Georgia Cost GuideWhat do tree removal and stump grinding cost in Georgia?
Estimated price ranges for tree removal and stump grinding from Georgia tree services' own websites, plus what moves the price of trimming, storm work and crane jobs that do not have a range yet.
The short answer
We checked 189 Georgia tree service websites.
These are typical ranges, not quotes. Tree work is priced tree by tree, by the tree's size, where it stands and how it has to come down, and the sections below explain what moves it. The dot marks the middle price, and a + means some businesses charge more. Where a job has no range, it's because we only show a price once enough Georgia businesses publish one.
Tree removal
Tree removal takes a tree down to a stump, usually in pieces, and chips or hauls the wood. The range is per tree, and most of the spread comes from the tree's size and what stands around it.
The range for this job is in the short answer above.
What moves the price
- Height and trunk size
- A taller, thicker tree takes more cuts, more time and more wood to haul, so it costs more.
- What is under it
- A tree that leans over the house, a fence or the driveway has to come down in small pieces lowered by rope, which is slower than dropping it in open ground.
- Access for equipment
- A tree in a fenced backyard that a truck or chipper cannot reach means dragging brush and logs out by hand.
- Condition of the tree
- A dead or damaged tree can be unsafe to climb, and some crews price it higher or bring in a lift or a crane.
- Cleanup and the wood
- Ask whether the quote covers hauling the logs and brush, chipping, raking up, or leaving the wood cut to length for you to keep.
- The stump left behind
- Many removal quotes leave the stump at or just above ground level. Grinding it is a separate charge unless the quote says otherwise.
Stump grinding
Stump grinding chews a stump down below the surface with a grinding machine and leaves a pile of wood chips. Some companies price it per stump and some by the inch across the stump, and there is a range for each.
Stump grinding, per inch
$3 to $4+ per inch of diameter
Prices from 6 Georgia tree services
Stump grinding: what goes into itWhat moves the price
- Width of the stump
- Wider stumps take longer to grind, which is why some companies price by the inch across the stump.
- Number of stumps
- Many companies charge a minimum for the first stump and less for each one after it on the same visit.
- Roots above ground
- Surface roots running out from the stump add grinding time if you want them gone too.
- Depth of grinding
- Grinding deeper below the surface takes longer, so ask how far down the price covers.
- The chips and the hole
- Hauling the chips away and filling the hole with topsoil usually cost extra.
Tree trimming
Trimming, or pruning, takes off dead, crowded or overhanging branches and leaves the tree standing. There is no Georgia range for tree trimming yet.
No Georgia range for this job yet. Here is what moves the price. Get a quote
What moves the price
- Size of the tree
- A tall tree with a wide crown takes more climbing and more cuts than a small ornamental tree.
- Type of cut
- Clearing the limbs over the roof costs less than thinning or shaping the whole crown.
- Climbing or a lift
- A bucket truck can be faster than climbing when it can reach the tree, and a climb-only tree takes longer.
- Trees in one visit
- Trimming several trees on the same visit usually costs less per tree than separate trips.
- Cleanup
- Chipping and hauling the cut branches adds to the price, and some quotes leave the brush for you.
Emergency tree removal
Emergency work is a tree that has fallen on a house, a car or a driveway, or one that is about to. There is no Georgia range for it yet.
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What moves the price
- How soon you need it
- A crew that comes at night, on a weekend or the same day usually charges more than a booked visit.
- A tree on the house
- Lifting a tree off a roof without causing more damage takes rigging and often a crane.
- Demand after storms
- After a big storm many people call at once, and prices and wait times can rise.
- Paperwork for a claim
- Ask whether the company will photograph the damage and give you an itemized bill, which an insurer may ask for.
Crane tree removal
Some trees are too close to the house, or too risky to climb, to take down piece by piece from the trunk, so a crane lifts sections away instead. There is no Georgia range for crane removal yet.
No Georgia range for this job yet. Here is what moves the price. Get a quote
What moves the price
- Crane size
- A bigger tree or a longer reach over the house calls for a larger crane, which costs more to bring out and run.
- Where the crane can sit
- The crane needs firm, level ground near the tree. A tight lot or a soft lawn can mean a longer reach or mats to spread the weight.
- Time saved
- A crane can make a hard removal much faster, which can offset part of what the crane itself costs.
- Protecting the yard
- Mats under the crane protect the lawn and driveway, and some quotes add repairs if the ground gets rutted.
Storm cleanup
Storm cleanup clears fallen limbs, downed trees and debris from the yard after a storm. There is no Georgia range for storm cleanup yet.
No Georgia range for this job yet. Here is what moves the price. Get a quote
What moves the price
- Amount of debris
- More limbs and more downed wood mean more cutting, chipping and loads to haul.
- Hanging limbs
- Broken limbs still caught up in a tree have to come down with care before the cleanup on the ground can start.
- Hauled or left at the curb
- Hauling debris away costs more than stacking it at the curb, if your city or county collects storm debris.
- Mixed debris
- Fence boards, roofing and other debris mixed in with the wood can cost more to sort and dispose of.
What a good tree service quote should list
Two quotes for the same tree can differ because each one leaves different work behind. Ask each company to put these in writing:
- Which trees the price covers, marked or described so there is no mix-up on the day
- How each tree will come down: dropped whole, lowered in pieces by rope, or lifted out by crane
- Whether the stump is ground, how deep, and whether the chips are hauled away
- Whether logs and brush are hauled off, chipped, or left for you, and whether the yard is raked up
- Whether the company carries liability and workers' compensation insurance, and whether you can see proof of it
- Who pays if a fence, the lawn or the driveway is damaged during the work
- For trimming, which branches come off and how much of the crown will be left
Where these numbers come from
We collect these prices with our own crawler, which reads the public websites of Georgia tree services and follows each site's robots.txt rules. It has read 189 of their websites so far. Each range is the middle half of the prices and cost guides those businesses publish, collected November 2026. A price list is what a business says it charges; a cost guide is a business's own estimate of what the job usually runs in Georgia. We check every figure against the page it came from, leave out national averages and prices from other states, and count a business only once, even if it has several websites. We never name the businesses behind a range. This page is written and published by Georgia SEO Company.
| Job | Businesses that post a price |
|---|---|
| Tree removal | 15 (2 price lists, 13 cost guides) |
| Stump grinding | 10 (3 price lists, 7 cost guides) |
| Stump grinding, per inch | 6 (2 price lists, 4 cost guides) |
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