Landscaping & Lawn Care
Track your crews, protect your equipment, grow your business
Landscaping companies manage crews, trucks, trailers, and expensive equipment across multiple job sites. Surety Business helps you keep track of it all while protecting your yard and shop.
Equipment theft and crew management in the landscaping industry
You park three trailers loaded with commercial mowers in your yard on Friday. Saturday morning, one is gone—trailer, mowers, and all. You have no footage of the yard overnight, no gate log showing when it happened, and no GPS on the trailer. The National Insurance Crime Bureau consistently ranks landscape and lawn care equipment among the most-stolen property in the country. Zero-turn mowers ($8,000–$18,000), commercial trailers ($5,000–$20,000), and compact track loaders ($40,000–$80,000) are high-value, easy to move, and hard to trace. A single weekend theft can set a small landscaping company back months in replacement costs and cash flow.
Seasonal workforce management is the access control problem that sneaks up on most landscaping companies as they grow. Spring hiring brings in dozens of temporary employees who need access to your yard, equipment, and supplies. Fall layoffs mean those credentials need to be reliably revoked for every single person—which, with physical keys and shared codes, rarely happens cleanly. Keys don't come back, codes stay active, and former employees technically retain access to your facility all winter. Electronic credentials that deactivate instantly from your phone solve this without rekeying a single lock.
Commercial clients—property management companies, HOAs, corporate campuses—increasingly require documentation that services were performed on schedule. GPS trip history with timestamped arrival and departure at each property is the evidence that supports billing disputes and fulfills contractual reporting requirements. Idle time monitoring is the fuel saving most operators don't pursue until they see the data: trucks and equipment left running during long breaks can add hundreds of dollars per week in wasted fuel across a mid-size fleet—waste that shows up immediately when you have the numbers in front of you.
Why landscaping companies choose Surety
Crew visibility
Know where every crew is throughout the day. Coordinate jobs, respond to customer calls, and verify work completion.
Equipment protection
Mowers, trailers, and tools are constant theft targets. Video surveillance and access control protect your yard after hours.
Fuel cost reduction
Monitor idle time and optimize routes to reduce fuel costs. Driver behavior alerts help reduce wear and tear on vehicles.
Solutions for landscaping companies
Fleet management
- Real-time GPS tracking for trucks and trailers
- Idle time monitoring to reduce fuel waste
- Trip history for billing verification
- Maintenance alerts for equipment
Video surveillance
- Cover your yard, shop, and equipment storage
- Vehicle detection for after-hours activity
- Review footage when equipment goes missing
- Deter theft with visible cameras
Access control
- Control gate access to your yard
- Track who enters and when
- Manage seasonal employee access easily
- Revoke credentials instantly when needed
Intrusion detection
- Protect shop and office buildings
- Motion detection for yard perimeter
- 24/7 professional monitoring available
- Mobile alerts keep you informed
Protect your investment, rain or shine
Landscaping equipment represents a major investment. Surety Business helps you protect it while managing your crews more efficiently. Your team can install the equipment, and there are no long-term contracts to worry about.