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When spring is around the corner, your lawn will likely hit its yearly growth spurt. Two types of lawn care service options are available to keep your lawn looking its best: full-service and subscription.
Full-service companies handle nearly every aspect of lawn care, ranging from aeration to weed control. Subscription companies send curated lawn care products to your door, giving you control over how you care for your lawn.
TruGreen is our top full-service lawn care company because of its wide variety of service plans, nationwide availability and convenient features, such as a downloadable mobile app. We consider Sunday Lawn Care to be the best subscription company due to its fully customizable subscription plans and budget-friendly pricing.
Our team researched, rated and scored the most popular national lawn care companies based on our in-depth methodology. Discover our top subscription and full-service picks.
To get started, request a quote from one of the companies below.
Here is our list of the top full-service lawn care companies, which we rated using our proprietary review standards:
TruGreen, our top pick, services all states except Alaska and Hawaii and offers comprehensive lawn care service plans. We also recommend Lawn Love because it connects you with vetted local lawn care companies through its intuitive online interface.
Sunday Lawn Care is our recommended subscription company because of its tailored approach to bundling the right lawn care products for your needs.
The table below compares our top lawn care companies on several key factors.
We requested quotes from some lawn care companies for a 1,521-square-foot, single-family home with a 3,859-square-foot lawn in Hamden, Connecticut. However, most lawn care companies require a home inspection before providing pricing information. Your lawn care costs may vary based on your location, home and lawn size, and service choices.
We reviewed full-service lawn care companies by analyzing their professional lawn care services, additional procedures, convenience features and customer reviews. Check out our top five recommended providers for full-service lawn care.
What we like
TruGreen offers three standard lawn care plans. TruGreen’s online quote tool is intuitive, generating recommended lawn care plans based on issues such as weeds and brown spots. TruGreen also has separate treatment plans for pest control and tree and shrub care.
We like that TruGreen provides pricing online; other lawn care companies we’ve reviewed require an at-home consultation before giving price estimates.
What we don’t like
While secret shopping on TruGreen’s site, we found that the company doesn’t extend its service guarantee for single-service customers. TruGreen stipulates that its guarantee applies only to those who purchased a lawn care plan.
In addition, our research shows that TruGreen’s lawn care plans are pricier than other providers we’ve analyzed.
TruGreen offers three standard lawn plans that include a variety of services; it also offers service-specific plans. TruGreen provides a tailored lawn assessment before starting a treatment program. Below is a breakdown of each TruGreen plan:
TruGreen tailors its service-specific plans to pest control and shrub care. Here is the list of extra services TruGreen offers:
Our research shows that TruGreen customers have mixed views on the company. We found many recent negative reviews on sites such as the Better Business Bureau (BBB). It’s important to note that customers generally file complaints on BBB, which explains the large quantity of recent negative reviews.
Although TruGreen holds an A+ rating on BBB, customers rated it 1.1 out of 5 stars. Customers complained about lackluster service quality. To investigate these statements, we surveyed 1,000 homeowners in February 2024 and found that more than 78% of the 198 homeowners who hired TruGreen considered the company’s service quality an 8 out of 10 or higher.
TruGreen offers its TruGreen Guarantee only for customers with a full lawn care program. The TruGreen Guarantee stipulates that it will reservice your lawn to uphold quality standards in between treatments, free of charge.
Lawn Love doesn’t fulfill lawn care services itself, unlike the rest of our full-service recommendations. Rather, it sources local lawn care providers near you through its online search tool. Because Lawn Love utilizes local companies, you can access lawn care services other national providers don’t provide, such as landscaping and lawn mowing.
Lawn Love will also immediately reservice your lawn for each service you purchase if you aren’t satisfied with the results. Lawn Love’s service guarantee is more comprehensive than most other providers, who only reservice in-between visits.
Although not much of a con, Lawn Love doesn’t offer customized lawn care plans besides lawn mowing. We discovered through our secret shopping that you can only purchase single services rather than a lawn treatment plan.
In addition, Lawn Love doesn’t service all states. It excludes Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Lawn Love offers 15 services, ranging from lawn maintenance to seeding. Lawn Love didn’t disclose pricing when we requested an online quote because its service model centers on matching you with third-party lawn care companies that best fit your needs. The third-party provider will provide pricing once you decide which services you want.
Below is the full list of lawn services Lawn Love provides:
Lawn Love also offers services outside of traditional lawn care. Here are the extra services it provides:
Lawn Love has an A+ rating on BBB alongside a rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars on Trustpilot. Although several recent poor Trustpilot reviews expressed dismay toward Lawn Love’s overgrown grass fee, most recent reviews on BBB praised the company’s simple booking interface and knowledgeable lawn care experts.
Lawn Love’s service guarantee stipulates that it will resend the lawn care professional who previously worked on your lawn if you aren’t satisfied with their results. However, this satisfaction guarantee only applies if you contact Lawn Love within 24 hours of the service completion.
In addition, Lawn Love guarantees each subsequent lawn care service you purchase in the future.
Weed Man is one of the few national lawn care companies that offers landscape bed and xeriscape weed control services. These services focus on removing unsightly weeds from your garden or drought-resistant bedding. Weed Man also provides weed-specific treatment options, such as crabgrass and nutsedge treatments.
Alongside its weed treatments, Weed Man offers specialized pest control services that other companies don’t. For example, Weed Man lists on its website that it performs mole and armyworm control services.
Through our secret shopping, we discovered that Weed Man doesn’t provide online pricing for its services. You must call to obtain a quote. Weed Man doesn’t provide tree and shrub control services, which is a common service other lawn care companies offer.
Additionally, Weed Man only services 37 states. It excludes Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming.
Weed Man offers 24 total services. Like Lawn Love, Weed Man won’t disclose its pricing unless you call and book an inspection. Below is the list of standard lawn services Weed Man offers:
Weed Man offers specialized lawn, pest and landscaping services alongside its standard lawn care treatments. Here are the extra services it provides:
Weed Man currently holds a B- rating and a customer rating of 1 out of 5 stars on BBB. However, Weed Man’s BBB profile only has 12 customer reviews. After further digging, we couldn’t find additional customer reviews outside Weed Man’s website.
Most of the complaints we found on BBB centered on lackluster results from Weed Man’s treatments. Still, Weed Man responded to each complaint on the site, indicating that the company aims to achieve customer satisfaction.
Weed Man offers a limited service guarantee for each treatment you purchase. According to Section 4 of its terms and conditions, Weed Man will reservice your lawn free of charge if you aren’t satisfied with the results.
However, Weed Man must first determine whether you have followed all recommendations it provided to you after service. If Weed Man determines you haven’t followed its recommendations, its service guarantee is void.
Similar to TruGreen, Lawn Doctor offers annual lawn and pest treatment plans. Its plans range from aeration and seeding to tick control. In addition to its annual plans, Lawn Doctor provides single lawn care and pest control services.
Lawn Doctor also offers a full money-back service guarantee. It will either return and reapply the application at no extra charge or refund the entire cost if you aren’t satisfied with the results.
Lawn Doctor falls in the same boat as other national lawn care providers regarding pricing. Lawn Doctor won’t display pricing online when you submit a quote. In addition, Lawn Doctor offers fewer specialized lawn and pest services than other providers. For example, Lawn Doctor doesn’t offer lawn disease treatments.
Our research shows that Lawn Doctor only services 40 states. It excludes Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming.
Lawn Doctor has five annual plans and 11 individual lawn and pest treatments. Here is an overview of Lawn Doctor’s annual lawn and pest programs:
Below is the list of lawn services Lawn Doctor offers:
Lawn Love offers several pest control services in addition to its standard lawn care treatments. Here are the extra services it provides:
Lawn Doctor holds a solid A+ rating with BBB. However, BBB customers rated Lawn Doctor a low 1.1 out of 5 stars. Its profile has only seven customer reviews, which may not accurately represent Lawn Doctor’s service quality.
Lawn Doctor’s Google Reviews are much higher than its BBB rating. That said, the Google Reviews stem from location-specific Lawn Doctor branches. Customers rated Lawn Doctor 5 out of 5 stars for the Walnut Creek-Concord branch in Northern California. The most recent customer reviews we read praised Lawn Doctor’s expertise and friendly customer service.
Lawn Doctor provides a 100% satisfaction service guarantee for each treatment it provides. If you’re not satisfied with your most recent treatment, Lawn Doctor will reapply the treatment at no additional charge or refund your money, depending on which you prefer.
SavATree is our final full-service lawn care recommendation due to its comprehensive tree and shrub services. SavATree employs arborists who are certified by the International Society of Arboriculture to treat and care for your home’s trees or shrubs.
SavATree is one of the few full-service lawn care companies that analyzes your lawn’s soil. Other providers simply assess your lawn without testing the soil.
SavATree won’t provide pricing online for its lawn care and tree services. You must request a consultation with the company before it discloses any pricing information. Since it does a soil analysis for your lawn, it makes sense that you must book a consultation for more information.
SavATree services the fewest states (35) of all the lawn service providers we’ve reviewed. Excluded states include Alabama, Arkansas, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming.
SavATree offers a slew of one-time services and lawn care programs. It also offers dedicated programs for tick and deer control — the latter is unique. Here is an overview of SavATree’s lawn and pest programs:
Below is the list of individual lawn services SavATree offers:
SavATree provides dedicated tree and shrub services in conjunction with its lawn and pest treatments. Here is the list of extra services it provides:
SavATree holds an A rating on BBB. Like other lawn care providers mentioned in this review, SavATree holds a low BBB customer rating of 1.1 out of 5 stars. Of the 14 available BBB customer reviews we found, most centered on SavATree’s high service costs for trimming and removing trees.
However, SavATree also has customer reviews on its local Google Business Profile. SavATree’s branch in Martinez, California, is rated 4.8 out of 5 stars.
During our secret shopping, we found little information on SavATree’s service guarantee. It mentions in each treatment category that it is committed to your complete satisfaction. But SavATree does not provide details on what it will do if you aren’t satisfied with a recent treatment or service.
If you prefer to have more control over your lawn care without searching for the right products, consider subscription lawn care companies. We’ve analyzed subscription lawn care companies’ plans, products and convenience features. Check out our top two recommended companies for subscription lawn care.
Sunday Lawn Care provides an extensive list of a la carte lawn care products alongside tailored product programs. It sends a soil analysis kit with your first order to tailor your future lawn care products based on the test’s results. Sunday also develops pet-safe, organic lawn and pest control products that are OMRI-listed. The company delivers its products to all 50 states.
Sunday provides a seamless online quote experience that quizzes you about your lawn care needs. We used Sunday’s online quote tool and found it easy and intuitive.
Sunday also offers custom pest control subscription plans that tackle common yard pests such as mosquitoes and lawn grubs.
Our research shows that Sunday has little to no third-party customer reviews available online. The company has customer reviews on its website, although our methodology involves finding reviews on third-party sites such as Trustpilot.
Sunday Lawn Care offers three standard lawn care plans. It offers a pet-specific plan if you mention you have pets during its online quiz. Sunday includes a free soil test kit and a new starter tool kit in the first shipment. Once you return your soil sample, Sunday will send you products based on the soil test results.
Here is a pricing and plan overview of Sunday’s subscription lawn care plans:
Sunday offers tailored pest control products based on the online quiz options you select. In our quote, we listed ants as our biggest issue. Sunday typically sends all the pest products you need in one shipment. Below is an overview of Sunday’s pest plans:
Sunday Lawn Care holds an A+ rating on BBB. We found a total of four customer reviews for Sunday from third-party review sites: one from BBB and three from Trustpilot. The BBB review mentioned that Sunday’s products didn’t work as advertised. On the other hand, one of the three Trustpilot reviews praised the quality of the company’s lawn care products.
Sunday Lawn Care offers a product guarantee for all products. However, it will only replace an item if it’s damaged. Sunday allows you to cancel its subscription plans at any time. That said, Sunday won’t refund products included in your plan that have already been processed and shipped.
Lawnbright has a similar model to Sunday Lawn Care — it’ll send you tailored product combinations based on your lawn’s specific needs. In addition, Lawnbright customizes the products your lawn needs based on the climate region of your home. When we submitted an online quote, we found that Lawnbright sends one product shipment per season (spring, summer and fall). Lawnbright ships its products to all 50 states.
Lawnbright doesn’t have any third-party customer reviews on trusted review sites such as BBB. Lawnbright also has a smaller product catalog than other subscription lawn care companies. The company doesn’t have a dedicated pest control or pet-resistant lawn care subscription, although it does sell pet spot repair and pest control products a la carte.
Lawnbright offers three subscription plans, all of which include a free soil test kit and a new starter tool kit within the first shipment. Like Sunday Lawn Care, Lawnbright will tailor the products it sends you to match your lawn’s needs after sending in your soil sample.
Here is a pricing and plan overview of Lawnbrights subscription lawn care plans:
Lawnbright doesn’t offer a pest subscription plan. However, it does offer one pest treatment product: Yard Patrol. This product uses organic cedarwood oil to repel common household insects such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, grubs, crickets and earwigs.
We couldn’t find any third-party customer reviews outside of Lawnbright’s customer ratings on its website. To gain unbiased customer insights on the company, we surveyed 1,000 homeowners and discovered that 80 homeowners used subscription lawn care services. Of them, 33 have used Lawnbright, and 30 of them were completely satisfied with the results Lawnbright’s products provided.
Lawnbright offers a 60-day guarantee that will adjust your product subscription or refund you a prorated amount if you aren’t satisfied. Lawnbright’s product guarantee is longer than those of other subscription companies.
Before researching lawn care service companies, we suggest asking yourself a few questions:
Depending on your answers, a full-service lawn care company may make more sense than a subscription lawn care service and vice versa. Below, we outline the main things to understand about lawn care.
Full-service and subscription lawn care companies differ widely in the services they provide. Full-service companies tend to have years of experience and knowledge in lawn care, meaning they can produce a healthy lawn quickly and with minimal input from you.
Subscription lawn care companies require you to apply the lawn treatments yourself, giving you extra control over your lawn care while providing you with the necessary products that can make a difference on your lawn.
Below is an overview of the types of services and products that full-service and subscription lawn care companies offer.
Full-service companies perform a wide range of lawn care services and treatments. It’s important to note that many national lawn care companies don’t perform some maintenance services, such as lawn mowing. Here is a list of the most common lawn care services these companies provide:
Subscription lawn care companies don’t provide any physical lawn care services. They send you products that perform different functions, and you apply them on your lawn or property. Here are the most common products that subscription companies offer:
Since every lawn is different, most full-service lawn care companies we reviewed don’t provide general pricing unless you request an at-home assessment. To obtain the average cost of lawn care services, we surveyed 1,000 homeowners who have used the full-service or subscription lawn care companies we included in this article.
According to our results, you should expect to pay an average of $749 for an annual lawn care program from a full-service lawn care provider. We also obtained cost data from homeowners who purchased a single service from a full-service company — those homeowners spent an average of $190 for a single service.
Full-service lawn care companies best suit individuals who want healthy, green lawns yet have little time, know-how or interest in performing the lawn care themselves, according to Marvin Magusara, lawn expert and cofounder of Retaining Wall Supplies, a company based in Sydney, Australia.
Generally, full-service lawn care companies have the expertise, equipment and products to successfully treat and care for lawns of various shapes, sizes and conditions. In addition, full-service companies can tackle basic pest control issues and tree maintenance.
Over half of our survey respondents (537 of 1,000 homeowners) chose to hire lawn care companies for a single service or seasonal job as opposed to an annual lawn care plan. Of those respondents, 32% stated the main reason for this was the cost of annual plans. However, if price isn’t a concern, and results and convenience are your top priorities, full-service companies are a solid pick.
Subscription companies make sense for individuals “who enjoy working on their lawn but don’t want the hassle of researching and buying products,” said Magusara. “They want hands-on experience but also need guidance and convenience,” he added.
Additionally, subscription lawn care companies are generally more affordable than full-service companies. According to our survey, homeowners paid an average of $474 for an annual subscription plan. If you are on a limited budget and don’t want to spend time searching for the right combination of lawn care products, subscription companies are a suitable choice.
Consider the following factors to ensure you choose the right lawn care company.
Full-service lawn care companies offer extensive treatment options and employ highly trained lawn care technicians to apply these treatments. However, if you prefer caring for your lawn yourself, a lawn care subscription may suit you better. In addition, subscription lawn care companies send you custom product combinations, so you don’t have to determine which products to purchase.
Consider your budget and request multiple quotes from various lawn care companies before choosing one. Also, ensure the company gives you a cost breakdown for each service you purchase. “Make sure you get that in writing so that you know what the work is and what it entails,” said Kody Ketterling, landscaping professional and founder of K-IT Products, a sprinkler system component company based in Magic Valley, Idaho.
A lawn care company’s reputation can be the determining factor between hiring them and choosing a different company. Ensure that the company is licensed and insured. Additionally, get a sense of what customers think of the company. Most national full-service brands have local branches that have reviews. Read the reviews of the lawn care company’s branch nearest you.
The last thing you want is to hire a lawn care provider that performs a lackluster service. Speak with the lawn care company and ask for an explanation of its service guarantee. Find out what aspects of the service it guarantees and what exclusions may apply.
Full-service companies follow different schedules and treatment frequencies, so be sure the company you choose fits your availability. While many companies can service your home without you being present, we recommend walking through your yard with the professional for the first few visits to understand what services they did and how they affect your lawn. Stay away from companies that refuse to disclose how they perform their services.
Regardless of your schedule, ability or budget, there are lawn care companies that can transform your patchy lawn into one you’re proud of. Full-service lawn care companies offer convenience and specialized services, although some don’t perform lawn maintenance, such as lawn mowing. Subscription companies ship custom lawn care solutions to your door, but you must apply them yourself.
Our top choice for full-service lawn care is TruGreen because of its comprehensive list of lawn care plans. Sunday Lawn Care is our recommended subscription company because it focuses on customization and affordable pricing.
Before purchasing a lawn subscription or hiring a full-service provider, request three quotes from multiple companies to compare products, services and costs.
We researched full-service and subscription lawn care companies to help you choose the right provider for your lawn and budget. We compared full-service companies based on their service options, reputation, customer service availability and extra perks. Companies that offer specialty treatments, flexible scheduling and convenience perks scored more points. We rated subscription companies based on their plan options, cost and customer service.
We rated both types of companies using our comprehensive methodology. We score providers out of 100 points. Then, we divide the final score by 20 to obtain the 5-star rating we feature in our reviews.
BBB, Trustpilot and Google Reviews ratings are accurate as of March 2024.
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