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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Crawford County, IL

How Crawford County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$8.8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,174 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
25% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
10% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,648
+0.1% 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 Crawford County spend about $8.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,174 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 25% 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.

Crawford County has 4 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Crawford County classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 2,497 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Crawford County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, Crawford County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Crawford County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Crawford County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.34.94.8
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.7M$2.9M
Households per official establishment2,4971,0001,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.6%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,174$1,322$1,414
Median household income$71,674$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored38

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$238K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,648+0.1% since 2020
Households
7,492
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
444 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$71,674+44.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,845
Median home value
$121,100
Jobs located here
7,190
Daytime population
17,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Crawford County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cook County, IL684992.4$5.6M−1.3%#273 of 1,493
2Vermilion County, IL5593.0$3.6M−3.7%#568 of 1,493
3Whiteside County, IL5473.0$3.8M−2.6%#596 of 1,493
4Knox County, IL5152.4$4.5M−4.1%#670 of 1,493
5Ogle County, IL5094.3$2.9M−0.7%#697 of 1,493
6Grundy County, IL50136.3$2.2M+2.9%#712 of 1,493
7DuPage County, IL492306.6$2.3M+0.3%#730 of 1,493
8Kendall County, IL47378.2$1.8M+9.9%#806 of 1,493
9DeKalb County, IL46205.1$2.4M+1.5%#823 of 1,493
10Champaign County, IL42485.6$2.1M+1.8%#942 of 1,493
Crawford County, ILNot scored45.3$2.2M+0.1%

Other business types in Crawford County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Crawford County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 landscaping and lawn care companies in Crawford County. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.

How much do households in Crawford County, IL spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $8.8M a year, or $1,174 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 7,492 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crawford County, IL compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

Crawford County has 5.3 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.2M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Crawford County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,497 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 18,648 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,492 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $71,674, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.0%, 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. Crawford County has no market score for landscaping and lawn care companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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