Lawn Care and Landscaping in Mansfield, Ohio: Costs, Licensed Companies, and When to Hire

We list 14 lawn care and landscaping companies serving Mansfield. Mowing here typically runs $37 to $57 a visit and crews bill about $50 an hour for everything else, on a cool-season calendar that puts seeding and aeration in a narrow window each year.

What lawn care costs in Mansfield

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 Mansfield, Ohio
Service	Typical price	Unit	What drives the price
Lawn mowing	$37 to $57	per visit	Weekly through the growing season on an average quarter-acre lot.
Edging and trimming	$11 to $17	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 $13	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	$20 to $31	per 1,000 sq ft	Nearly always quoted together with aeration.
Grub and insect control	$10 to $16	per 1,000 sq ft	One preventive round covers most of the season.
Dethatching	$9 to $14	per 1,000 sq ft	Only needed when thatch is over half an inch thick.

Priced for a city of 47,534 in Richland County, outside the major metros.

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

Services in Mansfield

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When to do the work in Mansfield

Mansfield sits in the Great Lakes climate region, which runs cool-season lawns. Last frost usually falls April 15-May 15 and first frost September 15-October 15, and that pair sets every date below.

Grasses that do well here

Kentucky Bluegrass
Perennial Ryegrass
Tall Fescue
Fine Fescue

Lawn care timing windows for Mansfield
Task	Local window	Why then
Seed or overseed	Mid August to late September	Soil is still warm enough to germinate seed while air temperatures drop.
Fertilize	April, June, September, and early November	The September and November rounds do most of the work on a cool-season lawn.
Core aerate	Late August to October	Paired with overseeding so the seed drops into open holes.
Pre-emergent for crabgrass	April 1 - May 1	Go by soil temperature: apply before it holds 55 degrees.

Problems local crews deal with most: Winter kill, short growing season, snow mold.

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 Mansfield: common questions

How much does lawn care cost in Mansfield?

A single mowing visit in Mansfield typically runs $37 to $57 for an average quarter-acre lot, and crews bill around $50 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 Mansfield 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: Ohio 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 Ohio?

Yes, for pesticide work. Applying herbicides, insecticides, or fungicides on someone else's property for payment requires a commercial pesticide applicator licence issued by Ohio, 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 Mansfield?

Book before the season starts rather than during it. Mansfield runs cool-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 Mansfield?

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 Mansfield split it, mowing themselves and buying the treatment rounds.

Lawn Care and Landscaping in Mansfield, Ohio: Costs, Licensed Companies, and When to Hire

What lawn care costs in Mansfield

Services in Mansfield

Lawn care companies in Mansfield

Hershey Outdoors LLC

Strategic Outdoor Solutions

Titan Lawn Maintenance, LLC

Eyink Landscaping

King's Lawn Maintenance

Naugle's Lawn Care LLC

Thompson Elite Landscaping & Lawn Care

Sunshine lawn maintenance & snow plowing

TruGreen Lawn Care

We care lawn service LLC

Weed Man Lawn Care

Affordable Lawn Care & Landscaping

Small's Lawn Care

Rex's Lawn Care