7 to 184 clicks a month, and 374 calls in 6 months
Brand new site, zero paid ads. 1.57K clicks and 115K impressions over 16 months, and 374 calls from Google Search and Maps in the first half of 2026 alone, from people who needed a plumber now.
For landscapers and lawn care companies
Landscaping SEO Services
Booked up before the season starts, not halfway through it.
Landscaping SEO services get your landscaping or lawn care company into the map pack and local results before homeowners and property managers book their crew for the season. I work on your Google Business Profile, service and area pages, reviews and links, and report estimate requests and maintenance sign-ups every month.
5.0 on Upwork from 54 reviews- 744 organic calls in 6 months, no ads
- Freelancing since 2017
- AI SEO included
SEO for Landscaping and Lawn Care
Landscaping demand follows the weather, so the work runs on a calendar: pages and profile ready before spring, then maintenance and cleanup searches through the rest of the year. It sits on the same local SEO base I use for every trade.
Lawn maintenance / Landscape design / Hardscaping and patios / Irrigation / Seasonal cleanups / Commercial grounds
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Google Business Profile
Landscaper or lawn care service as the main category, a service area that matches your routes and fresh photos of finished yards. Seasonal posts and services keep the profile in line with what people search each month, which is the base of my Google Business Profile optimization work.
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Pages for Each Service
Design and installs, hardscaping, irrigation, maintenance plans and cleanups each get their own page with real project photos, so you rank for the high-value jobs and not only for general landscaping searches. Landscape lighting gets its own page too, since homeowners often search for an electrician for that job and you want to show up in those results.
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Neighborhood and Town Pages
Pages for the areas where you already have customers, so new stops land close to your existing routes instead of across town for one lawn.
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Reviews, Citations and Links
A review request at the end of every install and every season, matching details on Yelp, Nextdoor, BBB, Angi and Bing Places, and links from nurseries, suppliers and local groups.
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AI SEO
When a homeowner asks ChatGPT or Google AI Overviews for a reliable lawn care company nearby, the answer draws on reviews, profiles and clear service pages. It comes with every plan.
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Landscaping SEO Company Reporting
Daily rankings for each service in each area, plus a monthly count of estimate requests, split into one-off projects and recurring maintenance.
Lawn care and maintenance
Lawn Care SEO
Lawn care companies selling mowing, fertilization and weed control plans live on recurring customers and tight routes. I focus their pages and profile on plan sign-ups in the neighborhoods they already serve, so each new customer fits a route you already run. Pest control runs on the same recurring plans and tight routes, and many lawn companies add mosquito and tick treatments, so those treatments get their own pages too.
Book an Intro Call
Recurring plans on routes you already run.
REAL CLIENTS, REAL NUMBERS
Landscaping SEO Results
No landscaping case study yet, so here are four local businesses I ranked from scratch, including an electrician and a plumber with 744 calls between them in six months. Both serve a set area from a van, much like your crews.
0 to 194 clicks a month from a standing start, 370 calls in 6 months
Launched with nothing, no clicks, no impressions. 2.09K clicks and 86K impressions over 16 months, and 370 calls from Google Search and Maps in the first half of 2026. No ad spend.
From rank 90 to top 3 on the keywords that win same-day jobs
Urgent service where whoever ranks first takes the call. Tracked in SerpFox: one term from ~90 to top 3, another from 26 to 2nd, a third from the 50s to 2nd.
9 to 90 clicks a month, page 1 for her main searches
My first ever SEO project, my mom's salon. Grew to 1.19K clicks and 48K impressions, reaching positions 1-2 on Google for the searches that bring in clients.
Why the Map Pack Matters for Landscapers
Landscaping customers want a crew that already works nearby, and Google answers with three map listings for their street. Those listings decide who gets the estimate request, and crews that show photos of real yards and reply to their reviews give homeowners a reason to pick them.
- Demand peaks in spring, so rankings need to be ready before it
- Photos of real yards beat stock images
- Service areas should match the routes your crews run
What a Landscaping SEO Company Should Report
A landscaper's report should split one-off design projects from recurring maintenance contracts, because they bring very different value. It should also show rankings across the neighborhoods your crews already drive through.
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Monthly SEO Report
Landscaping, month 6Example report
Money keyword rankings
| Keyword | Map pack | Organic |
|---|---|---|
| Landscaping company | #12 to #4 | #25 to #8 |
| Lawn care service | #9 to #3 | #19 to #7 |
| Landscape design | #14 to #6 | #30 to #11 |
Calls and quote forms
744Calls from Google Search and Maps in 6 months, two trade sites
$0Spent on ads to get them
What was done this month
- Seasonal pages updated before each peak
- Rankings tracked daily
- Estimate requests counted by service
- Profile photos and posts kept fresh
The ranking rows are an example layout. The calls and ad spend are real figures from the electrician and plumbing case studies.
Landscaping SEO Company or a Freelancer?
A landscaping SEO company will often sell you a yearly contract and pass you to an account manager, even though your demand changes every few months. With me you work month to month with the person doing the work, and you can ask anyone you compare for real call data, like mine above.
Working with me
One specialist, start to finish
- Who does the workMe, every task
- ContractMonth to month
- ReportingMoney keyword rankings and calls
- What you ownEverything I build
Typical agency
Sales team, account managers, juniors
- Who does the workA junior or an outsourced team
- ContractOften 6 to 12 months
- ReportingTraffic charts
- What you ownSometimes the agency keeps it
Landscaping SEO Process
Three steps, timed so the work is in place before your busy season.
Step 1
Audit & Strategy
I list the services you want more of, from design and hardscaping to maintenance contracts, and the towns your crews cover. Then I check who shows in the map pack for each, street by street, and plan the work so the most valuable pages are ready before spring.
Step 2
Technical & On-Page SEO
Then I fix what costs you estimates: a service area wider than your routes, stock photos, one page for every service and no easy way to ask for a quote on a phone. Each main service gets a page with real yards you have done and a short estimate form.
Step 3
Content & Links
Then I keep building through the year: reviews after every install and season, links from suppliers and local groups, and seasonal updates for cleanups, aeration or snow work. Your report shows rankings by service and area, plus the estimate requests they brought.
How I Work
A few simple rules, so you know exactly what to expect. They keep the work on results, not meetings.
Calls when they matter
A short intro call, then a second call where I walk you through your audit and plan. After that, things stay simple over email, and I reply within a day.
One report a month
One clear report on the same date every month: your money keyword rankings, the calls they bring and the links I built.
Onboarding comes first
Work starts once I have access to your Google Business Profile and main listings. It takes about 20 minutes.
SEO-first rebuilds, no fluff
If your site holds you back, I rebuild it once around the services you want to rank for. One review round, no endless redesigns.
Month to month
A simple agreement, not a 12-month contract. Cancel anytime with 30 days notice, because it has to work for both of us.
You own everything
Your website, content, profiles and accounts stay in your name. If we ever stop working together, you keep all of it.
If that sounds like how you like to work, send me your site. Book an Intro Call
Landscaping SEO Pricing
Plans start at $2,000 a month, month to month with 30 days' notice. A crew covering one town usually fits Starter, while companies with design, maintenance and commercial work across a metro usually need Growth. There is a side-by-side of every plan on my monthly local SEO packages page.
Starter
$2,000/month
One location in a normal market.
- Setup in months 1 to 3: technical fixes and on-page
- A page for each of your main services
- Google Business Profile and core citations set up
- Links to your money pages every month
- Rankings tracked daily
- Monthly report: rankings for your money keywords, plus leads, calls or sales
- Month to month, cancel with 30 days notice
For competitive markets
Growth
$3,500/month
For businesses competing in busier local markets.
- Everything in Starter
- Service area pages built during setup
- More links every month, from stronger sites
- Full AI SEO: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity
- Fixes when a ranking slips
- Monthly report: rankings for your money keywords, plus leads, calls or sales
- Month to month, cancel with 30 days notice
Scale
from $5,000/month
Several locations or franchise networks.
- Everything in Growth
- Multi-location pages and profiles
- Link volume built around your markets
- Priced after the audit
- Monthly report: rankings for your money keywords, plus leads, calls or sales
- Month to month, cancel with 30 days notice
Need a new website? SEO-first rebuilds are a one-time setup fee, quoted on your roadmap call.
Will SEO Pay for Itself for Your Landscaping Business?
A maintenance customer can stay with you for years and add design projects along the way, so count the whole relationship. Put in your numbers to see how many extra estimate requests a month cover the plan.
1. Your numbers
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What one customer is worth over time: seasons of maintenance plus design projects, cleanups and referrals.
Not sure? Work it out
Fill in both and your LTV updates above.
What you keep from each sale after the costs of delivering it (labor, materials, product or service costs). Leave at 100% to judge on revenue.
Out of 10 estimate requests (calls or forms), how many sign up for work?
Nobody can promise an exact number, and landscaping searches rise and fall with the season. Try a few. I will give you a realistic range for your area on the intro call.
Plan
2. What it is worth
0Extra estimate requests / month to break even
That is all it takes for SEO to pay for itself. Could Google bring you that many more a month?
If SEO brings 0 leads a month
0% return on the plan
- New customers / month0
- Revenue / month$0
Want a second opinion? I will check these numbers with you on the intro call, honestly.
An estimate from your own numbers, not a promise of results. SEO usually takes 4 to 12 months to build up.
SEO for Landscapers FAQ
What landscapers ask before hiring someone for SEO.
How much does SEO cost for a landscaping company?
Most SEO services cost from $1,500 to $10,000+ a month, depending on your market and the work involved. My plans start at $2,000 a month, month to month.
When should a landscaper start SEO?
Ideally in late summer or fall, so the work has months to settle before spring. Map pack movement often shows in 2 to 4 months and organic rankings in 4 to 6 months or more, so starting in March usually means catching only part of the season.
Should I pause SEO in winter?
You can, since it is month to month, but winter is when pages, links and reviews get built for spring. Pausing often means starting the busy season with nothing new in place. Some companies also add snow or holiday lighting pages to keep leads coming.
Is lawn care SEO different from landscaping SEO?
A little. Lawn care is about recurring plans on tight routes, so the focus is neighborhood pages and plan sign-ups. Design and hardscaping are bigger one-off projects, where photos and reviews of finished work matter most.
Do you work with pest control or fence companies too?
Yes. Pest control runs on the same recurring plans and tight routes, and many lawn companies add mosquito and tick treatments, so I also offer pest control SEO company work built on the same route-first setup. A new fence often goes in with a new yard, and I offer SEO for fence companies for the crews that build them.
Can you guarantee I rank first on Google Maps?
No one can, because Google decides the order and your distance from each searcher plays a part. I can promise the work, daily ranking checks across your area and a monthly report on the estimate requests it brings.
Free Google Maps Checklist for Landscapers
Not ready to hire anyone yet? These are the 12 things I check first on a landscaper's Google Business Profile, from service areas to the yard photos that win estimate requests.
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