Price: $500,000
Location: Milton, GA
Industry: Landscaping and Yard Services
Listing ID: 2486950
Listing Status: New
If you have spent any time in North Atlanta over the past several years, you have almost certainly seen the results of this business without knowing it. The manicured lawns in Alpharetta, the freshly edged driveways in Milton, the stone patios and pine straw beds in Johns Creek and Roswell, this is the footprint of an operation that has been quietly building one of the most loyal residential client bases in the northern suburbs of Atlanta. This business is now available for acquisition at $500,000, and it represents the kind of opportunity that does not surface often: a fully operational company with verified multi-year financials, a seasoned field crew, and a client retention story that most service businesses would envy.
This is not a startup. This business has been operating for years in one of the fastest-growing residential corridors in the Southeast, serving a territory that includes some of the highest household income zip codes in Georgia. What a new owner is acquiring is not a concept or a promise; it is a functioning business with routes, relationships, equipment, and a crew that shows up every week.
The service model is built on recurring maintenance, weekly and bi-weekly mowing, edging, blowing, and property upkeep contracts that generate predictable, repeatable revenue. Installation work, including pine straw, mulch, brick barriers, stone patios, and plants and flowers, rounds out the mix and provides higher-margin project revenue that flexes upward in peak season. Seventy percent of revenue is recurring, and thirty percent is project-based. In a market like North Atlanta, that split is the hallmark of a mature, well-managed operation.
100+ active accounts across Alpharetta, Milton, Johns Creek, Canton, and Roswell. No single client represents a dangerous concentration of revenue. Retention has been effectively one hundred percent year-over-year. These are long-standing relationships built through consistent, high-quality service in communities where households have high standards and a demonstrated willingness to pay for them. The owner raises prices every two years, and clients stay. That combination of premium positioning and near-perfect retention does not happen by accident; it is earned.
The current owner works approximately 60 hours per week across estimating, crew oversight, and installation management. A buyer who brings operational systems, scheduling software, and management structure will find significant capacity to reduce owner dependency while maintaining or growing what is already here.
Growth opportunities are real and immediately actionable. Existing clients have requested turf care and chemical treatment services not currently offered. Geographic expansion toward Atlanta proper has been identified but never pursued. The seller has turned down commercial contracts that did not meet pricing standards — a signal of where this operation sits in the market, not a ceiling on what it can become.
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Facilities:
Facilities: Business operates without a fixed commercial location, keeping overhead lean and eliminating lease liability for a new owner. Crews mobilize directly from the owner's property, a model well-suited to the tight service territory across Alpharetta, Milton, Johns Creek, Canton, and Roswell. Assets: Included in the sale are a fleet of trucks, trailers, commercial-grade mowers, and landscaping equipment sufficient to support multiple simultaneous crews.
Competition:
Down Payment: $50,000
Total Sales: $800,000
Cash Flow: $210,000
EBIT: N/A
EBITDA: N/A
Accounts Receivable: N/A
FFE: $200,000
FFE Included: Yes
Inventory: N/A
Year Established: 2021
Owner Hours Per Week: 60
Non-Owner Payroll: N/A
Employees: 7
Managers: 1
Absentee Owner: No
Security on Lease: No
Real Estate: N/A
Monthly Rent: N/A
Franchise: No
Facilities Information: Business operates without a fixed commercial location, keeping overhead lean and eliminating lease liability for a new owner. Crews mobilize directly from the owner's property, a model well-suited to the tight service territory across Alpharetta, Milton, Johns Creek, Canton, and Roswell. Assets: Included in the sale are a fleet of trucks, trailers, commercial-grade mowers, and landscaping equipment sufficient to support multiple simultaneous crews.
Competition:
The North Atlanta corridor, Alpharetta, Milton, Johns Creek, Canton, and Roswell, is one of the strongest residential landscaping markets in the Southeast. The industry here is fragmented and price-driven. This business is not. Pricing sits above market, and client attrition has been virtually zero. Identified competitors operate at lower quality levels, and this business differentiates through service consistency, crew reliability, and a trust-based client relationship model that has produced effectively perfect retention across their accounts.
Reason For Sale: Changing Career
Training & Support: Support & Training:
The seller is committed to a smooth transition for the incoming owner. The seller is willing to provide up to six months of paid transition support, a level of involvement that is rare in businesses of this size and speaks directly to the seller's confidence in the operation and genuine interest in seeing it succeed under new ownership.
Historical Summary: Founded in 2021 in Alpharetta, Georgia, this landscaping business was built from the ground up by its owner through hands-on service delivery, direct client relationships, and an unwavering focus on quality over volume. In four years, it grew from a small residential maintenance operation into a multi-crew company serving their customers across Alpharetta, Milton, Johns Creek, Canton, and Roswell.
Growth has been entirely organic — driven by word-of-mouth referrals and repeat business rather than paid marketing. The result is a deeply loyal client base with near-perfect year-over-year retention and a reputation strong enough to support above-market pricing. The service mix evolved naturally from core maintenance into higher-margin installation work including stone patios, mulch, pine straw, and plant installations, which now represent approximately thirty percent of revenue.
In four years of operation, this business has built what most service companies spend decades trying to achieve: a loyal customer base, a stable crew, consistent revenue, and a market position built on quality — not price.
Competition: The North Atlanta corridor, Alpharetta, Milton, Johns Creek, Canton, and Roswell, is one of the strongest residential landscaping markets in the Southeast. The industry here is fragmented and price-driven. This business is not. Pricing sits above market, and client attrition has been virtually zero. Identified competitors operate at lower quality levels, and this business differentiates through service consistency, crew reliability, and a trust-based client relationship model that has produced effectively perfect retention across their accounts.
Potential Growth: Growth & Expansion:
Several growth opportunities remain untapped under current ownership. Existing clients have requested turf care and chemical treatment, a natural upsell into an already loyal account base. Geographic expansion toward Atlanta and Midtown has been identified but not pursued. Additional equipment would open new service lines immediately. The owner has declined commercial contracts due to pricing standards, not capacity, meaning demand already exceeds the current footprint.
Financing/Terms: NA


