Most lawn care pros charge $45 to $90 a visit for a standard residential mow in 2026, with a quarter-acre lot landing around $50 to $55, and a full-service visit with beds and trimming running $100 to $200. The weekly route is the steady money. The cleanups, mulch, and aeration are where a good season is made, and they are the jobs most owners under-quote because they price them from memory in the truck.
This guide gives you a starting price for every job on a typical route, explains what pushes each one up or down, and walks one spring quote from the walkthrough to the total. The typical column matches the list Zeemy is adding for landscaping accounts, so you can start from it and adjust for your market.
2026 landscaping and lawn care price table
Twenty services most lawn and landscape companies quote, with the 2026 national low and high and a typical price you can start from.
| Service | Low | Typical | High | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly mowing, 1/4 acre | $40 | $55 | $90 | Mow, trim, edge, blow. The route staple. |
| Bi-weekly mowing, 1/4 acre | $50 | $65 | $100 | Longer grass, more time. Price above weekly. |
| Weekly mowing, 1/2 acre | $65 | $85 | $130 | Add roughly 50 percent per extra quarter acre. |
| Edging and string trimming | $25 | $35 | $50 | As a standalone visit or add-on. |
| Spring cleanup | $100 | $250 | $300 | Debris, bed raking, cut-backs, first edge. |
| Fall leaf cleanup | $200 | $350 | $600 | Priced by tree cover more than lot size. |
| Mulch installation, per cubic yard | $45 | $95 | $125 | Delivered and spread, beds edged first. |
| Hedge and shrub trimming | $150 | $250 | $600 | Height above 6 feet doubles the per-foot rate. |
| Bed weeding and maintenance, per hour | $43 | $55 | $98 | Bill in half-hour blocks. |
| Core aeration | $107 | $150 | $202 | National average $154. |
| Overseeding | $150 | $250 | $380 | Seed quality is most of the cost. |
| Aeration and overseeding package | $250 | $375 | $500 | The fall upsell. Bundle and discount slightly. |
| Fertilizer application | $50 | $75 | $100 | Per application, per quarter acre. |
| Weed control application | $45 | $65 | $90 | Pre- or post-emergent, per application. |
| Sod installation, per pallet | $450 | $600 | $800 | About 450 sq ft, prep included. |
| Small planting, per shrub | $60 | $85 | $120 | 3-gallon shrub, mulched and watered in. |
| Small tree trimming, under 15 ft | $200 | $300 | $450 | One ornamental tree, debris hauled. |
| Gutter cleaning | $100 | $160 | $200 | Easy add-on during fall cleanup. |
| Snow plowing, per push | $40 | $60 | $80 | Residential driveway, 2-inch trigger. |
| Seasonal snow contract | $300 | $450 | $600 | Unlimited pushes, billed up front. |
"Typical" is the price Zeemy preloads for a new landscaping and lawn care account, so a new owner can quote on day one and adjust for their market. Low and high are the 2026 national ranges from the pricing guides listed at the end.
What moves the price
Lot size, then obstacles
Mowing is priced by the quarter acre, and most owners get that right. What they forget is the fence line, the swing set, the twelve trees, and the slope. A quarter-acre lot with obstacles mows like a half-acre lot without them. Walk it once and price the time, not the acreage.
Route density
A lawn next door to three others is worth a discount. A lawn 20 minutes from your nearest stop is not. The best-run routes charge a little less for clustered accounts and a little more for outliers, and say why.
Frequency
Bi-weekly customers pay more per visit than weekly ones, because the grass is longer and the job is slower. Owners who price them the same are paying for the customer's savings out of their own afternoon.
Materials in the season
Mulch, seed, and sod prices move every spring. Set your per-yard and per-pallet prices against this year's supplier cost, not last year's, and keep a small margin on the material itself. You are handling it, storing it, and guaranteeing it.
Height and haul-away
Hedges over six feet, trees that need a ladder, and anything that fills a trailer on the way out all add time and dump fees. Put haul-away on its own line so it never comes out of your labor.
A worked quote
A weekly mowing client asks for the spring package: cleanup, fresh mulch in the front beds, and the hedges along the driveway trimmed. You walk it and count six yards of mulch. Here is the quote, built from the list in about a minute at the curb.
Spring package, the Johnsons
The mulch line is quantity times your per-yard price, which is why a per-yard rate beats a flat guess. Gutter cleaning is the add-on almost every spring client accepts when it appears as a line, and it takes you thirty minutes while the crew spreads mulch.
Send it from the truck. The Johnsons approve on their phone, the job goes on the calendar, and when it is done the estimate becomes the invoice in one tap. Their weekly mow keeps billing itself in the background.
Pricing tips from the field
Sell the season, not the visit
Offer weekly clients a spring cleanup, a fall cleanup, and an aeration and overseeding package as a bundle each year. Three quotes become one yes, and your calendar fills before the rush.
Price mulch by the yard, always
A flat mulch price is a guess, and guesses run out at yard five. Per-yard pricing with your delivery and spread cost built in is honest for the client and safe for you.
Charge for bi-weekly
Bi-weekly lawns take longer to cut and look worse between visits. Price them 15 to 25 percent above weekly, per visit, and most clients quietly switch to weekly.
Put haul-away on its own line
Cleanups and trimming generate trailers of debris and dump fees. Show it as a line. Clients accept a fee they can see and resent a labor price that seems high.
Sign snow contracts in September
A seasonal contract paid up front is winter cash flow you can plan on. Per-push pricing is fair for one-off calls, but the route should be on contracts, and the time to sell them is before the first frost.
Questions landscaping and lawn care owners ask about pricing
How much should I charge to mow a quarter-acre lot?
In 2026 most pros charge $45 to $90 per visit, with quarter-acre lots landing around $50 to $55 for weekly service. Bi-weekly visits should be priced higher per visit because the grass is longer.
What does a spring or fall cleanup cost?
Spring cleanups run $100 to $300 nationally and fall cleanups $200 to $600, with fall priced by tree cover more than lot size. Combined, most clients pay $400 to $1,000 a year for both.
How do I price mulch installation?
By the cubic yard, delivered and spread. Installed mulch runs $45 to $125 per yard nationally depending on the product and your region. Edge and weed the beds first, and put haul-away on its own line.
Is aeration and overseeding worth offering?
Yes. Aeration averages about $154 and overseeding about $250 nationally, and the two together are the easiest fall upsell to existing mowing clients. Bundle them at a slight discount.
How should I charge for snow removal?
Per push for one-off calls, $40 to $80 for a residential driveway, and seasonal contracts of $300 to $600 for the route. Contracts paid up front are what make winter predictable.
Sources
National ranges come from LawnStarter, Lawn Love, Housecall Pro, GreenPal, and Angi lawn care and yard cleanup guides for 2026, plus Angi and HomeGuide guides for hedge trimming, aeration, and overseeding. Prices are 2026 US figures and vary by region; use them as a starting point and adjust for your market.