“The landscaping industry has been largely unaffected by the pandemic and is busier than ever”, according to NALP Chief Jeffrey M. Roberts
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Updated: Sep. 11, 2020
If you’re planning a fall landscaping project or you’re looking to hire a crew for continued service, you’d better move fast. The landscaping industry has been largely unaffected by the pandemic and its busier than ever, according to a nationwide survey conducted by the the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP).
According to the data collected, 60 percent of landscaping companies are seeing revenues exceed pre-COVID expectations and more than 300,000 landscaping jobs lay vacant.
Moreover, 62 percent of lawn care companies report they’ve exceeded revenue projections, followed by 53 percent of landscape maintenance firms and 50 percent of design/build firms.
One of the reasons landscaping companies have easily weathered the COVID-19 storm is the fundamental nature of the landscaping business, says NALP Chief Executive Britt Wood.
“The landscaping business naturally lends itself to this type of crisis,” Wood says. “The way landscapers work means that they just naturally keep their distance from clients and each other. Also, people often use nice spaces to relax and remove stress, and a soothing landscape can help with that.”
