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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Dougherty County, GA
How Dougherty County, GA compares with other counties and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #571 of 1,493 scored counties
#46 of 70 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 12
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- +4.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $41.4M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,207 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,616
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,207 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Dougherty County spend about $41.4M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 18% 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.
Dougherty County has 12 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 3.5 for every 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Dougherty County was 22 in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,558 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Dougherty County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For landscaping and lawn care companies, Dougherty County has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #571 of 1,493 scored counties and #46 of 70 scored counties in Georgia.
How Dougherty County compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Dougherty County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2.7M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,558 | 1,257 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.8% | +11.4% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,207 | $1,526 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $49,044 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 22+4.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 151
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 120 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Dougherty County, 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 Dougherty County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,616−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 34,280
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 45%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 329 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 253
- Median household income
- $49,044+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,820
- Median home value
- $134,400
- Jobs located here
- 43,701
- Daytime population
- 96,519Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fulton County, GA | 85 | 197 | 4.3 | $4M | +2.7% | #34 of 1,493 |
| 2Walker County, GA | 83 | 5 | 1.9 | $7M | +3.7% | #43 of 1,493 |
| 3Bartow County, GA | 83 | 19 | 4.7 | $3.2M | +10.5% | #48 of 1,493 |
| 4Newton County, GA | 81 | 17 | 4.1 | $3.5M | +11.2% | #61 of 1,493 |
| 5Effingham County, GA | 81 | 11 | 4.5 | $3.5M | +14.1% | #62 of 1,493 |
| 6Houston County, GA | 81 | 31 | 4.9 | $3.1M | +8.5% | #64 of 1,493 |
| 7Bryan County, GA | 79 | 6 | 3.6 | $4.7M | +15.6% | #86 of 1,493 |
| 8DeKalb County, GA | 79 | 114 | 4.0 | $4.1M | +1.3% | #89 of 1,493 |
| 9Henry County, GA | 79 | 41 | 4.7 | $3.3M | +9.5% | #93 of 1,493 |
| 10Douglas County, GA | 79 | 27 | 5.2 | $2.9M | +6.6% | #94 of 1,493 |
| 46Dougherty County, GA | 55 | 12 | 3.5 | $3.4M | −3.0% | #571 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Dougherty County
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 plumbing50
- Electricians31
- Roofing and gutters24
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control51
- Landscaping and lawn care55
- House cleaning
- Pest control27
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Dougherty County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 landscaping and lawn care companies in Dougherty County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 4.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Dougherty County, GA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $41.4M a year, or $1,207 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 34,280 households in Dougherty County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dougherty County, GA compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Dougherty County 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 $3.4M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Dougherty County would have about 14, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,558 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Dougherty County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Dougherty County at 82,616 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 34,280 households. Median household income in Dougherty County is $49,044, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.9%, 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. Dougherty County scores 55 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #571 of 1,493 scored counties.
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