Landscaping Business Valuation Multiples 2025
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Landscaping Business Valuation in Mississippi: Jackson & Gulf Coast Market Data 2025
Mississippi landscaping businesses benefit from the Gulf Coast casino and resort grounds management market, Rankin County's rapid suburban growth, and Mississippi's declining income tax rate targeting 4% by 2026.
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Jason Taken
HedgeStone Business Advisors
Mississippi's landscaping market is shaped by two geographic forces: the Gulf Coast's casino and resort complex (Biloxi, Gulfport, and Pass Christian host the Gulf Coast's densest casino resort corridor outside Las Vegas) and the Jackson metro's suburban expansion into Rankin and Madison Counties. Mississippi's income tax is declining rapidly — the state is phasing out its income tax entirely, targeting 4% by 2026 and 0% by 2037.
Mississippi Landscaping Multiples
Mississippi landscaping businesses sell for 2.5x–4.0x SDE. Jackson metro (Hinds, Madison, Rankin Counties) commands the strongest multiples — rapidly growing suburban residential in Madison (consistently ranked among the South's most affluent small cities), Rankin County's Flowood and Brandon new residential development, Baptist Health Mississippi campus grounds, and UMMC (University of Mississippi Medical Center) campus landscaping. Gulf Coast (Harrison, Hancock, Jackson Counties — Biloxi, Gulfport, Ocean Springs) adds casino resort grounds management for Beau Rivage Resort, Hard Rock Biloxi, Golden Nugget, and IP Casino — among the Southeast's most concentrated luxury resort landscape accounts.
Biloxi Casino Resort Grounds Management
Mississippi's Gulf Coast casino corridor stretches 26 miles along US-90 from Bay St. Louis to Pascagoula — with 12 casinos, resorts, and hotel properties concentrated primarily in Biloxi and Gulfport. MGM Beau Rivage Resort (the Gulf Coast's flagship — 1,740 rooms, 85,000 sq ft casino) and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi represent the most premium commercial landscaping accounts on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Casino resort grounds management includes the ornate entrance and porte cochère landscaping, tropical plant installations and seasonal color programs, pool deck and outdoor event venue landscaping, and the boardwalk and waterfront landscaping that fronts the resort properties onto the Biloxi Bay. These accounts generate $40,000–$120,000 annually in grounds maintenance revenue with multi-year contractual renewal structures.
Madison County and Rankin County Residential Market
Madison County (Madison and Ridgeland) is consistently ranked among the most affluent suburban counties in the Deep South — high-income professionals from Jackson's medical corridor (UMMC, Baptist Health, St. Dominic's) and corporate sector have created premium residential neighborhoods with elaborate landscape designs. Annual residential landscaping accounts in Madison's premium subdivisions (Annandale, Lake Caroline, Canton Road corridor) run $6,000–$18,000, with exceptional retention among longtime Madison County residents. Rankin County's Flowood and Brandon are experiencing rapid residential growth as Jackson's broader metro expands eastward — creating new residential landscaping account opportunities at more moderate price points with higher growth velocity.
Mississippi's Declining Tax Rate — Long Exit Tailwind
Mississippi enacted one of the most aggressive income tax phase-out plans in U.S. history — the state is phasing out its income tax entirely, with the rate declining to 4% by 2026 and targeting 0% by 2037 under the current legislative schedule. For Mississippi landscaping business owners, this creates an interesting timing consideration: a 2025 exit at approximately 4.7% versus a 2027 exit at 4.0% saves approximately $10,500 on a $1.5M exit — not enough to justify delaying a strong market opportunity. The long-term tailwind of Mississippi's eventual zero income tax may affect buyer appetites as Mississippi's overall business attractiveness improves.
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