The Grounds Guys Franchise Review and FDD Snapshot
Landscaping & Outdoor Living
The Grounds Guys
As a franchisee you will provide commercial, residential and municipal property maintenance, landscaping and hardscaping services; snow and ice maintenance services; trash and debris removal; arboriculture services; lawn renovation; residential, commercial and municipal turf care services; irrigation maintenance, installation and repair services, landscape lighting, and other related services and products.
Business Snapshot
- Industry: Landscaping & Outdoor Living
- Headquarters: Waco, Texas, US
- Parent group: Neighborly
- Website: https://groundsguys.com
- Parent website: https://neighborly.com
Economics Highlights
- Initial fee: $35,000 for up to 100,000 population + $350 per additional 1,000 (non-refundable). Discounts: Roll-In up to 50%, Multi-Unit 5-20%, HIRE 10-25%, VetFran 20%, Additional Concept 10%. Rural: 50% of min fee. Software enrollment: $1,920.
- Royalty: 5-6% of Gross Sales, weekly (varies by tier: 6% for $0-$750k, 5.5% for $750k-$1.75M, 5% above; minimums apply seasonally: Apr-Nov $175-$350 wkly, Dec-Mar $90-$180 wkly). Excludes roll-ins with tiered rates starting at 3%.
- Brand fund: 2% of Gross Sales, weekly (minimums apply for roll-ins).
- Local ad minimum: Greater of $20k annually or 5% of prior year Gross Sales; first year $25k ($15k in first 6 months). LMG up to 3% of Gross Sales.
- Item 19 median AUV: $568,201
- Item 19 coverage: 40%
What The Grounds Guys Does
As a franchisee you will provide commercial, residential and municipal property maintenance, landscaping and hardscaping services; snow and ice maintenance services; trash and debris removal; arboriculture services; lawn renovation; residential, commercial and municipal turf care services; irrigation maintenance, installation and repair services, landscape lighting, and other related services and products.
This page is generated from Franchise Fox franchise and FDD-derived data. Reported franchisee counts and economics usually come from the most recent available FDD snapshot rather than manually edited marketing copy.
Scale and Filing Notes
The current Franchise Fox dataset has strong FDD coverage, but live location counts are still sparse in the denormalized export. For now, the best “size” signal is reported franchisee count.
