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The latest edition of Start Your Own Lawn Care and Landscaping Business introduces readers to the evergreen business of outdoor beautification and maintenance.A hot industry, lawn care and landscaping business is growing in the following sectors: 65 percent single family residential, 23 percent commercial/industrial, with revenue from services breaking down as follows: 42 percent maintenance, 19 percent design/build, 13 percent lawn care, 6 percent tree care, 6 percent snow removal, and 6 percent irrigation. The fastest growing services were maintenance and design/build. According to the Lawn and Landscape survey, the average company employs 15 people year-round, has $1 million in revenues and has a net profit of 10 percent.The Landscape Management Industry Pulse Report 2014 shows that 80 percent of contractors surveyed described the state of the market as very healthy, compared to 56 percent in just two years earlier in 2012.