Land Clearing Contractors in Texas
Find land clearing contractors serving Texas properties for brush clearing, lot clearing, tree and stump removal, forestry mulching and full site clearing. We list 196 land clearing contractors across 12 Texas metros, each confirmed on the company’s own website (checked October 2026). Choose a city to compare them.
Browse Texas Land Clearing Contractors by City
- Amarillo land clearing contractors: 6 verified
- Austin land clearing contractors: 31 verified
- College Station land clearing contractors: 10 verified
- Corpus Christi land clearing contractors: 7 verified
- Dallas land clearing contractors: 17 verified
- El Paso land clearing contractors: 6 verified
- Fort Worth land clearing contractors: 17 verified
- Houston land clearing contractors: 35 verified
- Lubbock land clearing contractors: 7 verified
- San Antonio land clearing contractors: 23 verified
- Tyler land clearing contractors: 32 verified
- Waco land clearing contractors: 5 verified
Texas Land Clearing Contractors at a Glance
| City | Contractors | Also forestry mulching | Also stump grinding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amarillo | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Austin | 31 | 9 | 8 |
| College Station | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| Corpus Christi | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Dallas | 17 | 3 | 4 |
| El Paso | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Fort Worth | 17 | 2 | 5 |
| Houston | 35 | 14 | 13 |
| Lubbock | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| San Antonio | 23 | 7 | 6 |
| Tyler | 32 | 11 | 11 |
| Waco | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Total listings | 196 | 56 | 57 |
Counts come from the listings on each city page. The Contractors column is the number of land clearing companies listed; each confirms land clearing on its own website. The other columns count companies whose sites also confirm that service, so one company can appear in more than one column.
How Much Do Land Clearing Contractors Charge in Texas?
Angi reports an average land clearing project cost of $3,780 in 2026, and HomeGuide estimates $1,200 to $8,000 per acre. These measure different things: one is per project, the other per acre. Stump removal, debris haul-off and grading are often priced separately. No published source gives a reliable Texas-specific average, so use these as national planning figures and get local quotes. See land clearing cost per acre for prices by vegetation, lot size and method.
Texas Rules That Affect Your Project
| Rule | What it requires | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Call 811 before digging | Homeowners, excavators and contractors are required by law to call 811 at least two days before digging. The call is free. | Source |
| Construction stormwater permit | Disturbing 1 acre or more, including clearing, grading and excavating, needs TCEQ construction stormwater coverage. Smaller sites can too if part of a larger common plan of development. | Source |
| Burning cleared brush | TCEQ allows burning brush from on-site land clearing under certain conditions, but never during a county burn ban or red flag warning, and never materials such as plastic, tires or treated lumber. County burn bans are mapped daily by the Texas A&M Forest Service (https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/BurnBans/). | Source |
Local rules vary by city:
- Amarillo: Amarillo has no tree removal permit; the rules that matter for clearing are playa lake excavation approvals and floodplain permits.
- Austin: Austin regulates trees 19 inches and larger, and heritage trees 24 inches and larger can’t be removed without a variance, but the tree ordinance doesn’t apply in the ETJ.
- College Station: College Station has no tree removal permit, but its development permit covers clearing, filling, grading and excavation, and any activity in the floodplain needs one.
- Corpus Christi: Corpus Christi requires a city excavation permit for most digging and bulldozing, and removing dune vegetation near the coast needs a dune protection permit.
- Dallas: In Dallas, tree protection is usually the deciding permit issue: a grading or excavation permit alone doesn’t authorize removing protected trees.
- El Paso: El Paso has no permit for removing healthy trees on private property, but grading is tightly controlled, especially in the Franklin Mountains’ Mountain Development Area.
- Fort Worth: Fort Worth requires an Urban Forestry Permit for clearing, grading or other land disturbance, and any tree 6 inches or larger needs a permit to remove.
- Houston: Much of the Houston area sits in or near mapped floodplain, so the permit question usually starts with drainage and fill, not trees.
- Lubbock: Lubbock has no tree removal permit; the local rules that matter most for clearing are floodplain permits and its playa lake grading rules.
- San Antonio: San Antonio’s tree rules reach past city limits into the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), so rural-looking land outside the city can still need a tree affidavit or permit before clearing.
- Tyler: Tyler requires a clearing and grading permit before predevelopment clearing or placing fill on undeveloped land, and its code aims to prohibit indiscriminate clearing.
- Waco: Waco’s escarpment zone bars clearing or thinning natural vegetation without an approved development plan, and floodplain clearing needs a permit.
How to Choose a Contractor in Texas
Walk the property with each bidder or send the same marked site plan. Ask what happens to stumps and roots, whether debris is hauled, burned or mulched, who checks tree, grading and stormwater permits, and what condition the site will be in when the crew leaves. Compare written quotes for the same scope, not headline prices.
For background, read the land clearing guide, land clearing cost per acre and land clearing permits.
Sources
- Texas: 811 requirement (Aug 11, 2020)
- Texas: Construction stormwater permit (last modified Sep 14, 2026)
- Texas: Open burning rules (rev. Apr 2025)
- Angi: How Much Does It Cost to Clear Land? (updated September 28, 2026)
- HomeGuide: How Much Does It Cost to Clear Land? (written November 20, 2025)
Reviewed October 16, 2026. Confirm permit requirements for your parcel with the city or county.