Lawn Care and Landscaping in Austell, Georgia: Costs, Licensed Companies, and When to Hire
We list 8 lawn care and landscaping companies serving Austell. Mowing here typically runs $35 to $54 a visit and crews bill about $46 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 Austell
Bands rather than averages, because a real quote depends on lot size, slope, and how far the crew drives.
| Service | Typical price | Unit | What drives the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawn mowing | $35 to $54 | per visit | Weekly through the growing season on an average quarter-acre lot. |
| Edging and trimming | $11 to $16 | per visit | Usually bundled into a mowing visit rather than billed alone. |
| Fertilizer application | $11 to $17 | per 1,000 sq ft | Slow-release blend, three to five rounds a year. |
| Weed control | $8 to $12 | per 1,000 sq ft | Pre-emergent in spring, post-emergent as broadleaf weeds show. |
| Core aeration | $11 to $16 | per 1,000 sq ft | Once a year, priced higher on compacted clay soil. |
| Overseeding | $19 to $29 | per 1,000 sq ft | Nearly always quoted together with aeration. |
| Grub and insect control | $9 to $13 | per 1,000 sq ft | One preventive round covers most of the season. |
| Dethatching | $9 to $13 | per 1,000 sq ft | Only needed when thatch is over half an inch thick. |
Priced for a city of 7,713 in the Atlanta metro.
Compare against national lawn care costs or price your own lawn on the lawn cost estimator.
Services in Austell
Lawn care companies in Austell
8 companies match these filters
Apollo Lawn Care LLC
5.0on Google (43)Austell, GA
Apollo Lawn Care LLC is a lawn care company in Austell, Georgia, offering lawn care, rated 5.0 by 43 Google reviewers, with Google reviews going back to 2019, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number and website.
Top Turf Lawn Care and Pest Management
4.9on Google (594)Austell, GA
Top Turf Lawn Care and Pest Management works on properties in Austell, Georgia, handling lawn care and pest control, rated 4.9 by 594 Google reviewers, with Google reviews going back to 2024, and Saturday hours listed.
Affordable mowing services llc
4.8on Google (42)Austell, GA
Based in Austell, Georgia, Affordable mowing services llc covers lawn care and mowing, rated 4.8 by 42 Google reviewers, with Google reviews going back to 2024, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number and website.
Green Pastures Psalm 23 Lawn Care Services
4.8on Google (20)Austell, GA
Green Pastures Psalm 23 Lawn Care Services works on properties in Austell, Georgia, handling lawn care, rated 4.8 by 20 Google reviewers, with Google reviews going back to 2022, and a published phone number.
Lawn care(678) 614-9679Sweaty Man Lawn Care/ Landscaping
4.5on Google (57)Austell, GA
Sweaty Man Lawn Care/ Landscaping works on properties in Austell, Georgia, handling lawn care and landscaping, rated 4.5 by 57 Google reviewers, with Google reviews going back to 2019, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number.
Lawn care(404) 437-9417Best Lawn Inc
4.2on Google (5)Austell, GA
Listed in Austell, Georgia, Best Lawn Inc offers lawn care, with Google reviews going back to 2016, and a published phone number and website.
Rosser Lawn Care Services
4.2on Google (5)Austell, GA
Rosser Lawn Care Services is a lawn care company in Austell, Georgia, offering lawn care, with Google reviews going back to 2017, and a published phone number.
Lawn care(404) 729-1343TruGreen Lawn Care
4.1on Google (733)Austell, GA
TruGreen Lawn Care is a lawn care company in Austell, Georgia, offering lawn care, rated 4.1 by 733 Google reviewers, with Google reviews going back to 2025, and a published phone number and website.
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Where these companies are
When to do the work in Austell
Austell 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
| 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 Austell: common questions
How much does lawn care cost in Austell?
A single mowing visit in Austell typically runs $35 to $54 for an average quarter-acre lot, and crews bill around $46 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 Austell 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 Austell?
Book before the season starts rather than during it. Austell 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 Austell?
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 Austell split it, mowing themselves and buying the treatment rounds.