5 Tips to Start a Lawn Care Business in 2024

I give 5 tips to start a lawn care business in 2024. I still think the lawn and landscaping industry is a great business. I cover a number of topics in this video including pricing, business plan, equipment decisions, motivation and more. Mistakes in business are often quite expensive but they can sometime be avoided or overcome. I hope this video is both motivating and informational toward those looking to jump into the green industry.

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[Ar]

Been running my little landscaping business throughout high school and always wanted it to be a full time gig. This being my last year I’ll be leaving my job and going all out! Hope the Best for you all!

[EnchantedMagna]

Here’s a tip for pricing. It’s hard to raise your price so if you start low you have to stay low or risk losing repeat customers that will leave when the rates go up. To combat this you can price a la carte. You can offer services in a package and have less services for low prices and more services for high prices and a custom build it yourself package where they can add and subtract services to meet their budget. That way when you start and “just want the work” you can only offer cutting. Then when you get better you can add weed eating at a additional cost while keeping the cutting the same price. You essentially increased the amount you will make per yard and no one will leave because the price never changed. In fact they will have more options now

[jenbartee]

Keep God first and let him lead you. Hope and pray everyone have a great season to come.

[Panicscroll]

This is my first year on my own. Let’s make America looks beautiful boys n girls

[kmaia]

I have so many questions on how not to undercut myself with pricing jobs. Good info here. Thanks!

[ogmont]

It’s 11:57pm and I’m looking for videos to start my business from scratch. Thank you!

[rubbabubba]

This guy gives good advice, been watching for a year or two. I'm a part timer, kept it simple, bought all battery stuff, mainly because i mow in the evenings after my day job and wanted to stay quiet and i didn't want a trailer. I have 2 21" push mowers, a hand held blower, and a trimmer. I do use a gas backpack blower for fall cleanups. All fit easily in the back of my truck. Ended up investing maybe $1500. I charge by the hour (in my head) over sq feet. I dont usually take lawns i cant do in an hour. So most of my customers are paying my minimum charge. Been 3 years and im taking in roughly 95% profit. I get the lawns the bigger guys dont like to deal with because of obstacles and things like that. Word of mouth is key, i dont advertise and i still have to turn people away because I'm full.

[valleycoastlawns]

Always great advice mate I’ve been watching you for many years and learnt a lot through your videos
Thanks

[curbappeallawncarellc]

I would really love to be at this. I've hit a bad mindset and trying to get out of it. I feel like everything is just collapsing around me. I will still always watch your videos and that of other content creators who i follow. As well as try to do shorts on my own channel when my mindset isn't in a dark place. But love what you do for the community.

[JustinStrodtman]

Couldn't have said it better! What I needed to hear and everyone else going down this path. Ty

[timothygladwell]

I have 4 days a week mowing 2 people. I leave 1 to 2 days a week to do mulching shrubbery ect but i schedule around my mowing. I live in area where mowing last 7 months.

[markdoehrman]

I'm starting out with used equipment. Just picked up a couple things this week, , 250 for a new honda 170 21"self propelled and a timecutter zero turn 46"deck, 23hp kohler with 420 hrs on it for 425.00 all on Marketplace. Targeting residential smaller level lots, small businesses, and also pressure washing. I'm 56 but don't mine walking them if needed, actually that part never bothered me, lol. Hopefully it all works to plans, it's what I have is what I can offer. So yes I'm not going to go overboard like you've mentioned.

[jonesboy]

I guess my biggest question starting off and probably the biggest of guys just starting is “how much should you charge or what is the formula to charge?”

[anthonyruth]

That is true mowing edging weedeating gets tuff and exausting but we all should take a quick break and stay hydrated

[caryboyd]

This is really good advice. I myself have been trying to do too much starting off, but I told myself one thing at a time.

[procutslawn]

Thanks man you really helped me grow my business been watching you since this spring all good knowledge

[_frivolousteddy_]

I feel like starting is the same each year, plan, buy the equipment you can afford and work your way up while building clientele….I need a video on how to persuade more people into letting me cut there grass in this economy where they are wisely buying their own mowers and saving money 😂

[garyk]

In my 3rd season coming up in 2025, the Lord willing, I'm targeting all of my bi-weekly customers for conversion to a weekly schedule. Less than half of my my clients are weekly.

[wethepeople_usa]

We agree with everything this guy just said.

[garyk]

I appreciate you, brother. Go for aeration. It's within the range of basic lawncare. I stay away from detaching work.