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Is $11,200 a fair price for retaining wall?

LandscapingGAScored 2026-03-114 priced lines
68out of 100
Quick answer

This real landscaping quote from GA totaled $11,200 and scored 68 out of 100 on QuoteScore, which reads as fairly priced: 1 of its 4 priced line items came in above the normal market range. The largest line was Retaining wall at $4,850, against a fair range of $4,200 to $9,800. For comparison, across the 185 landscaping quotes QuoteScore has scored, the average is 58.7 out of 100 and 37.8% scored under 50. A score is a pricing benchmark, not proof of overcharging.

The quote, line by line

Line itemQuoted
Demolition
Fair range $500 to $2,000 Good
$1,000
New Concrete
Fair range $1,110 to $3,700 High
$4,450
Retaining wall
Fair range $4,200 to $9,800 Fair
$4,850
Backfill/Fill Dirt
Fair range $300 to $1,000 Good
$900

Quoted prices are what the shop or contractor wrote. Fair range is the regional benchmark QuoteScore compared each line against. Total quoted: $11,200. Names, companies and addresses are never shown.

How to read this

A QuoteScore of 70 or higher means the quote sits inside the normal market range for the work and region. Under 50 means at least one line was priced above that range. Higher quotes can be legitimate: better parts, a longer warranty, a harder job. The useful move is to ask about the specific lines marked High or Red flag, not to argue the total.

Landscaping is one of the 31 categories in the public QuoteScore dataset, currently 185 quotes with an average score of 58.7.

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