How to Start $58K/Month Landscaping Business (Pt. 1)

Do you love landscaping? Have you ever considered it as a career? Brian Linson turned his passion for lawn care into a $700K/year landscaping business—and so can you, if you follow the advice in this video.

Brian founded BL Landscapes six years ago based on his 25 years of experience building and maintaining landscapes in the Pacific Northwest. The company has grown consistently year after year, and is on target to do so again in 2020 with sales nearing $800K.

One big key to their success is their reputation in the community. They have an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau and were voted Best of Whidbey for 4 years straight, testament to their popularity in the region.

In this interview, we talk to Brian about starting a lawn care business. He’ll tell us how much it costs to start a landscaping company, what equipment you’ll need, and how he’s grown his crew to accommodate increasing demand.

Delivering quality work is crucial to success as a landscaping company, but keeping costs low is just as important for profits. BL Landscapes uses just one crew and that helps keep margins high. We’ll find out how Brian manages his team to maximize both morale and productivity and keep his business on track.

Even if you’re not in landscaping, Brian’s entrepreneurial advice can help people across industries manage their business better.

If you’ve learned something from this video, let us know by liking and commenting! And don’t forget to subscribe to UpFlip’s channel for more actionable business tips.

Resources:

Timecodes:
0:00 Intro
1:54 Meeting Brian
3:09 How to decide on pricing
4:25 Current Project Tour
5:28 Building client base
7:02 Equipment cost
8:38 Landscaping business as a visual product
9:59 Income & revenue
11:08 Inside the trailer
13:04 Secret on tremendous growth
14:40 Outro

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[jeremyshuster]

I watched this two years ago and started my own landscaping company. Did 150k last year on track to do 300k this year! 😊

[TrentKennelly]

Great guide! I’d like to hear more about how he bootstrapped in the beginning

[ryanculler]

Im 25 and own my own small landscaping business Under The Sun Landscaping here in Brunswick county NC i enjoy it i get in to the reality offices and get put on their mow lists i got 30 properties i go out and do by myself i absolutely love it ❤ wish ya all the best i only operate with 2 push mowers a couple weed eaters hand held blower and i continue to purchase new equipment

[JayFairbrother]

I've noticed a definite uptick in people outsourcing their lawn care in my neighborhood the past couple of years. Looks like a trend that is only going to grow!

[nickreed]

Just found your channel a few days ago, and all I can is WOW!!

Everything from the camera angles and filming, to the editing, to the excellent interviewing and flow, is all top notch, professional, and very polished!
Gaining tons of useful information to put towards our own start-up business.
Thank you, and keep up the great work!

[knrgbrh]

Do they have a YouTube channel? I love their branding.

[robertscudo]

I’m trying to get my business to take off, I’m doing this after 20 yrs as a chef, asking advice from everyone I can. Watching videos and learning. I’m pulling in 30 k since March, but I want to build something I can be proud of. Thanks for this amazing video

[BuildingTimeFreedom]

Funny because we have a hard time finding landscapers that are available. They are all booked out for weeks or months.

[gianl]

I would be crying tears of joy for $4000 a month with 40 hour work week

[pedrocarachure]

my pops been running a small landscaping business and I've been working with him since I was 10. broke my foot recently doing something radical. I had this passion make the company bigger with more work but figuring out if thats the best thing long term. heard from many people to not to labor work for the rest of my life. should i go collage and go into a field of something or should I work to expand the business and or branch out doing other stuff. I would appreciate some feed back as im stuck in this moment

[EcoNeighbor]

These testimonials are so inspiring! #TFS

[lifeoft]

Really appreciate your videos but if you could do without the trash edm music with the b-roll that would be awesome! It takes away from the video.

[parkerrish]

I don’t even make 30 thousand a year let alone 50k a month! Teach me your secrets!!!

[DrJonTam]

Great stuff. You broke it down real well!

[willieslawncareservice.]

What's up it's not that easy like you say you have to find the customers and if they like to do business with you then you gotta deal.

[yeti]

Love how happy he is to explain how everything works👍👍👍

[MACFLIPZ]

I currently have a 15/hr landscaping job that I hate because I dont make enough. Will be starting my own landscaping business this summer!

[g]

Awesome gonna start a landscaping business next summer if it's God's will

[bawselife]

Thinkin abt quiting my corporate job n do this 😅.. hope my bad back doset give out tho.. probably better for my back than sitting on a desk all day

[andrewsmith]

You are making a huge mistake doing mostly installs!! Bad economy = failed business. Build a base of maintenance too!!!!