2022 NAICS national industry in sector 56 Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
561730 Landscaping Services
NAICS 561730 is the US industry code for landscaping services. It covers (1) establishments primarily engaged in providing landscape care and maintenance services and/or installing trees, shrubs, plants, lawns, or gardens and (2) establishments primarily engaged in providing these services along with the design of landscape plans and/or the construction (i.e., installation) of walkways, retaining walls, decks, fences, ponds, and similar structures.
- Code
- 561730 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Landscaping Services
- Part of
- Services to Buildings and Dwellings
- SBA small business limit
- Average annual receipts up to $9.5 million
- Closest UK SIC
- 81300 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This industry comprises (1) establishments primarily engaged in providing landscape care and maintenance services and/or installing trees, shrubs, plants, lawns, or gardens and (2) establishments primarily engaged in providing these services along with the design of landscape plans and/or the construction (i.e., installation) of walkways, retaining walls, decks, fences, ponds, and similar structures.
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- Installing artificial turf, constructing (i.e., installing) walkways, retaining walls, decks, fences, ponds, or similar structures, or right of way cutting (except maintenance) are classified in Sector 23, Construction.
- Planning and designing the development of land areas for projects, such as parks and other recreational areas; airports; highways; hospitals; schools; land subdivisions; and commercial, industrial, and residential areas (without also installing trees, shrubs, plants, lawns/gardens, walkways, retaining walls, decks, and similar items or structures) are classified in Industry 541320, Landscape Architectural Services.
- Retailing landscaping materials and providing the installation and maintenance of these materials are classified in Industry 444240, Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers.
Businesses that use this code
Activities listed under 561730
The Census index assigns these 40 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Arborist services
- Cemetery plot care services
- Fertilizing lawns
- Garden maintenance services
- Hydroseeding services (e.g., decorative, erosion control purposes)
- Interior landscaping services
- Landscape care and maintenance services
- Landscape contractors (except construction)
- Landscape installation services
- Landscaping services (except planning)
- Lawn care services (e.g., fertilizing, mowing, seeding, spraying)
- Lawn fertilizing services
- Lawn irrigation services
- Lawn maintenance services
- Lawn mowing services
- Lawn mulching services
- Lawn seeding services
- Lawn spraying services
- Line slash (i.e., rights of way) maintenance services
- Maintenance of plants and shrubs in buildings
- Mowing services (e.g., highway, lawn, road strip)
- Ornamental tree and shrub services
- Plant and shrub maintenance in buildings
- Plant maintenance services
- Pruning services, ornamental tree and shrub
- Seasonal property maintenance services (i.e., snow plowing in winter, landscaping during other seasons)
- Seeding lawns
- Shrub services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery, trimming)
- Snow plowing services combined with landscaping services (i.e., seasonal property maintenance services)
- Sod laying services
- Spraying lawns
- Tree and brush trimming, overhead utility line
- Tree pruning services
- Tree removal services
- Tree services (e.g., bracing, planting, pruning, removal, spraying, surgery, trimming)
- Tree surgery services
- Tree trimming services
- Tropical plant maintenance services
- Turf (except artificial) installation services
- Weed control and fertilizing services (except crop)
SBA size standard for 561730
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 561730, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $9.5 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.
Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.
Closest UK SIC 2007 codes
There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 8130), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
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Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.