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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Ottawa, IL area
The landscaping and lawn care companies in the Ottawa, IL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #347 of 399 scored small-town markets
#12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 42
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 54
- +5.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $73.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,193 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.8
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,902
- −1.6% since 2020
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What this means
For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Ottawa area has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #347 of 399 scored small-town markets and #12 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Ottawa area spend about $73.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,193 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per company, 40% 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.
The Ottawa area has 42 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 6.8 per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Ottawa area in 2023, up 5.9% from 2019. That is one for every 1,146 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Ottawa area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Ottawa area 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 | Ottawa area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.7M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,146 | 1,000 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +5.9% | +7.6% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,193 | $1,322 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $72,230 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 54+5.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 139
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $8.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 421 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 the Ottawa 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 Ottawa area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,902−1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 61,866
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,164 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $72,230+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,689
- Median home value
- $156,400
- Jobs located here
- 52,301
- Daytime population
- 131,372Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Illinois for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Ottawa area marked.
Top small-town markets in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sterling, IL | 55 | 7 | 3.0 | $3.8M | −2.6% | #150 of 399 |
| 2Danville, IL | 55 | 9 | 3.0 | $3.6M | −3.7% | #151 of 399 |
| 3Rochelle, IL | 52 | 9 | 4.3 | $2.9M | −0.7% | #168 of 399 |
| 4Galesburg, IL | 49 | 5 | 2.4 | $4.5M | −4.1% | #190 of 399 |
| Burlington, IA-IL | 45 | 6 | 3.0 | $3.7M | −2.5% | #227 of 399 |
| 5Taylorville, IL | 37 | 8 | 5.9 | $1.9M | −1.5% | #292 of 399 |
| 6Jacksonville, IL | 35 | 9 | 6.0 | $1.9M | −3.1% | #307 of 399 |
| 7Marion-Herrin, IL | 35 | 20 | 6.9 | $1.7M | +0.2% | #308 of 399 |
| 8Carbondale, IL | 34 | 10 | 4.4 | $2.4M | −1.5% | #315 of 399 |
| 9Pontiac, IL | 33 | 11 | 7.5 | $1.6M | −2.1% | #328 of 399 |
| 12Ottawa, IL | 30 | 42 | 6.8 | $1.8M | −1.6% | #347 of 399 |
Other business types in the Ottawa 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 trades58
- HVAC and plumbing62
- Electricians57
- Roofing and gutters67
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control37
- Landscaping and lawn care30
- House cleaning65
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Ottawa, IL area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Ottawa area. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 5.9% from 2019.
How much do households in the Ottawa, IL area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $73.8M a year, or $1,193 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 42 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 61,866 households in the Ottawa area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ottawa, IL area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Ottawa area has 6.8 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1.8M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Ottawa area would have about 25, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,146 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Ottawa, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Ottawa area at 145,902 people in 2025, down 1.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,866 households. Median household income in the Ottawa area is $72,230, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.2%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Ottawa area scores 30 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #347 of 399 scored small-town markets.
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