6 Landscape Designing Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Start A Landscape Designing Business

Landscape design, also known as landscape architecture, involves arranging and modifying features in a landscape, urban area, or garden. The scope of work requires planning, designing, and managing open spaces to create an appealing environment.

The demand for landscape design is high among homeowners and commercial space owners. According to statistics, the employment of landscape architects will grow by 6% in the next few years. The need for planning and developing new and existing landscapes for commercial, industrial, and residential construction will drive the growth.

Starting a landscape design business can be profitable if you are an experienced designer with excellent artistic skills. To start a landscape design business, do market research and write a business plan. Invest in quality landscape design tools and equipment and register your business.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a landscape designing business:

1. GreenPal ($4.5M/year)

After running a successful landscaping company for 15 years, Bryan Clayton realized the difficulty homeowners faced in finding reliable lawnmowing services. Inspired by Airbnb, he saw an opportunity to create a platform that connected homeowners with local lawn care professionals. Eight years after launching GreenPal, the platform is now live in all 50 states and has over 200,000 weekly users, while generating over $30 million in annual revenue.

How much they make: $4.5M/year
How much did it cost to start: $250K
Current team size: 47

Uber For Lawn Care: How I Built A $30M Software

GreenPal has bootstrapped their business to over $30 million a year in revenue, after securing an unsecured line of credit for $85,000, and have built the operating system and platform for small lawncare companies to run their entire business through, becoming live in all 50 US states and having 1.2 million homeowners using the platform.

About

Bryan started GreenPal almost 12 years ago

Revenue

Bryan grew the business to $375K/month

Costs

It cost Bryan $250000 to start the business

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Learn more about starting a landscape designing business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a landscape designing business?
-> Pros and cons of a landscape designing business

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established landscape designing business

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4. GreenPal

“Finally, an easy way to get the lawn cut by someone near me” – Satisfied GreenPal customer. Sign up for free to see lawn mowing providers around you – instantly! No telephone or credit card requir...

How much they make: $4.5M/year
Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
How much did it cost to start: $250K
Current team size: 47