King Landscaping

What King Landscaping does

King Landscaping is a privately held, owner-operated landscape design and build firm founded in 1996 by Eric King, ASLA, and headquartered in the Atlanta metro area (Marietta, GA). The company delivers end-to-end residential landscape services spanning six portfolio categories: Earth (planting and greenery), Stone (hardscapes and patios), Fire (outdoor heating elements), Water (pools, fountains, and waterfalls), Spaces (outdoor living areas), and Play (children's natural play spaces). Service delivery follows a four-phase consultative model: Consult, Design, Build, and Enjoy, with a single designer managing each project from initial consultation through final installation. The firm is co-owned by Eric King and Holly Brooks (who joined as partner in 2012), supported by long-tenured in-house crews with expertise in carpentry, masonry, lighting, irrigation, grading, drainage, and horticulture.

Name

King Landscaping

Legal name

King Landscaping

Website

https://kinglandscapingatl.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

King Landscaping is a private, owner-operated landscape design and build firm in Atlanta, serving affluent residential homeowners with end-to-end outdoor living projects across planting, hardscape, water, fire, and natural play categories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Design and Build Services

NAICS

Landscaping Services (561730), Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Landscape Design (HSAIABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC), Landscape Installation (Plants, Sod & Soil) (HSAIABAB), Landscape Construction Project Management & General Contracting (HSAIABAK)

Keywords

• Landscape design services
• Landscape installation services
• Outdoor living spaces
• Hardscape construction services
• Residential landscaping services

Headquarters

HQ city

Marietta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Landscape Design and Build Services: Full-service landscape design and construction for residential properties. Projects are one-time engagements following a consultative process from initial consultation through design, installation, and final walk-through. Services include hardscapes, softscapes, water features, outdoor living spaces, and natural play areas.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

King Landscaping is a landscape design and build firm that guides residential clients through a four-phase process: Consult, Design, Build, and Enjoy. The same designer who creates the design manages installation to completion, with expert in-house crews handling carpentry, masonry, lighting, irrigation, grading, drainage, and horticulture. The firm delivers outdoor living projects across categories including plantings, hardscapes, fire features, water features, outdoor living spaces, and natural children's play areas.

Product overview

King Landscaping is a landscape design and build firm offering a unified service that guides clients through four phases: Consult, Design, Build, and Enjoy. The company specializes in creating outdoor spaces across six portfolio categories: Earth (planting and greenery), Stone (hardscapes and patios), Fire (outdoor heating elements), Water (water features), Spaces (outdoor living areas), and Play (children's natural play spaces). The service model features a single designer managing projects from initial consultation through final installation, supported by expert in-house crews skilled in carpentry, masonry, lighting, irrigation, grading, drainage, and horticulture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Design and Build Services Full-service residential landscape design and construction delivered through a four-phase process: Consult (vision and objectives discovery), Design (collaborative plan with cost estimate), Build (installation managed by the same designer), and Enjoy (post-installation walk-through and support). In-house crews handle carpentry, masonry, lighting, irrigation, grading, drainage, and horticulture, with project categories including plantings, hardscapes, fire features, water features, outdoor living spaces, and natural play areas.

Quantifiable outcome

• Landscapes designed to require minimal watering once established (approximately 4 inches of rain per year in Atlanta)

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Redeem Your Ground (Doug Scott)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerDoug Scott is founder of Redeem Your Ground, a landscape design firm and family/home/garden blog. He is a graduate of Holly & Eric's Emory University Landscape Design Program. King Landscaping collaborates with Doug on many of his projects, providing design and installation services. Doug also partners with King Landscaping on marketing efforts. Redeem Your Ground and Doug's home have been featured in Southern Living and Growing a Greener World.
• Emory University Landscape Design ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEric and Holly helped launch and develop the Emory University Landscape Design Certification Program. Eric is an instructor for the program, which continues with new instructors. This partnership helps enhance landscape design skills in the industry and generates qualified leads for King Landscaping.
• Neighbors Feed & Seed Supply Co.minorOthersFeed and seed store focused on 'local goodness & suburban sustainability.' Listed as a helpful resource on King Landscaping's website.
• Children & Nature NetworkminorOthersNon-profit focused on helping children play, learn & grow with nature in their everyday lives. Listed as a helpful resource supporting King Landscaping's natural play space designs.
• Georgia Urban Ag CouncilminorOthersProfessional association and consumer resource for Georgia's green industry. Listed as a helpful resource for industry information and best practices.
• MonroviaminorOthersPlant catalog provider offering helpful information on plants used in landscaping projects. Listed as a helpful resource on King Landscaping's website.
• Belgard Pavers & HardscapesminorOthersStone, brick, concrete, and paver manufacturer. Listed as a helpful resource for hardscape materials information.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Yellowstone Landscape:
• SiteOne Landscape Supply: Largest U.S. distributor of landscape supplies, irrigation, and nursery products. Comparable as an ecosystem enabler — its product availability, pricing, and supplier partnerships directly affect King Landscaping's input costs and project economics.
• Belgard: National manufacturer of pavers and hardscape materials. Comparable as a key materials supplier listed by King Landscaping as a partner resource; its product lines and dealer network shape the hardscape portion of King Landscaping's project work.

Direct peers

• Redeem Your Ground: Atlanta-based landscape design firm led by Doug Scott that collaborates with King Landscaping on design and installation projects. Direct peer because it operates in the same residential Atlanta market with a similar design-led, sustainability-oriented approach.

Broad incumbents

• BrightView Landscapes: Largest U.S. commercial and residential landscape services company. Comparable because it offers end-to-end design, build, and maintenance at national scale, providing the upper-bound on what a scaled design-build landscaper can become.
• Ruppert Landscape: Mid-Atlantic and Southeast U.S. landscape construction and management company. Comparable as a regional-to-broad incumbent that operates in similar design-build and maintenance service lines and serves overlapping high-end residential and commercial customers.

Regional players

• HighGrove Partners: Atlanta-based commercial landscape services provider with design, installation, and maintenance capabilities. Comparable as a regional incumbent operating in the same Atlanta market with overlapping service categories, though tilted more to commercial work.
• Outside Landscape Architecture: Atlanta-area landscape architecture and design firm serving residential clients. Comparable as a regional design-led peer operating in the same metro and customer segment with a similar focus on custom outdoor environments.

Emerging players

• Yardzen: Online landscape design platform that pairs homeowners with professional designers for remote design plans. Comparable as an emerging alternative in the residential landscape design category that could compete for the front-end of King Landscaping's funnel.
• Tilly: Tech-enabled landscape design and contractor-matching service for homeowners. Comparable as an emerging player using a digital-first model to address the same residential landscape design customer that King Landscaping serves via consultative sales.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@kinglandscaping
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/erichking
• Xx.com/KingLandscaping
• Facebookfacebook.com/EricKingLandscaping

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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