Methods to Price Services based on Service Type
The following table demonstrates how services are priced in the Green Industry by Service Type.
Service Type | Methods to Price | Service Examples | Requires Inventory? |
Landscape Install | If requires more than one Inventory Item: T&M By Resource Charge or Service Charge. More common would be Resource Charge. If requires a single Inventory Item: Charge Per Unit or Sliding Scale | Plant Installation | Yes |
Landscape Build | T&M By Service Charge or Resource Charge. More common would be Resource Charge | Paver Patio | Yes |
Landscape Maintenance | Charge per Hour | Garden Bed Maintenance, Leaf Removal, | No |
Turf Maintenance | Charge per Hour or Sliding Scale | Lawn Mowing | No |
Turf PHC | Charge per Hour or Sliding Scale | Lawn Applications, Fertilizing Applications, Tick Treatments | Yes |
Tree - Labor | Charge per Hour or T&M By Resource Charge or Service Charge | Pruning | No |
Tree PHC | Charge per Unit or Sliding Scale | Soil Injections, Trunk Injections, Foliar application | Yes |
Pest PHC | Charge per Unit or Sliding Scale | Yes | |
Snow Removal | Charge per Unit or Sliding Scale | Depends |
Pricing a Service using Sliding Scale is more prevalent for services that require inventory or Custom Measures. Meaning Labor based services are priced more efficiently