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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Red Bluff, CA area

How the Red Bluff, CA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #93 of 399 scored small-town markets
#1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in California

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$29.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,192 a household
Spending per listing
$4.9M
68% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
50% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
64,665
−1.7% 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 $1,192 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Red Bluff area spend about $29.5M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 6 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $4.9M per company, 68% 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.

The Red Bluff area has 6 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 2.4 for every 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Red Bluff area was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 1,771 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $39K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Red Bluff area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Red Bluff area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Red Bluff area has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #93 of 399 scored small-town markets and #1 of 6 scored small-town markets based in California. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.

How the Red Bluff 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 Red Bluff, CA area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureRed Bluff areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.43.24.8
Spending per listing$4.9M$4.7M$2.9M
Households per official establishment1,7711,4421,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.7%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,192$1,494$1,414
Median household income$63,784$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score6472

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$39K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Red Bluff 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 Red Bluff area

Population, 2025 estimate
64,665−1.7% since 2020
Households
24,788
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
67%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,949 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$63,784+43.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,910
Median home value
$339,600
Jobs located here
18,377
Daytime population
57,669Residents 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 small-town markets in California for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in California, with the Red Bluff area marked.

Top small-town markets in California

Small-town markets in California ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Red Bluff, CA6462.4$4.9M−1.7%#93 of 399
2Clearlake, CA6493.3$3.6M−0.6%#95 of 399
3Eureka-Arcata, CA57193.5$3.4M−3.4%#138 of 399
4Ukiah, CA37174.9$2.5M−3.5%#291 of 399
5Sonora, CA34156.6$2M−4.0%#317 of 399
6Truckee-Grass Valley, CA32378.6$1.6M−0.4%#332 of 399

Other business types in the Red Bluff 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 Red Bluff, CA area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Red Bluff area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.

How much do households in the Red Bluff, CA area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $29.5M a year, or $1,192 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $4.9M 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 24,788 households in the Red Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Red Bluff, CA area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

The Red Bluff area has 2.4 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $4.9M, 68% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Red Bluff area would have about 10, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,771 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

How fast is the Red Bluff, CA area growing?

Population estimates put the Red Bluff area at 64,665 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 24,788 households. Median household income in the Red Bluff area is $63,784, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.3%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Red Bluff area scores 64 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #93 of 399 scored small-town markets.

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