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A Survey of Licensed Tree Experts in Maryland

Michael F. Galvin and Peter J. Becker
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) January 1998, 24 (1) 35-41; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1998.005
Michael F. Galvin
1Maryland Department of Natural Resources—Forest Service, Tawes State Office Building, E-1, 580 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401
Roles: Urban Forester
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Peter J. Becker
2F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company, 2950-C Industrial Park Drive Finksburg, MD 21048
Roles: Vice President/Division Manager
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    Affiliations—professional organization memberships.

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    LTE survey question category and data format.

    CategoryQuestion: Format
    AffiliationsMember: T/F
    How many: Number
    CredentialsCredential: T/F
    Advertise credential: T/F
    How many: Number
    TrainingT/F
    Other: Fill In
    EmploymentNumber(s)
    RevenueNumber(s), Percentages
    Work Type/Geographic DistributionPercentages
    MD Tree Expert LawRate on scale of 1–5 Comments
    MD Roadside Tree Law and RegulationsRate on scale of 1–5 Comments
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    Table 2.

    Maryland tree care firm descriptive models—employees.

    Firm size% of firms# employees per firm size% of total employees per firm size
    Small67%5 or fewer19.6%
    Medium25%6–1322.2%
    Large8%14 or more58.1%
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    Table 3.

    Maryland tree care firm descriptive models—revenue.

    Firm sizeAvg. gross revenue per firmAvg. revenue generated per employee% of total revenue per firm size
    Small$174,732$58,24424.1%
    Medium$466,964$51,88523.9%
    Large$3,046,739$42,91251.9%
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    Table 4.

    Revenue amounts and percentages by work type.

    Work typeAmount reportedAmount estimated% of total
    Pruning$29,131,250$43,431,21432.22%
    Landscaping$23,688,650$35,289,54626.18%
    Removal$17,878,550$26,662,61319.78%
    Fertilization$7,241,950$10,797,1458.01%
    Insect/Disease$6,283,350$9,368,3096.95%
    IPM$6,204,200$9,246,9936.86%
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