Industry guide
Commercial Landscaping contract price increases
A fixed 3% to 4% annual increase, or CPI with a cap, often aligned to the growing season rather than the calendar year. The billing systems this work collides with: Aspire or QuickBooks. NAICS 561730.
A commercial grounds contract is a weekly maintenance program with a monthly fee, sometimes plus a winter retainer. Enhancements, irrigation repairs, and seasonal color are usually outside that fee. The renewal that matters is the one before the season starts. Miss it, and the crews work the year at last year's number while fuel and wages do not.
Aspire will keep the contract price it was given. A renewal agreed in a PDF does not change the monthly schedule until someone edits the contract in the system. Fuel surcharges and the maintenance escalator are different lines, and only the one the clause names should move.
Clause guides
- Annual price escalator — a fixed percentage added once each contract year, usually on the anniversary
- CPI adjustment clause — an adjustment tied to a named Consumer Price Index series and two named months
- Auto-renewal price increase — a price change that takes effect because the contract renewed, not because someone sent a separate amendment
- Wage pass-through clause — a right to pass a mandated wage increase through to the customer, on the formula and the notice the clause states
- Price increase notice period — the number of days of written notice required before an increase is allowed to hit an invoice
- Escalation cap and floor — a collar around an index adjustment: a maximum increase, a minimum increase, or both
By state
Each state page carries the 2026 minimum-wage position and the BLS metros, then applies them to a fictional monthly maintenance fee. States without a 2026 wage step say so, instead of inventing one.