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Profit margin
88.1%
Weekly
Annual (52 weeks)
Industry benchmark
Healthy lawn care profit margins typically run 25–35% after expenses. Solo operators with tight routes often hit 35%+. Crews with employees tend to land in the 20–30% range.
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A healthy lawn care profit margin is typically 25–35% after all expenses. Below 15% is a warning sign — it means expenses are eating most of your revenue and there's little cushion for equipment breakdowns or slow weeks. If you're running a solo operation with low overhead, 35%+ is achievable. If you have employees, 20–30% is a realistic target.
Include everything that comes out of the business: fuel, employee wages, equipment maintenance and repairs, insurance, software and tools, vehicle payments (pro-rated weekly), and any other recurring costs. Many lawn care owners forget to factor in equipment depreciation — if a mower costs $3,000 and lasts 3 years, that's roughly $20/week in replacement cost to budget for.
Three levers: raise prices, cut expenses, or fit more jobs into each day. Route optimization is often the fastest win — tighter routes mean less fuel and more jobs per day without working longer hours. Cutting software costs helps too; most lawn care software charges $50–200/month. Mowzey is a one-time $39.99 payment, which works out to less than $1/week over a year.
This usually comes down to untracked expenses or time. If you're not accounting for every tank of gas, every blade sharpening, and your own labor hours, your true margin will be lower than the numbers suggest. Track every dollar in and out for one month — most lawn care owners are surprised by how much fuel and small equipment costs add up.