Sell My Landscaping & Lawn Care Business
Commercial landscape maintenance is one of the most durable categories in Main Street M&A. Residential-only books trade lower but faster.
Whether you sell for the top of the range or the bottom is decided months before you go to market. 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.
What's your landscaping & lawn care business worth?
Real Main Street benchmarks. Numbers update as you type — no signup, no wait.
Profit + owner comp + owner add-backs
Signed multi-year commercial-maintenance contracts are the biggest multiple lever.
Live valuation
Landscaping & Lawn Care owner-value estimator
The valuation drivers below are the numbers a landscaping & lawn care buyer actually asks about first. Every input is benchmarked against real Main Street peers — see where you land and how each KPI moves your multiple.
What’s your landscaping & lawn care business worth?
Enter the numbers that actually drive landscaping & lawn care valuations. We benchmark each against real Main Street peers and show you where you land.
Prep priorities
Move the multiple before you go to market
A landscaping & lawn care business that shows up well-prepped trades at a materially different price than an unprepped one. These four moves matter most.
Grow contract revenue percentage — the single largest driver of a premium multiple.
Diversify customer concentration — no single account above 10% of revenue is the target.
Standardize crew hourly production reporting (revenue per crew hour).
Document your equipment inventory with age and depreciation schedule.
Who buys
Active landscaping & lawn care buyers right now
Named PE platforms, franchisors, and strategic consolidators with active buying programs in landscaping & lawn care. Every listing is drawn from public disclosures and refreshed as deals close.
BrightView
StrategicPublic commercial-landscaping strategic. Consistently acquires.
US Lawns
FranchisorCommercial-focused franchise + acquisition.
Ruppert Landscape
StrategicEmployee-owned strategic buyer.
Yellowstone Landscape
PE platformMSD Partners-backed roll-up in commercial landscape.
Monarch Landscape
PE platformAurora Capital-backed commercial landscape platform.
Down to Earth
PE platformBow River Capital-backed regional platform.
SavATree
PE platformCI Capital tree + landscape + pest platform.
TruGreen
StrategicResidential lawn-care acquirer of tuck-ins.
Timing intel
Buyers close ahead of the spring maintenance kickoff (Feb-Mar) or right after the busy season closes (Oct-Nov) with full-year books in hand.
Specialists
Landscaping & Lawn Care sell-side specialists
Every broker has closed landscaping & lawn care transactions in the last 24 months.
Shared specialties in this pool
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People also ask
Common landscaping & lawn care exit questions
What recurring-revenue percentage do landscaping & lawn care buyers pay a premium for?
Top-quartile landscaping & lawn care businesses run 75%+ recurring revenue (P90 is 92%). Move from the P50 (55%) to the P90 and you typically add roughly 1.2x to the multiple.Who are the most active buyers for landscaping & lawn care businesses right now?
Named acquirers with active buying programs include BrightView, US Lawns, Ruppert Landscape, Yellowstone Landscape, Monarch Landscape. BrightView focuses on nationwide — Public commercial-landscaping strategic. Consistently acquires.When is the best month to close a landscaping & lawn care sale?
Buyers close ahead of the spring maintenance kickoff (Feb-Mar) or right after the busy season closes (Oct-Nov) with full-year books in hand. Peak close months: February, March, October, November. Softest: June, July.How long does it typically take to sell a landscaping & lawn care business?
Well-prepped Main Street landscaping & lawn care businesses close in 6–9 months from listing. Add 3–6 months up front for financial prep and add-back documentation if books are cash-basis or informally kept.Do I pay anything to be matched to a landscaping & lawn care broker?
The match is free. Brokers on the platform work success-fee-only — a percentage of the transaction, paid at close. You pay nothing until your business sells.What size landscaping & lawn care businesses do the matched brokers work with?
Every broker on the platform specializes in Main Street sales — typically businesses with under $5M in annual revenue. If you're above that range we'll flag it and route you to the right lower-middle-market advisor.
Related industries
Adjacent verticals we cover
Same category, different deal dynamics — every page has its own live valuation tool and buyer intel.
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Frequently asked
Landscaping & Lawn Care sale FAQ
How is my landscaping business valued?
How does seasonality affect a landscaping business sale?
Is a commercial-focused landscaping business worth more?
Ready to prep or go?
Match with a landscaping & lawn care broker who knows BrightView — and every other active buyer.
We match you to specialists with named-buyer relationships across the 8 active landscaping & lawn care acquirers we track — including BrightView, US Lawns, Ruppert Landscape. Free, private, 3-minute intake.