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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area

How the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 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 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #24 of 385 scored metro areas
#2 of 24 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
968
36 chain locations (4%)
Official establishments
2,038
+3.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$6.6B
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,467 a household
Spending per listing
$6.8M
2.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.2
54% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,844,441
−2.6% 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

The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area is 76 (high), #24 of 385 scored metro areas and #2 of 24 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for landscaping and lawn care companies.

As of September 2026, map listings count 968 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. Chain locations make up 4% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area comes to about $6.6B a year: $1,467 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That works out to $6.8M per company, 2.3 times 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.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area was 2,038 in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019. That is one for every 2,208 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 52 SBA-backed loans worth $36.3M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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.

Landscaping and lawn care in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.23.24.8
Spending per listing$6.8M$4.7M$2.9M
Households per official establishment2,2081,4421,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.9%+7.7%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.6%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,467$1,494$1,414
Median household income$95,958$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score7672

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
2,038+3.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
27,960
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3B
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
96836 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2,255The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
52
Amount
$36.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
12,844,441−2.6% since 2020
Households
4,499,409
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
48%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
4,854 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,673
Median household income
$95,958+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$135,506
Median home value
$871,300
Jobs located here
6,588,635
Daytime population
13,463,378Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across California

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The highest-scoring metro areas in California for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in California, with the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Stockton-Lodi, CA80672.7$5.1M+5.5%#13 of 385
2Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA769682.2$6.8M−2.6%#24 of 385
3Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA764573.2$4.4M+3.5%#26 of 385
4San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA732203.2$5.8M−0.6%#46 of 385
5San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA735673.3$5.3M−2.4%#47 of 385
6Fresno, CA72912.5$5.2M+3.2%#55 of 385
7Vallejo, CA71634.0$3.7M+0.6%#64 of 385
8Modesto, CA70362.0$6.5M+0.7%#70 of 385
9Bakersfield-Delano, CA70692.4$5.1M+2.3%#71 of 385
10Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA703524.0$3.6M+3.2%#74 of 385

Other business types in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area

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

Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area?

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has 968 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. 36 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 2,038 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $6.6B a year, or $1,467 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 968 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 4,499,409 households in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area has 2.2 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 54% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $6.8M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area would have about 2,255, against 968 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,208 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area at 12,844,441 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,499,409 households. The median household income in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area is $95,958 a year, 19% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area scores 76 for landscaping and lawn care companies (high), #24 of 385 scored metro areas.

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