A Landscaping Business Can Be a Profitable Venture

A good friend of mine runs a successful landscaping business and has done so for the last 15 years. He does good work and has a strong customer base. He is able to pay his employees pretty well and has a couple of loyal work crews that work throughout our area. I once asked him if he would mind sharing with me how much he made, because I noticed that he had a very nice home, a couple of nearly brand-new vehicles and was able to pay his childrens' way through college. I came to find out that he made  very good money and that a landscaping business can be quite profitable.

I asked him one time if he ever desired to do anything besides his landscaping business. He did not even have to think about it. He shook his head no, and that was that. I asked him why, and he started out by joking that he was too stupid to do anything else. Then he said that he always knew that he would be good at this and that he could make a good living. He married his high school sweetheart and settled down immediately, and within a few years he had a family and was living in a nice home.

My friend had made it a point to serve his customers well, offer them a reasonable price for his services and to take care of the equipment he used. He also worked hard to make sure that his workers were paid fairly well and took pride in their work, and before he knew it, he had so many customers that he did not know if he would be able to handle them all. One night when we were all visiting, he told me that he had 165 yards that he tended to regularly, and that did not include any businesses. His landscaping business was booming, and it never seemed to go down.

I went to visit him one Saturday and he was doing his books. He invited me into his study and showed me where he was doing payroll, figuring up taxes, paying all business-related expenses and so forth. It all seemed very complicated, but as he informed me, it was all part of running a successful landscaping business, and really any business for that matter. He said that his father had taught him all of that when he was younger as well, and said running his business really came second nature to him.

My friend does a good job running his landscaping business, and I am really proud of him for the effort he has made in that respect. He takes care of my lawn and those of several of our friends, and he has never seemed the slightest bit embarrassed. After seeing how he lives, I understand why!