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Lawn Care Cost Calculator

Price a mowing or lawn care visit in seconds. Enter the lawn size, set your per-square-foot rate, pick the service and how often you come — get the per-visit price, a fair range, and your real profit.

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That's the hard part done. SideWRK runs the rest from your phone: text the estimate, your customer taps approve, and the money hits — card, Apple Pay, Venmo, Cash App, or Zelle, no merchant account, no three-percent bite. It keeps a line on who still owes you, logs every material and cost so your real profit and your tax write-offs tally themselves, and stands up a free website with reviews that feeds you the next job. A free estimate today, or your whole operation in one app. Built for lawn care and every trade.

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Price the visit, protect the route

Mowing money is made on the route, not the lawn. Build each visit from the square footage so the price scales with the work, then protect the route: a per-visit minimum that covers the drive, a real bump for two weeks of growth, and cleanup cuts priced like the slog they are. The crews that quietly go broke are the ones mowing $40 lawns thirty minutes apart.

Questions

How much should I charge to mow a lawn?
Most pros land between $45 and $90 per visit for a standard residential cut — mow, trim and edge, blow off the hard surfaces. A typical quarter-acre lot runs about $50–$60. Hold a per-visit minimum (usually $40–$50) so a postage-stamp yard still covers the drive, the trailer, and the fuel.
Should I price lawn care per visit or per square foot?
Quote the customer a flat per-visit price, but build it per square foot of turf so a big lawn never sneaks in at a small-lawn price. Mowing typically pencils out around $0.005–$0.012 per square foot depending on scope and region. Not sure of the size? Trace the lawn on our free satellite measure tool and drop the number straight in.
Should biweekly mowing cost more than weekly?
Per visit, yes — roughly 20–30% more. Two weeks of growth means taller grass, slower mowing, more clippings, and often a double cut. Weekly is your cheapest cut and your most predictable route; price biweekly and one-time cuts up, never down.
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