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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Whitfield County, GA
How Whitfield 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #238 of 1,493 scored counties
#21 of 70 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 18
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $51M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,383 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 106,212
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 landscaping and lawn care companies in Whitfield County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 4.9 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Households in Whitfield County spend about $51M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,383 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $2.8M per company, 3% 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 21 businesses with payroll in Whitfield County classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 1,754 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Whitfield County grew 3.3%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For landscaping and lawn care companies, Whitfield County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #238 of 1,493 scored counties and #21 of 70 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Whitfield 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 | Whitfield County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.7M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,754 | 1,257 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.4% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,383 | $1,526 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $67,070 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 80
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 180 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 Whitfield 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 Whitfield County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 106,212+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 36,834
- Median age
- 37.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 290 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 357
- Median household income
- $67,070+37.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,834
- Median home value
- $218,000
- Jobs located here
- 59,533
- Daytime population
- 114,456Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Whitfield County marked.
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 |
| 21Whitfield County, GA | 71 | 18 | 4.9 | $2.8M | +3.3% | #238 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Whitfield 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 trades67
- HVAC and plumbing76
- Electricians61
- Roofing and gutters51
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control69
- Landscaping and lawn care71
- House cleaning
- Pest control57
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Whitfield County, GA?
There are 18 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Whitfield County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Whitfield County, GA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $51M a year, or $1,383 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 36,834 households in Whitfield County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Whitfield County, GA compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Whitfield County has 4.9 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.8M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Whitfield County would have about 17, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,754 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Whitfield County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Whitfield County at 106,212 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,834 households. The median household income in Whitfield County is $67,070 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.9% 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. Whitfield County scores 71 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #238 of 1,493 scored counties.
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