prices, the multiple for each trade, the two adjustments, and the things we deliberately leave out. How buyers value a trades business.

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