One line for a very big area
Greater Houston spreads across five counties and dozens of cities, and the tree company that serves Kingwood is rarely the one that serves Pearland. This page explains how the line covers all of it without you having to work out who drives where.
Tree Service Houston TX is a free phone line, not a tree company, and it has no offices in any of these places. When you call (346) 680-8916, the automated assistant asks for your city or ZIP along with a description of the tree. That location decides which independent, locally owned tree service company your call is transferred to. The company then visits, quotes its own price and does the work.
The five counties the line covers
The main cities and communities in each county are listed below. If yours is not named, call anyway and give your ZIP code. Some cities sit in more than one county.
Harris County
The City of Houston, plus Pasadena, Baytown, Bellaire, West University Place, Humble, Tomball, La Porte, Deer Park, Jersey Village and Seabrook, and large unincorporated communities such as Spring, Cypress and Atascocita.
Fort Bend County
Sugar Land, Missouri City, Rosenberg, Richmond, Stafford and Fulshear, along with the Fort Bend side of Katy and the master planned communities southwest of Houston.
Montgomery County
Conroe, Magnolia, Willis, Montgomery, Shenandoah and Oak Ridge North, plus The Woodlands, which is a township rather than a city.
Brazoria County
Pearland, Alvin, Angleton, Lake Jackson, Clute, Freeport and Manvel.
Galveston County
Galveston, League City, Texas City, Friendswood, Dickinson, La Marque, Kemah and Santa Fe.
City of Houston
Neighborhoods inside city limits, from the Heights and Montrose to Memorial, Meyerland, west Houston, Kingwood and Clear Lake, have their own page: tree service in Houston.
Town pages: rules, utilities and pickup for each suburb
Tree work in a suburb often turns on local details: whether the town has a tree ordinance, who owns the wires, whether the HOA or the township has a say, and how limbs get hauled away. These pages cover those details town by town.
West and southwest
North and northwest
Northeast and east
South and Bay Area
How a call is routed by city or ZIP
Plenty of people call about a parent's house, a rental or a lot across town, so the location that matters is where the tree is, not where you are calling from. The assistant asks for it directly.
- You give a locationA city name, a neighborhood or a ZIP code all work. A ZIP is the most precise, especially near county lines.
- You describe the jobRemoval, trimming, a tree on the roof, a stump, a lot to clear. Mention anything touching a line, a roof, a car or a fence.
- The call is matchedIt goes to an independent, locally owned company that serves that location and takes that kind of work, and the company hears a short summary first.
- If nobody can pick upIf the company cannot answer right then, your details are passed along so it can call you back.
What changes from one place to the next
A live oak in Sugar Land and a live oak in the Heights are the same tree, but the rules and the people involved in a tree job can be completely different. Three things change most.
Each city writes its own tree rules
The City of Houston requires a permit to remove or trim any tree on city property, such as a street right of way, a median or a park, or on a setback, with fees that vary by the tree's size and location. That rule stops at the city limit. Cities surrounded by Houston, like Bellaire, West University Place and the small villages near Memorial, run their own governments; Hilshire Village, for example, publishes its own tree ordinances. In The Woodlands, the township's covenant standards regulate residential tree removals and require replanting. The permit guide covers the City of Houston rules in detail.
Unincorporated areas follow different paths
Large parts of the region, including Spring, Cypress and Atascocita, are not inside any city. No city tree permit applies there, but HOA rules and deed restrictions often do, and trees beside the road may sit on county right of way or a utility easement. Before a big tree comes down, read your HOA rules and ask the company whether anything else applies.
The utility depends on your address
If a tree is near a power line, the right call depends on which company owns the wires, and that is printed on your electric bill.
| Utility | Where it serves | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| CenterPoint Energy | Most of the City of Houston and the surrounding region | Contract crews trim trees near its distribution lines; homeowners handle branches near the service drop to the house. Forestry: 713-207-2222. |
| Texas-New Mexico Power | Gulf Coast pockets including Alvin, Angleton, Dickinson, Friendswood, La Marque, League City, Texas City and a small part of Pearland | Neighboring streets can be on different utilities, so go by your bill, not your city name. |
| Entergy Texas | The Conroe area of Montgomery County, including Montgomery, Panorama Village and Willis | Call the utility before any work near its lines. |
| San Bernard Electric Cooperative | Parts of Montgomery and Harris counties, among others | Co-op members call the co-op about trees near its lines. |
Whoever owns the line, the safety rule is the same everywhere: if a line is down, sparking or lying on a tree, stay well back, keep people and pets away, and call 911.
Before you hire anyone, wherever you live
The checks are the same in every county, because Texas does not license tree trimming or tree removal companies.
Ask for insurance
A certificate of general liability insurance sent by the company's agent, and proof of workers' compensation coverage.
Check arborist credentials
For any question about tree health or risk, get the arborist's ISA certification number and look it up online.
Confirm local rules
Ask the company whether your city, HOA or utility needs anything before the work, and who handles it.
Calling from anywhere in greater Houston
Check the company yourself. Texas has no state license for tree trimming or tree removal, so a business card proves very little. Ask the company for a certificate of general liability insurance sent by its insurance agent, proof of workers' compensation coverage, and the ISA certification number of its arborist. A company that sprays or injects trees for hire needs a pesticide license from the Texas Department of Agriculture or its Structural Pest Control Service. You can confirm a certification with the ISA's credential lookup (opens in a new tab).
Not sure what the tree needs? Call and describe it. The company you are put through to looks at the tree and tells you the price before any work starts.
- Call any hourAn automated assistant answers (346) 680-8916 and asks what kind of tree work you need.
- Describe the jobGive your name, a callback number, your city or ZIP and what the tree is doing, including anything on a roof, a car or a line.
- Get put throughThe call goes to an independent, locally owned tree service company, which hears a short summary before it picks up.
- Deal with them directlyThat company looks at the tree, quotes, does the work and is paid by you. If it cannot answer, it gets your details to call back.
How this line works: Tree Service Houston TX is a free phone line, not a tree service company. It does not trim, remove, quote or schedule tree work and holds no license or arborist certification. Calls are transferred to independent, locally owned tree service companies in the Houston area. Those companies may pay Tree Service Houston TX a referral fee. You never pay the line. How it works.
- Houston-area service areas
- Houston
- Katy
- Sugar Land
- The Woodlands
- Spring
- Cypress
- Humble
- Pasadena
- Conroe
- Pearland
- League City
- Baytown
- Tomball
- Richmond
- Friendswood
- Missouri City
- Fulshear