What RUSSELL LANDSCAPING LTD does

Russell Landscaping Ltd is a private limited company founded circa 1994 and headquartered at Nursery Lodge, Loch Hills Road, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, with a secondary office in Inverness. The company provides grounds maintenance, landscaping, winter maintenance, and tree work services to private residential customers, commercial property managers, and housing developers across Aberdeenshire, the North East of Scotland, and the Highlands. Its flagship commercial relationship is with Greenbelt Group, the UK's leading land management company, for which it maintains over 50 sites across the Aberdeen and Inverness area; it also holds landscaping and fencing contracts with Cala Homes, Scotia Homes, and Bancon on residential developments in Aberdeenshire.

The business operates as a traditional trade-services contractor rather than a technology platform. Its underlying capability is a field-based workforce of skilled arborists and horticultural professionals delivering design, installation, turfing, paving, fencing, and ongoing grounds care, alongside seasonal snow removal, gritting, and emergency tree services. The company monetises through quote-based professional services engagements and ongoing maintenance contracts, with no disclosed subscription, marketplace, or technology-licensing revenue model. GTM is enterprise field sales for commercial and developer clients and direct phone/email/website contact for residential customers, with no active social media or digital marketing channels identified.

Russell Landscaping positions itself on industry credentials rather than proprietary technology: it is the only BALI-accredited contractor in the North East of Scotland, holds ISO 9001, SMAS, and Safe Contractor accreditation, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture. It is led by founder Andy Russell as Managing Director, operates with no disclosed institutional investors or parent company, and has no public funding history, M&A activity, headcount disclosure, or revenue figure in the public domain.

Name

RUSSELL LANDSCAPING LTD

Legal name

Russell Landscaping Ltd

Website

https://russell-landscaping.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Russell Landscaping Ltd is a founder-led, Aberdeenshire-based landscaping and grounds maintenance contractor serving commercial, housing developer, and private residential clients across North East Scotland and the Highlands, anchored by a 50-site contract with Greenbelt Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscaping Services

NAICS

Landscaping Services (56173)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Landscaping & Grounds Maintenance (IMAIAIAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial Landscaping & Grounds Maintenance (BPABADAA), Pruning, Deadheading & Plant Health Maintenance (Non-tree) (HSAIAFAI), Seasonal Color & Flower Rotation (Spring/Fall Plantings) (HSAIAFAE), Seasonal Color, Planting & Horticultural Services (BPABADAL)

Keywords

• Landscaping services
• Grounds maintenance
• Winter maintenance
• Tree surgery
• Commercial landscaping

Headquarters

HQ city

Ellon

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Services: Revenue is generated through contracted landscaping and grounds maintenance services for commercial and private clients. Services are delivered project-by-project and on ongoing contract basis, covering design, installation, turfing, paving, fencing, and ongoing maintenance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Russell Landscaping Ltd delivers professional grounds maintenance and landscaping services across Aberdeenshire, the North East of Scotland, and the Highlands. The company provides a one-stop service covering lawn care, landscape design, turfing, paving, decking, fencing, tree surgery, and seasonal winter services including snow removal and gritting for commercial, residential, and housing developer clients.

Product overview

Russell Landscaping Ltd operates as a unified service offering in the landscaping and grounds maintenance sector across North East Scotland. The company's portfolio comprises four interconnected service lines: Grounds Maintenance (covering lawn care, landscaping, seasonal cleanup, and tree/shrub care), Landscaping (encompassing design, turfing, planting, paving, decking, fencing, and garden maintenance), Winter Maintenance (snow removal, gritting, and winter landscape protection), and Tree Work (pruning, removal, and emergency services). These services serve private residential, commercial, and housing developer clients, with the company functioning as a single-service business rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grounds Maintenance

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Greenbelt GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRussell Landscaping works in close partnership with Greenbelt Group, the UK's leading land management company, maintaining over 50 sites across the Aberdeen and Inverness area. This is the company's flagship commercial account and primary channel for large-scale grounds maintenance contracts.
• Cala HomescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRussell Landscaping partners with Cala Homes, implementing landscaping and fencing on all their prestigious residential developments throughout Aberdeenshire. Current sites include Milltimber Oldfold Village and Craibstone.
• Scotia HomescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRussell Landscaping works closely with Scotia Homes as a trusted landscaping partner on residential developments in Aberdeenshire, including Chapelpark Oldmeldrum and Willowburn Tarves.
• BanconcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBancon, a leading housing developer in the North East, places its trust in Russell Landscaping to implement landscaping and fencing on their residential development sites, including Cloverhill.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• idverde: Major UK and European provider of landscaping, grounds maintenance, and arboriculture services to local authorities, housing developers, and commercial clients. Directly comparable service portfolio to Russell Landscaping but with pan-European scale and a focus on large framework contracts.
• Ground Control: UK-wide grounds maintenance, landscaping, and winter gritting provider serving commercial estates, retailers, and public sector clients. Comparable in winter maintenance and multi-site commercial work, though at much greater scale than Russell Landscaping.
• Glendale: One of the UK's largest grounds maintenance and landscaping providers, offering commercial grounds care, tree work, winter maintenance, and landscape construction. Comparable to Russell Landscaping in service mix, though operating at significantly greater national scale.

Direct peers

• Nurture Landscapes: UK provider of commercial grounds maintenance, landscape construction, and tree services, with a strong housing developer book. Closely comparable to Russell Landscaping in customer mix (developers and commercial property managers) and service breadth.
• Quadron Services: Grounds maintenance, landscaping, and arboriculture provider serving commercial, public, and residential clients across the UK. Comparable to Russell Landscaping in scope, with a similarly diversified developer and commercial book.
• Continental Landscapes: UK commercial landscaping and grounds maintenance contractor serving corporate, retail, and residential developer clients. Comparable to Russell Landscaping across landscape construction, grounds maintenance, and developer relationships.
• John O'Conner Grounds Maintenance: UK-wide grounds maintenance, landscaping, and winter services contractor serving commercial and public sector clients. Closely comparable in offering to Russell Landscaping, with similar multi-site commercial contracts and developer work.
• TCL Group (Total Contractor Services): UK landscaping, grounds maintenance, and arboriculture contractor serving commercial and residential customers. Comparable to Russell Landscaping in offering and target segments, though typically operating across larger regional territories.
• Hilliers Landscapes: Landscape construction, grounds maintenance, and arboriculture provider working with housing developers, local authorities, and commercial clients. Comparable to Russell Landscaping particularly on the developer and grounds maintenance side of the business.

Others

• Greenbelt Group: UK land management company that is Russell Landscaping's largest customer. Included as a peer because Greenbelt operates adjacent management of open and amenity land and is the demand-side anchor for Russell's commercial multi-site work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/russell-landscaping-ltd

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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