Lawn Mowing Price Calculator

Enter the lot size in square feet or acres and subtract the house, driveway and beds to get the mowable area. Price it per 1,000 square feet or by the hour using your mower's speed, add edging, trimming, leaf removal or fertilising, and choose weekly or every-two-weeks service. You get a per-visit price, monthly and season totals, a quote to send and a price list for your website. Every rate on this page is an editable starting assumption, not market data. Prices vary a lot by city, job and business, so replace them with your own numbers or with what you know local competitors charge.

How it works

  1. Enter the lot size and choose square feet or acres (1 acre is 43,560 square feet). Subtract the footprint of the house, driveway and other areas you do not mow.
  2. Choose a pricing method. Per 1,000 sq ft multiplies the mowable area by your rate. Hourly divides the area by your mower's speed in square feet per hour, adds setup time, and multiplies by your hourly rate.
  3. Tick add-ons. Edging and trimming are priced per visit; leaf removal and fertilising can be per visit or a one-off per season, and every price is editable.
  4. Choose weekly or every two weeks and the number of weeks in your mowing season. The calculator shows visits per season and per month.
  5. Set a minimum charge per visit. Small lawns are priced at the minimum and the result says so.
  6. Copy the customer quote or the price list snippet, or take the per-visit price into the estimate generator for a PDF quote.

Worked example: a quarter-acre lot

A quarter acre is 10,890 square feet. Minus a 1,800 sq ft house and 600 sq ft of driveway leaves 8,490 square feet. At an example rate of $5 per 1,000 square feet, mowing is $42.45 a visit. Adding edging at $10 and trimming at $8 gives $60.45 per visit.

Weekly over a 30-week season is 30 visits, so the season total is $1,813.50, or about $262 a month while the season runs (4.33 visits a month). If your minimum charge is $45 and a customer only wants mowing, the $42.45 rises to the $45 minimum.

Worked example: hourly with mower speed

If your mower and crew cover about 20,000 square feet an hour on open lawn, 8,490 square feet takes about 0.42 hours. Add 15 minutes of setup and the visit is 0.67 hours. At $60 an hour that is $40.47, and the minimum charge would apply. That shows why small lawns need a minimum: the setup time is a big share of the job.

Tips

  • Measure mower speed on a real job: square feet mowed divided by hours spent. It includes turns and obstacles that a spec sheet does not.
  • Always add setup and travel time in hourly mode. Unloading, loading and the drive can take longer than a small lawn.
  • A minimum charge per visit protects you on small lots. Put it on your website so customers are not surprised.
  • Price every-two-weeks service a little higher per visit if the grass is longer and takes more time. The calculator lets you set a separate adjustment.
  • Quote a season total for customers who want to budget, but bill per visit or monthly.

Frequently asked questions

How do I calculate the mowable area?

Take the lot size and subtract the house footprint, the driveway, patios and planted beds. For example, a quarter-acre lot is 10,890 square feet; minus a 1,800 sq ft house and 600 sq ft of driveway leaves 8,490 square feet to mow.

How much should I charge to mow a lawn?

Start with the hourly rate you need to cover costs and pay yourself (the hourly rate calculator on this site helps), then turn it into a rate per 1,000 square feet using your real mowing speed. The rates prefilled here are placeholders, not market prices.

Should I charge per square foot or per hour?

Per 1,000 square feet is easy to quote from a map before you visit. Hourly with mower speed is better when lawns have many obstacles or slopes. You can compare both here with the same lawn.

How do I work out a monthly price?

Weekly service averages about 4.33 visits a month (52 weeks divided by 12) and every two weeks about 2.17. The calculator uses those averages and also shows the season total from the number of weeks you mow.

Are the default prices real averages for my area?

No. They are editable starting assumptions so the calculator can show a result. Replace them with your own rates.

Can I put these prices on my website?

Yes. The price list snippet gives you HTML or plain text with your per-visit prices and add-ons that you can paste into any website builder.

Related: Estimate & Quote Generator, Hourly Rate Calculator, Invoice Generator, Website builder for lawn care services, Website builder for landscapers.

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