Superior Sod I, L.p.

What Superior Sod I, L.p. does

Superior Sod I, L.p. is a privately held California limited partnership that operates a sod farm in Chino, California, growing and distributing turfgrass products — primarily Superior Fescue and St. Augustine varieties, plus grass seed — to nurseries, garden departments, landscape contractors, and homeowners across Southern California (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties) and Las Vegas, Nevada. The company has been in continuous operation since 1988 and is structured as a wholesale supplier; consumer-facing retail access is handled through a co-located partner, California Sod Center, which operates a brick-and-mortar store and online storefront at the same Chino farm address, open seven days a week for pick-up and delivery of sod, seed, fertilizer, and tools.

The business model is wholesale agricultural product sales with no publicly disclosed pricing and no software-as-a-service, licensing, or recurring revenue component. Customer segments are horizontal rather than vertical-specific: nurseries and garden departments (primary), landscape contractors (primary), and homeowners (secondary, accessed indirectly through the California Sod Center retail channel). Marketing is conducted almost entirely through the company website (superiorsod.com) and an optional email newsletter; there is no app, no API, no disclosed integrations, no patents or trademarks on file, and no third-party validation or awards recorded.

From a technology standpoint the operation is fundamentally agricultural — land, water, growing cycles, and harvest logistics — supported only by a basic digital presence: a static-feeling brochure website hosted on DigitalOcean infrastructure and a privacy policy disclosing routine Cookies/Usage Data collection. The company maintains two physical addresses: a production farm at 7000 Merrill Ave, Building A-310, Chino, CA and a separate accounting office at 17821 E 17th St, Suite 165, Orange, CA. Active hiring of Class A truck drivers signals ongoing logistics capacity, and the firm shows no signs of material restructuring, M&A activity, regulatory action, or public-capital markets engagement.

Name

Superior Sod I, L.p.

Legal name

Superior Sod

Website

https://superiorsod.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Superior Sod I, L.p. is a privately held, Chino, California-based sod farm and wholesale supplier (est. 1988) growing and distributing Superior Fescue, St. Augustine, and grass seed to nurseries, landscape contractors, and homeowners across Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada, with retail channel access via co-located partner California Sod Center.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sod and Turfgrass Farming

NAICS

Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production (1114)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Sod, Turfgrass & Groundcover Production (AFAGAHAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Nursery, Sod & Landscape Supply (Installation Support) (IMAIAIAJ)

Keywords

• Sod farming
• Wholesale turf supply
• Grass seed distribution
• Landscape materials
• Turfgrass varieties

Headquarters

HQ city

Chino

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sod and Seed Product Sales: Wholesale and retail sales of Superior Fescue, St. Augustine sod, and grass seed to nurseries, garden departments, landscape contractors, and homeowners. Products are sold directly from the farm and through the co-located retail partner California Sod Center.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Superior Sod is a sod farm and wholesale supplier that grows and distributes Superior Fescue and St. Augustine sod varieties, along with grass seed, to nurseries, garden departments, and landscape contractors across Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada. The company operates from its farm in Chino, California, established in 1988, and routes consumer retail purchases through a co-located partner, California Sod Center.

Product overview

Superior Sod is a sod farm and supplier offering a portfolio of grass products including Superior Fescue and St. Augustine sod varieties, along with grass seed. The company operates as a wholesale supplier to nurseries, garden departments, landscape contractors, and homeowners across southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada. Products are distributed through a co-located retail partner, California Sod Center, which operates both online and physical retail channels for direct-to-consumer sales.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Superior Fescue Sod A premium fescue sod variety grown at Superior Sod's farm in Chino, California, and distributed wholesale to nurseries, garden departments, landscape contractors, and homeowners throughout Southern California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
• St. Augustine Sod A warm-season turfgrass sod variety cultivated at the Chino, California farm, sold to nurseries, landscape contractors, and homeowners across Southern California and Las Vegas markets.
• Grass Seed Grass seed products sold alongside sod offerings to nurseries, garden departments, landscape professionals, and homeowners for lawn establishment and repair.

Named customers3 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

One partnership is on record.

• California Sod CentercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCo-located retail partner located at the same farm address in Chino, CA. California Sod Center operates both a brick-and-mortar store and an online storefront, open seven days a week for retail sod, seed, fertilizer, tools, and related product sales to the general public.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Ewing Outdoor Supply: Wholesale distributor of irrigation, turf, and landscape supplies serving professional contractors across the western U.S. Comparable customer base and turf-product adjacency, but operates as a supplier/distributor rather than a sod farm.

Broad incumbents

• King Ranch Turfgrass: Large-scale U.S. sod producer serving professional and residential markets with multiple turf varieties. Comparable product offering and wholesale/retail channels, with broader geographic reach.
• Bethel Farms: One of the largest U.S. sod producers with operations across multiple states. Comparable core product and wholesale customer base, though at significantly greater scale and geographic breadth than Superior Sod.
• SiteOne Landscape Supply: Publicly traded wholesale distributor of nursery, turf, irrigation, and landscape supplies to professional contractors. Comparable customer segment (landscape contractors), though SiteOne is a distributor rather than a grower and serves a national footprint.
• Woerner Turf: Large multi-state sod producer operating across the southeastern U.S. Comparable product (sod and related turf services) and B2B/wholesale distribution model, but operating in a different climatic region.

Direct peers

• Pacific Sod: California-based sod grower and supplier serving landscape contractors and retail channels. Comparable in product mix, regional service model, and target customer types.
• Southland Sod Farms: Southern California-based sod producer supplying fescue and other turf varieties to landscape professionals and retailers across the region. Closely comparable product offering, customer base, and geographic focus.
• West Coast Turf: Western U.S. sod producer with farms across California, Arizona, and Nevada growing fescue, St. Augustine, hybrid bermuda, and other varieties. Directly comparable as a regional sod farm serving the same Southwest customer segments.
• A-G Sod Farms: Long-established Southern California sod grower and supplier with multiple farm locations. Directly comparable to Superior Sod in product mix (fescue, St. Augustine), target customers (landscape contractors, retailers), and Southern California/Las Vegas service territory.

Regional players

• Evergreen Turf: Arizona-based sod producer growing warm-season and transitional turf varieties for the Southwest. Comparable in product type and arid-market focus, though primarily serving Arizona rather than California/Nevada.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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