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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area
How the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #152 of 385 scored metro areas
#9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama
- Listings
- 43
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 77
- +27.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $105.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,377 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 16% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,013
- +7.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,377 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in the Auburn-Opelika metro area spend about $105.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $2.5M per company, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only landscaping and lawn care companies.
The Auburn-Opelika metro area has 43 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.6, 17% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 77 businesses with payroll in the Auburn-Opelika metro area classed as landscaping services, up 27.1% from 2019. That is one for every 996 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Auburn-Opelika metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Auburn-Opelika metro area grew 7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Auburn-Opelika metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #152 of 385 scored metro areas and #9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Alabama.
How the Auburn-Opelika metro area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all lawn care, cleaning and other household services by the landscaping and lawn care companies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Auburn-Opelika metro area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $3M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 996 | 1,470 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +27.1% | +15.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +7.1% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,377 | $1,393 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $63,649 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 77+27.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 661
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $29.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 431 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 36The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Auburn-Opelika metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Auburn-Opelika metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,013+7.1% since 2020
- Households
- 76,673
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,216 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 164
- Median household income
- $63,649
- Average household income
- $87,657
- Median home value
- $247,500
- Jobs located here
- 69,655
- Daytime population
- 195,094Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Alabama for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Alabama, with the Auburn-Opelika metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tuscaloosa, AL | 75 | 34 | 3.2 | $4.2M | +2.9% | #35 of 385 |
| 2Huntsville, AL | 75 | 123 | 6.0 | $2.7M | +12.5% | #41 of 385 |
| 3Decatur, AL | 72 | 30 | 4.8 | $2.9M | +2.5% | #59 of 385 |
| 4Montgomery, AL | 70 | 59 | 3.9 | $3.5M | +0.9% | #75 of 385 |
| 5Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 69 | 27 | 4.2 | $3.2M | +3.5% | #81 of 385 |
| 6Mobile, AL | 65 | 57 | 3.5 | $3.8M | −0.7% | #107 of 385 |
| 7Birmingham, AL | 64 | 243 | 5.2 | $2.8M | +1.4% | #115 of 385 |
| 8Anniston-Oxford, AL | 59 | 19 | 4.2 | $3M | −0.3% | #140 of 385 |
| 9Auburn-Opelika, AL | 56 | 43 | 5.6 | $2.5M | +7.1% | #152 of 385 |
| 10Gadsden, AL | 55 | 19 | 4.8 | $2.6M | +0.4% | #155 of 385 |
Other business types in the Auburn-Opelika metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades62
- HVAC and plumbing44
- Electricians75
- Roofing and gutters73
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control57
- Landscaping and lawn care56
- House cleaning75
- Pest control37
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Auburn-Opelika metro area. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 77 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 27.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $105.6M a year, or $1,377 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 43 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 76,673 households in the Auburn-Opelika metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Auburn-Opelika metro area has 5.6 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.5M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Auburn-Opelika metro area would have about 36, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 996 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 27.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Auburn-Opelika, AL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Auburn-Opelika metro area at 208,013 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 76,673 households. Median household income in the Auburn-Opelika metro area is $63,649, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Auburn-Opelika metro area scores 56 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #152 of 385 scored metro areas.
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