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Top markets for landscaping and lawn care companies
Every U.S. metro area, small-town market and county, ranked by the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies. The score weighs household spending per company, households per business, population growth and spending power.
- Listings in the U.S.
- 62,384
- 2,306 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 117,969
- +9.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $182.7B
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- Spending per listing: $2.9M
A site report maps the landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings around the address by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
Free10 actions over 3 days, no cardSurvey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure
What this means
The U.S. has 62,384 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2,306 of them (4%) are chain locations. That is 4.8 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the U.S. comes to about $182.7B a year: $1,414 per household. Spread across 62,384 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $2.9M per company. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only landscaping and lawn care companies.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the U.S. was 117,969 in 2023, up 9.2% from 2019. They employ 802,899 people, with $41.2B in annual payroll.
The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area has the highest market score for landscaping and lawn care companies among 385 scored metro areas, at 94. In the 10 highest-scoring metro areas, the median spending per company is 65% above the U.S. figure, and the median rate of listings per household is 30% below the U.S. rate.
Top markets
These tables (CSV)Ranked by the Groundwork market score, which weighs household spending per competitor, households per business with payroll, population growth and spending power against every other market of the same kind. How the score works.
Top metro areas of 1 million people or more
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 94 | 930 | 3.5 | $4.6M | +10.3% |
| 4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 90 | 347 | 3.6 | $4.2M | +9.5% |
| 5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 90 | 1,210 | 4.2 | $3.9M | +10.6% |
| 7Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 89 | 449 | 4.5 | $3.8M | +14.0% |
| 12Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 82 | 1,024 | 4.3 | $4.5M | +3.3% |
| 16Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 78 | 725 | 3.8 | $3.6M | +7.3% |
| 20Urban Honolulu, HI | 77 | 77 | 2.3 | $6.7M | −2.3% |
| 21Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 77 | 261 | 3.0 | $4.3M | +5.8% |
| 24Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 76 | 968 | 2.2 | $6.8M | −2.6% |
| 26Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 76 | 457 | 3.2 | $4.4M | +3.5% |
| 32Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 76 | 445 | 5.4 | $3M | +8.7% |
| 42Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 74 | 826 | 3.5 | $4.3M | +4.2% |
| 44Richmond, VA | 74 | 230 | 4.3 | $3.7M | +5.5% |
| 45Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 74 | 582 | 4.8 | $3.2M | +4.1% |
| 46San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 73 | 220 | 3.2 | $5.8M | −0.6% |
Top 50 metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 94 | 930 | 3.5 | $4.6M | +10.3% |
| 2Midland, TX | 92 | 23 | 3.3 | $5.1M | +9.8% |
| 3Odessa, TX | 90 | 12 | 1.9 | $7.8M | +5.0% |
| 4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 90 | 347 | 3.6 | $4.2M | +9.5% |
| 5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 90 | 1,210 | 4.2 | $3.9M | +10.6% |
| 6Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 89 | 16 | 2.3 | $6.5M | +21.1% |
| 7Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 89 | 449 | 4.5 | $3.8M | +14.0% |
| 8Laredo, TX | 85 | 9 | 1.1 | $12.1M | +5.2% |
| 9Killeen-Temple, TX | 85 | 61 | 3.4 | $4.1M | +7.2% |
| 10McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 83 | 33 | 1.2 | $10.5M | +5.6% |
| 11Hammond, LA | 82 | 15 | 2.9 | $4.6M | +5.8% |
| 12Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 82 | 1,024 | 4.3 | $4.5M | +3.3% |
| 13Stockton-Lodi, CA | 80 | 67 | 2.7 | $5.1M | +5.5% |
| 14Clarksville, TN-KY | 80 | 55 | 4.4 | $3.2M | +8.5% |
| 15Dover, DE | 79 | 24 | 3.4 | $4.3M | +6.8% |
| 16Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 78 | 725 | 3.8 | $3.6M | +7.3% |
| 17Savannah, GA | 78 | 71 | 4.4 | $3.4M | +8.1% |
| 18Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 77 | 18 | 1.3 | $9.7M | +3.0% |
| 19El Paso, TX | 77 | 59 | 2.0 | $6.8M | +1.3% |
| 20Urban Honolulu, HI | 77 | 77 | 2.3 | $6.7M | −2.3% |
| 21Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 77 | 261 | 3.0 | $4.3M | +5.8% |
| 22Waco, TX | 77 | 44 | 4.0 | $3.6M | +4.2% |
| 23Warner Robins, GA | 77 | 40 | 5.4 | $2.8M | +8.2% |
| 24Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 76 | 968 | 2.2 | $6.8M | −2.6% |
| 25Yuma, AZ | 76 | 15 | 1.9 | $6.1M | +9.2% |
| 26Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 76 | 457 | 3.2 | $4.4M | +3.5% |
| 27Elizabethtown, KY | 76 | 18 | 3.6 | $4M | +2.4% |
| 28College Station-Bryan, TX | 76 | 37 | 3.5 | $4M | +6.9% |
| 29Lubbock, TX | 76 | 60 | 4.3 | $3.3M | +4.6% |
| 30Bowling Green, KY | 76 | 31 | 4.2 | $3.2M | +9.5% |
| 31Cleveland, TN | 76 | 23 | 4.6 | $3M | +6.1% |
| 32Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 76 | 445 | 5.4 | $3M | +8.7% |
| 33Fort Smith, AR-OK | 75 | 27 | 3.0 | $4.5M | +3.1% |
| 34Fayetteville, NC | 75 | 47 | 3.2 | $4.3M | +1.6% |
| 35Tuscaloosa, AL | 75 | 34 | 3.2 | $4.2M | +2.9% |
| 36Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 75 | 66 | 3.9 | $3.5M | +3.5% |
| 37Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 75 | 131 | 5.3 | $3.1M | +7.5% |
| 38Hinesville, GA | 75 | 13 | 4.3 | $3M | +12.6% |
| 39Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 75 | 117 | 5.4 | $2.9M | +13.1% |
| 40Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV | 75 | 63 | 5.3 | $2.8M | +7.1% |
| 41Huntsville, AL | 75 | 123 | 6.0 | $2.7M | +12.5% |
| 42Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 74 | 826 | 3.5 | $4.3M | +4.2% |
| 43Corpus Christi, TX | 74 | 62 | 3.7 | $3.9M | +1.1% |
| 44Richmond, VA | 74 | 230 | 4.3 | $3.7M | +5.5% |
| 45Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 74 | 582 | 4.8 | $3.2M | +4.1% |
| 46San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 73 | 220 | 3.2 | $5.8M | −0.6% |
| 47San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 73 | 567 | 3.3 | $5.3M | −2.4% |
| 48Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 73 | 55 | 3.7 | $3.8M | +0.5% |
| 49Goldsboro, NC | 73 | 17 | 3.6 | $3.7M | +3.8% |
| 50Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 73 | 131 | 4.2 | $3.4M | +3.8% |
Top 25 small-town markets
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Athens, TN | 90 | 5 | 1.9 | $7.1M | +8.2% |
| 2Picayune, MS | 88 | 5 | 2.3 | $5.7M | +5.6% |
| 3Shawnee, OK | 87 | 6 | 2.2 | $5.9M | +3.5% |
| 4Enterprise, AL | 87 | 5 | 2.4 | $5.9M | +6.3% |
| 5Bonham, TX | 87 | 6 | 4.7 | $3.1M | +9.2% |
| 6Lawrenceburg, TN | 86 | 5 | 2.9 | $4.3M | +6.2% |
| 7Richmond-Berea, KY | 85 | 14 | 2.8 | $4.7M | +7.0% |
| 8Palestine, TX | 84 | 6 | 3.4 | $3.9M | +3.2% |
| 9Corsicana, TX | 83 | 7 | 3.7 | $3.7M | +8.2% |
| 10Paragould, AR | 82 | 6 | 3.3 | $3.9M | +3.4% |
| 11Huntsville, TX | 82 | 10 | 3.8 | $3.3M | +9.5% |
| 12Somerset, KY | 81 | 6 | 2.3 | $5.5M | +3.5% |
| 13Nacogdoches, TX | 81 | 6 | 2.4 | $5.4M | +2.2% |
| 14Brownwood, TX | 81 | 5 | 3.3 | $3.9M | +1.7% |
| 15Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 80 | 7 | 1.8 | $6.9M | 0.0% |
| 16Lufkin, TX | 80 | 8 | 2.5 | $5.4M | +1.9% |
| 17Glasgow, KY | 80 | 7 | 3.2 | $4M | +2.6% |
| 18Mount Sterling, KY | 80 | 6 | 3.3 | $3.8M | +3.1% |
| 19Tahlequah, OK | 80 | 7 | 3.7 | $3.4M | +4.5% |
| 20Greenwood, SC | 79 | 7 | 1.9 | $6.9M | +1.7% |
| 21Lumberton, NC | 79 | 8 | 1.9 | $6.2M | +3.4% |
| 22Ozark, AL | 79 | 5 | 2.5 | $5M | +1.3% |
| 23Gaffney, SC | 79 | 6 | 2.7 | $4.5M | +3.7% |
| 24Gainesville, TX | 79 | 6 | 3.6 | $4.1M | +6.5% |
| 25Oxford, MS | 79 | 9 | 3.7 | $3.8M | +5.3% |
Top 25 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Bend County, TX | 97 | 81 | 2.8 | $6.6M | +17.4% |
| 2Brazoria County, TX | 96 | 41 | 3.1 | $5.6M | +12.2% |
| 3Kaufman County, TX | 91 | 16 | 3.1 | $5M | +42.2% |
| 4Midland County, TX | 90 | 23 | 3.4 | $4.9M | +10.0% |
| 5Harris County, TX | 90 | 569 | 3.2 | $4.7M | +6.6% |
| 6Denton County, TX | 90 | 153 | 4.2 | $4.3M | +16.9% |
| 7Collin County, TX | 90 | 206 | 4.9 | $3.8M | +20.6% |
| 8Arlington County, VA | 89 | 19 | 1.7 | $12M | +2.1% |
| 9Ector County, TX | 89 | 12 | 1.9 | $7.8M | +5.0% |
| 10Berkeley County, SC | 89 | 27 | 2.9 | $5.3M | +18.7% |
| 11Roane County, TN | 89 | 7 | 3.1 | $4.6M | +7.0% |
| 12Galveston County, TX | 89 | 51 | 3.6 | $4.4M | +5.9% |
| 13Wise County, TX | 89 | 12 | 4.8 | $3.4M | +21.5% |
| 14Sumter County, FL | 88 | 16 | 2.3 | $6.5M | +21.1% |
| 15Van Zandt County, TX | 88 | 5 | 2.2 | $6.3M | +10.7% |
| 16Bexar County, TX | 88 | 251 | 3.3 | $4.4M | +7.2% |
| 17Johnson County, TX | 88 | 25 | 3.8 | $4.1M | +20.5% |
| 18Guadalupe County, TX | 88 | 27 | 4.1 | $3.9M | +15.8% |
| 19Williamson County, TX | 88 | 120 | 4.8 | $3.8M | +22.3% |
| 20Bastrop County, TX | 87 | 9 | 2.4 | $6.4M | +21.3% |
| 21Medina County, TX | 87 | 5 | 2.8 | $5.3M | +11.4% |
| 22Charles County, MD | 87 | 23 | 3.8 | $4.9M | +5.9% |
| 23Tarrant County, TX | 87 | 321 | 4.1 | $3.9M | +6.3% |
| 24Liberty County, TX | 87 | 14 | 4.5 | $3.2M | +31.3% |
| 25Alexandria city, VA | 86 | 10 | 1.3 | $14.4M | +1.0% |
Scored: 385 metro areas, 399 small-town markets and 1,493 counties, each with at least 5 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings (counties: 10,000 people or more). Spending per listing is all household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services over the listings: demand for each competitor, not revenue. Each market has its own page, reached from its state below.
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Landscaping and lawn care figures for all 387 metro areas, 538 small-town markets, 3,144 counties and 51 states: the Groundwork market score and rank, map listings and chains, household spending, businesses with payroll, employees and payroll, one-person businesses, SBA-backed loans, population, income and home value, each linked to its page. Sorted, filterable and ready to screen.
Landscaping and lawn care by state
Every market in each state ranked, with the state’s highest-scoring metro area.
- AlabamaTop metro area: Tuscaloosa metro area · 75
- AlaskaTop metro area: Fairbanks-College metro area · 67
- ArizonaTop metro area: Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area · 78
- ArkansasTop metro area: Fort Smith metro area · 75
- CaliforniaTop metro area: Stockton-Lodi metro area · 80
- ColoradoTop metro area: Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area · 74
- ConnecticutTop metro area: New Haven metro area · 40
- DelawareTop metro area: Dover metro area · 79
- District of ColumbiaTop metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area · 82
- FloridaTop metro area: Wildwood-The Villages metro area · 89
- GeorgiaTop metro area: Savannah metro area · 78
- HawaiiTop metro area: Urban Honolulu metro area · 77
- IdahoTop metro area: Idaho Falls metro area · 41
- IllinoisTop metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area · 50
- IndianaTop metro area: Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro area · 47
- IowaTop metro area: Des Moines-West Des Moines metro area · 48
- KansasTop metro area: Manhattan metro area · 50
- KentuckyTop metro area: Elizabethtown metro area · 76
- LouisianaTop metro area: Hammond metro area · 82
- MaineTop metro area: Lewiston-Auburn metro area · 41
- MarylandTop metro area: Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area · 75
- MassachusettsTop metro area: Worcester metro area · 41
- MichiganTop metro area: Monroe metro area · 43
- MinnesotaTop metro area: Duluth metro area · 50
- MississippiTop metro area: Gulfport-Biloxi metro area · 75
- MissouriTop metro area: Joplin metro area · 65
- MontanaTop metro area: Helena metro area · 54
- NebraskaTop metro area: Lincoln metro area · 33
- NevadaTop metro area: Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area · 77
- New HampshireTop metro area: Manchester-Nashua metro area · 44
- New JerseyTop metro area: Trenton-Princeton metro area · 42
- New MexicoTop metro area: Las Cruces metro area · 69
- New YorkTop metro area: New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area · 61
- North CarolinaTop metro area: Fayetteville metro area · 75
- North DakotaTop metro area: Minot metro area · 51
- OhioTop metro area: Columbus metro area · 60
- OklahomaTop metro area: Oklahoma City metro area · 73
- OregonTop metro area: Corvallis metro area · 63
- PennsylvaniaTop metro area: Harrisburg-Carlisle metro area · 56
- Rhode IslandTop metro area: Providence-Warwick metro area · 35
- South CarolinaTop metro area: Charleston-North Charleston metro area · 73
- South DakotaTop metro area: Sioux Falls metro area · 45
- TennesseeTop metro area: Clarksville metro area · 80
- TexasTop metro area: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area · 94
- UtahTop metro area: Ogden metro area · 54
- VermontTop metro area: Burlington-South Burlington metro area · 47
- VirginiaTop metro area: Richmond metro area · 74
- WashingtonTop metro area: Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area · 72
- West VirginiaTop metro area: Parkersburg-Vienna metro area · 68
- WisconsinTop metro area: Madison metro area · 43
- WyomingTop metro area: Cheyenne metro area · 43
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- House cleaning28,560 listings
- Pest control17,870 listings
Questions
Which metro areas have the highest market score for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The top 5 are Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (94); Midland, TX (92); Odessa, TX (90); San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX (90); and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (90). The score compares each of 385 scored metro areas with the others for landscaping and lawn care companies.
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the U.S.?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 62,384 landscaping and lawn care companies in the U.S. 2,306 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 117,969 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 9.2% from 2019.
How much do U.S. households spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $182.7B a year, or $1,414 per household. Spread across the 62,384 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per company. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which landscaping and lawn care companies share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 129,209,336 households in the U.S. and national spending patterns by income.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Markets with fewer than 5 map listings of the type, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address anywhere in the U.S. It maps the landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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