How to Start a Landscaping Business In Kentucky

A landscaping or lawn care business in Kentucky can provide a great part-time or full-time income.   Your landscaping business could include gardening, lawn mowing, leaf and lawn debris removal, excavation, tree work, and more.  You may want to start here: How To Start A Landscaping Business.  Make sure you research properly as laws are constantly changing.
Getting started– The state of Kentucky has created a website to help you start your business:  http://onestop.ky.gov/

-Register your landscaping business name.

Find out more about registering a business name here: http://onestop.ky.gov/start/Pages/structure.aspx

If you need help selecting a name for your landscaping business:  How to Choose A Business Name and Landscaping Business Name Ideas

-Select your business structure.

Sole-proprietor, LLC, Partnership, Corporation, etc.  Find out more here: http://onestop.ky.gov/start/Pages/structure.aspx

-Register your landscaping business.

Find out more about how register your business with the state of Kentucky here: https://onestop.ky.gov/

-Open a Business Checking Account.

You will need to open a separate bank account for your landscaping business with your new business name.

-Find out about taxes and hire an accountant.

You may want to file your own taxes if you are a small company. As you grow, it will be easier to have an accountant do the work. More info about taxes here: http://onestop.ky.gov/start/Pages/statetax.aspx and http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Starting-a-Business

-Get Landscaping Software.

Landscaping software will streamline your business before you even start, giving you visibility and control over all your leads, sales, jobs, and tasks from a single program to get your company on the fast track toward growth.

You’ll also be able to create estimates, place material orders, automate the boring (but necessary) stuff, empowering you and your team to finish jobs on time and on budget. Try JobNimbus for Free!

 -Register as a Contractor in Kentucky.

Check with your local government to see if you need to register as a landscaper.

-Get Health Insurance.

Since you will be self-employed, you will need your own health insurance.  If you have employees, you will need a plan that will include their health needs also.