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GreenEdge Lawns

DeShawn MillerCharlotte, NC, USA · first sale April 2026

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The first month of fall clean-ups

Aiming forSell fall clean-ups to every mowing customer, so winter isn’t a cliff.

  • Next update: early November
  • Verified sales and a few lines from DeShawn, once a month
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Sales, month by month

Verified via QuickBooks
Sales in Sep
$8,100
▼ 25% on Aug
Sales so far
$49,200
6 months
Best month
$11,200
Jul 2026
Cost to start
$11,000
Owner’s figure

Month 1 is usually a part month: it starts on the day of the first sale. Sales are before costs. Figures to September 2026.

DeShawn’s updates

  1. Month 6Sep 2026

    Sales fell 25% as the grass slowed down, just like owners here said they would. Sold 31 fall clean-ups ahead.

    Sales that month: $8,100
  2. Month 4Jul 2026
    First hire

    Marco joined the crew full-time.

    Sales that month: $11,200
  3. Month 2May 2026
    60 weekly customers

    60 weekly mowing customers.

    Sales that month: $6,900

How it’s set up

  • Prices$45 a mow, $160 a fall clean-up
  • Hours a weekAbout 55
  • Team2 people, with the owner

Where customers come from

  • Door hangers40%
  • Nextdoor35%
  • Referrals25%

What it cost to start: $11,000

  • Mowers and trimmers$6,200
  • Trailer$3,100
  • Insurance and licence$1,100
  • Door hangers$600

How it compares

Sales a month in the first year

Bottom 10% $2.5kTypical $8.4kTop 10% $28.5k

A typical new landscaping business in the United States takes about $8,400 a month in its first year; the middle half take $4,400 to $16,000. GreenEdge Lawns has averaged $9,360 a month since month 2.

85 in 100still trading after a year
64 in 100still trading after three years
Cost to start
Usual$10,800
DeShawn$11,000

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