Comparison guide
Land Clearing Springfield MO: The Best Land Clearing Companies in Springfield
Six land clearing options for Springfield-area property owners, compared on facts you can check, with no paid placements.
- Springfield and 10 nearby townsGreene and Christian County, all within 20 miles
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Land Clearing Springfield MO publishes this comparison for property owners in Springfield and the surrounding Greene and Christian County towns who are choosing who to call for land clearing or forestry mulching. It lists businesses that serve the Springfield area, says what each one verifiably does, and explains how to check any contractor before they start, including the one that publishes this page.
How this list was put together
Every business below was checked against its own website in October 2026. To be included, a business had to show a real, operating land clearing or forestry mulching service covering the Springfield area, a working phone number on its own site, and a website of its own that is not itself a lead-generation page. Pay-per-call directory sites and keyword-named listings with no operating business behind them were left out.
There are no paid placements on this page, and nobody listed paid or was asked to pay to be included. Order is by verifiable time in business, longest first, with this site's own entry placed second and disclosed as such. Facts come from each business's own site and are the kind that stay true: when it started, where it is based and what it does. Prices are not listed for other businesses; ask them directly.
1. 417 Land & Turf Management
Based in Buffalo, north of Springfield, 417 Land & Turf Management describes itself as a family-owned business clearing land since 2007. Its site lists land clearing, forestry mulching and site prep, and names a service area across southwest Missouri that includes Springfield, Nixa, Ozark, Republic, Willard, Clever, Sparta, Ash Grove, Fair Grove, Strafford and Billings. It also lists a commercial pesticide applicator license, relevant where stump treatment follows mulching.
Worth calling for: large-property forestry mulching and pasture work from the longest-established business on this list.
Tell us the acreage and what is growing on it, and hear a typical price range before anyone drives out.
Call (417) 759-59142. Land Clearing Springfield MO
Land Clearing Springfield MO is the website you are reading, included here for transparency, since this article is published on this company's own website. It is a referral service rather than a contractor: a call through this site is connected to an independent local contractor who quotes and does the work. What it offers that the others on this list do not is published per-acre price ranges for every common kind of clearing, gathered in one cost guide, and plain-language pages on the Greene County, Christian County and Springfield permit and burn rules.
Worth calling for: a price range before anyone visits, and a referral to someone who covers your part of the area. Ask whoever is sent for proof of insurance, as you would with anyone.
3. B & G Land Clearing
B & G Land Clearing is run by Chris and Jennifer Knight, a husband-and-wife team who say they started the business nine years ago; Chris has operated heavy equipment since he was 15, for nearly three decades. The site describes land clearing, forestry mulching, excavating and pond building, says the company owns its own equipment, and lists a service area including Strafford, Marshfield, Rogersville, Ozark, Nixa, Bolivar, Fair Grove and Willard.
Worth calling for: a job that mixes clearing with dirt work, such as a pond or a building pad.
4. SWM Land Services
SWM Land Services is based in Ozark and owner-operated by Noah Sands, who its site says launched the business four years ago and grew up in Nixa. It describes itself as an excavation and site development company: land clearing, grading, gravel driveways and septic installation, with the owner holding a septic license, serving Ozark, Nixa, Springfield and communities within 50 miles.
Worth calling for: a home site where clearing, grading, the drive and the septic system can come from one contractor.
Not sure whether you need mulching, grubbing or a full clear? Most people are not. Call and describe the ground.
Call (417) 759-59145. Hillside Brush Clearing
Hillside Brush Clearing is based in Nixa and specializes in steep-slope forestry mulching. Its site describes a remote-operated FAE RCU-120 machine rated for slopes up to 55 degrees, and says the owner does the work without subcontracting.
Worth calling for: hillsides, creek banks and ground too steep for a standard skid steer mulcher.
6. T and D Land Management
T and D Land Management is a Springfield-based, family-owned business whose site calls forestry mulching its specialty. It also lists land clearing, excavation, right-of-way maintenance, rock raking, bush hogging and fence row clearing, driveways, building and RV pads, and trail creation, across southwest Missouri.
Worth calling for: forestry mulching, fence rows and trails, with dirt work available on the same job.
How to choose between them
Start with insurance and the permit. Missouri does not license land clearing contractors at the state level, so the checks that matter are proof of liability insurance, and a clear answer on who applies for the Greene County grading permit or Christian County soil erosion control permit if the job disturbs the root zone. Any contractor worth hiring will know which office covers your land.
Then match the business to the job. Pasture, fence rows, cedar removal and woods are forestry mulching work, and a mulching specialist will usually be fastest. A home site needs grubbing and grading as well, which favors a contractor with an excavator. Steep ground needs equipment rated for it.
Ask the same questions of everyone: what machine they will use, how many acres a day they expect on your ground, what happens to the debris, whether stump treatment is included where honeysuckle or hardwoods will resprout, and what is not in the price. Compare written quotes line by line.
Where these companies work
Most of the businesses above cover a wide radius, often 50 miles or more. If your land is in a smaller town, ask whether it is inside their normal area, because travel and mobilization fees apply outside it. Land around Fair Grove, Strafford and Sparta is at the edges of several of these service areas.
Questions people ask
What is the best land clearing company in Springfield, MO?
It depends on the job. Mulching specialists suit pasture, fence rows and woods; contractors with excavators suit home sites that need grubbing and grading; steep ground needs slope-rated equipment. Compare written quotes.
Do land clearing contractors in Missouri need a license?
Missouri does not license land clearing at the state level. Ask for proof of liability insurance, and check who will pull any county grading or soil erosion control permit.
How do I compare land clearing quotes?
Ask each contractor for the machine, the expected acres per day, debris handling, stump treatment and exclusions, in writing. Compare the same items across every quote.
Why is this site listed second?
This page is published on Land Clearing Springfield MO's own site. The list is ordered by verifiable time in business, and this site places itself second and discloses it rather than ranking itself first.
Are any of these listings paid?
No. There are no paid placements on this page, and no business was asked to pay to be included.
Tell us what is growing and how much of it
Say roughly how many acres, what has taken over (cedar, honeysuckle, brush, saplings, a grown-in fence row) and what you want the ground to become. You will hear which method usually fits and what it tends to cost per acre before anyone drives out.
Call (417) 759-5914