Urban Forestry

What Urban Forestry does

Urban Forestry Bury St Edmunds Ltd is a UK private limited contracting company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Ingham, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, with a second regional office in Betley, Cheshire. It operates two integrated service lines: tree surgery (pruning, crown reductions, removal, stump grinding, soil decompaction, veteran tree management, traffic management, and tree surveys/consultancy) and landscaping (commercial developments, parks and open spaces, outdoor play installations, domestic gardens, fencing and walls, driveways, and greenscreens). The business employs 51–100 staff and is founder-led, with Director Ian Choules as the named principal. Customer segments span domestic homeowners, commercial developers and housing associations, local authorities and parish councils, and heritage/conservation organisations such as the National Trust.

Name

Urban Forestry

Legal name

Urban Forestry Bury St Edmunds Ltd

Website

https://urbanforestry.info

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Arboricultural and Landscaping Services

NAICS

Landscaping Services (56173), Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

SIC

Forestry (800)

akta.pro primary industry

Tree Pruning & Crown Management (HSAIADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Tree Removal & Dismantling (HSAIADAB), Tree Preservation & Construction Site Tree Protection (HSAIADAL), Tree Care & Arborist Services (BPABADAD)

Keywords

• Tree surgery services
• Arboricultural contracting
• Landscaping services
• Grounds maintenance
• Veteran tree management

Headquarters

HQ city

Bury Saint Edmunds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Tree Surgery Services: Comprehensive arboricultural services including pruning, crown reductions, tree removal, stump grinding, root zone work, traffic management, veteran tree management, and tree surveys/consultancy. Provides both one-time services and ongoing maintenance contracts.
2. Landscaping Services: Full range landscaping services including commercial developments, parks and open spaces, play equipment installation, domestic gardens, fencing and walls, driveways, and greenscreens. Includes design, build, and maintenance services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Urban Forestry is a UK tree surgery and landscaping contractor providing arboricultural services (pruning, crown reductions, tree removal, stump grinding, veteran tree work, soil decompaction, traffic management, and tree surveys/consultancy) and landscaping services (commercial developments, parks and open spaces, play equipment installation, domestic gardens, fencing, driveways, and greenscreens) to commercial and domestic clients across East Anglia, the Midlands, North England, and North Wales.

Product overview

Urban Forestry is a tree surgery and landscaping contractor offering two interconnected service lines. Their Tree Surgery Services (core service) encompasses arboricultural work including pruning, crown reductions, tree removal, stump grinding, veteran tree management, tree surveys, traffic management, and soil decompaction. Their Landscaping Services (core service) covers hard landscaping (driveways, fencing, walls, paving) and soft landscaping (parks, commercial developments, domestic gardens, play installations, greenscreens). These services are delivered to domestic clients, developers, and local authorities across East Anglia, the Midlands, and North England. The company also sells firewood through a related entity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tree Surgery Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 2023 Principal Award Winner - British Association of Landscape Industries (largest landscaping awards in Europe)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• James Blake AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMulti-award-winning chartered UK landscape architect firm with over 25-year working relationship with Urban Forestry. James Blake designed the award-winning Botesdale recreational ground scheme. Collaboration between Urban Forestry and James Blake Associates creates well-executed finished schemes with strong communication and cooperation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• idverde: Europe's largest landscaping services provider, operating across the UK in grounds maintenance, landscaping, and arboriculture. Directly comparable to Urban Forestry as a UK-wide contractor serving councils, housing associations, and commercial developers, but at substantially larger scale and broader scope.
• Ground Control: Major UK grounds maintenance and landscaping contractor (PE-backed by Cairngorm Capital). Competes head-on with Urban Forestry for council parks, commercial estates, and developer landscaping contracts, with similar full-service scope but materially larger headcount.
• Nurture Group (Nurture Landscapes): Established UK commercial landscaping contractor focused on corporate estates and public realm. Peers with Urban Forestry on commercial developments, soft landscaping, and grounds maintenance; meaningfully larger but same customer segments.
• Glendale Group: Long-standing UK grounds maintenance, landscaping, and arboriculture provider operating nationwide. Direct competitor for council and housing association contracts and overlaps with Urban Forestry on tree surgery and parks maintenance.
• Bartlett Tree Experts: International tree care firm with UK operations providing arboricultural services, surveys, and consultancy. Overlaps with Urban Forestry's veteran-tree and tree-survey work but at significantly larger scale with a franchised branch model.

Direct peers

• Gristwood & Toms (Tree Surgeons) Ltd: One of the largest dedicated tree surgery and arboricultural contracting firms in the UK, serving London and surrounding counties. Highly comparable to Urban Forestry in tree-surgery-led service mix, qualification standards, and council/commercial client base.
• Aspect Tree Services: UK tree surgery and vegetation management contractor offering pruning, removals, surveys, and consultancy. Comparable scale and service menu to Urban Forestry's tree-surgery arm, operating primarily across southern England.
• Countryside Tree Services: Mid-sized UK tree surgery and vegetation management contractor. Comparable operating model, customer mix, and geographic concentration in southern England; competes with Urban Forestry for similar commercial and public-sector tree-care work.
• Whitehouse Construction Co Ltd (Landscapes division): Established UK landscaping and grounds maintenance contractor serving councils, developers, and commercial clients. Direct peer to Urban Forestry on hard and soft landscaping, parks, and play installations.
• GPB (Gardens, Parks and Beaches) UK Ltd: Essex-based landscaping contractor offering grounds maintenance, hard/soft landscaping, and tree surgery to commercial, public-sector, and residential clients. Comparable mid-tier positioning to Urban Forestry in size, service mix, and South-East England focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance5 records

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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