Lawn & Tree Care

The Grounds Guys

Waco, TX · Founded 2010 · GGRY

The Grounds Guys offers franchises for the operation of businesses providing commercial, residential and municipal property maintenance, landscaping and hardscaping services; snow and ice maintenance services; trash and debris removal; arboriculture services; lawn renovation; turf care services; irrigation maintenance, installation and repair services; landscape lighting; and other related services and products.

Read the 2026 FDD ↗www.groundsguys.com ↗

2026 Franchise 500

#268

219

units (2025)

-4.4%

year over year

Units by Year

195

2021

211

2022

226

2023

229

2024

219

2025

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment

$107,650 – $252,850

FDD Item 7

Franchise fee

$43,750

FDD Item 5

Ad fund

FDD Item 6

Financial performance

Yes

FDD Item 19 disclosure

Royalty

5-6% of Gross Sales

Leadership

Lori Johnson
President
Philip Peter Hultquist
Vice President of Operations
Michael Anthony Davis
Chief Executive Officer
Malia Gelfo
SVP, Corporate Controller
Heather Shipley
VP of Finance
Stacy Lynn Bourgeois
Chief Marketing Officer
Grayson Brown
Secretary of Manager and Franchisor, and EVP, General Counsel and Secretary of Neighborly
Patrick Hyland
Vice President of Franchise Development
Georgeanne Erickson
Group President
Gagan Sinha
Chief Information Officer for Neighborly

On File

FDD years

2026 2025 2022

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Franchisee records

212

Current roster rows

Signed, not open

FDD Item 20, Table 5

Franchising for

15 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

PDFThe Grounds Guys FDD 2026Most recent · opens in a new tab PDFThe Grounds Guys FDD 2025Opens in a new tab PDFThe Grounds Guys FDD 2022Opens in a new tab

Units by Year

The Investment

Leadership

On File

Franchise Disclosure Documents

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