Landscaping
Landscaping Maintenance Revenue Calculator
Project recurring maintenance revenue from properties, visit frequency and season length.
Result
Service lines rarely carry the same margin. Splitting them is the only way to see which part of the business is paying for the rest, which is frequently not the part that looks busiest.
Get a Free Business AuditWhat moves the number
- Properties under contract and visits per season.
- Retention across seasons, which is what makes the base stable.
- Route density, which determines whether the revenue is profitable.
Where this one goes wrong
Projecting revenue growth without route planning. Maintenance revenue that is geographically scattered costs more to deliver than it earns, and the model has to account for where the properties are.
Questions
About this calculator
How predictable is maintenance revenue?
Very, within a season, which is its main advantage. The uncertainty is retention between seasons rather than within one.
Should visits be fixed or weather dependent?
Growth is weather dependent, so a fixed schedule either over-services in a dry spell or under-services in a wet one. Contracts that allow flexibility within a season work better for both sides.
What is the risk to the base?
Missed visits and poor communication. Maintenance customers are lost through service failures far more often than through price.
The formula
revenue = jobs x average value; gross profit = revenue x margin
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How to use this calculator
- Repair jobs per month. Enter your own figure; the page starts at 28.
- Average value ($). Enter your own figure; the page starts at $340.
- Gross margin on this work (%). Enter your own figure; the page starts at 44%.
- Share of total revenue (%). Used to show what the whole business turns over.
The result updates as you type, so you can try a figure, see what it does to repair revenue per month, and change it back. Nothing you enter is sent anywhere or saved.
A worked example
These are the figures the calculator opens with. Every number in the results column below is produced by the same calculation the page runs, so you can follow it through before putting your own figures in.
What goes in
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
| Repair jobs per month | 28 |
| Average value | $340 |
| Gross margin on this work | 44% |
| Share of total revenue | 40% |
What comes out
| Result | Value |
|---|---|
| Repair revenue per month main result | $9,520 |
| Per year | $114,240 |
| Gross profit per year | $50,266 |
| Implied total business revenue | $285,600 |
The repair line brings in $114,240 a year and earns $50,266 of gross profit on it.
How sensitive the answer is
Holding everything else steady and changing only average value, this is what happens to repair revenue per month. It is worth knowing which of your inputs the answer actually hinges on, and which barely move it.
| Average value ($) | Repair revenue per month |
|---|---|
| $170 | $4,760 |
| $255 | $7,140 |
| $340 example above | $9,520 |
| $510 | $14,280 |
| $680 | $19,040 |
Every other input is held at the example value while this one changes, which is not how a real job behaves. Treat it as a guide to which number matters most, not as five separate quotes.
What each figure means
- Repair jobs per month
- A number, between 0 and 10000, starting at 28.
- Average value ($)
- A money amount, starting at $340.
- Gross margin on this work (%)
- A percentage, between 0 and 95, starting at 44%.
- Share of total revenue (%)
- Used to show what the whole business turns over.
What the results tell you
| Result | What it is |
|---|---|
| Repair revenue per month | The headline result. A money figure. |
| Per year | A money figure. |
| Gross profit per year | A money figure. |
| Implied total business revenue | A money figure. |
Seasonality is not in this
Coverage and material figures assume the area you enter. Slope, access for machinery, existing growth and the time of year all affect both quantity and labour, and none of them appear in a calculation like this.
Estimating is the easy part
The jobs you never hear about cost more than the ones you mis-measure. BDEVY builds the marketing, systems and automation that bring them in.