Business phone system for landscaping services in Texas

Landscaping services in Texas by the numbers

County Business Patterns counts 5,568 establishments in Texas classified as Landscaping Services (NAICS 561730) for 2023. They employed 60,794 people in mid-March and reported $3.0 billion in annual payroll. That is the 4th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Landscaping services make up 0.83% of the 670,878 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Texas has 17.8 landscaping services, 48.7% below the national rate of 34.7. The average establishment has 10.9 employees against 6.8 nationally. Payroll per employee is $48,920, 4.6% below the U.S. figure of $51,286.

Where landscaping services in Texas are concentrated

Census published landscaping company counts for 57 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Texas. The largest is Dallas, TX, with 1,642 establishments. Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 95% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at landscaping services in Texas

59.3% of Texas's landscaping services with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 70.6% nationally. 76.7% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

What landscaping services in Texas use the phone for

Landscapers are outdoors all day and take calls about new service, schedule changes and seasonal work. A missed call in spring can be a lost season-long customer.

Typical inbound and outbound calls for landscaping services in Texas:

• A customer calls to skip a visit because of an event.
• A property manager calls about a commercial contract.
• A homeowner calls for weekly mowing service.

Calls after closing time

After-hours calls are mostly new-service requests.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

What a phone system costs a landscaping company in Texas

Landscaping services in Texas average 10.9 employees, so the comparison uses an 11-person team. On a per-user plan that headcount sets the bill: $274.45 a month on Ooma Office Pro or $330.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core at list price (checked September 28, 2026). On Callata the same 11 people cost $219.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $1,332. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in Texas

Texas has 29 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your customers know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for landscaping services in Texas

Callata Office costs $99 per month for up to 5 people, and each additional user is $20 a month. That covers up to 3 local numbers, calling from a browser or your cell, transcribed voicemail, recorded calls with AI summaries, after-hours routing and E911 on each number.

If you already have a number in Texas, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.