Arborist Report Cost Calculator

A standard single-tree arborist report supporting a council application starts at $660 including GST, with a turnaround of 2-3 business days. The Brisbane market broadly sits between $400 and $800 for that work. Cost rises with the number of trees, site complexity, and whether the report has to answer a development application rather than a straightforward removal.

Partly scope and partly transparency. A quote covering one tree and a single site visit is not comparable to one covering five trees, survey work and a response to an information request. The larger factor is that most arborists will not publish a figure at all, because a vague quote is easier to inflate once someone is already invested in the conversation.

No — it is much cheaper per tree. The first tree carries the site visit, which is the fixed part. Additional trees are incremental, so a five-tree assessment costs considerably less than five single-tree assessments.

No, and it should not be treated as one — this tool cannot see your site. It uses the same published starting prices and the same scope factors used when quoting properly. The actual quote is fixed, given in writing before any work starts, and is what you pay.

The number of trees assessed, whether the site needs survey work or drawings, whether the report must respond to a development application or an information request, and turnaround urgency. Trees needing instrument-based decay detection, aerial inspection or root collar excavation also add time on site.