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New Aspire Software Data Shows Commercial Landscaping Contractors Are Optimistic About Revenue Growth in 2025, Fueled by Promising Forecasts
Report Reveals Over 90% of Landscape Businesses Have Embraced Software to Streamline Operations CHESTERFIELD, Mo., March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aspire
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[{"type":"text","content":"Report Reveals Over 90% of Landscape Businesses Have Embraced Software to Streamline Operations\nCHESTERFIELD, Mo., March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aspire Software, a ServiceTitan company and leading software provider for field service businesses, released its first annual 2025 Landscape Industry Report highlighting current trends, market sentiment, and strategies to accelerate business growth. The report surveyed over 1,000 commercial landscaping professionals nationwide and found that despite staffing and supply chain challenges, contractors expect stability and are cautiously optimistic through year-end and 2025. The survey also indicated many commercial landscaping professionals are embracing technology to overcome difficulties, seize growth opportunities, and optimize the customer experience. “When you look at the volatility in our industry over the past few years, 2025 seems poised for a welcome and steady outlook,” said Mark Tipton, co-founder and CEO of Aspire Software. “Digital transformation is a priority across the industry as business owners realize the positive outcomes and success that technology can deliver. We expect the industry to continue to readily adopt technology, like artificial intelligence, driving new volumes of growth and opportunity.” Contractors set sights on growth in 2025 While 42% of landscaping professionals experienced revenue decreases in 2024, 44% of survey respondents forecast revenue increases in 2025, and 32% expect increased business performance. Increasing revenue ranked as the top goal for contractors next year (64%), followed by customer acquisition (48%), business optimization (40%), and customer retention (40%). To achieve projected growth, contractors plan to increase their sales and marketing efforts (38%), expand their teams (21%) and offices (16%), and invest in new technology (14%). While 71% of respondents won’t introduce new services in 2025, companies focused on commercial maintenance and planning for expansion showcase a different trend. Approximately 51% plan to venture into commercial bid-build construction services, while another 22% plan to provide residential bid-build construction services. Likewise, 19% plan to offer commercial design-build construction options, and 10% express interest in offering residential design-build construction services. Strategic tech inves...