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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Walker County, AL
How Walker County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #458 of 1,493 scored counties
#22 of 34 scored counties in Alabama
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $32.1M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,266 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,140
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 landscaping and lawn care companies in Walker County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.9 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.
At $1,266 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Walker County spend about $32.1M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 10 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $3.2M per company, 10% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which landscaping and lawn care companies share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Walker County classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 1,493 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Walker County held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in Walker County is 60 (upper middle), #458 of 1,493 scored counties and #22 of 34 scored counties in Alabama.
How Walker County 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 | Walker County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $3M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,493 | 1,470 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,266 | $1,393 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $56,509 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 51
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Walker County, 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 Walker County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,1400.0% since 2020
- Households
- 25,388
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 791 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $56,509+29.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,976
- Median home value
- $135,900
- Jobs located here
- 18,440
- Daytime population
- 55,921Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Coffee County, AL | 82 | 5 | 2.4 | $5.9M | +6.3% | #49 of 1,493 |
| 2Chilton County, AL | 82 | 5 | 2.8 | $4.8M | +5.9% | #51 of 1,493 |
| 3St. Clair County, AL | 80 | 13 | 3.7 | $3.9M | +7.1% | #72 of 1,493 |
| 4Autauga County, AL | 80 | 10 | 4.4 | $3.4M | +5.1% | #76 of 1,493 |
| 5Limestone County, AL | 77 | 20 | 4.9 | $3.2M | +18.0% | #112 of 1,493 |
| 6Lauderdale County, AL | 76 | 13 | 3.3 | $4.1M | +3.3% | #117 of 1,493 |
| 7Tuscaloosa County, AL | 76 | 34 | 3.8 | $3.7M | +3.8% | #120 of 1,493 |
| 8Cullman County, AL | 75 | 14 | 4.0 | $3.4M | +6.7% | #138 of 1,493 |
| 9Madison County, AL | 75 | 103 | 6.2 | $2.6M | +11.0% | #143 of 1,493 |
| 10Talladega County, AL | 73 | 6 | 1.8 | $7.2M | +0.3% | #167 of 1,493 |
| 22Walker County, AL | 60 | 10 | 3.9 | $3.2M | 0.0% | #458 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Walker County
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 trades56
- HVAC and plumbing50
- Electricians
- Roofing and gutters59
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control64
- Landscaping and lawn care60
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Walker County, AL?
There are 10 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Walker County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Walker County, AL spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $32.1M a year, or $1,266 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per company. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only landscaping and lawn care companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 25,388 households in Walker County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Walker County, AL compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Walker County has 3.9 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $3.2M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Walker County would have about 11, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,493 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Walker County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Walker County at 65,140 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 25,388 households. The median household income in Walker County is $56,509 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
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. Walker County scores 60 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #458 of 1,493 scored counties.
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