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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Baxter County, AR
How Baxter County, AR 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,125 of 1,493 scored counties
#16 of 17 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 13
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.2M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,248 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 37% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,982
- +3.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in Baxter County is 36 (lower middle), #1,125 of 1,493 scored counties and #16 of 17 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,248 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Baxter County spend about $24.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 13 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $1.9M per company, 37% 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.
Baxter County has 13 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.7, 40% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Baxter County was 24 in 2023. That is one for every 806 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $78K has gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Baxter County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Baxter County grew 3.1%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Baxter County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Baxter County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $3.6M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 806 | 1,602 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.8% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.1% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,248 | $1,357 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $48,452 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 71 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 24
- Employees, 2023
- 73
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 130 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $78K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Baxter 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 Baxter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,982+3.1% since 2020
- Households
- 19,348
- Median age
- 51.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 77
- Median household income
- $48,452+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,486
- Median home value
- $174,600
- Jobs located here
- 16,323
- Daytime population
- 43,148Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Baxter County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saline County, AR | 82 | 19 | 3.8 | $3.9M | +7.6% | #54 of 1,493 |
| 2Benton County, AR | 82 | 52 | 4.6 | $3.6M | +16.0% | #55 of 1,493 |
| 3Crawford County, AR | 79 | 6 | 2.6 | $5.2M | +4.1% | #84 of 1,493 |
| 4Greene County, AR | 76 | 6 | 3.3 | $3.9M | +3.4% | #119 of 1,493 |
| 5Craighead County, AR | 73 | 19 | 4.3 | $3.2M | +4.8% | #183 of 1,493 |
| 6Faulkner County, AR | 73 | 23 | 4.7 | $3M | +8.2% | #184 of 1,493 |
| 7Sebastian County, AR | 71 | 20 | 3.8 | $3.5M | +2.2% | #225 of 1,493 |
| 8White County, AR | 71 | 11 | 3.7 | $3.4M | +4.2% | #226 of 1,493 |
| 9Independence County, AR | 71 | 6 | 4.1 | $3.2M | +2.2% | #231 of 1,493 |
| 10Pulaski County, AR | 67 | 79 | 4.6 | $3.1M | +1.3% | #300 of 1,493 |
| 16Baxter County, AR | 36 | 13 | 6.7 | $1.9M | +3.1% | #1,125 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Baxter 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 trades51
- HVAC and plumbing39
- Electricians
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control30
- Landscaping and lawn care36
- House cleaning42
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Baxter County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 landscaping and lawn care companies in Baxter County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Baxter County, AR spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $24.2M a year, or $1,248 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 19,348 households in Baxter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baxter County, AR compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Baxter County has 6.7 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1.9M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Baxter County would have about 8, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 806 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Baxter County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Baxter County at 42,982 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,348 households. Median household income in Baxter County is $48,452, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.7%, 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. Baxter County scores 36 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,125 of 1,493 scored counties.
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