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Landscaper in Birmingham, Alabama: fix it yourself, costs & nearby pros

No landscaper is listed in Birmingham yet. Below: how to handle the 4 most common landscaper problems yourself, what a pro charges in Alabama, and pros in nearby cities. Birmingham's ~89,000 households generate an estimated 22,000 landscaper jobs a year.

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Fix it yourself

Fix it yourself: the 4 most common landscaper problems in Birmingham

Tools, time, the first steps, and exactly when to stop and call a pro.

Sprinkler head broken or leaking

easy 20–45 min

Steps

  1. Run the zone and watch: a geyser means a broken head, a bubbling puddle means a cracked riser or pipe.

+4 more steps in the full guide

Stop and call a pro if

  • water bubbles up between heads — a broken lateral pipe under the lawn

Full guide

Costs

What landscaper costs in Alabama

What a pro charges in the region, next to what the fixes above cost in parts.

Hourly rate$50–100 / hrtypical range in AlabamaFull pricing breakdown

If you do it yourself: parts

Sprinkler head broken or leaking
$3–15 for a head
Driveway weeds growing through cracks
$10–40 for filler or polymeric sand
Overgrown shrubs blocking windows or walkways
$0–40 for pruning tools
Dead lawn patches
$10–40 for seed and soil
Pros nearby

Landscaper pros near Birmingham

Quote requests from Birmingham go to listed pros within ~60 km.

Demand

Demand in Birmingham: 89,000 households, ~22,000 jobs a year

Birmingham's 89,000 households generate an estimated 22,000 landscaper jobs a year — and no landscaper is listed on HireLocal here yet.

Households
~89,000
Jobs per year
~22,000
Pros the market supports
~620
Listed on HireLocal
0
listed on HireLocal: 0; pros the market supports: 623; Households: 88527
Demand in Birmingham: 89,000 households, ~22,000 jobs a year
Households88,527
Owner-occupied share45 %
Jobs per year (landscaper)21,658
Pros the market supports623
listed on HireLocal0
Coverage0 %
Score100 / 100

By national ratios Birmingham supports about 620 full-time landscaper pros — a large market with room for niche specialists, emergency-only operators and franchises alike. That is smaller than most United States cities we cover. Ownership is split — 45 % owner-occupied — so a typical week mixes homeowners with landlords and property managers who buy in volume. The housing stock is old for the country, which pushes repair and replacement demand above the national average.

No landscaper has listed a business in Birmingham on HireLocal yet, so quote requests from this page are matched to pros in nearby cities. The first pro to list here appears on every landscaper page for Birmingham.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2019–2023); U.S. BLS OEWS; HireLocal listings. Updated . How we calculate →

Career

Start a landscaper career in Birmingham

If you are training as a landscaper, Birmingham is a market to start in: it supports about 620 pros and HireLocal lists 0, so a new listing is visible immediately. Pros in United States typically charge $50–100 / hr.

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