Landscaping & Lawn Care · Rhode Island

Landscaping & Lawn Care Business Brokers in Rhode Island

Rhode Island's Main Street market is compact but active for its size — a dense-per-square-mile business community anchored in Providence, with regular deal flow in residential services and food-service.

Against that backdrop, Landscaping & Lawn Care is one of Rhode Island's more active M&A categories. Commercial-maintenance-heavy landscapers command strong multiples from national platforms like BrightView and US Lawns, and from regional PE-backed roll-ups. Residential-lawn-care-only businesses trade at lower multiples but see steady buyer competition from self-funded searchers.

4 brokers serve Landscaping & Lawn Care in Rhode Island. Every broker in this directory holds a CBI credential from IBBA and, where required by Rhode Island, an active real estate license.

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Annual revenue (TTM)

Owner benefit / SDE

Profit + owner comp + owner add-backs

Commercial maintenance-contract revenue %25%

Signed multi-year commercial-maintenance contracts are the biggest multiple lever.

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Prep priorities

Before you go to market with a landscaping & lawn care business in Rhode Island

Priority 01

Grow contract revenue percentage — the single largest driver of a premium multiple.

Priority 02

Diversify customer concentration — no single account above 10% of revenue is the target.

Priority 03

Standardize crew hourly production reporting (revenue per crew hour).

Priority 04

Document your equipment inventory with age and depreciation schedule.

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How is my landscaping business valued?

Landscape services trade at SDE multiples of 2.25–3.5x for owner-operator businesses below $1M SDE. Above $1M EBITDA, expect 3.75–6.0x — the top end reserved for commercial-maintenance-heavy operators with strong contract renewal rates and low customer concentration.

How does seasonality affect a landscaping business sale?

Buyers care about it a lot. A snow-removal-heavy Northern operator has very different working-capital and diligence needs than a year-round Southern operator. Timing your sale so financials show a full year cycle post-storm is a common tactical move.

What landscaping & lawn care multiples are typical in Rhode Island?

Rhode Island landscaping & lawn care businesses trade in the same base range as national comps — 2.25x to 3.5x SDE below roughly $1M in SDE, transitioning to 3.75x to 6x EBITDA above. Rhode Island's more moderate SBA activity means broker network reach into out-of-state buyers matters more for maximizing outcome.

Do I need a specialized landscaping & lawn care broker in Rhode Island, or a generalist?

For sub-$5M-revenue Main Street businesses, we consistently see industry specialists outperform generalists in landscaping & lawn care. The reason: industry-specific buyer networks and category-specific diligence expertise both compress the timeline and support higher multiples. Every broker matched to your request specializes in landscaping & lawn care deals.

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