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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #42 of 385 scored metro areas
#2 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
826
39 chain locations (5%)
Official establishments
2,293
+5.6% since 2019
Household spending a year
$3.6B
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,536 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
48% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
27% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,391,072
+4.2% 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

Households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area spend about $3.6B a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,536 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 48% 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area has 826 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. 39 of them (5%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 27% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 2,293 businesses with payroll in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area classed as landscaping services, up 5.6% from 2019. That is one for every 1,018 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 90 SBA-backed loans worth $44.2M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #42 of 385 scored metro areas and #2 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.55.44.8
Spending per listing$4.3M$2.8M$2.9M
Households per official establishment1,0188201,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.6%+10.5%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,536$1,503$1,414
Median household income$76,527$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score7463

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
2,293+5.6% over the period
Employees, 2023
18,406
Annual payroll, 2023
$732.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
82639 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1,225The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
90
Amount
$44.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
6,391,072+4.2% since 2020
Households
2,334,797
Median age
42.8
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
5,067 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,233
Median household income
$76,527+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,472
Median home value
$443,300
Jobs located here
2,820,583
Daytime population
6,365,054Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Florida

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Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL89162.3$6.5M+21.1%#6 of 385
2Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL748263.5$4.3M+4.2%#42 of 385
3Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL665125.0$3M+10.3%#101 of 385
4Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL627715.8$2.6M+7.3%#125 of 385
5Jacksonville, FL604126.2$2.5M+10.7%#137 of 385
6Port St. Lucie, FL591135.5$2.7M+16.0%#141 of 385
7Punta Gorda, FL59495.4$2.6M+15.5%#142 of 385
8Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL59586.6$2.2M+15.7%#144 of 385
9Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL561635.6$2.5M+19.8%#151 of 385
10Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL56816.8$2.3M+9.4%#154 of 385

Other business types in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area

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Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 826 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area. 39 of them (5%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 2,293 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 5.6% from 2019.

How much do households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $3.6B a year, or $1,536 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 826 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 2,334,797 households in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area has 3.5 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $4.3M, 48% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area would have about 1,225, against 826 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,018 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area at 6,391,072 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,334,797 households. Median household income in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area is $76,527, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.8%, 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area scores 74 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #42 of 385 scored metro areas.

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