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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the El Centro, CA metro area
The landscaping and lawn care companies in the El Centro, CA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $56.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,141 a household
- Spending per listing
- $28.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 181,411
- +1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the El Centro metro area comes to about $56.6M a year: $1,141 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That is about $28.3M of household spending for each company on map listings. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only landscaping and lawn care companies.
The El Centro metro area has 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the El Centro metro area in 2023. That is one for every 3,103 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $250K has gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the El Centro metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the El Centro metro area grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, the El Centro metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the El Centro metro area compares
The same measures for California 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 | El Centro metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 3.2 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $28.3M | $4.7M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,103 | 1,442 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,141 | $1,494 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $57,681 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 72 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 92
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $250K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the El Centro 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 El Centro metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 181,411+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 49,644
- Median age
- 33.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 4,176 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 43
- Median household income
- $57,681+21.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,363
- Median home value
- $309,600
- Jobs located here
- 63,081
- Daytime population
- 165,766Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stockton-Lodi, CA | 80 | 67 | 2.7 | $5.1M | +5.5% | #13 of 385 |
| 2Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 76 | 968 | 2.2 | $6.8M | −2.6% | #24 of 385 |
| 3Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 76 | 457 | 3.2 | $4.4M | +3.5% | #26 of 385 |
| 4San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 73 | 220 | 3.2 | $5.8M | −0.6% | #46 of 385 |
| 5San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 73 | 567 | 3.3 | $5.3M | −2.4% | #47 of 385 |
| 6Fresno, CA | 72 | 91 | 2.5 | $5.2M | +3.2% | #55 of 385 |
| 7Vallejo, CA | 71 | 63 | 4.0 | $3.7M | +0.6% | #64 of 385 |
| 8Modesto, CA | 70 | 36 | 2.0 | $6.5M | +0.7% | #70 of 385 |
| 9Bakersfield-Delano, CA | 70 | 69 | 2.4 | $5.1M | +2.3% | #71 of 385 |
| 10Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 70 | 352 | 4.0 | $3.6M | +3.2% | #74 of 385 |
| El Centro, CA | Not scored | 2 | 0.4 | $28.3M | +1.1% |
Other business types in the El Centro 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 trades57
- HVAC and plumbing50
- Electricians33
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control68
- Landscaping and lawn care
- House cleaning60
- Pest control38
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the El Centro, CA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 landscaping and lawn care companies in the El Centro metro area. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in the El Centro, CA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $56.6M a year, or $1,141 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $28.3M 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 49,644 households in the El Centro metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the El Centro, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The El Centro metro area has 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the El Centro metro area would have about 19, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,103 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is the El Centro, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the El Centro metro area at 181,411 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,644 households. Median household income in the El Centro metro area is $57,681, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.1%, 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. The El Centro metro area has no market score for landscaping and lawn care companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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