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Is your landscaping business actually profitable?

A quick reality-check built the way landscapers think. Rate, team, hours, days — see your real monthly margin in 60 seconds.

1

What you charge

The four numbers that make your weekly revenue.

Per crew member
£ /hr
People on site
Chargeable hours
hrs
Working days
2

Staff wages

Up to 3 staff. Toggle day rate or hourly. Leave at £0 if not used — you don't take a wage, you take the profit.

Staff member 1 £625/wk
£
Staff member 2 £500/wk
£
Staff member 3
£
3

Materials & overheads

Weekly materials spend and your monthly running costs.

Plants, compost, waste
£
Fuel, insurance, tools
£
Your revenue chain
×
3 team × £40/hr
£120/hr
×
× 7 hours per day
£840/day
×
× 5 days per week
£4,200/wk
×
× 4.33 weeks per month
£18,186/mo
Staff wages active staff only
−£4,871
Materials weekly × 4.33
−£433
Overheads monthly fixed
−£1,500
Total monthly costs
−£6,804
Estimated monthly profit
£11,382
62.6% margin
💡 Insight
Solid revenue chain. Adjust your numbers above to see how each lever moves the result.
⚠️ What this calculator doesn't include

This is a quick reality-check, not a full P&L. Your real-world margin will likely be lower than the figure above because this model doesn't account for:

  • Your own pay — you charge yourself out at the hourly rate but take home from profit, not wages
  • VAT — if your turnover exceeds £90,000 you'll add VAT on top, which most clients don't fully refund
  • Holiday & sick pay, Employer NI, pension contributions for staff
  • Bad debts & late payments — typical UK landscaping write-off rate is 2–5%
  • Tool depreciation, vehicle replacement, equipment finance
  • Marketing, accounting fees, software, training beyond what you've put in overheads

Real UK landscaping businesses at this scale typically run 15–25% net margin after all of the above. CANOPY shows you the true number per visit, every visit — so you stop guessing.

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