# How much does a lawn care business make a year?

It depends on how many lawns you mow, your price per cut and your season length. As an example, ProfitDrawer's lawn care guide shows 40 weekly lawns at $45 over a 30 week season bringing in $54,000 in revenue (40 x $45 x 30). Fuel, repairs, insurance, mileage and taxes come out of that, so profit is lower. This is an example, not an average.

**Work out your own yearly number:**

1. **Lawns on your route:** how many weekly and biweekly clients you can actually fit.
2. **Price per cut:** the guide's quarter acre example works out to $45 a weekly cut from time, fuel, driving and overhead.
3. **Season length:** the example uses 30 weeks; yours depends on your climate.
4. **Revenue** = lawns x price x weeks. Add extras like cleanups if you offer them.
5. **Subtract costs:** fuel, line, blades, repairs, insurance, marketing and vehicle costs.
6. **Set aside taxes:** for the 2026 tax year, self-employment tax is 15.3% of net earnings of $400 or more, plus income tax, and estimated payments are generally due if you expect to owe $1,000 or more.

**What raises the yearly total:**

- **Dense routes.** The guide notes ten lawns on two streets beat ten lawns across town.
- **Pricing every lawn on real time,** and raising underpriced ones after the first month.
- **Saving summer income** for winter and next season's repairs.

The free price per job calculator sets a price per lawn. General information, not tax advice.

- Source: [How to Start a Lawn Care Business (ProfitDrawer guide)](https://profitdrawer.com/guides/how-to-start-a-lawn-care-business.html)
- Updated: 2026-10-29
- Published: 2026-10-29
- Category: Pricing and profit
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