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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area
The landscaping and lawn care companies in the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #141 of 385 scored metro areas
#6 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 113
- 7 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 367
- +7.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $304.9M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,486 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 15% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 568,721
- +16.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 113 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Port St. Lucie metro area. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 6%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.5, 15% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Port St. Lucie metro area comes to about $304.9M a year: $1,486 per household, 5% above the U.S. average. Spread across 113 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $2.7M per company, 8% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 367 businesses with payroll in the Port St. Lucie metro area classed as landscaping services, up 7.6% from 2019. That is one for every 559 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Port St. Lucie metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Port St. Lucie metro area grew 16.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Port St. Lucie metro area has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #141 of 385 scored metro areas and #6 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Port St. Lucie 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.
| Measure | Port St. Lucie metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2.8M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 559 | 820 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.6% | +10.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +16.0% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,486 | $1,503 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $74,514 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 367+7.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,643
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $111.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1137 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 104The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Port St. Lucie 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 Port St. Lucie metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 568,721+16.0% since 2020
- Households
- 205,254
- Median age
- 47.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,116 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 468
- Median household income
- $74,514+35.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,666
- Median home value
- $364,900
- Jobs located here
- 168,499
- Daytime population
- 477,683Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wildwood-The Villages, FL | 89 | 16 | 2.3 | $6.5M | +21.1% | #6 of 385 |
| 2Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 74 | 826 | 3.5 | $4.3M | +4.2% | #42 of 385 |
| 3Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 66 | 512 | 5.0 | $3M | +10.3% | #101 of 385 |
| 4Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 62 | 771 | 5.8 | $2.6M | +7.3% | #125 of 385 |
| 5Jacksonville, FL | 60 | 412 | 6.2 | $2.5M | +10.7% | #137 of 385 |
| 6Port St. Lucie, FL | 59 | 113 | 5.5 | $2.7M | +16.0% | #141 of 385 |
| 7Punta Gorda, FL | 59 | 49 | 5.4 | $2.6M | +15.5% | #142 of 385 |
| 8Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 59 | 58 | 6.6 | $2.2M | +15.7% | #144 of 385 |
| 9Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 56 | 163 | 5.6 | $2.5M | +19.8% | #151 of 385 |
| 10Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 56 | 81 | 6.8 | $2.3M | +9.4% | #154 of 385 |
Other business types in the Port St. Lucie 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 trades36
- HVAC and plumbing36
- Electricians43
- Roofing and gutters37
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control47
- Landscaping and lawn care59
- House cleaning47
- Pest control39
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area?
There are 113 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in the Port St. Lucie metro area as of September 2026. 7 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 367 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 7.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $304.9M a year, or $1,486 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 113 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 205,254 households in the Port St. Lucie metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Port St. Lucie metro area has 5.5 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.7M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Port St. Lucie metro area would have about 104, against 113 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 559 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.6% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Port St. Lucie, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Port St. Lucie metro area at 568,721 people in 2025, up 16.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 205,254 households. The median household income in the Port St. Lucie metro area is $74,514 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.1% 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 Port St. Lucie metro area scores 59 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #141 of 385 scored metro areas.
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