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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Anchorage Municipality, AK

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for landscaping and lawn care companies in Anchorage Municipality, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #484 of 1,493 scored counties
#5 of 5 scored counties in Alaska

Listings
47
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
107
+30.5% since 2019
Household spending a year
$162.4M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,496 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.3
10% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
287,155
−1.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $1,496 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $162.4M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $3.5M per company, 18% above 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.

There are 47 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Anchorage Municipality as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 107 businesses with payroll in Anchorage Municipality classed as landscaping services, up 30.5% from 2019. That is one for every 1,015 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $1.3M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Anchorage Municipality.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anchorage Municipality declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Anchorage Municipality scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #484 of 1,493 scored counties and #5 of 5 scored counties in Alaska.

How Anchorage Municipality compares

The same measures for Alaska 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.

Landscaping and lawn care in Anchorage Municipality, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureAnchorage MunicipalityAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.33.24.8
Spending per listing$3.5M$4.5M$2.9M
Households per official establishment1,0151,2581,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+30.5%+33.5%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,496$1,416$1,414
Median household income$103,284$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score5967

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
82 → 107+30.5% over the period
Employees, 2023
608
Annual payroll, 2023
$38M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
470 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$1.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Anchorage Municipality, 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 Anchorage Municipality

Population, 2025 estimate
287,155−1.3% since 2020
Households
108,597
Median age
36.3
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,707 sq. mi.
People per square mile
169
Median household income
$103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$132,200
Median home value
$395,900
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Alaska

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The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Anchorage Municipality marked.

Top counties in Alaska

Counties in Alaska ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK7152.1$6.5M+5.1%#215 of 1,493
2Juneau City and Borough, AK7153.8$3.9M−1.8%#222 of 1,493
3Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK6861.7$8.4M−1.4%#271 of 1,493
4Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK66215.3$2.7M+10.4%#336 of 1,493
5Anchorage Municipality, AK59474.3$3.5M−1.3%#484 of 1,493

Other business types in Anchorage Municipality

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?

As of September 2026, map listings count 47 landscaping and lawn care companies in Anchorage Municipality. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 107 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 30.5% from 2019.

How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $162.4M a year, or $1,496 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.

How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

Anchorage Municipality has 4.3 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $3.5M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 56, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,015 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 30.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?

Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. Anchorage Municipality scores 59 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #484 of 1,493 scored counties.

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