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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,013 of 1,493 scored counties
#6 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut

Listings
79
1 chain location (1%)
Official establishments
128
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$154.4M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,334 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.8
42% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
284,015
+2.0% 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

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region comes to about $154.4M a year: $1,334 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 79 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $2M per company, 33% 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.

The Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has 79 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (1%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.8, 42% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 128 businesses with payroll in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 904 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $620K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region grew 2.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #1,013 of 1,493 scored counties and #6 of 9 scored counties in Connecticut.

How the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region compares

The same measures for Connecticut 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT compared with Connecticut and the U.S.
MeasureSoutheastern Connecticut Planning RegionConnecticutU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.88.54.8
Spending per listing$2M$1.7M$2.9M
Households per official establishment9046611,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.4%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.0%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,334$1,437$1,414
Median household income$86,586$95,781$80,734
Groundwork market score4029

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
128
Employees, 2023
462
Annual payroll, 2023
$24.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
791 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
53The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
8
Amount
$620K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region

Population, 2025 estimate
284,015+2.0% since 2020
Households
115,768
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
598 sq. mi.
People per square mile
468
Median household income
$86,586
Average household income
$111,769
Median home value
$323,400
Jobs located here
118,380
Daytime population
270,328Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Connecticut

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The highest-scoring counties in Connecticut for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Connecticut, with the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region marked.

Top counties in Connecticut

Counties in Connecticut ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT47836.9$2.1M+4.1%#802 of 1,493
2Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT46256.3$2.1M+3.0%#832 of 1,493
3South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT461566.8$2M+2.5%#838 of 1,493
4Capitol Planning Region, CT413027.7$1.8M+3.1%#978 of 1,493
5Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT411337.4$1.8M+3.2%#979 of 1,493
6Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT40796.8$2M+2.0%#1,013 of 1,493
7Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT3430813.1$1.3M+3.5%#1,192 of 1,493
8Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT308912.0$1.2M+2.3%#1,289 of 1,493
9Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT274910.2$1.4M+2.2%#1,343 of 1,493

Other business types in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region

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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 79 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. One of them (1%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 128 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.

How much do households in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $154.4M a year, or $1,334 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 79 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 115,768 households in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

The Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has 6.8 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region would have about 53, against 79 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 904 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

How fast is the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT growing?

Population estimates put the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region at 284,015 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 115,768 households. Median household income in the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region is $86,586, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region scores 40 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,013 of 1,493 scored counties.

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