Lawn Care Pricing Calculator
Price per cut, see the season. Mowing is a subscription — quote it like one.
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This is an estimating aid, not a quote. It doesn't account for insurance, equipment replacement, taxes, or licensing — build those into your target hourly rate, or your “profit” is really just overhead you haven't counted yet.
How lawn care pricing actually works
Mowing is priced per visit but earned per season. A $45 lawn isn't a $45 decision — it's a $1,350 decision, repeated thirty times, and small errors compound all summer.
Drive time is the whole game
Cutting time varies modestly between similar properties. Drive time varies enormously. Three lawns on one street and three lawns across a county produce the same revenue and wildly different days. Route density, not price, is what separates profitable operators from busy ones.
Every-other-week costs you more than you charge
Biweekly grass is taller, mows slower, sometimes needs a second pass, and leaves clippings to deal with. Priced the same as weekly, it's reliably your worst account. This calculator adds about 25% to the time for that reason.
Obstacles matter more than acreage
An open half-acre can cut faster than a heavily landscaped quarter-acre with a narrow gate. Deck width only helps where there's room to use it — quoting off lot size alone systematically underprices the fiddly properties.
Common questions
Should I quote per cut or per season?
Quote per cut, but show the annual figure when you're pitching. Customers weighing you against a neighbor's teenager are comparing per-cut prices; customers weighing reliability are comparing the season.
What about the first cut on an overgrown property?
Price it as a cleanup, not a mow. It's slower, harder on equipment, and produces debris that has to go somewhere. Rolling it into the regular rate to win the account means starting the relationship at a loss.
How much should I raise prices each year?
Most operators adjust annually and communicate it before the season starts, not mid-summer. A small yearly move is far easier to hold than a large correction after three static years.
Is the throughput figure realistic?
It's already discounted for turns and overlap, so it's below spec-sheet numbers. Time a few properties and adjust your target hourly until the output matches what you actually earn.