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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Knox County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for landscaping and lawn care companies in Knox County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #670 of 1,493 scored counties
#4 of 50 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $22.4M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,069 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 53% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,767
- −4.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,069 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Knox County spend about $22.4M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 5 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $4.5M per company, 53% 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.
Knox County has 5 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 is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Knox County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 1,398 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Knox County declined 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in Knox County is 51 (upper middle), #670 of 1,493 scored counties and #4 of 50 scored counties in Illinois.
How Knox 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.
| Measure | Knox County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $2.7M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,398 | 1,000 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.6% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.1% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,069 | $1,322 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $57,030 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Knox 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 Knox County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,767−4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 20,972
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 716 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $57,030+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,560
- Median home value
- $111,900
- Jobs located here
- 15,910
- Daytime population
- 44,318Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Knox County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cook County, IL | 68 | 499 | 2.4 | $5.6M | −1.3% | #273 of 1,493 |
| 2Vermilion County, IL | 55 | 9 | 3.0 | $3.6M | −3.7% | #568 of 1,493 |
| 3Whiteside County, IL | 54 | 7 | 3.0 | $3.8M | −2.6% | #596 of 1,493 |
| 4Knox County, IL | 51 | 5 | 2.4 | $4.5M | −4.1% | #670 of 1,493 |
| 5Ogle County, IL | 50 | 9 | 4.3 | $2.9M | −0.7% | #697 of 1,493 |
| 6Grundy County, IL | 50 | 13 | 6.3 | $2.2M | +2.9% | #712 of 1,493 |
| 7DuPage County, IL | 49 | 230 | 6.6 | $2.3M | +0.3% | #730 of 1,493 |
| 8Kendall County, IL | 47 | 37 | 8.2 | $1.8M | +9.9% | #806 of 1,493 |
| 9DeKalb County, IL | 46 | 20 | 5.1 | $2.4M | +1.5% | #823 of 1,493 |
| 10Champaign County, IL | 42 | 48 | 5.6 | $2.1M | +1.8% | #942 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Knox 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 plumbing36
- Electricians
- Roofing and gutters24
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control46
- Landscaping and lawn care51
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Knox County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 landscaping and lawn care companies in Knox County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Knox County, IL spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $22.4M a year, or $1,069 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 20,972 households in Knox County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Knox County, IL compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Knox County has 2.4 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $4.5M, 53% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Knox County would have about 8, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,398 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Knox County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Knox County at 47,767 people in 2025, down 4.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,972 households. Median household income in Knox County is $57,030, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.2%, 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. Knox County scores 51 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #670 of 1,493 scored counties.
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