Landscaping Design Websites
The landscape industry encompasses a wide range of service lines, areas of expertise, and job positions. Here are some statistics and reports on the size and scope of the industry.
Benefits of having a good Landscaping Website Design
To give you some insight into the marketplace, we’ve pulled together the latest stats. Read on for an idea of the challenges landscapers typically face, the services they offer, and what you could expect to earn.
Industry Revenue
$77 billion (February 2016)
Corporate Revenue
The top 50 companies generate about 15 percent of the industry’s revenue.
Median Revenue
The median revenue for landscaping businesses is $217,000 (2014).
Commercial Services
Commercial landscaping services account for about 50 percent of industry revenue.
Residential Services
Residential landscaping services account for about 30 percent of industry revenue.
A.D.A Website Compliance, A Brief Introduction to Landscaping Web Accessibility
The fact is that millions of internet users have special needs and impairments that can make it difficult or even impossible for them to use certain types of websites. By designing your site with these challenges in mind, you can ensure that it’s welcoming to as many users as possible.
While there are a lot of disabilities and conditions that can affect the way people use websites, let’s take a look at some of the most common categories of impairments:
Landscaping industry challenges
The top ten leading challenges for landscaping companies are
• Quality labor shortage (53%)
• High workers’ compensation costs (37%)
• Low-ball competitors (35%)
• High health insurance costs (35%)
• Bad weather (33%)
• High fuel prices (31%)
• Personal life stress (28%)
• Lower margins at work (26%)
• Difficulty raising prices for work (22%)
• Regulation of or ban on pesticide/fertilizer use (20%)
Landscaping industry employment
There are 1.2m people employed in the landscaping industry in the US.
The average landscaping business in the US has 2 employees
Overall employment of landscaping and groundskeeping workers is projected to grow 10% from 2019 to 2029.
Landscaping services
The services most commonly offered by landscaping professionals in the US are:
• Lawn care / chemical application (offered by 85% of professionals)
• Landscape maintenance (81%)
• Landscape design / construction (72%)
• Trees and ornamental (62%)
• Irrigation (46%)
• Snow and ice management (39%)
• Vegetation management (15%)
• Holiday lighting (14%)
• Mosquito control (12%)
• Perimeter pest control (12%)
Mobile Ready Web Design
Blog Options
Search Engine Friendly
Responsive Landscaping Websites
Half of the people searching for landscaping and lawn care services visit your website on their phones.
That’s only for organic traffic.
If you’re running Google Ads, it’s more than 7 out of 10.
When we first teamed up, Jake told me part of the reason he chose to go after the landscaping and lawn care industry was because of how far behind it was digitally. I have done marketing in many industries, and my experience is that most of them exceeded 50% of mobile organic traffic years ago. I won’t be surprised if that happens this year.