Lawn Care and Landscaping in Atlanta, Georgia: Costs, Licensed Companies, and When to Hire

We list 23 lawn care and landscaping companies serving Atlanta. Mowing here typically runs $40 to $61 a visit and crews bill about $53 an hour for everything else, on a warm-season calendar that puts seeding and aeration in a narrow window each year.

What lawn care costs in Atlanta

Bands rather than averages, because a real quote depends on lot size, slope, and how far the crew drives.

Typical lawn care service prices in Atlanta, Georgia
Service	Typical price	Unit	What drives the price
Lawn mowing	$40 to $61	per visit	Weekly through the growing season on an average quarter-acre lot.
Edging and trimming	$12 to $18	per visit	Usually bundled into a mowing visit rather than billed alone.
Fertilizer application	$13 to $20	per 1,000 sq ft	Slow-release blend, three to five rounds a year.
Weed control	$9 to $14	per 1,000 sq ft	Pre-emergent in spring, post-emergent as broadleaf weeds show.
Core aeration	$12 to $18	per 1,000 sq ft	Once a year, priced higher on compacted clay soil.
Overseeding	$22 to $34	per 1,000 sq ft	Nearly always quoted together with aeration.
Grub and insect control	$10 to $15	per 1,000 sq ft	One preventive round covers most of the season.
Dethatching	$10 to $15	per 1,000 sq ft	Only needed when thatch is over half an inch thick.

Priced for a city of 498,715 in the Atlanta metro.

Compare against national lawn care costs or price your own lawn on the lawn cost estimator.

Services in Atlanta

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Where these companies are

When to do the work in Atlanta

Atlanta sits in the Southeast climate region, which runs warm-season lawns. Last frost usually falls February 15-March 15 and first frost November 15-December 15, and that pair sets every date below.

Grasses that do well here

Bermudagrass
Zoysiagrass
St. Augustinegrass
Centipede
Bahiagrass

Lawn care timing windows for Atlanta
Task	Local window	Why then
Seed, sod, or sprig	Late May through July	Warm-season grass needs soil above 65 degrees to take hold.
Fertilize	April through August	Stop feeding roughly a month before the first expected frost.
Core aerate	May through July	Aerate while the lawn is actively growing so it fills the holes back in.
Pre-emergent for crabgrass	February 15 - March 15	Go by soil temperature: apply before it holds 55 degrees.

Problems local crews deal with most: Chinch bugs, brown patch, summer diseases.

Want the exact soil temperature before you book pre-emergent? Check your ZIP on the soil temperature tracker.

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Lawn care in Atlanta: common questions

How much does lawn care cost in Atlanta?

A single mowing visit in Atlanta typically runs $40 to $61 for an average quarter-acre lot, and crews bill around $53 an hour for work outside a routine cut. Treatments are quoted per 1,000 square feet: fertilizer and weed control land in the single-digit to low-teens dollars, while core aeration and overseeding cost more because they are once-a-year jobs. Full-season contracts almost always beat per-visit pricing.

Which lawn care company in Atlanta should I hire?

Compare the attributed Google and Yelp ratings rather than any single score, check the company actually offers the service you need, and get two quotes for the same scope rather than one. For spray work, ask for the company's pesticide applicator licence number directly: Georgia requires one for anyone applying herbicide or insecticide for payment, and we have no public register for this state to check it against for you.

Does a lawn care company need a licence in Georgia?

Yes, for pesticide work. Applying herbicides, insecticides, or fungicides on someone else's property for payment requires a commercial pesticide applicator licence issued by Georgia, and the licence carries a number and an expiry date. Plain mowing and trimming generally do not require that licence, so a company can be perfectly legitimate for mowing and still not be licensed to spray. Ask which one you are hiring for.

When should I hire a lawn care company in Atlanta?

Book before the season starts rather than during it. Atlanta runs warm-season lawns, so the calendar that matters is the timing table on this page: pre-emergent goes down off soil temperature in spring, and the seeding and aeration window is the single busiest stretch of the year for local crews. Calling two to three weeks ahead of a window is the difference between getting your date and getting whatever is left.

Is a lawn care service worth it in Atlanta?

It depends on which jobs you hand over. Mowing is the easiest thing to do yourself and the most expensive thing to buy repeatedly. Pesticide application is the opposite: it is the job where a licensed applicator with calibrated equipment and the right product beats a homeowner with a hose-end sprayer. Many people in Atlanta split it, mowing themselves and buying the treatment rounds.

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Lawn Care and Landscaping in Atlanta, Georgia: Costs, Licensed Companies, and When to Hire

What lawn care costs in Atlanta

Services in Atlanta

Lawn care companies in Atlanta

Ant J’s Property Services LLC

Atlanta Lawn Specialist

Camden & Co Lawn Care

Cleancut Landscaping

Hugo’s Lawn Care

Lawn works Sandy Springs

North Atlanta Lawn and Hustle Services

Pride-In-Turf Lawn Care Atlanta

Southern Green GA

True Resilient Lawn Service

Boston In-Demand Services

Canny Cut

Atlanta Lawn Care Services, Inc

Blount's Lawn Care Solutions LLC

Verified Outdoor Services

Augusta Lawn Care of Smyrna

Grantlanta Lawn

Weaver Landscape

LawnStarter

New Beginning Landscape & Remodel LLC

Affordable Landscaping Services LLC

Island Lawn Care

Floss'n Lawns and Home Services