Assess Competitors

Before you open a landscape installation and maintenance business within your community, it's a smart move to determine how strong the competition is. Try our link below to find competitors near you. After following the link, enter your city, state and zip code to get a list of landscape installation and maintenance businesses in your area.

• Get a List of Nearby Landscape Installation & Maintenance Businesses

Is the local market large enough to support another landscape installation and maintenance business? If not, you had better be sure that you are doing things much better than the competition.

Talk to People Who Are Already in the Business

Once you've finished assessing the competion, the next step is to learn as much as you can from somebody who is already in the business. If you think your local competitors will give you advice, you're being overoptimistic. What's in it for them?

Fortunately, somebody who runs a landscape installation and maintenance business in a different city will be much more likely to talk with you, provided that you won't be directly competing with them. In that case, the business owner may be more than happy to discuss the industry with you. It can take a while to find an entrepreneur who is willing to talk, but it's well worth the effort.

How do you find an entrepreneur who is running a landscape installation and maintenance business who is willing to advise you because you live in different cities?

We can help. Follow the link below, try a few city/state combos or zipcodes, and then start calling!

• Find Your Landscape Installation & Maintenance Business Mentor

Is Franchising the Right Option?

Tapping into a franchise opportunity makes it a certainty that you can leverage ideas and systems that have been tested and proven over time.

Before you consider starting a landscape installation and maintenance business, it's worthwhile to assess whether franchising might simplify your entering the business.

The link below gives you access to our franchise directory so you can see if there's a franchise opportunity for you. You might even find something that points you in a completely different direction.

• Landscaping Franchise Companies