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NAICS 56173
Landscaping services




2007 NAICS 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.

Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in--

  • Installing artificial turf or in constructing (i.e., installing) walkways, retaining walls, decks, fences, ponds, or similar structures--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; and
  • Retailing landscaping materials and providing the installation and maintenance of these materials--are classified in Industry 444220, Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Stores.

Index entries that bring you to this industry:

  • Arborist services
  • Cemetery plot care services
  • Fertilizing lawns
  • Garden maintenance services
  • Hydroseeding services (e.g., decorative, erosion control purposes)
  • 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 maintenance services
  • Lawn mowing 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)
 
 
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