Visterra Landscape Group, ranked the ninth largest commercial landscape service provider in North America, has announced a strategic investment in Qualitiscape Services, Inc., a Fort Worth, Texas-based provider of commercial landscape services. The partnership marks an important step in Visterra's continued growth strategy and expands the company's footprint in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, one of the country's most dynamic and fast-growing geographies. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 1983, Qualitiscape has long been the service provider of choice across the Fort Worth market, establishing a multi-decade track record of high-quality landscape services, operational excellence, and best-in-class client experiences to commercial real estate properties across a wide range of verticals. Under the leadership of Founder and President Russell Smith, the company has built lasting relationships with clients, employees, and the broader community across North Texas. By joining forces with Visterra, Qualitiscape will be empowered to accelerate growth, expand service offerings, and provide employees with access to industry-leading benefits and an award-winning workplace safety culture as it continues to lead the next chapters of its regional growth.
With this investment, Visterra is strengthening commercial landscape service delivery across North Texas while preserving the local brand, talent, and entrepreneurial culture that have driven Qualitiscape's success. Qualitiscape will continue to operate under its existing brand, and both employees and customers will benefit from Visterra's infrastructure. Speaking about the impact of the partnership, Alan T. Handley, President and CEO of Visterra, stated:
"For more than four decades, Qualitiscape has established a reputation of trust and partnership with employees, clients, and community across metro Fort Worth with an unwavering commitment. We are excited and privileged to partner with the Qualitiscape team and to support their next phase of growth while preserving local talent, trusted client relationships, commitment to service excellence, and a dynamic entrepreneurial culture."
The investment reflects Visterra's strategy of partnering with leading commercial landscape companies that share its employee-centric values, operational expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and commitment to providing best-in-class customer experiences to clients across all commercial sectors. Reflecting on the new chapter for the business, Russell Smith, Founder and President of Qualitiscape, remarked:
"We are proud of what our team has built in Fort Worth over the past four decades and beyond excited to partner with Visterra as we continue to create value for our customers, employees, and community in the years ahead."
The Qualitiscape partnership highlights Visterra's focus on expanding across high-growth Sunbelt markets. They seek to enhance efficiency through scale, unlocking career pathways for employees in all regions, and delivering a one-stop solution for commercial landscape customers. Qualitiscape marks Visterra's fifteenth strategic partnership since inception and its third completed investment of 2026.
Headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois, Visterra Landscape Group ranks as North America's ninth largest commercial landscape service provider, growing organically and through strategic investment in well-established commercial landscape service providers operating across 16 states. The company safely delivers expert landscape maintenance, enhancement, construction and installation, sweeping and portering, and snow and ice management services with a reputation for excellence in client service. Visterra has been awarded Lawn and Landscape's Best Places to Work in Landscaping for three consecutive years and is a back-to-back winner of multiple Safety Recognition Awards by the National Association of Landscape Professionals.
The investment in Qualitiscape Services underscores Visterra Landscape Group's commitment to strategic growth and its efforts to strengthen its position as a leading commercial landscape service provider across North America, while preserving the local expertise and customer relationships that define its partner network
