TREE SERVICE PRICING GUIDE
Tree removal pricing
The 2026 US cost per foot of height, trimming prices by size, stump grinding per inch, what emergencies, volume and the season do to the price, the add-ons and the margin tree companies target — and a free calculator that turns them into a price you can put on your website.
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The short answer
Tree removal costs $385 to $1,070 for most trees, with a national average of $850 — about $9.50 to $14.50 per foot of height (Lawn Love, October 2026). By height: $285–$435 up to 30 feet, $435–$870 for 30–60 feet, $870–$1,160 for 60–80 feet and $1,160–$2,000 over 80 feet. HomeGuide's range is $400–$1,200, also averaging $850, and $100–$400 or more an hour where companies bill by the hour (February 2026).
Trimming runs $412–$612 per tree on average: $80–$420 under 30 feet, $210–$790 for 30–60 feet and $470–$1,840 above 60 (Lawn Love, October 2026). Stump grinding is $2–$5 per inch of diameter, $180–$525 for most stumps and $330 on average (Lawn Love, December 2025). A fallen tree is $90–$300 to clear; an emergency removal $450–$3,000 (Lawn Love).
Housecall Pro's 2026 ranges from Angi's consumer data agree: $150–$450 under 30 feet, $450–$1,200 for 30–60, $800–$1,500 for 60–80 and $1,000–$2,000 or more over 80, with trimming at $75–$1,800 and the first stump $195–$600 (August 2026); Jobber's average is $750 a tree in a $200–$2,000 range (February 2026). Same-day work runs two to three times the standard rate, and several trees in one visit earn a 10%–25% discount per tree (HomeGuide).
Tree companies target margins of 10%–20%, with smaller operators pricing routine trimming closer to 20%–30% (Housecall Pro); Jobber's rule is 20% or higher. Price the height, add the stump, the haul-away and the risk — then put “from” prices on your website, because the homeowner with a leaning oak calls the first company that gives them a number.
FREE PRICE CALCULATOR
What should I charge for this tree?
Enter the tree's height for a removal, pick a size band for trimming, or a stump's diameter — then when the job is, how many trees, and the extras. The range uses the published 2026 US figures in the table below.
Suggested price
$380–$580
tree removal (per foot of height), 40 ft
A starting range from published US figures — not a price for a customer's tree until you've seen the access, the drop zone and what's under it. The emergency, volume and season multipliers are HomeGuide's published percentages and multiples. Check the result against your own costs (the formula below) before it goes on your price list.
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RATES · OCTOBER 2026
Tree service prices (2026)
Typical US residential figures. For context: Lawn Love's removal average is $850 in a $385–$1,070 range, by species $310–$475 for a palm and $570–$1,740 for a cedar (October 2026); HomeGuide's by height is $200–$500, $500–$1,500, $850–$2,000 and $1,200–$2,500 or more, and its hourly rate $100–$400 or more (February 2026); Jobber's average is $750 (February 2026).
| The job | Typical US price · source |
|---|---|
| Tree removal (per foot of height) | $9.50–$14.50 per ft · about $380–$580 for 40 ft · Lawn Love |
| Tree trimming (flat, by height) | Under 30 feet: $80–$420 · 30 to 60 feet: $210–$790 · Above 60 feet: $470–$1,840 · Lawn Love |
| Stump grinding (per inch of diameter) | $2–$5 per inch · about $48–$120 for 24 inches · Lawn Love |
| Fallen tree removal | Tree already down: $90–$300 · Lawn Love |
| Hourly, crew and equipment | $100–$400 an hour · HomeGuide |
Rates read off each publisher's page in October 2026. The calculator above uses exactly these numbers. Full source list below.
ADD-ONS AND ADJUSTMENTS
What urgency, volume, the season and the extras do to the price
Storm work earns a multiple, several trees earn a discount, and the stump, the haul-away and the permit are their own lines.
| What | Typical US price · source |
|---|---|
| When: same-day or next-day emergency | 2 to 3 times the standard rate for same-day or next-day work · HomeGuide figures |
| How many trees: several trees in one visit, per tree | 10%–25% off · HomeGuide |
| Season: summer or fall, peak demand | 10%–20% more · HomeGuide |
| Stump removal after the tree comes down | +$180–$525 · Lawn Love |
| Hauling away the debris | +$100–$200 · Lawn Love |
| Log splitting, per tree | +$75–$100 · Lawn Love |
| Travel fee, long drive | +$50–$200 · Lawn Love |
| Tree removal permit fee | +$60–$150 · Jobber |
Where a row shows a sum (a rate × a quantity, or a percentage worked out from published dollar ranges), the arithmetic is ours and the inputs are the publisher's.
THE PRICING FORMULA
How to price a tree job
Six steps from the walk-around to the number on your website.
Walk the site first
Height, trunk diameter, condition, access, the drop zone, power lines and structures (Housecall Pro, August 2026; Jobber, February 2026). Trees over 24 inches in diameter cost significantly more to remove (HomeGuide).
Price the height
$9.50–$14.50 per foot: $285–$435 up to 30 feet, $435–$870 for 30–60, $870–$1,160 for 60–80, $1,160–$2,000 over 80 (Lawn Love, October 2026). The per-foot rate is the number your website can carry.
Add the stump and the cleanup
Stump grinding $2–$5 per inch of diameter, $180–$525 for most stumps (Lawn Love, December 2025); hauling debris $100–$200, log splitting $75–$100 a tree, chipping $75–$125 an hour (Lawn Love). Price each as its own line so the customer can drop one.
Price the risk
Work near power lines runs $1,500–$10,000 or more and emergency storm removal $450–$6,000 or more (Housecall Pro, from Angi's data). Jobber's rule: the higher the liability and the skill, the higher the margin.
Set the margin
Tree companies target 10%–20%, smaller operators 20%–30% on routine trimming (Housecall Pro); Jobber's rule is 20% or higher. Housecall Pro's example: a $575 baseline cost plus 30% — $173, which it calls the margin, though added to cost it is a markup — is $748, plus $125 for the stump, $873 in all.
Adjust for the calendar and the count
Same-day or next-day work runs two to three times the standard rate; summer and fall carry 10%–20% higher prices; several trees in one visit earn 10%–25% off per tree (HomeGuide, February 2026).
The formula, worked through
Say a 40-foot maple in good condition, in an open backyard, with the stump ground and the debris hauled.
40 feet at $9.50–$14.50 a foot (Lawn Love) is $380–$580 for the removal; Lawn Love's own band for a 30-to-60-foot tree is $435–$870, so a dense crown or a tight drop zone takes the quote to the band's floor or above. A 24-inch stump at $2–$5 an inch adds $48–$120 — or $115–$330 on Lawn Love's size table, the safer quote for a big hardwood stump — and hauling the debris $100–$200: about $530–$900 in all at the per-inch rate, up to about $1,100 with the table's stump price.
Housecall Pro's own example prices a removal from the cost side: $575 of crew, equipment and disposal plus 30% ($173 — it calls that the margin; added to cost it is a markup, and the margin on the price is 23%), $748 for the removal and $125 for the stump, $873 total — the same neighbourhood. So “tree removal from $9.50 a foot, stump grinding from $2 an inch” is a fair line for your website. The arithmetic is ours; the rates are the publishers'.
What to charge in your state
Jobber reports Angi's 2025 state ranges for a tree removal: California $650–$1,300, Florida $750–$1,500, New York $750–$1,100, North Carolina $600–$900, Washington $550–$800, Illinois $535–$730, Colorado $350–$650, Texas $300–$850 and Washington, DC $250–$700 (February 2026). Lawn Love's trimming averages by city run from $390–$579 in Portland, Maine to $493–$731 in Boston (October 2026).
Across all prices, the Bureau of Economic Analysis puts California at 110.7 against a US average of 100 and Arkansas at 86.9 (2024 regional price parities, released February 2026). Urban crews charge more than rural ones for the same tree — tighter drop zones, more risk, more traffic control (HomeGuide).
In the US, some cities require a permit to remove a tree — $60–$150 (Jobber), or $60–$320 for a stump where one is needed (Lawn Love) — and protected or heritage trees carry their own rules; check your city's ordinance before you quote the job, and put the fee on the price list as its own line. Outside the US, treat the ranges as a shape — price per foot, stumps per inch, extras as lines — and check what local tree companies list on their own websites.
Put your prices on your website
A price list — even “from” prices — answers a customer's first question before they pick up the phone, and it's the line an AI assistant can quote when someone asks what tree work costs near them.
If you build your site with Zarla, tell the editor “add a pricing section: tree removal from $9.50 a foot, tree trimming from $80, stump grinding from $2 an inch” and your prices go on the site, in a section you can edit any time. Want to see a finished site first? Browse tree service website templates or see how Zarla builds tree service websites.
Still setting up? Write your tree service business plan, browse tree service business name ideas, and when the prices are set, read how to get lawn care customers. Billing the job? The free tree service invoice template carries the lines. Raising prices you set a year ago? The price increase letter tells customers a month ahead.
Starting the company? How to start a tree service business covers the insurance, the equipment and the first jobs. Lawn care in the off-season? See how much to charge for lawn mowing.
Tree removal pricing: common questions
$9.50–$14.50 per foot of height: $285–$435 up to 30 feet, $435–$870 for 30–60 feet, $870–$1,160 for 60–80 feet and $1,160–$2,000 over 80 feet, averaging $850 (Lawn Love, October 2026). HomeGuide's range is $400–$1,200 and Jobber's average $750. The calculator above works it out from the height.
$412–$612 per tree on average: $80–$420 under 30 feet, $210–$790 for 30–60 feet and $470–$1,840 above 60 feet (Lawn Love, October 2026). Housecall Pro's range from Angi's data is $75–$1,800, with palm trimming at $125–$800 (August 2026).
$2–$5 per inch of diameter as a rule of thumb, with most stumps at $180–$525 and a $330 average (Lawn Love, December 2025). Lawn Love's size table runs higher than the per-inch rule for big stumps — $45–$70 for a 6-inch stump but $115–$330 for 24 inches and $420–$700 for 48 — so quote the table for a large hardwood stump. Extra stumps on the same visit run $45–$100 each; hauling the stump and its roots away $2–$3 an inch.
Same-day or next-day removal runs two to three times the standard rate (HomeGuide, February 2026); Lawn Love puts an emergency removal at $450–$3,000 and Housecall Pro storm-damage work at $450–$6,000 or more. The multiple pays for the crew you pulled off another job and the risk of a tree that's already failing.
Most quote flat by the tree; where companies bill hourly it's $100–$400 or more an hour for the crew and equipment (HomeGuide, February 2026). Housecall Pro's common models are a flat rate per tree, hourly for the crew and equipment, a per-acre or per-job bid, and recurring contracts for scheduled maintenance — flat for the straightforward tree, hourly where the variables could run away (Jobber).
10%–20%, with smaller operators pricing routine residential trimming closer to 20%–30% to cover lower job volume, and crane or utility work at the top of the range or above (Housecall Pro, August 2026). Jobber's rule is 20% or higher (February 2026).
Companies typically take 10%–25% off per tree when they're already on site with the crew and equipment (HomeGuide, February 2026). Clearing by the acre runs $850–$6,000 (Lawn Love) or $1,200–$8,000 (HomeGuide), depending on how heavily wooded the land is.
Yes — a per-foot removal rate, a trimming range by size and a per-inch stump price. “Tree removal pricing” is searched nearly ten thousand times a month on Google in the US (DataForSEO, October 2026), and a company that prints its rate looks like the one with nothing to hide. On a Zarla site, tell the editor “add a pricing section” with your prices, and change them each season.
Where these numbers come from
Every range on this page is read off a published source, dated below. They're US figures for residential work — typical, not a rule; your costs and your market come first.
- Lawn Love — How Much Does Tree Removal Cost in 2026? — dated October 2026, read October 2026
- Lawn Love — How Much Does Tree Trimming Cost in 2026? — dated October 2026, read October 2026
- Lawn Love — How Much Does Stump Removal Cost? — dated December 2025, read October 2026
- HomeGuide — How Much Does Tree Removal Cost? — dated February 2026, read October 2026
- Housecall Pro — How to Price Tree Trimming & Removal Jobs (2026 Prices) — dated August 2026, read October 2026
- Jobber — How to Price Tree Removal Jobs (2026 Pricing Guide) — dated February 2026, read October 2026
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis — regional price parities by state, 2024 — dated February 2026, read September 2026
Put your tree service prices on your website
Add your town and your business name, and Zarla builds the site from that one line. Your prices go in a pricing section you edit by chat.
Already have a website? Bring it across →Zarla keeps your old page addresses where it can and redirects the ones that change, helping you keep the Google standing you've built.