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Landscaper in Raleigh, North Carolina: fix it yourself, costs & nearby pros

No landscaper is listed in Raleigh yet. Below: how to handle the 5 most common landscaper problems yourself, what a pro charges in North Carolina, and pros in nearby cities. Raleigh's ~200,000 households generate an estimated 52,000 landscaper jobs a year.

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Fix it yourself

Fix it yourself: the 5 most common landscaper problems in Raleigh

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

Driveway weeds growing through cracks

easy 30–90 min

Steps

  1. Pull or dig out the weeds with the roots using a crack weeder; do it after rain when the soil is soft.

+4 more steps in the full guide

Stop and call a pro if

  • cracks are wider than 1 cm or the slabs are heaving — roots or frost are lifting the driveway

Full guide

Costs

What landscaper costs in North Carolina

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

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

If you do it yourself: parts

Driveway weeds growing through cracks
$10–40 for filler or polymeric sand
Overgrown shrubs blocking windows or walkways
$0–40 for pruning tools
Patio pavers sinking or uneven
$30–80 in sand and polymeric sand; $60–150 with stone base
Tree canopy blocking sunlight to lawn
$30–80 in seed, compost and mulch
Dead lawn patches
$10–40 for seed and soil
Pros nearby

Landscaper pros near Raleigh

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

Demand

Demand in Raleigh: 200,000 households, ~52,000 jobs a year

Raleigh's 200,000 households generate an estimated 52,000 landscaper jobs a year — and no landscaper is listed on HireLocal here yet.

Households
~200,000
Jobs per year
~52,000
Pros the market supports
~1,500
Listed on HireLocal
0
listed on HireLocal: 0; pros the market supports: 1482; Households: 196924
Demand in Raleigh: 200,000 households, ~52,000 jobs a year
Households196,924
Owner-occupied share51 %
Jobs per year (landscaper)51,518
Pros the market supports1,482
listed on HireLocal0
Coverage0 %
Score100 / 100

By national ratios Raleigh supports about 1,500 full-time landscaper pros — a large market with room for niche specialists, emergency-only operators and franchises alike. Ownership is split — 51 % owner-occupied — so a typical week mixes homeowners with landlords and property managers who buy in volume. The housing stock is close to the national average in age, so demand tracks the national pattern for this trade.

No landscaper has listed a business in Raleigh 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 Raleigh.

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 Raleigh

If you are training as a landscaper, Raleigh is a market to start in: it supports about 1,500 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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