anyone own a small landscape buisness, how much to start it?

Ellis Cellar: Start-up costs include your equipment (fuel, maintenance,etc.); Administrative (billing software, advertising, telephone); Insurance, Workmans Comp (if you hire an employee), etc.Weed Eater 1- $300Mower (rotary)- $500-$2000Blower $500Trailer- $3000Insurance $1000-$3000/yr.Contractor Lic. $300/yr.AT&T Advertising $1200-$2000/yr.It can be difficult getting started, especially in an economy like this one. The phone isn't ringing for alot of reputable businesses. If you're planing on going unofficial (without advertising, business name and logo) good luck, unless you're degree'd in Horticulture and have tremendous talent, you'll be wasting your time. Good Luck...Show more

Renita Sefton: If you want to start a business you need commercial equipment. A commercial mower is a lot more than 2000. I recently bought a exmark turf tracer HP which isn't the biggest model made and it was about $6,000 When I bought a Kubota zero turn a few years ago it was! 13,000 dollars. If you aren't doing commercial lots you don't need a huge zero turn. A walk behind will work fine with a stand on attachment so you don't have to walk. You have to locate a dealer that sells commercial mowers, you can finance the mower through them. If you want the best blower and weedeater you need to buy STIHL brand equipment. Our STIHL backpack blowers were 500 dollars and weedeaters were 2-300 dollars. Then you need your truck and trailer which could cost up to 60,000 dollars if you want a nice truck and trailer. I'd get a truck with a diesel engine in it, even though its more expensive the gas milage is better and they are a lot more reliable when you are going to be using them for heavy duty work. Then you need insurance which will be a few thousand dollars per year.Lawn and Landscape work is a high demand industry. If you do good affordable work you will be fine. Unless you already have contracts lined up you will need to advertise. People! don't usually look in the classifieds first. They talk to fr! iends/neibors who have had work done with a company and if that person was satisfied they will give the potential client your information and they will call you....Show more