Harborpark Funding Group passes funding requests from Binghamton, New York landscape companies to funding partners. This page covers Broome County landscaping counts, maintenance contracts, skid steers, hardscape work and lenders for crews.
At a glance
- Landscaping services, Broome County, NY
63 landscaping service employers, Broome County, NY (CBP 2023)
- Small landscaping employers, Broome County, NY
50 of the 63, or 79.4%, had fewer than five employees, Broome County, NY (CBP 2023)
- Landscaping businesses without paid staff, Broome County, NY
186 landscaping businesses without paid employees, Broome County, NY (NES 2024)
Landscape Equipment Financing for a Broome County, NY Crew With Maintenance Contracts
A crew with maintenance contracts for offices, apartment complexes or homeowner associations has income it can point to month after month. Landscape equipment financing for that crew covers zero-turn and stand-on mowers, trimmers and blowers, trailers and the trucks that pull them, and the contracts themselves help a lender see how the payments will be met.
Landscaping services numbered 63 employers in Broome County, NY in 2023, and 50 of them, or 79.4%, had fewer than five employees (County Business Patterns). Nonemployer Statistics counted 186 landscaping businesses without paid employees for 2024, a separate program and year.
Bring the signed contracts, the equipment quote and the crew's bank statements. Contracts that renew each year carry more weight than one-time jobs.
Landscaping Equipment Loan for a Skid Steer and Attachments
A skid steer or compact track loader with a bucket, forks, a grapple and a trencher attachment does the heavy work of grading, hardscape and drainage jobs. A landscaping equipment loan for a skid steer and attachments can bundle the machine and attachments into one note, with the machine as collateral.
Illustration only, invented figures: a $62,000 compact track loader with three attachments financed over 60 months at an invented annual rate of 9.5% costs about $1,302 a month (our arithmetic). Used machines can be financed too, after the lender looks at hours and condition.
Equipment Financing for Landscaping: Mowers, Spreaders and Trucks
Equipment financing for landscaping covers more than the large machines: commercial mowers, spreaders and sprayers, aerators, dethatchers, a dump trailer and a work truck. Smaller items can be bundled into one package so the crew carries one payment instead of several.
Trucks financed for landscaping are for a business moving its own crew and equipment. For-hire trucking is not arranged through this site. The equipment page compares loans and leases.
Landscaping Financing Options for a Hardscape Season Start
A hardscape crew starting the season buys stone, pavers, base material and fuel, and hires before the first jobs pay. Landscaping financing options for that start include a line of credit, drawn as materials are bought and paid down as jobs close, or a short working capital loan sized to the first weeks of payroll and materials.
Illustration only, invented figures: a crew with biweekly payroll waiting 30 days for its first spring payments usually meets 2 payroll runs before the money arrives, and 3 if a payday falls in the first two days (our arithmetic).
The line of credit page shows how a crew can draw in April and pay down by August.
Landscaping Financing Companies for Southern Tier Crews
Landscaping financing companies for Southern Tier crews include equipment dealers' finance programs, banks, credit unions and independent equipment lenders. Dealer programs can offer promotional terms on new machines from one brand; independent lenders can finance used machines and mixed packages.
Compare offers on total payments, the end-of-term option and any limits on hours or use. A plow package used only in winter and a mower used only in summer can sit on one line or one equipment package, so the crew is not paying two lenders for seasonal gear.
Plows, Salt Spreaders and the Winter Side of a Broome County, NY Crew
Many landscape companies add snow removal, with plows, salt spreaders and a loader for parking lots. Plow packages are equipment like any other and can be financed with the truck or separately. Winter contracts paid by the season or by the push give a crew income in the months when mowing stops, and lenders can count signed winter contracts the same way as summer ones.
Plan payments for the whole year, not only the busy months, and match them to when contract payments actually arrive.
Seasonal Deposits and How a Lender Reads a Landscape Crew
A landscape company's bank statements rise in spring and summer and fall away in winter unless it plows. Lenders read twelve months, not three, so they see the full cycle, and they look at whether the crew carried enough cash through its slow months last year. A payment schedule that dips in winter, if a lender offers one, can fit that cycle better than a flat payment.
Bring a list of equipment already financed, with its payments and payoff dates, so the reviewer can see when existing notes end and how the new payment fits alongside them.
By Harborpark Funding Group · Updated


