Looking at a year in lawn care

By Emma Peterson. 

LawnStarter’s 2025 analysis shows how climate, season length and weather patterns create vastly different conditions for lawn care professionals. 

Lawn care is one of the outdoor markets that can vary greatly from region to region. To showcase regional differences across the country, we wanted to highlight LawnStarter’s 2025 snapshot of the American lawn care industry. This snapshot takes data from 2+ million mows across 2K+ cities in the United States to showcase both the similarities and differences. 

The similarities 

In 2025, LawnStarter found that the most popular mowing month was July. In fact, the peak mowing day recorded (which saw 12,050 mows) was July 3, 2025!  Alternatively, January barely had any mowing movement, specifically 6.5x less than July.  

Beyond the seasons, there were also national trends surrounding lawn care workdays. Overall, 82.1% of all mows occurred during the work week with 10.7% of that remaining percentage going to Saturdays and only 7.2% on Sundays. Additionally, most of this mowing is performed on a biweekly schedule (72.9% to be exact). 

Another similarity across regions was the rise in price with seasonal temperatures. LawnStarter explained:  

Average price per mow climbs from $49.28 in January to $54.66 in August — a 10.9% premium just for it being peak season. Prices per mow also rose +6.6% year-over-year vs. 2024. Demand-side pricing at work. 

The differences 

One of the biggest differences that LawnStarter noted in their data was the length of work seasons. The longest seasons reported were 11 months long and came from Floridian, Texan and Louisianian professionals. The shortest seasons were just 6 months and came from Minnesotans, Vermonters, New Hampshirites, Montanans and Wyomingites. The LawnStarter team explained the pattern here:  

Your latitude determines your lawn care calendar. Gulf and Pacific Coast states run nearly year-round. Upper Midwest and New England states race through a brief warm-weather window. The difference reshapes what homeowners spend and how pros plan their business. 

Similarly, there was a huge difference between states on how often weather events disrupted their market. In some, 1 in 10 mows were disrupted by rain, wind or storms. In others, it was as low as 1 in 30. The hotspots for disruption centered around the Mid-Atlantic states (with their coastal storms and nor’easters) and the Gulf states (hurricanes and moisture) while the most reliable markets were in the Desert Southwest and Pacific Northwest.  

These are just some of the similarities and differences that LawnStarter’s 2025 report found. Learn about them all in their full report!