2026 US Lawn Care & Landscape Industry Report

The 2026 US lawn care industry report assembles primary data on a $176.7 billion landscaping services market that now spans 556,000 businesses, employs roughly 1.1 million workers, and counts the top 150 firms alone at more than $22 billion in combined revenue. The reference work below sources every claim back to SEC filings, Bureau of Labor Statistics tables, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service price reports, federal and state agency dockets, and the surveys that operators across the industry actually pay for (NALP Financial Benchmark, Lawn & Landscape Top 100, Landscape Management LM150, Peak Business Valuation, BizBuySell). Data verified as of June 16, 2026. Where a claim could not be traced to a primary source, it was cut.

The big picture: a fragmented $176.7B market with a consolidating top tier

The US landscaping services industry, classified under NAICS 561730, generated $176.7 billion in revenue across 556,000 businesses in 2026, per IBISWorld’s May 2026 update. The same report shows business counts declining at a 2.0% CAGR from 2021 to 2026, even as revenue grew 0.9% annually. That divergence is the consolidation story in one line: large platforms are adding revenue while the long tail of solo operators thins out.

Lawn care services, which sit inside that broader landscaping number, were valued at $60.0 billion in 2025 and projected to grow from $62.91 billion in 2026 to $79.68 billion by 2031 at a 4.85% CAGR, per Mordor Intelligence. Mordor attributes the growth to Sun Belt population migration, accelerating adoption of professional services over DIY, and the move to smart and autonomous equipment. Commercial and industrial customers generate over 50% of lawn care market revenue as facility owners outsource grounds maintenance.

The US Census Bureau’s Industry Statistics Portal for NAICS 561730 shows roughly 76,769 establishments verified as active employers with about 730,344 employees on payroll, well below the 556K total business count because the IBISWorld figure includes the very large set of solo operators and partnerships filing Schedule C. Both numbers are right; they measure different things. The Census number is the right denominator for any analysis of wages, benefits, or productivity. The IBISWorld figure is the right denominator for any market-share or fragmentation analysis.

How fragmented is fragmented? The 2025 LM150 list from Landscape Management recorded combined revenue from the 150 largest firms crossing the $20 billion threshold for the first time. Against a $176.7B total market, that is roughly 12.5% market share for the top 150. The remaining 87.5% is split across more than 550,000 mostly sub-$5M operators. For more on how this fragmentation creates the rollup opportunity that PE firms have been pursuing since 2014, see the HMNDP US landscape PE rollup tracker.

The 2025 top operator table: BrightView extends its 11-year run

The canonical industry rankings come from two trade publications: Lawn & Landscape’s Top 100 and Landscape Management’s LM150. The two lists overlap substantially but use slightly different inclusion criteria. The table below merges the top tier with public-company SEC data and reports each operator’s primary backer.

Rank	Company	HQ	2025 Revenue	Ownership / Backer	Primary source
1	BrightView Holdings	Blue Bell, PA	$2,672.8M (FY25)	Public (NYSE: BV)	FY2025 10-K
2	Davey Tree Expert Co.	Kent, OH	$1,948.0M	100% ESOP (since 1979)	Davey Tree FY2025 Annual Report
3	TruGreen	Franklin, TN	$1,560.0M	Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (since 2014)	CD&R portfolio page
4	Mariani Premier Group	Lake Bluff, IL	$865.3M	MSouth Equity Partners	Press archive
5	Yellowstone Landscape	Bunnell, FL	$773.8M	Harvest Partners; Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions minority (Dec 2024)	PR Newswire
n/a	SiteOne Landscape Supply (distributor)	Roswell, GA	$4,670M TTM	Public (NYSE: SITE)	FY2025 10-K
n/a	The Andersons (Plant Nutrient)	Maumee, OH	Plant Nutrient segment	Public (NASDAQ: ANDE)	FY2025 10-K

Caption: Operator revenue from Lawn & Landscape’s 2025 Top 100 (calendar 2024 service revenue). BrightView FY ends Sep 30, so $2.673B is the FY2025 10-K figure. SiteOne is a distributor, not an operator.

Consolidation and private equity: 11 years of rollup, no sign of letup

Private equity has been the dominant force in landscape M&A since CD&R took TruGreen private in January 2014. The arc since then is well documented at the platform level:

• BrightView Holdings has completed 34 disclosed acquisitions since formation, with the most active year being 2022 at 8 deals. Most recent: Apex Land Group (Myrtle Beach, SC). BrightView IPO’d June 2018 (KKR sponsor exit).
• TruGreen remains majority-owned by CD&R. Scotts Miracle-Gro took a 30% minority position in the 2016 Scotts LawnService merger then exited in 2019, returning TruGreen to a pure CD&R sponsor position. Ownership history sourced to CD&R portfolio page and ServiceMaster filings.
• Yellowstone Landscape sold from CIVC Partners to Harvest Partners in September 2023. Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions took a significant minority position on December 23, 2024.
• U.S. Lawns sold from BrightView to Riverside Company’s EverSmith Brands platform for $51.6 million in February 2024 (announced; closed Q1 2024). U.S. Lawns operates 200+ locations across 37 states.
• Mariani Premier Group completed six acquisitions in 2025 alone, including Landscape East & West (Portland, OR) in July, MD Nursery & Landscaping (Driggs, ID), and Roots Landscape (Pennsylvania) in December.
• Wind Point Partners built ExperiGreen Lawn Care into a platform then acquired Turf Masters Brands and combined the two, per Wind Point’s ExperiGreen announcement.

Mariani’s position at the No. 4 spot is the headline read on PE activity in 2025: a private-equity-backed roll-up moved into the top five for the first time, displacing organic operators that previously held those positions. For a deal-by-deal log of the past 18 months of PE activity, see the HMNDP lawn and landscape PE activity tracker and the BrightView acquisitions log.

EBITDA multiples: 3.63x to 3.98x on average, 6.5x to 9x for commercial platforms

The valuation spread between residential mow-and-blow operators and commercial maintenance platforms is now the widest it has been in any year on record. Peak Business Valuation’s 2026 analysis reports an average range of 3.63x to 3.98x EBITDA for the industry as a whole. Commercial grounds maintenance platforms with recurring contract books are valued at 6.5x to 9x EBITDA per Peak, and the highest-quality assets (multi-state, branded, 50%+ maintenance revenue mix, named PE backers in the buyer pool) routinely clear 10x.

The BizBuySell landscape valuation benchmark, drawn from actual closed transactions on the platform, shows the smaller end of the market: small landscaping and yard-service businesses traded at a median sale price that increased 7% from 2021 through 2025. The BizBuySell Q1 2026 Insight Report showed median cash flow on closed deals up 3% to $165,256 and median revenue up 2% to $713,404 across all sectors, with 2,345 businesses transacted at a total enterprise value of $2 billion.

The valuation gap matters for operators considering an exit. A $5M-revenue residential lawn care company with $750K EBITDA and a low-contract recurring revenue base will likely transact at 3.5x to 4x (so $2.6M to $3.0M). The same revenue mix shifted to a 70% maintenance contract book with three-year evergreen renewals on commercial properties moves the same business to 6.5x to 7.5x (so $4.9M to $5.6M), a 65% to 90% lift on the same earnings. The exit math is covered in detail in the HMNDP landscape EBITDA multiples guide.

Labor and wages: SOC 37-3011 sits at 902,000+ workers and a $19.13 mean hourly wage

The Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks landscaping and groundskeeping workers under Standard Occupational Classification code 37-3011. The most recent published OEWS data show a mean hourly wage of $19.13 and mean annual wage of $39,790 for SOC 37-3011, with national employment over 902,000 (BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook). The May 2024 OEWS release (April 2025) is the most recent complete table available; the May 2025 cut is scheduled for release in spring 2026 per the BLS update schedule.

Wage growth in the occupation has been strong over the past four years: from $16.94/hr (May 2021) to $17.92 (May 2022) to $19.13 (May 2023), a 13% nominal increase over two years. The NALP 2025 Financial Benchmark Report attributes the resulting industry-wide margin compression directly to this wage trend: the industry-average EBITDA margin dropped from 19% in 2024 to 17% in 2025, with the two-point compression “coming from wage inflation outpacing price increases, though operators who pushed pricing kept margin.”

H-2A foreign labor certification, the principal seasonal-labor program used by landscape operators, underwent its largest methodological overhaul in a decade. On October 2, 2025, the Department of Labor released an interim final rule implementing a state-specific AEWR (Adverse Effect Wage Rate) methodology drawn from BLS OEWS data, replacing the multi-state regional approach drawn from the Farm Labor Survey. The IFR also introduced two skill levels (Skill Level I entry, Skill Level II experienced) and a housing-value adjustment that lets employers reduce the cash wage when they provide compliant housing. The Economic Policy Institute estimated the new methodology would reduce farmworker pay by $4.4B to $5.4B annually; landscape contractors who use H-2A heavily for spring and summer crews are the principal commercial-services beneficiaries.

Eight states (California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Washington) plus urban areas in Oregon and New York will pay state minimum wage to domestic workers in 2026 because their state minimum exceeds the new AEWR. Average Skill Level I and Skill Level II hourly wages under the new methodology are $13.70 and $17.22, respectively, before any housing deduction. For a state-by-state breakdown of H-2A landscape program use, see the HMNDP H-2A guide for landscape crews.

Service mix and the median operator: $5.2M revenue, 355 customers

The NALP 2025 Financial Benchmark Report, drawn from 142 organizations representing 344 locations and confidential surveys submitted to Industry Insights, is the closest thing the industry has to an operator-level census. Key benchmarks:

• Median number of customers per firm rose 13% to 355 clients
• Average revenue per employee: $123,000; for firms over $10M in revenue: $156,000
• Median percent change in contract value per maintenance account: +9% from 2023 to 2024
• Median percent change in contract value per installation job: +13% from 2023 to 2024
• Industry-average EBITDA margin: 17% (down from 19% in 2024)

The 2025 report broke out gross profit by work type for the first time, separating design-build, maintenance, lawn care, and irrigation. The data confirm what operators have been saying for years: recurring maintenance revenue is structurally more profitable on a steady-state basis than installation work, even though installation can produce larger one-time profit dollars. Maintenance gross margins typically run 5 to 8 points above installation in the same firm, holding revenue mix constant.

The 50/50 commercial-residential split that defined the industry through the 2010s has tilted further toward commercial. Mordor Intelligence’s 2026 lawn care report notes commercial and industrial customers now generate over 50% of total lawn care revenue, and the LM150 chart-toppers reflect this: BrightView’s FY2025 Q4 and full year press release describes the Maintenance Services segment as serving “Fortune 500 corporate campuses and commercial properties, HOAs, public parks, leading international hotels and resorts, airport authorities, municipalities, hospitals and other healthcare facilities, educational institutions, restaurants and retail, and golf courses.”

Margins, costs, and the wage-pricing equation

The 2025 margin story is best read alongside the NALP benchmark and the public-company filings. BrightView reported FY2025 net service revenues of $2,672.8 million, down 3.4% from $2,767.1 million in FY2024, with the decline driven by the Maintenance Services segment ($72.7 million) and Development Services ($19.7 million). Despite the revenue decline, BrightView’s Development Services segment generated $789.1 million in net revenues and $106.8 million in Segment Adjusted EBITDA, a 13.5% Segment Adjusted EBITDA margin (FY2025 10-K). The public-company margin floor in development is well below the NALP 17% blended industry average because public operators carry materially higher corporate overhead.

The cost structure for a typical mid-market landscape company per the NALP benchmark and operator surveys breaks down approximately as follows on a maintenance dollar:

• Direct labor (W-2 wages, payroll taxes, workers comp): 38% to 45%
• Materials and supplies (fertilizer, sod, plants, fuel): 12% to 18%
• Equipment and depreciation: 7% to 10%
• Overhead (G&A, sales, insurance, IT, software): 18% to 22%
• EBITDA: 17% blended industry average per NALP 2025

The wage line is the swing variable. The 13% two-year wage growth in SOC 37-3011 forced operators into one of two postures: either raise prices to fully recover the wage hit (and risk customer churn) or absorb the gap and watch margins compress. The NALP 2025 data show roughly half the industry did the latter. Operators who can defend pricing through differentiation, contract evergreens, and explicit pass-through clauses are now the principal acquisition targets in the PE pipeline.

Fertilizer and the supply chain: SiteOne’s 680-branch moat and 2026 commodity spike

The single biggest distributor in the US landscape supply chain is SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE: SITE), which traces its origins to John Deere Landscapes (acquired in 2013). As of Q3 2025 SiteOne operated more than 680 branches and four distribution centers across 45 US states. Q1 2025 disclosures put the count at 690+ branches across 45 US states and six Canadian provinces. Management has guided to a 700-branch target by 2026 and a long-term goal of 1,000+ North American branches, with 20 to 30 net new branches per year. SiteOne posted TTM revenue of $4.67 billion as of January 2026, up from $4.54 billion in 2024 and $4.30 billion in 2023. The company also disclosed plans to close or consolidate 15 to 20 branches in Q4 2025 as part of a cost-optimization program with minimal expected sales loss; FY2025 adjusted EBITDA was guided between $405 million and $415 million.

The other public-market supplier exposure is The Andersons (NASDAQ: ANDE), whose Plant Nutrient segment serves agricultural and turf customers across the Midwest. The Andersons announced a strategic reorganization to consolidate to two operating segments (Agribusiness and Renewables), with the Plant Nutrient business folded into Agribusiness. The Turf & Specialty unit remains a meaningful turf input supplier through fertilizer blending facilities.

The fertilizer commodity backdrop for 2026 turned sharply higher. Per the most recent USDA Agricultural Marketing Service price reporting and reporting on those AMS data:

Fertilizer	Late March 2026 avg.	Year-over-year change
Urea (46-0-0)	$826/ton	+48%
Anhydrous ammonia	$1,000+/ton	+ double digits
DAP (18-46-0)	$857 to $863/ton	+12%
MAP (11-52-0)	$906 to $917/ton	+12%
Potash (0-0-60 red)	$489 to $659/ton (range)	+6%

Caption: USDA AMS commodity fertilizer pricing as reported by DTN Progressive Farmer from AMS data, late March and early April 2026 prints. Urea’s 48% year-over-year increase is the largest single-commodity move in the input basket. NALP financial benchmarks and HMNDP’s fertilizer commodity price tracker show fertilizer typically represents 4% to 7% of revenue for a maintenance-heavy operator and 8% to 12% for a lawn-care-heavy operator, so the 2026 spike has a non-trivial margin impact.

Regulatory environment: glyphosate at SCOTUS, neonicotinoids out in NY and CA, turf bans in the West

The regulatory cycle that will shape operator P&Ls through 2027 is concentrated in four files: glyphosate at the EPA and the Supreme Court, neonicotinoid restrictions in New York, the California non-functional turf ban under AB 1572, and turf-replacement rebate programs in the arid West.

Glyphosate. EPA withdrew the interim registration review decision on glyphosate on September 23, 2022, following a Ninth Circuit opinion that vacated the human-health portion of the interim decision and remanded the ecological risk assessment. EPA has stated it expects to complete the registration review in 2026; glyphosate products remain on the market in the interim, used per existing labels. In parallel, Monsanto Company v. Durnell was argued before the Supreme Court on April 27, 2026; the case asks whether FIFRA preempts state-law failure-to-warn claims where EPA has concluded a cancer warning is not required. A ruling that upholds federal preemption sharply reduces Bayer’s tail liability and stabilizes glyphosate availability for the landscape channel; a ruling against preemption keeps the Roundup tort cycle running. An opinion is expected before the end of the current term in June 2026. See also the HMNDP SCOTUS Durnell case file and the Bayer residential exit tracker.

New York neonicotinoid ban (Birds and Bees Protection Act). NY Environmental Conservation Law, as amended by SB 1856-A in 2023, prohibits the use of certain neonicotinoid pesticides on outdoor ornamental plants and turf. The first tranche (clothianidin, dinotefuran) took effect December 31, 2024. The second tranche (imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, acetamiprid) takes effect December 31, 2026. Starting that date, use of imidacloprid on outdoor ornamental plants and turf is limited to controlling invasive species on woody plants or under DEC written order. For the application-side guidance and pesticide-applicator licensing implications, see the HMNDP NY neonicotinoid ban guide.

California AB 1572 non-functional turf ban. Enacted in 2023, AB 1572 prohibits the use of potable water to irrigate “non-functional turf” on state and local government properties, including HOAs and CII (commercial, industrial, institutional) properties on a phased schedule. Per the UC ANR summary:

• January 1, 2027: properties owned by local governments, local or regional public agencies, and public water systems (except those in disadvantaged communities)
• January 1, 2028: commercial, industrial, and institutional properties
• January 1, 2029: common areas in HOAs, common interest developments, and certain community service organizations

Non-functional turf is defined as turf not used for recreation or community gatherings, including turf in street rights-of-way, parking lots, and permanently fenced or inaccessible areas. The law exempts irrigation needed to protect trees and other perennial non-turf plantings. AB 1572 paired with California’s turf removal rebate programs and the Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO) creates the most aggressive state-level turf-conversion mandate in the country.

Nevada SNWA turf rebate. The Southern Nevada Water Authority program pays $3 per square foot for the first 10,000 square feet on single-family residential conversions, with $1.50 per square foot above that, and $2 per square foot for commercial non-functional grass conversions. A higher $5/sqft incentive ran from September 2025 to January 1, 2026, when it expired. Eligibility is limited to SNWA member-agency accounts (Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Boulder City, unincorporated Clark County). Required performance standards include a minimum of 50% living plant coverage at maturity and compliant drip irrigation. See the HMNDP Nevada turf rebate guide and the broader state turf rebate database.

Technology adoption: robotic mowers, smart irrigation, and field-service software

Three technology categories are reshaping operator economics in 2026: autonomous mowing, smart irrigation controllers, and field-service management software.

Autonomous mowing. Husqvarna holds an estimated 60%+ global share of robotic mowers, with the Automower line generating roughly 10% of group revenue (about €500 million annually). The 2026 model year added EPOS (Exact Positioning Operating System) satellite navigation at centimeter precision for commercial landscaping and golf course applications. Husqvarna has explicitly targeted airports, solar farms, and large public landscapes for commercial fleet deployments with remote monitoring. Worx Landroid, Robomow, and the LG and Yarbo entrants round out the residential segment. Globally the robotic mower market was estimated at $3.5 billion in 2026 and projected to reach $6.8 billion by 2035 at a 7.5% CAGR per Global Market Insights.

Smart irrigation. The principal residential and small-commercial controllers are Rachio (WaterSense certified, weather-based), Hunter Hydrawise, and Rain Bird’s LNK WiFi. Per the EPA’s WaterSense smart irrigation program, certified weather-based controllers reduce outdoor water use by 15% to 20% versus standard timers. The commercial side is dominated by Hunter Industries, Rain Bird, Toro, and Weathermatic, with sensor and flow-meter integration becoming the standard build for new commercial installations after 2024 (driven by California’s MWELO and similar state ordinances). For a deeper look at residential controller selection, see the HMNDP smart irrigation guide.

Field-service software. The category has consolidated sharply. ServiceTitan acquired Aspire Software, the dominant landscape-vertical platform, in 2021 for an undisclosed sum that triggered ServiceTitan’s then-$9.5 billion valuation. LMN remains the principal independent competitor at the small and mid-market tier, with Service Autopilot, Jobber, and HouseCall Pro also active in the SMB segment. The category has become a battleground for the rollup PE players, who standardize their portfolio operators onto a single ERP for back-office consolidation. The HMNDP software comparison series covers this in detail: LMN vs. Aspire vs. Service Autopilot, the Service Autopilot 2026 review, and the best lawn care software for small operators guide.

What this means for operators, homeowners, and suppliers

For operators, the 2026 picture is the wage-pricing equation. Operators who can defend contract pricing, hold maintenance mix above 60%, and grow recurring contract value 9%+ year over year will see EBITDA multiples in the 6x to 9x range when they sell. Operators who cannot raise prices and let margin compress to single digits will trade at 3x to 4x, often as tuck-ins into larger PE-backed platforms rather than standalone platform deals. The case for putting a maintenance-first contract book together early (and getting evergreen escalator clauses written into every renewal) has never been clearer.

For homeowners, the price of professional lawn care services has risen meaningfully through 2024 and 2025: NALP shows contract value per maintenance account up 9% from 2023 to 2024 and design-build contract value up 13%. Coupled with fertilizer commodity inflation in 2026 (urea up 48%), 2026 invoice pricing should run another 5% to 9% higher year over year for the same scope of work. HMNDP’s 2026 lawn care cost guide walks through specific service line pricing.

For suppliers, SiteOne’s 680-branch network and 700-branch target are the consolidation play. The category’s main remaining independent regional distributors are increasingly attractive tuck-ins. Fertilizer manufacturers are facing simultaneous demand pressure (the regulatory turf-conversion wave) and input cost pressure (urea and DAP up double digits), which is squeezing blender margins at the same time the OEM herbicide pipeline shrinks under the EPA’s glyphosate review.

Methodology

This report draws on the full five-tier source hierarchy used in the HMNDP industry-data series:

• Tier 1 (press releases): BrightView, SiteOne, Mariani Premier Group, Yellowstone Landscape, Riverside Company, Wind Point Partners, Harvest Partners, CD&R portfolio pages.
• Tier 2 (SEC filings): BrightView FY2025 10-K (CIK 0001734713), SiteOne FY2025 10-K (CIK 1650729), Andersons FY2025 10-K (CIK 0000821026), Davey Tree FY2025 Annual Report.
• Tier 3 (federal agencies): Census CBP and ISP for NAICS 561730, BLS OOH and OEWS SOC 37-3011 tables, USDA AMS fertilizer reports, EPA glyphosate docket, US DOL OFLC H-2A AEWR tables, Federal Register IFR (Jan 20, 2026).
• Tier 4 (state agencies): NY DEC Birds and Bees Protection Act implementation, California AB 1572 (Statutes of 2023), SNWA Water Smart Landscapes program documentation.
• Tier 5 (trade and industry data): IBISWorld (May 2026), Mordor Intelligence, NALP 2025 Financial Benchmark, Lawn & Landscape 2025 Top 100, LM150 2025, Peak Business Valuation, BizBuySell Q1 2026, Tracxn.

Window covered: data verified as of June 16, 2026. Public-company financials reflect the most recent 10-K filings (BrightView FY ended September 30, 2025; SiteOne FY ended December 28, 2025; Andersons FY ended December 31, 2025). Trade rankings reflect calendar 2024 revenue published mid-2025. Inclusion: operators >$100M in 2024 service revenue; suppliers with 10-K-disclosed landscape exposure; regulatory programs with statutory text in effect or set to take effect by January 1, 2029. Exclusion: international operators with no US service revenue; consumer-channel retail; tree-services-only firms; landscape architectural firms under NAICS 541320.

Limitations of the source data: NALP Financial Benchmark draws from 142 self-selecting firms and is not a true random sample; trade rankings rely on self-reported revenue; private operator ownership claims are reported as of the most recent verified press release.

Limitations: what is NOT in this report

This report covers landscape and lawn care services classified under NAICS 561730. It does NOT cover:

• Tree care services as a standalone industry (Davey Tree is included because of its grounds maintenance segment, but Asplundh, Wright Tree Service, Lewis Tree Service, and other pure-play utility line-clearance firms are not).
• Landscape architectural design firms classified under NAICS 541320.
• Pest control services classified under NAICS 561710 (Rentokil/Terminix, Rollins/Orkin) even where these operators also touch turf-related work.
• Nursery and greenhouse growers (NAICS 111421) supplying the landscape channel.
• Snow and ice removal as a primary business (US Lawns, BrightView, and Yellowstone Landscape are included because grounds maintenance is the primary line; SnoMan and other pure snow operators are not).
• Detailed regional rebate programs outside California and Nevada. Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Texas have active turf-conversion programs that are tracked separately in the HMNDP state turf rebate database.
• Specific operating numbers for private companies that have not published primary-source disclosures. Where a private operator is named, the revenue and headcount data come from trade rankings (operator-submitted) rather than verified filings.

What could not be verified: precise SiteOne 2025 calendar-year landscape-services attributed share of revenue (the 10-K segments to “Landscape Supply” without a maintenance vs. development split); 2025 calendar-year Mariani revenue (the $865.3M figure is the Lawn & Landscape Top 100 number, not a filed disclosure); SOC 37-3011 May 2025 OEWS data (release pending at publication; figures above are May 2023 published data with May 2024 OOH narrative).

Future updates

Annual refresh cycle. Next scheduled refresh: June 2027, to incorporate the May 2025 OEWS release, the 2026 NALP Financial Benchmark, the 2026 LM150 and Top 100 lists, FY2026 10-K filings from BrightView (Sep 30, 2026 fiscal year end), and the EPA’s expected glyphosate registration review final decision. Interim updates will be published when (a) the Supreme Court rules on Monsanto v. Durnell (expected June 2026), (b) the California AB 1572 January 1, 2027 compliance deadline triggers for public agencies, and (c) the New York December 31, 2026 imidacloprid/thiamethoxam/acetamiprid ban takes effect.

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