{
  "title": "Who Is Buying Landscaping Businesses? PE Platforms and Public Buyers",
  "url": "https://acquisitions.com/blog/who-is-buying-landscaping-businesses/",
  "author": "Moran Pober",
  "publisher": "Acquisitions.com",
  "published": "2026-10-24",
  "updated": "2026-10-24",
  "section": "Private equity",
  "keyword": "who is buying landscaping businesses",
  "short_answer": "The most active buyers of landscaping businesses are private equity-backed commercial landscaping platforms, such as Landscape Workshop, Juniper Landscaping, Ruppert Landscape and Cultivar Group (formerly Sperber), plus the public company BrightView. They mostly buy commercial maintenance companies and keep the local name. Smaller firms are usually bought by individuals using SBA loans.",
  "facts": {
    "BrightView": [
      "Public company (NYSE)",
      "TDE Group, Michigan, 2022",
      "Not in the release"
    ],
    "Yellowstone Landscape": [
      "Harvest Partners, with a minority stake from Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions",
      "Minority investment, January 2025",
      "Not disclosed"
    ],
    "Monarch Landscape Companies": [
      "Audax Private Equity",
      "DynaServ Florida, May 2024",
      "Not disclosed"
    ],
    "Cultivar Group (formerly Sperber)": [
      "Nexus Capital Management, lead shareholder",
      "Brookstone, Seattle, July 2025",
      "Not given"
    ],
    "Juniper Landscaping": [
      "Bregal Partners",
      "Compass Environmental and Aquatic Weeds, Florida, July 2026",
      "Not disclosed"
    ],
    "Ruppert Landscape": [
      "Not stated in the report",
      "Landscapes Unlimited, North Carolina, March 2026",
      "Not disclosed"
    ],
    "Landscape Workshop": [
      "Ares Private Equity, majority stake since May 2025",
      "Outworx Group's maintenance businesses, August 2026",
      "Not disclosed"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734713/000119312525288114/bv-ex99_1.htm",
    "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220301005111/en/BrightView-Acquires-TDE-Group",
    "https://www.landscapemanagement.net/yellowstone-landscape-partners-with-neuberger-berman-capital-solutions/",
    "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240522729296/en/Monarch-Landscape-Companies-Acquires-DynaServ-Florida",
    "https://www.landscapemanagement.net/sperber-landscape-rebrands-to-cultivar-group-names-jeff-kappler-as-ceo/",
    "https://www.landscapemanagement.net/sperber-landscape-companies-acquires-brookstone-in-seattle/",
    "https://www.landscapemanagement.net/juniper-landscaping-expands-florida-operations-with-acquisitions-of-compass-environmental-and-aquatic-weeds/",
    "https://www.landscapemanagement.net/juniper-landscaping-expands-south-carolina-footprint-with-acquisition-of-hilton-head-landscapes/",
    "https://www.landscapemanagement.net/ruppert-landscape-expands-north-carolina-footprint-acquires-landscapes-unlimited/",
    "https://www.landscapemanagement.net/landscape-workshop-acquires-outworx-groups-landscape-maintenance-businesses/",
    "https://www.landscapemanagement.net/ares-private-equity-acquires-majority-stake-in-landscape-workshop/"
  ],
  "license": "Facts may be quoted with attribution to Acquisitions.com and a link to the url above."
}