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Tampa Bay Tree Removal and Tree Service Areas

One free number for Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties. Tell the assistant your city or ZIP, and your call goes to an independent, locally owned tree service company that works where you live.

Call (689) 407-5379 Rules and utilities by county

Tampa Bay tree removal calls come from three counties, a dozen and more cities, and dozens of unincorporated communities. The company that serves Hyde Park is often not the one that serves Zephyrhills or Dunedin. This page explains how the line covers all of it, and what changes from one side of the bay to the other.

Tree Service Tampa FL is a free phone line, not a tree company, and it has no offices or yards anywhere. When you call (689) 407-5379, the automated assistant asks for your city or ZIP along with what the tree is doing. That location decides which independent, locally owned tree service company your call is transferred to. The company then looks at the tree, quotes its own price and, if you agree, does the work.

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The three counties at a glance

Tree rules depend on whether your address is inside a city or in the unincorporated county, and the power company depends on your exact street. Use this as a starting point, then confirm for your address.

County	Pages on this site	Electric utility (county level)	Tree removal rules at a glance
Hillsborough	Tampa, South Tampa, Brandon, Riverview, Valrico, Plant City, Temple Terrace, Carrollwood, Lutz	Tampa Electric, whose service area includes Hillsborough County	City of Tampa: permit for most trees 5 inches DBH and up, invasive species excepted. Unincorporated county: the Residential Tree Removal Guide decides, application fee $81.65. Temple Terrace and Plant City set their own rules.
Pasco	Wesley Chapel, Land O' Lakes, New Port Richey, Zephyrhills	Duke Energy Florida, Tampa Electric or Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative, depending on the area	Unincorporated county: permit for trees 5 inches DBH and up, but palms and pines other than longleaf pine are exempt on single-family lots. City of Zephyrhills: ask the Planning Department at 813-780-0006.
Pinellas	St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Palm Harbor, Dunedin	Duke Energy Florida, or Tampa Electric in parts of the county	Unincorporated county (new code since January 23, 2026): on homesteaded single-family lots, a permit is needed for trees more than 24 inches in diameter. St. Petersburg, Clearwater and the other cities have their own rules.

Every one of these local rules sits under the same state law. Section 163.045 of the Florida Statutes says a local government cannot require a permit, fee or replanting to prune or remove a tree on single-family residential property when the owner has an onsite assessment from an ISA certified arborist or a Florida licensed landscape architect showing the tree poses an unacceptable risk. The Tampa tree removal permit guide covers the details.

Hillsborough County

Hillsborough has just three incorporated cities: Tampa, Temple Terrace and Plant City. Everything else, including large communities such as Brandon, Riverview, Carrollwood, Valrico, Lutz, Town 'n' Country, Apollo Beach, Ruskin and Sun City Center, is governed by the county. That split matters for trees: a home in Carrollwood or Town 'n' Country may feel like Tampa, but it is in unincorporated Hillsborough and falls under county rules, not the city's.

Inside the City of Tampa, the city's Natural Resources staff review removal permits, and city crews handle trees in the public right of way. The Tampa page covers neighborhoods across the city, and the South Tampa page covers the peninsula's older oak-lined streets. In unincorporated Hillsborough, the county says permits are issued for trees that are unhealthy or causing property damage that cannot be fixed another way, and that a homeowner, the tree company or a certified arborist can apply.

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Pasco County

North of Hillsborough, Pasco runs from the Gulf coast inland. Its cities include Zephyrhills, Dade City, New Port Richey and Port Richey, while fast-growing areas such as Wesley Chapel, Land O' Lakes, Holiday and Hudson are unincorporated. The Zephyrhills page covers that city and the east Pasco area around it.

Electric service is split three ways in Pasco. The Pasco Economic Development Council says Duke Energy primarily serves southwest Pasco and the Zephyrhills area of east Pasco, while Tampa Electric and Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative serve other parts of the county. Your bill tells you which one to call about a tree in the lines.

Pasco County's tree rules are lighter on homeowners than many. Its land development code requires a removal permit for trees 5 inches DBH or larger, but on single-family lots it exempts palms and pines other than longleaf pine, along with non-native species. Inside Zephyrhills, check with the city before removing a tree.

Pinellas County

Across the bay, Pinellas is the most built-up of the three counties, with 24 cities, St. Petersburg and Clearwater the largest. Largo, Pinellas Park, Dunedin, Tarpon Springs, Safety Harbor and Oldsmar are among the others. Each city writes its own tree rules, so a removal in St. Petersburg goes through the city's urban forestry staff, not the county.

Pinellas County's own tree code, Chapter 58 of the County Code, was rewritten and took effect on January 23, 2026 for unincorporated Pinellas, Belleair Bluffs and Belleair Shore. The county describes the change as simplifying permit thresholds and updating mitigation. On homesteaded single-family lots, a permit is now needed to remove trees more than 24 inches in diameter. Duke Energy Florida serves Pinellas customers, and Tampa Electric serves parts of the county too.

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Town pages, county by county

Each town page covers that town's own tree rules, power company, yard waste pickup and storm history. Where enough people search for a single job in a town, that job has its own page too.

Power lines across the three counties

Whichever utility serves you, the rule for a tree on a line is the same: stay well back, assume the wire is live, keep children and pets inside, and call 911 if a line is down or someone is hurt. Then report it to the utility.

Tampa Electric: 877-588-1010, or text OUT to 27079. It trims trees near its pole-to-pole lines; the service drop to your house is the owner's to keep clear, and the company will disconnect it by appointment (813-635-1500, two weeks ahead) so a tree company can work.
Duke Energy Florida: 800-228-8485, or text OUT to 57801.
Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative: 352-567-5133, or text OUT to 855-938-3431.

Not sure whether the tree is yours, the city's or the utility's? Call and describe it. The company you are put through to can look at it and tell you what it can and cannot touch.

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Area pages and how a call works

Call any hourAn automated assistant answers (689) 407-5379 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 Tampa FL 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 Tampa Bay area. Those companies may pay Tree Service Tampa FL a referral fee. You never pay the line. How it works.

Services and guides

Common questions

Does the tree line cover my part of Tampa Bay?

If you live in Hillsborough, Pasco or Pinellas County, call and give the assistant your city or ZIP code. The call is routed to an independent, locally owned tree service company that works there. Near a county line, the ZIP code is the most useful thing you can give.

Is there a page for my town?

There are 18 town pages: Tampa, South Tampa, Brandon, Riverview, Valrico, Plant City, Temple Terrace, Carrollwood and Lutz in Hillsborough; Wesley Chapel, Land O' Lakes, New Port Richey and Zephyrhills in Pasco; and St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Palm Harbor and Dunedin in Pinellas. They are all linked in the town list below. The line also takes calls from every other community in the three counties, such as Town 'n' Country, Seminole, Pinellas Park and Hudson.

Do I need a permit for tree removal in Tampa Bay?

It depends on who governs your address. The City of Tampa requires a permit for removing most trees 5 inches or more in trunk diameter. Unincorporated Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties each have their own thresholds, and cities such as St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Temple Terrace and Zephyrhills set their own rules. Florida law also exempts single-family homeowners whose tree is documented as an unacceptable risk by an ISA certified arborist or licensed landscape architect. See the permit guide.

Which power company do I call about a tree on the lines?

The one named on your electric bill. Tampa Electric serves Hillsborough County and parts of Pasco and Pinellas; its outage line is 877-588-1010. Duke Energy Florida serves customers in Pinellas and Pasco; report outages at 800-228-8485. Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative serves parts of Pasco; call 352-567-5133. If a line is down, stay away and call 911 first.

Anywhere around Tampa Bay? Call the free line

Call the free line any hour. Say what the tree is doing, where you are and how urgent it is, and you are put through to an independent, locally owned tree service company that looks at the job and quotes its own price.

Call (689) 407-5379

Answered 24/7An automated assistant picks up day or night, weekends and holidays.
Free to callYou never pay the line. Any price comes from the tree company.
Ask for proofBefore work starts, ask the company for its certificate of insurance and its arborist credentials.
You stay in chargeThe company looks at the job and quotes first. You decide whether to go ahead.