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Asplundh Tree Expert has been recognized as one of America’s most successful private businesses, earning a place on the Forbes Top 100 highest-grossing private companies in America for 2025.
Ranked #97, the distinction highlights the company’s strong financial performance, operational scale, and long-standing influence in the business services and infrastructure sector.
Founded in 1928 and headquartered in Willow Grove, Asplundh Tree Expert has built nearly a century of steady growth as a privately held company. In 2025, Forbes reported the company generated $6.3 billion in annual revenue, a milestone that firmly places it among the nation’s largest private enterprises.
The company provides vegetation management and tree-trimming services for electric utilities, telecommunications providers, municipalities, pipelines, and railroads throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. These services are essential to maintaining power reliability, protecting public safety, and preventing service disruptions.
In addition to vegetation management, Asplundh delivers a wide range of utility services that contribute to its high revenue and national ranking. Its offerings include power line design, construction, engineering, and inspection, along with meter reading, GPS mapping, utility pole maintenance, and roadway lighting and traffic signal construction and maintenance. This diversified service portfolio has allowed the company to expand its footprint and sustain consistent financial performance.
Under the leadership of CEO Matthew B. Asplundh, the company employs approximately 33,795 people, making it one of the largest employers in the business services and supplies industry.
Its size, workforce, and geographic reach were key factors in its inclusion on the Forbes list, which ranks private companies based on revenue.
