Arbor Elite
“With Hurricane Dorian fast approaching and a large, unstable branch overhanging our home Arbor Elite came out right away and took down the branch before it fell on our home.”
Best Tree Removal & Stump Grinding Services in West Columbia, SC
24 companies listed · 4 in West Columbia · 12 open 24/7 · 19 open weekends · 23 rated 4.5+
Data verified October 18, 2026
Top Cut Tree Service
“The total time between calling the office, Justin coming out to give the estimate, scheduling the removal date, and the trees being removed was less than a week!”
Stump Pros Stump Grinding
“Flowers to give me an estimate for 2 stumps removal as he was finishing a job for a neighbor after 5PM - after giving me a great quote, to my great surprise he agreed to do the job right away - highly recommend”
Expert Tree Care LLC
“3/4 of it covered the house so the care they took in trimming it piece by piece to remove it and not have anything fall on the home was meticulous and well thought out.”
First Choice Tree Care
“After they left it was almost impossible to tell that they'd driven over our grass with huge logs, nor was there evidence that they'd been chipping so much.”
Pioneer Tree Service
“Quick to respond, quick to give estimates, great recommendations, great customer service and I've never had any other tree service clean up so well after themselves.”
Listed for homeowners in and around West Columbia, SC, these 24 companies take down trees and grind stumps. Equipment, insurance claims and hours are taken from each company's own website; the star ratings and the quoted comments come from public reviews.
Area overview: West Columbia, SC
4 of the 24 companies we list are based in West Columbia; the other 20 serve West Columbia from towns including Columbia (11 mi), Lexington (7 mi) and Leesville (2 mi). The companies on this page are rated from 4.3 to 5.0 across 1,494 reviews; 11 have 50 or more reviews and 23 are rated 4.5 or higher. When customers rate these companies on specific qualities, they most often praise professionalism (94%), quality (90%) and responsiveness (87%). 12 are open around the clock; 19 are open on Saturdays and 16 on Sundays. The services the companies on this page list most often on their websites are emergency tree removal (2), stump grinding (2), tree cabling and bracing (2), tree pruning (2) and tree removal (2). 5 show a license on their websites; 1 lists staff certifications (ISA) and 2 have a BBB rating of A or A+. Domain records put 5 websites of the companies on this page at ten or more years old; the oldest dates from 2002. 14 offer emergency call-outs; 12 give free estimates; 5 are family- or locally-owned and 1 lists coupons or special offers. We count these figures across the companies on this page; distances are straight-line, and hours and prices change, so confirm the details with the company before you book.
Which listed tree removal companies have a website?
Of the 24 companies here, 22 have a website on file. Look at the gallery for crane and rigging jobs rather than pictures of a chipper, and see whether the site names the insurance carried. Everything shown in a listing is as the company states it.
Sox & Freeman Tree Expert Co
“Caleb Hughes and his team came and spent an additional 30 minutes putting our tree swing back up (better than it was before) after doing a lot of pruning on a very large water oak.”
Elite Tree Removal
“Purchased firewood for use at congree state park.”
New Life Tree Co.
“The second tree he pinpointed as dangerous looked fine to us, but he noticed a problem and when it was trimmed there was a large soft, decaying stop in the middle of a secondary trunk that was holding up several large branch.”
Dunlap's Tree Service
“I had a Dr's appointment and before I got back they were done and it doesn't even look like they were there.”
Stateside Stump Grinding
“Great work true professionals!”
Lytle's Stump Grinding
“Phenomenal Company ,pleasant ,fair, reasonable ,excellent and im no stranger to contractors and services Excellent Highly recommend Lytles stump grinding”
Alpine Tree Care
“Alpine tree service is an amazing company, they go above and beyond to get the job done, I would highly recommend them for any tree service you may need.”
Climbing Carolina LLC Tree Service
“He was able to complete the job solo within a few hours and went above and beyond what was expected by leaf blowing the loose debris that was left behind from the tree that fell.”
Pro Green Outdoors
“Both Alex and his team lead gave recommendations throughout our backyard project which enhanced our vision and made for a 100% satisfaction rating with the outcome of the project!”
Watson Arbor Service
“Watson not only offered us an AMAZING price (thousands less than any other tree services), they worked incredibly fast removing our large tree as well as two others in just one week!”
Bear Tree Care LLC
“3 of 4 were easily 60ft tall and they were able to cut them down safely not damaging anything around, cut up + hauled them off, and even were able to grind the stumps same day!”
Stump Grinding Solutions
“Stump grinding solutions did a great job grinding a stump for us today.”
Columbia Pro Tree Service
“Awesome service”
Shealey's Property Care LLC
“From the very first response to my requests for estimates to showing up to do the job sooner than expected and cleaning up my yard when done, everything was friendly and professional.”
All Good Lawn & Tree Services
“Everyone was very understanding and very hard-working and totally took care of my yard problem that I had left from another service only going to use them now can't go wrong”
A&D Tree Service LLC
“After dealing with other established companies that didnt show when they said they would or were condescending jerks to me, pretty clearly because i dont have a more dangly type of anatomy, they are my go to company for anything tree related.”
Affordable Carolina Tree Service
“Brian and his men worked tirelessly even in the evening darkness to remove the tree and make our property safe again by removing all the debris and installing a tarp to protect us from the elements.”
Blake Brothers Lawn Care
“The Blake brothers are the epitome of the American dream building their own business and providing incredible work and service at a price that makes their crew's work a true value!!”
Why these companies made our list
What customers say about companies in and near West Columbia
- “Will and his crew were very friendly and knew exactly how to dodge all the obstacles in my yard while dropping trees.” — customer of Expert Tree Care LLC
- “They were outstanding. Highest quality tree work I've ever seen at an incredibly fair price.” — customer of Alpine Tree Care
- “They went above and beyond to help. They were very professional and well organized.” — customer of Bear Tree Care LLC
- “Very professional, very skillful and very safe. Also cleaned up all the debris.” — customer of Climbing Carolina LLC Tree Service
- “The performance of the Top Cut crew was nothing short of outstanding.” — customer of Top Cut Tree Service
Excerpts from public reviews of the companies listed on this page.
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