Services · Mobile app development · Landscaping apps

Landscaping apps for companies working across several US states.

Codeeo offers landscaping services app development USA operators use to run branches, crews and clients from one system. We build crew apps, client apps and office dashboards for maintenance companies, irrigation contractors, design build firms and franchise networks. Once a business crosses state lines, the rules multiply: contractor and applicator licensing, sales tax on services, water restrictions, equipment rules and privacy law all change, and the software has to keep up without a rebuild every time you open a branch.

Codeeo has delivered 200+ projects across the UAE and the US, with a team of 80+ across Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi, and a 4.7 rating from 23 Google reviews. We work remotely with US clients, and discovery, reviews and demos run by video call.

Built for
Multi branch landscaping companies, franchise systems, commercial grounds contractors with national accounts and growing firms preparing to expand into new states.
Typical timeline
Discovery sets the first release and the order in which branches or states go live; milestones are then agreed in writing before design work begins.
What you own
The full source code, app store accounts, the admin platform and all branch, client and job data, held under your company's ownership.
Rated
4.7 / 5 from 23 Google reviews

200+ companies across the US and the UAEFrom a first store to a listed developer

Modon
Majid Al Futtaim
HP
Belkin
Dulsco Group
OneClickDrive
Hanayen
HMS
Clocksprings
Ghezlan

What the app can include

A platform that handles state differences as settings, not rewrites.

A lawn crew in Phoenix and a crew in Minneapolis share a company logo and little else. One works through the year in heat and under water rules, the other mows for part of the year and plows for the rest. Licensing differs too: Texas requires licensed irrigators, California licenses landscaping contractors through the Contractors State License Board, and every state certifies pesticide applicators under its own program. Sales tax on landscaping services is charged in some states and not in others. A national platform needs a rules layer where those differences are configured per state, county or city, so a new branch is set up rather than coded, and a rule change in one city never disturbs another. The capabilities below reflect that approach. Discovery decides which belong in the first release, and the rest follow in planned stages, each scoped and priced on its own.

Explain your project
  • Branches, territories and roles

    Each branch has its own crews, service area, price book and managers, while head office sees everything. Permissions follow the organization chart, so a branch manager in Atlanta cannot edit Denver's pricing and regional directors see only the branches they oversee.

    New branches added in the dashboard, not in code.

  • State and local rules engine

    Watering schedules, fertilizer blackout periods, equipment limits and permit prompts are stored as rules attached to states, counties or cities. When a utility changes watering days or a city restricts gas blowers, an administrator updates one rule and every affected property follows.

    Compliance kept current without waiting for a new release.

  • License and certification records

    The app stores contractor licenses, irrigator licenses and pesticide applicator certifications per person and per state, with expiry reminders. Jobs that need a certified applicator or licensed irrigator can only be assigned to staff who hold the right credential where the property sits.

    The right qualified person on every regulated job.

  • Climate aware service catalogs

    Branches in warm southern states can offer year round maintenance, while northern branches switch to leaf cleanup, holiday lighting and snow services. Each region gets its own seasonal calendar, checklists and recurring plans, all reporting into one set of company figures.

    Seasonal revenue planned branch by branch.

  • Snow and ice dispatch

    For branches that plow and salt, the app triggers jobs from forecasts or manual alerts, ranks sites by contract priority, tracks equipment and records arrival and completion times with photos. Commercial clients see proof of service the same morning.

    Fewer disputes over whether a lot was cleared.

  • Consent based texting and email

    Appointment reminders, rain delay notices and invoice links go out by text and email. The app records opt in consent for texts in line with the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, honors stop requests automatically and includes unsubscribe links in marketing email under CAN-SPAM.

    Customer messaging that keeps you on the right side of federal rules.

  • Accessible client app

    The client app is designed against WCAG guidelines, with readable contrast, screen reader labels and large tap targets, which supports accessibility expectations under the ADA. Clients book services, approve quotes, view photos and pay without calling a branch. Spanish language screens can be added for client groups that prefer them, with content managed from the dashboard.

    An app every client can use, including older homeowners.

  • Payments and state sales tax

    Clients pay by card, ACH bank transfer, Apple Pay or Google Pay through a PCI DSS compliant processor. Tax is calculated by the service and location rules you set for each state, so a mowing invoice in one state and a design project in another are each taxed correctly.

    Invoices that match each state's tax treatment.

  • Crew time and seasonal onboarding

    Crews clock in and out by job, with breaks and drive time recorded for payroll. Seasonal hires, including workers who join for the busy months, are onboarded with safety briefings, equipment sign outs and training checklists in English or Spanish.

    Faster onboarding when the season ramps up.

  • Company wide reporting

    Executives and regional directors compare branches on revenue per crew hour, rescheduled visits, collection times and contract renewals. Data can feed your accounting platform or a BI tool, so finance works from the same numbers as operations.

    One version of the truth across every branch.

Who this is for

Four US businesses that outgrow off the shelf tools.

Single location companies can often run well on packaged software. The pressure starts when you add branches in other states, sign national accounts or sell franchises. At that point state rules, multiple price books and consolidated reporting stretch generic tools past what they were designed for. These are the four groups we most often work with on custom builds. Each starts from a different place, but all of them need the same thing in the end: one platform that respects local differences and still reports as one business.

01

Regional operators with branches in several states

You run crews in a handful of metros, perhaps across the Southeast or the Mountain West, and each branch has grown its own habits. We build one platform with shared standards and branch level settings, so pricing, checklists and reporting line up without forcing every market into the same service mix. Branch managers keep the flexibility they need for local clients, while head office finally sees comparable numbers for every location and can spot which practices are worth copying elsewhere.

Shared standards, local settings.

02

Franchise systems

Franchisees need their own crews, clients and finances, while the franchisor needs brand control, royalty reporting and quality standards. We build separate franchise accounts inside one platform, with a franchisor dashboard, shared training content and a single branded client app listed in the stores. New franchisees can be set up from a template that includes their territory, price book and service catalog, which shortens the time from signing to the first paid visit.

Each franchisee's data stays separate by design.

03

Commercial contractors with national accounts

Retail chains, property portfolios and corporate campuses want consistent service and reporting across sites in many states. We build site portfolios, standard scopes, subcontractor access for areas you do not cover with your own crews and client reporting rolled up by region. Account managers can answer a client's question about any site from one screen, with visit history, photos and open issues in front of them.

Subcontractors see only their assigned sites.

04

Growing firms preparing to expand

You run one strong market and plan to open a second state. Building the platform with multi branch and rules features from the start avoids a painful migration later. The first release serves your current branch; the structure is ready for the next. When the second market opens, the work is configuration, data import and training, rather than a new project with its own budget and delays.

Planning for growth costs less than rebuilding for it.

From discovery to a platform running in every branch.

  1. 01Discovery and branch reviewVideo sessions with head office and selected branch managers map how each market sells, schedules and bills, and which differences are real rules versus local habits.
  2. 02Rules and data architectureWe design how states, cities, branches and franchisees are modeled, and how licensing, tax and water rules attach to them, before any screen is designed.
  3. 03Design and prototypeCrew, client and office screens are prototyped and tested with users from at least two different markets, so the design works for both seasonal and year round branches.
  4. 04Staged developmentCore features are built first in regular releases you can test. Payments, tax, messaging and accounting integrations are connected early and tested with real data.
  5. 05Pilot branchOne branch goes live first. Once its crews and office are running smoothly, the rollout plan for the remaining branches is confirmed with dates you approve.
  6. 06Branch by branch rolloutEach new branch gets configured rules, imported clients and training by video. Feedback from each rollout improves the next, and the platform keeps evolving after launch.

Technology

What we build this with.

We build cross platform apps for iPhone and Android on one codebase, with native modules for offline maps, background sync and camera work. The admin platform runs in the browser and connects to accounting, payroll, tax and mapping services through their APIs. Hosting is chosen with you and can sit in US data centers in your own cloud account.

01Mobile

  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • Flutter
  • React Native

02Data and cloud

  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker

03Marketing and tracking

  • GA4
  • Google Tag Manager
  • Search Console
  • Meta Pixel
  • Looker Studio

Questions US landscaping companies ask before a platform build.

It depends on the first release and the rollout plan we agree together.

A single branch release with crew app, scheduling and payments is a shorter build than a multi state platform with a rules engine, franchise accounts and consolidated reporting. The number of integrations, the quality of existing data and how many branches go live at once all shape timing. We set milestones after scope sign off and confirm rollout dates branch by branch after the pilot. Seasonal timing matters too: northern branches are often easier to switch over in late winter, before spring cleanup begins.

Tell us what the business needs. We will tell you what to build first.

Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.

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PROVEN RESULTS

4.7 / 5from 23 Google reviews