You Won't Find Anything Else Like Checkbook

  • Nonprofit and independent
  • Takes no advertising or referral fees
  • Ratings and reviews by surveyed Consumers' Checkbook and Consumer Reports local subscribers
  • Undercover price comparisons
  • Complaint counts from local consumer agencies and attorney general offices
  • Advice to help you get the best service and value

Subscribe and see 116 Washington, DC area tree care services


Page 1 of 18 results
Business Checkbook's
Top Rating What is this?
for quality
Ratings for Overall Quality What is this? Most Recent Comment

Quality Tree Care

5416 Oakwood Rd
Alexandria, VA 22310 703-273-6111

Checkbook's Top Rating:
for Quality:
?
Ratings for Overall Quality:
?
?%    
?
?
?%    
Quality Tree Care removed a massive oak in our back yard for more than a thousand... - Oct 24, 2024

See all comments

Davey Tree Expert

6748 Gravel Ave
Alexandria, VA 22310 703-922-8733

Checkbook's Top Rating:
for Quality:
?
Ratings for Overall Quality:
?
?%    
?
?
?%    
Have used this co. since it was Care of Trees. Very good work--suspect the... - Apr 16, 2025

See all comments

Woodlawn Tree Service

PO Box 15522
Alexandria, VA 22309 703-780-8040

Checkbook's Top Rating:
for Quality:
?
Ratings for Overall Quality:
?
?%    
?
?
?%    
Woodlawn has been taking care of my trees for over 15 years. They are conservative... - Jun 25, 2025

See all comments

Big Steve's Tree Care

PO Box 15635
Alexandria, VA 22309 703-499-3668

Checkbook's Top Rating:
for Quality:
?
Ratings for Overall Quality:
?
?%    
?
?
?%    
Big Steve's just completed its third outstanding job for us, removing... - Jul 10, 2025

See all comments

Moore & Wright Tree Service

4704 Manor Dr
Alexandria, VA 22309 703-619-9070

Checkbook's Top Rating:
for Quality:
?
Ratings for Overall Quality:
?
?%    
?
?
?%    
They are the most professional tree care service in our area. Believe me we... - Apr 23, 2024

See all comments

AAA Tree Service

PO Box 10103
Alexandria, VA 22310 703-719-0600

Checkbook's Top Rating:
for Quality:
?
Ratings for Overall Quality:
?
?%    
?
?
?%    
AAA removed two maples from our front yard. They did cut down the two trees... - Jan 14, 2022

See all comments

Absolute Tree

PO Box 30327
Alexandria, VA 22310 703-969-6207

Checkbook's Top Rating:
for Quality:
?
Ratings for Overall Quality:
?
?%    
?
?
?%    
I got 3 quotes for tree pruning. They were by far the least expensive and... - Feb 22, 2023

See all comments

Twin Oak Tree Care

5600 Vine St
Alexandria, VA 22310 703-239-0040

Checkbook's Top Rating:
for Quality:
?
Ratings for Overall Quality:
?
?%    
?
?
?%    
Even though I was a previous customer, I called when a large tree branch came... - Jun 01, 2020

See all comments

How we gather (and how to interpret) our data

On occasion your trees might become shady characters, done in—and perhaps ultimately brought down—by disease or damage or both. Here's how to find a great branch manager.

Once you have chosen a company that can do the work well, price becomes your primary consideration. Our undercover shoppers found huge company-to-company price differences for the same jobs.

You don’t have to be an expert to spot many potential tree problems. Like most plants, trees have ways of indicating distress. Examine your trees several times a year for these signs of trouble.

If you want to hire a lawn care service, our ratings of local businesses will help you find the best outfits. Meet with several and ask for proposals for one year of treatment. Be sure to share your expectations (tolerance for weeds, etc.) and any limits on use of herbicides and pesticides.

The proposals Checkbook's undercover shoppers get from lawn care services rarely agree on identification of weed species, presence of disease, need to correct soil acidity, and recommendations on core aeration.

Lawn care services work with different products and techniques, but the results they promise are similar. Companies usually offer customers a selection of “packages” that include specified treatment plans to take place over the course of a year.