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Tree trimming and removal in Santa Maria, CA

We hold 167 businesses listed for tree service inside 25 miles of the Santa Maria metro center, of which 24 hold a classification for the trade itself and 143 are licensed broadly enough to take it on and subcontract it. The median one is 12 mi out, and 167 publish a license number on the register they came from.

Covered ZIPs in Santa Maria: 93254, 93401, 93402, 93405, 93407, 93408, 93420, 93422, 93424, 93426, 93427, 93428 and 21 more. Swap yours in to re-rank by who is closest to your site.

Coverage in Santa Maria

What we actually hold for tree service here

Counts of rows in the directory for this trade and this metro, not a national figure dressed up as local.

167
Businesses listed

inside 25 miles of Santa Maria

24 of 167
Licensed for the trade itself

the rest hold a general class that covers it

12 mi
Median distance to site

about 32 min drive

167 of 167
With a license number

as published by the issuing authority

167 of 167
With a phone number

shown only where the source permits it

Counted by running the same matcher the search page uses, with the Santa Maria metro center as the origin and the 25 mile radius the list below settled on, then cached for fifteen minutes.

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Tree service businesses listed around Santa Maria

Ranked on distance from the Santa Maria metro center and nothing else. Drive times are estimated from that distance rather than read off it, so a site across town does not read as five minutes away. Enter your own ZIP to measure from your own address instead.

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A-1 Tree Serv

Nipomo, CA

Distance
6.9 mi
·
20 min drive
Typical market price for this job
$300-$8,000
tree service

California Contractors State License Board D49 #655574

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Compiled from public state license registers. Verify license status and insurance before hiring.

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What it costs

What tree service costs in Santa Maria

We never speak to the businesses listed above, so there is no local median to publish and we will not invent one. Every figure below is our own national band for this job, moved only by how soon you need somebody.

Our estimate for Tree trimming and removal in Santa Maria, CA, by what drives the price
How soon you need itTypicalRange
Scheduled visitBooked in advance, no urgency multiplier applied$900$300 to $8,000
Same dayOur band multiplied by 1.12$1,010$335 to $8,960
Emergency calloutOur band multiplied by 1.35$1,215$405 to $10,800

Every row is the same band with the urgency multiplier the search page applies, so the table can never contradict the headline number. There is no regional index behind any of it. The figures do not change with your metro, and the copy says so rather than dressing a national band up as a local rate.

What drives tree service demand around Santa Maria

Santa Maria style barbecue means open red oak pits inside working restaurants, and grease and creosote build in those hoods and ducts faster than a standard cleaning interval assumes. Out in the valley the strawberry and wine grape operations run their own cold chain, so the refrigeration trade here is used to field coolers and tank cooling rather than to reach-ins.

Before you book anything

Checks worth doing first, before you call anyone in Santa Maria

The median listing here sits 12 mi from the metro center, close enough that owners tend to call before checking the obvious. These are the checks that end the most calls for this fault.

Try a quick fix first

Some issues resolve without a truck roll. Two minutes now can save the callout.

  1. 1

    Cone off the area under a damaged limb and keep vehicles out from under it. A hanging limb comes down on its own schedule.

  2. 2

    Check whether the tree is protected before you commit to removal. Many California cities have heritage and street tree ordinances with real fines, and the permit is the property owner's problem, not the contractor's.

  3. 3

    Ask to see proof of insurance for this trade specifically. Tree work causes more property damage than any other grounds service, and an uninsured crew leaves the loss with you.

  4. 4

    Establish whether the tree is on your property, the landlord's or in the public right of way. All three have different rules and different payers.

Questions owners ask

Tree service in Santa Maria: the questions we get

The answers below hold anywhere. Where California rules or permits change one of them, ask the business to put it on the written price before you agree to the visit.

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Who is licensed to do this work in California?
The classification that squarely covers it is D-49 tree service. Every listing above shows the classification, the license number and the date we read it off the register, so you can check it against the state rather than against us. Worth knowing: the classifications do not separate commercial work from residential, so nothing here proves a business specializes in premises like yours.
How far out do these businesses sit?
We hold 167 inside 25 miles of the Santa Maria metro center, 24 of them holding a classification for the trade itself and the rest general contractors who can subcontract it, the median one 12 mi out, and 167 publish a license number. Distance is straight line from the metro center to the address each business filed with its licensing authority, which is often a home, so we never print it. Enter your own ZIP to measure from your premises instead.

Santa Maria, CA

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