Summit Outdoor Living

What Summit Outdoor Living does

Summit Outdoor Living is a Fort Collins, Colorado-based design-build landscape and hardscape construction company founded in 1999 by David Doyle and now co-operated with his wife Cara Doyle. The company designs and installs custom outdoor living environments for residential homeowners and commercial clients across a roughly 100-mile service radius covering 28+ Northern Colorado communities, including Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor, Greeley, Boulder, Longmont, and Denver-adjacent markets. Its core offerings span traditional and raised patios and walkways (using concrete pavers, natural stone, and outdoor porcelain tile), pergolas and shade structures (wood, aluminum, and electric louvered roof systems), fire elements (gas and wood-burning pits and fireplaces), outdoor kitchens and BBQ installations, swimming pool decks, concrete paver driveways, permeable paving systems, low-voltage LED landscape lighting, stairs and retaining walls, and hardscape renovation and maintenance services. As a preferred installer partner of Soake Pools, Summit also offers compact plunge-pool installations integrated into its outdoor living designs. The company is also a certified Belgard Master Craftsman and holds multiple installer certifications from the ICPI and NALP, and maintains a Fort Collins contractor license.

The business operates a project-based, consultative sales model: each engagement begins with a free on-site consultation (30 minutes to 1 hour), followed by design renderings, budgeting, and a single-source design-build execution delivered by in-house certified installation crews rather than subcontractors. Project budgets range from roughly $10,000 for smaller patio or repair jobs to $100,000–$200,000+ for full outdoor living environments, with pricing quoted per project rather than via published tiers. Revenue is generated from three streams — design services (required for HOA approvals and bundled into projects), hardscape construction, and recurring maintenance (paver cleaning, repair, joint filling, and sealing). Customer acquisition is driven primarily by word-of-mouth referrals and repeat business, supported by an active website blog, Instagram presence, Google Reviews, and a publicly browsable project portfolio covering 21 residential and 5 commercial projects. The company employs a small team of roughly 1–10 people, including the Doyle owners, an operations manager, a hardscape foreman, and four named crew members, with no external investors, no institutional funding, and no disclosed revenue figures.

Name

Summit Outdoor Living

Legal name

Summit Outdoor Living

Website

https://summitoutdoorliving.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape and Hardscape Construction Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Landscape Design (HSAIABAA)

Keywords

• Landscape design
• Hardscape construction
• Outdoor living spaces
• Patio installation
• Landscape architecture

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Collins

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Design Services: Custom landscape design and planning services, with costs varying based on project complexity. Design services are a necessary component of the overall project and are required for HOA approvals.
2. Hardscape Construction: Installation of outdoor living spaces including patios, walkways, pergolas, outdoor kitchens, fire features, driveways, pool decks, and retaining walls. Projects range from $10,000-$20,000 to $100,000-$200,000 based on scope and materials.
3. Maintenance Services: Paver cleaning, repair, joint filling, and sealing services following ICPI and CMHA best practices.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Summit Outdoor Living is a design-build landscape and hardscape construction company founded in 1999 and based in Fort Collins, Colorado. The company designs and installs custom outdoor living environments—including patios, walkways, pergolas, fire features, outdoor kitchens, pool decks, retaining walls, driveways, lighting, and plunge pools—for residential and commercial clients across Northern Colorado.

Product overview

Summit Outdoor Living is a design-build landscape company offering a comprehensive portfolio of outdoor living and hardscape services. The company provides a unified suite of services spanning custom patios and walkways (using concrete pavers, natural stone, and porcelain tile), pergolas and shade structures (including wood, aluminum, and louvered roof systems), fire elements (gas and wood-burning fire pits and fireplaces), outdoor kitchens and BBQ installations, pool decks, driveways, permeable paving, LED landscape lighting, and retaining walls. As a preferred installer partner, they also offer Soake Plunge Pools. Services include project planning and design, full construction, and hardscape maintenance including cleaning, repair, joint filling, and sealing. The company serves both residential and commercial clients across Northern Colorado.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Design-Build Landscape Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects span from $10,000-$20,000 to $100,000-$200,000+
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Soake PoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSummit Outdoor Living is a trusted Preferred Installer of Soake Pools, offering luxury plunge pool installation services. Soake Pools designs compact, elegant pools that combine the benefits of traditional pools and hot tubs. Summit provides the installation expertise, guiding clients through customization options including size, tile selection, and seamless integration into outdoor living spaces.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Unilock: Major North American manufacturer of concrete pavers and segmental retaining wall systems. Comparable as a hardscape supply-side peer shaping the materials, training, and certification landscape that Summit's installers work within.
• Belgard: National manufacturer of concrete pavers, retaining walls, and outdoor living products. Belgard is a key product supplier to Summit (which holds the Belgard Master Craftsman credential) and represents the broader hardscape supply ecosystem in which Summit operates.
• National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP): Industry trade association that certifies Summit's NALP Hardscape Installation and Irrigation Technician credentials. Relevant as the governing body that shapes the certification standards Summit invests in.
• Techo-Bloc: Premium hardscape product manufacturer (pavers, slabs, walls). Operates adjacent to Summit as a key materials supplier and sponsor of many regional design-build landscape contractors.
• SiteOne Landscape Supply: Largest wholesale distributor of landscape supplies in North America. A key indirect participant in Summit's supply chain and the broader professional landscape services ecosystem.
• Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI): Industry body that issues the Concrete Paver Installer and Advanced Paver Technician certifications held by Summit. Functions as both a peer ecosystem and a standard-setter for hardscape installation best practices.

Emerging players

• Yardzen: Online landscape design platform connecting homeowners with professional designers and contractor networks. An emerging, tech-enabled entrant competing for the front-end of the design-build outdoor living customer journey.

Broad incumbents

• TruGreen: National lawn care and outdoor living services company. Overlaps with Summit in residential outdoor services but at a vastly larger scale and with a maintenance-led rather than design-build focus.
• BrightView Landscapes: Largest national commercial landscape services company offering design-build, maintenance, and snow services to enterprise clients. While much larger and more commercial-focused than Summit, it competes in the same design-build landscape services category across multiple geographies.
• Davey Tree Expert Company: Established national provider of tree, landscape, and environmental services. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering residential and commercial landscape services, including design and installation adjacent to Summit's offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/summitoutdoorliving
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/summit-outdoor-living

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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