Free lawn care pricing calculator

Quote lawn mowing with your own costs and productivity. Enter the area you mow, allow for travel and equipment, and see a per-visit price plus revenue for a recurring schedule.

Free to use. No signup needed. Email your breakdown if you want a copy.

Your numbers

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Example inputs. Replace them with your own.

Use mowable lawn area, excluding the house, driveway, and beds.

Use a pace that includes mowing, edging, blowing, and obstacles for this scope.

Count yourself if you work on the job.

Include a wage for your own time. Use a loaded rate here if you know it.

Fuel and consumables used on this lawn visit.

Fuel, parking, and paid travel time. Avoid counting wages twice.

A share of insurance, equipment, software, marketing, and other fixed costs.

Profit as a percentage of the final price, after entered costs and the payment fee.

Your percentage fee. Add any flat transaction fee to overhead.

For example, four visits in a month or 26 visits in a season. This does not apply a discount.

Suggested price per visit

$83.33

On-site hours per worker
1
Labor cost
$25.00
Supplies and materials
$5.00
Travel cost
$10.00
Overhead per job
$20.00
Total job cost
$60.00
Payment fee
$2.50
Profit after entered costs
$20.83
Revenue for entered visits
$2,166.67

Before sales tax. Profit includes only the costs you entered. Include owner labor in wages and travel time in your job costs.

How to calculate it

Worker-hours = lawn area ÷ pace. Price per visit = total visit cost ÷ (1 − margin ÷ 100 − fee ÷ 100)

A worked example

A 6,000-square-foot lawn at an illustrative pace of 6,000 square feet per worker-hour uses one worker-hour. At $25 in labor, $5 in supplies, $10 in travel, and $20 overhead, cost is $60. A 25% margin and 3% fee give $83.33 per visit, or $2,166.67 across 26 visits before rounding each invoice.

Use the lawn area and the whole scope

Lot size includes areas you do not mow. Estimate the service area, then use a pace that includes edging, blowing, gates, slopes, obstacles, and cleanup. The example pace is a placeholder for your own records.

Account for the route and equipment

Travel between customers affects the cost of a visit. Add fuel and paid drive time under travel. Put a share of equipment maintenance, insurance, and replacement in overhead. Avoid counting the same fuel or time twice.

Check recurring revenue against visit count

Recurring revenue here is price per visit multiplied by the number of visits you enter. It is not monthly recurring revenue unless you enter a monthly visit count. Weather, season length, and skipped visits can change what you actually bill.

Lawn care pricing questions

How do I calculate a lawn mowing price?
Estimate worker-hours from the lawn area and your measured service pace. Add supplies, travel, and overhead, then divide by one minus your desired margin and payment fee. Confirm the scope before giving the final quote.
Does this use local lawn care prices?
No. Every result comes from the numbers you enter. Your equipment, service area, lawn condition, and market affect the final price. Example inputs are not market benchmarks.
How many square feet are in an acre?
One acre is 43,560 square feet. Multiply acres by 43,560 before entering the area, and use only the portion included in your service.
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