LM150: Way to grow

July 15, 2019 - By LM Staff

2018 was a big year, with 66 firms on the LM150 reporting double-digit growth. Here are some of the steps they took to accomplish this feat. To learn more about the companies in bold, scroll to the bottom of this page.

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Growth Rank	Overall Rank	Company	% Change Over 2017
1	22	Juniper Landscaping	42%
2	72	Impact Landscaping & Irrigation	40%
3	60	SiteWorks	39%
4	70	Berghoff Design Group	35%
	112	Service Direct Landscape	35%
6	23	Rotolo Consultants	33%
	148	Saluda Hill Landscapes	33%
8	5	Yellowstone Landscape	32%
9	127	Cherrylake	30%
10	105	Unlimited Landscaping	29%
	14	SavATree	27%
12	82	M. Neves	25%
	109	Level Green Landscape	25%
	119	Greenscape	25%
15	62	Russell Landscape Group	24%
	104	Conserve LandCare	24%
17	55	EarthTones Design	23%
18	95	Earthworks	22%
	117	Texscape Services	22%
20	79	Bland Landscaping Co.	21%
	45	Greenscape	21%
	47	R.P. Marzilli & Co.	21%
	100	Complete Landsculpture	21%
	149	Drost Landscape	21%
25	25	Acres Group	20%
	6	Gothic Landscape	20%
	41	Landscape Workshop	20%
	52	AAA Landscape	20%
	53	Landscape Services Inc. (LSI)	20%
30	8	Ruppert Landscape	19%
31	110	Perficut Cos.	18%
	130	Lambert’s	18%
	131	Nanak’s Landscaping	18%
34	20	Clintar Commercial Outdoor Services	17%
35	35	Sebert Landscape	16%
	118	American Landscape Systems	16%
	134	Lifescape Colorado	16%
38	42	Pierre Landscape	15%
	65	Landtech Contractors	15%
	124	Andy’s Sprinkler, Drainage & Lighting	15%
	138	Brilar	15%
	142	Focal Pointe Outdoor Solutions	15%
43	18	LandOpt	14%
	74	Harvest Landscape Enterprises	14%
	115	Crystal Greens Landscape	14%
	129	Hoffman Landscapes	14%
	82	Superscapes	14%
48	33	HeartLand	13%
	114	Santa Rita Landscaping	13%
	46	Ryan Lawn & Tree	13%
51	108	John Mini Distinctive Landscapes	12%
	17	The Grounds Guys	12%
	34	Lucas Tree Experts	12%
	54	Creative Environments	12%
	102	Moore Landscapes	12%
	3	The Davey Tree Expert Co.	12%
57	27	Metco Landscape	11%
	143	ASI Landscape Management	11%
	87	Pacific Landscape Management	11%
60	10	LandCare	10%
	40	Signature Coast Holdings	10%
	49	D Schumacher Landscaping	10%
	97	Cutting Edge Landscape	10%
	135	North American Lawn & Landscape	10%
	140	New Way Landscape & Tree Service	10%
	4	Bartlett Tree Experts	10%

Saluda Hill Landscapes

A newcomer to the LM150, Saluda Hill implemented new technology, including GPS apps on mobile devices and tablets to help improve accuracy in the field. The company also implemented GoCanvas, a mobile form-filling app, to increase productivity and accuracy and gauge quality control.

Brilar

The Oak Park, Mich.-based company focused on its people in 2018 by proactively recruiting, expanding its benefits and rolling out a new profit-sharing program.

Signature Coast Holdings

The company began a safety training program and implemented a training program to strengthen its focus on horticultural knowledge and empower crews. Additionally, many staff members have achieved their landscape industry certifications.

Yellowstone Landscape

Read “Growing, growing” for the full story.

Cherrylake

Read “Branching out” to learn more.

Complete Landsculpture

The Dallas-based company moved up from No. 115 in 2018 to No. 100 this year. It standardized its onboarding and recruiting procedures and created a “welcome to the team” video outlining expectations, benefits, culture and more. The firm also took its development tour on the road, visiting two other landscape businesses to review their best practices.

Landscape Workshop

To achieve 20 percent growth, the Alabama firm began operations in Lexington, Ky., and Little Rock, Ark., which contributed to its 2018 revenue by $4.7 million and $400,000, respectively.

Santa Rita Landscaping

In Tucson, Ariz., Santa Rita Landscaping implemented the Entrepreneurial Operating System to improve clarity, simplification and focus among team members.

To view the complete list, breakdowns and company profiles, check out a PDF version here.

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