# Lawn care business license: Lawn Operator Licensing

> The Lawn Operator Licensing carries 8 published figures read from 8 sources' own pages, from 35 to 240 USD, read 26 September 2026.

MowRouteWorks · https://mowrouteworks.com/datasets/lawn-operator-licensing/ · computed 2026-10-05

**Range of the published figures:** 35 to 240 USD (range 35 to 240 USD; 8 sources with a figure; 8 of 25 sources read publish one).

8 of the 25 named sources read in full publish a figure; 17 publish none, read 26 September 2026.

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Read |
|---|---|---|
| [Connecticut DEEP pesticide business registration](https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Pesticides/Business-Registration/Pesticide-Business-Registration) | 240 USD | 2026-09-26 |
| [Michigan MDARD pesticide application businesses](https://www.michigan.gov/mdard/licensing/pesticide/pesticide-application-business) | 100 USD | 2026-09-26 |
| [Connecticut DEEP commercial junior operator certification](https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Pesticides/Operator-Certification/Commercial-Junior-Operator-Certification) | 80 USD | 2026-09-26 |
| [NC Department of Agriculture pesticide licence fees](https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pesticide/licensing-and-certification/exam/fees) | 75 USD | 2026-09-26 |
| [Michigan MDARD certification renewal](https://www.michigan.gov/mdard/licensing/pesticide/pesticide-applicator-certification/certprocess/renewal-process) | 75 USD | 2026-09-26 |
| [Georgia Department of Agriculture pesticide contractor licences](https://agr.georgia.gov/pesticide-contractor-licenses) | 55 USD | 2026-09-26 |
| [Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture applicators and certification exams](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pda/plants-land-water/plant-industry/pesticide-programs/pesticide-applicators-registered-technicians-and-certification-exams) | 40 USD | 2026-09-26 |
| [Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture pesticide application businesses](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pda/plants-land-water/plant-industry/pesticide-programs/pesticide-application-businesses) | 35 USD | 2026-09-26 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (8)

- [Connecticut DEEP pesticide business registration](https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Pesticides/Business-Registration/Pesticide-Business-Registration), read 2026-09-26: "All businesses must pay the $240.00 yearly fee."
- [Michigan MDARD pesticide application businesses](https://www.michigan.gov/mdard/licensing/pesticide/pesticide-application-business), read 2026-09-26: "The fee to apply or renew a license is $100."
- [Connecticut DEEP commercial junior operator certification](https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Pesticides/Operator-Certification/Commercial-Junior-Operator-Certification), read 2026-09-26: "There is an $80 renewal fee every 5 years"
- [NC Department of Agriculture pesticide licence fees](https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pesticide/licensing-and-certification/exam/fees), read 2026-09-26: "License Type Aerial Contractor, Aerial Pesticide Applicator, Commercial Ground Applicator, Pesticide Consultant, Pesticide Dealer, and Public Utility Ground Applicator $75.00 each"
- [Michigan MDARD certification renewal](https://www.michigan.gov/mdard/licensing/pesticide/pesticide-applicator-certification/certprocess/renewal-process), read 2026-09-26: "Renewal fees are the same as the initial certification fees: Commercial applicator: $75."
- [Georgia Department of Agriculture pesticide contractor licences](https://agr.georgia.gov/pesticide-contractor-licenses), read 2026-09-26: "The fee for a new application or renewal is $55."
- [Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture applicators and certification exams](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pda/plants-land-water/plant-industry/pesticide-programs/pesticide-applicators-registered-technicians-and-certification-exams), read 2026-09-26: "Commercial Applicator – Non-government employees - $40 renewal fee every year."
- [Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture pesticide application businesses](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pda/plants-land-water/plant-industry/pesticide-programs/pesticide-application-businesses), read 2026-09-26: "The requirements to obtain and hold a pesticide business license are as follows: have at least one certified applicator, meet financial responsibility (insurance) required, and pay $35 application fee initially (and annually)."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [NC Department of Agriculture pesticide licences](https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pesticide/licensing-and-certification/licenses), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Texas Department of Agriculture: applying pesticides to lawns, trees, ornamentals](https://texasagriculture.gov/Regulatory-Programs/Pesticides/Agricultural-Applicators/Applying-Pesticides-to-Lawns-Trees-Ornamentals), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Texas Department of Agriculture commercial/non-commercial applicator licence](https://texasagriculture.gov/Regulatory-Programs/Pesticides/Pesticide-Commercial-Noncommercial-Applicator-Lice), read 2026-09-26: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Michigan MDARD pesticide applicator certification](https://www.michigan.gov/mdard/licensing/pesticide/pesticide-applicator-certification), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Arkansas Department of Agriculture commercial applicator licence](https://agriculture.arkansas.gov/crops-industry/pesticides/licensing-permits/individual-commercial-and-non-commercial-applicator-license/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Missouri Department of Agriculture pesticide control](https://agriculture.mo.gov/plants/pesticides/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Connecticut DEEP pesticide certification and licensing](https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Pesticides/Pesticide-Certification-General/Pesticide-CertificationLicensing), read 2026-09-26: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Purdue OISC continuing certification (Indiana)](https://oisc.purdue.edu/pesticide/continuing_certification_program.html), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [EPA certification standards for pesticide applicators](https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/certification-standards-pesticide-applicators), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [EPA federal certification standards](https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/federal-certification-standards-pesticide-applicators), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [40 CFR Part 171 certification of pesticide applicators](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-171), read 2026-09-26: every candidate on the page was refused
- [40 CFR 171.311 EPA-administered certification programs](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-171/subpart-D/section-171.311), read 2026-09-26: every candidate on the page was refused
- [Federal Register: Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators (2017)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/04/2016-30332/pesticides-certification-of-pesticide-applicators), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [SBA: apply for licenses and permits](https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/launch-your-business/apply-licenses-permits), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [AAPCO state pesticide-applicator authority URLs](https://aapco.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/stateurls_pesticideapplicatorinfo.pdf), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [the authority per state](https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/certification-standards-pesticide-applicators), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [epa.gov](https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/certification-standards-pesticide-applicators), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 8 of the 25 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 17 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 75 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per state per credential: the credential's legal name, who issues it, the exam and licence fee, the term, the renewal fee and the CEU requirement, each quoted from the issuing authority's own page with its effective date - beside the federal floor (40 CFR 171) the state plan must meet. The derived figures are the cheapest and dearest state to license a one-truck lawn operation, the national median fee, the count of states that require a separate BUSINESS licence on top of the applicator certification, and changed-since, which is the news every fee-schedule turn.

## Sources

- [NC Department of Agriculture pesticide licence fees](https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pesticide/licensing-and-certification/exam/fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [NC Department of Agriculture pesticide licences](https://www.ncagr.gov/divisions/structural-pest-control-and-pesticides/pesticide/licensing-and-certification/licenses) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Texas Department of Agriculture: applying pesticides to lawns, trees, ornamentals](https://texasagriculture.gov/Regulatory-Programs/Pesticides/Agricultural-Applicators/Applying-Pesticides-to-Lawns-Trees-Ornamentals) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Texas Department of Agriculture commercial/non-commercial applicator licence](https://texasagriculture.gov/Regulatory-Programs/Pesticides/Pesticide-Commercial-Noncommercial-Applicator-Lice) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Georgia Department of Agriculture pesticide contractor licences](https://agr.georgia.gov/pesticide-contractor-licenses) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Michigan MDARD pesticide application businesses](https://www.michigan.gov/mdard/licensing/pesticide/pesticide-application-business) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Michigan MDARD pesticide applicator certification](https://www.michigan.gov/mdard/licensing/pesticide/pesticide-applicator-certification) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Michigan MDARD certification renewal](https://www.michigan.gov/mdard/licensing/pesticide/pesticide-applicator-certification/certprocess/renewal-process) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture pesticide application businesses](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pda/plants-land-water/plant-industry/pesticide-programs/pesticide-application-businesses) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture applicators and certification exams](https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pda/plants-land-water/plant-industry/pesticide-programs/pesticide-applicators-registered-technicians-and-certification-exams) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Arkansas Department of Agriculture commercial applicator licence](https://agriculture.arkansas.gov/crops-industry/pesticides/licensing-permits/individual-commercial-and-non-commercial-applicator-license/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Missouri Department of Agriculture pesticide control](https://agriculture.mo.gov/plants/pesticides/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Connecticut DEEP pesticide business registration](https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Pesticides/Business-Registration/Pesticide-Business-Registration) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Connecticut DEEP pesticide certification and licensing](https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Pesticides/Pesticide-Certification-General/Pesticide-CertificationLicensing) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Connecticut DEEP commercial junior operator certification](https://portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Pesticides/Operator-Certification/Commercial-Junior-Operator-Certification) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Purdue OISC continuing certification (Indiana)](https://oisc.purdue.edu/pesticide/continuing_certification_program.html) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [EPA certification standards for pesticide applicators](https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/certification-standards-pesticide-applicators) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [EPA federal certification standards](https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/federal-certification-standards-pesticide-applicators) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [40 CFR Part 171 certification of pesticide applicators](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-171) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [40 CFR 171.311 EPA-administered certification programs](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-E/part-171/subpart-D/section-171.311) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Federal Register: Pesticides; Certification of Pesticide Applicators (2017)](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/04/2016-30332/pesticides-certification-of-pesticide-applicators) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [SBA: apply for licenses and permits](https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/launch-your-business/apply-licenses-permits) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Florida FDACS pest control licensing and certification](https://www.fdacs.gov/Business-Services/Pest-Control/Licensing-and-Certification) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Florida FDACS pesticide applicator licences](https://www.fdacs.gov/Business-Services/Pesticide-Licensing/Pesticide-Applicator-Licenses) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Arizona Department of Agriculture pest management fees](https://agriculture.az.gov/apply-or-renew/pest-management-fees) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [AAPCO state pesticide-applicator authority URLs](https://aapco.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/stateurls_pesticideapplicatorinfo.pdf) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [the authority per state](https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/certification-standards-pesticide-applicators) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [epa.gov](https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/certification-standards-pesticide-applicators) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

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- The Lawn Operator Licensing carries 8 published figures read from 8 sources' own pages, from 35 to 240 USD, read 26 September 2026.
- 8 of the 25 named sources read in full publish a figure; 17 publish none, read 26 September 2026.

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