LawnStarter website screenshot

LawnStarter

LawnStarter is an on-demand lawn care and outdoor-services marketplace founded in 2013 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, that connects homeowners with vetted local lawn care professionals ("LawnTrepreneurs"). Beyond recurring lawn mowing, the platform books more than 30 services including landscaping, lawn treatments and fertilization, tree care, gutter cleaning, pressure washing, and leaf removal, with transparent online quoting, consistent crews, and a re-mow-or-refund quality guarantee. LawnStarter operates across 500+ cities, has served more than 500,000 customers through roughly 7,500 professionals, and reached profitability in 2021. LawnStarter runs a consumer web/mobile marketplace and a separate provider app (pros.lawnstarter.com); it does not publish a public developer platform, API, or SDKs.

LawnStarter is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Lawn Care, Landscaping, Home Services, and Marketplace.

LawnStarter’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 5 more developer resources.

12.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
0 APIs
CompanyLawn CareLandscapingHome ServicesMarketplaceOn-DemandLocal Services

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 12.3/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Lawnstarter Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: lawnstarter
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/lawnstarter.png
name: LawnStarter
description: LawnStarter is an on-demand lawn care and outdoor-services marketplace founded in 2013 and headquartered in Austin,
  Texas, that connects homeowners with vetted local lawn care professionals ("LawnTrepreneurs"). Beyond recurring lawn mowing,
  the platform books more than 30 services including landscaping, lawn treatments and fertilization, tree care, gutter cleaning,
  pressure washing, and leaf removal, with transparent online quoting, consistent crews, and a re-mow-or-refund quality guarantee.
  LawnStarter operates across 500+ cities, has served more than 500,000 customers through roughly 7,500 professionals, and
  reached profitability in 2021. LawnStarter runs a consumer web/mobile marketplace and a separate provider app (pros.lawnstarter.com);
  it does not publish a public developer platform, API, or SDKs.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lawnstarter/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Lawn Care
- Landscaping
- Home Services
- Marketplace
- On-Demand
- Local Services
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://lawnstarter.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://lawnstarter.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://lawnstarter.com/contact
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://lawnstarter.com/faq
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://lawnstarter.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://lawnstarter.com/privacy
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lawnstarter-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1