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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Sterling, IL area
The landscaping and lawn care companies in the Sterling, IL area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #150 of 399 scored small-town markets
#1 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $26.4M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,144 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.8M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,121
- −2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Sterling area comes to about $26.4M a year: $1,144 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.8M per company, 29% 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.
There are 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in the Sterling area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 37% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Sterling area in 2023. That is one for every 1,651 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sterling area declined 2.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Sterling area has a Groundwork market score of 55 (upper middle): #150 of 399 scored small-town markets and #1 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Illinois.
How the Sterling 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 | Sterling area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.8M | $2.7M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,651 | 1,000 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.6% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,144 | $1,322 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $67,500 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Sterling 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 Sterling area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,121−2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 23,120
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 684 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $67,500+24.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,592
- Median home value
- $127,100
- Jobs located here
- 20,819
- Daytime population
- 50,543Residents 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 Sterling 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 |
Other business types in the Sterling 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 trades41
- HVAC and plumbing30
- Electricians61
- Roofing and gutters35
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control55
- Landscaping and lawn care55
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Sterling, IL area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Sterling area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in the Sterling, IL area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $26.4M a year, or $1,144 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 23,120 households in the Sterling area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sterling, IL area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Sterling area has 3.0 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $3.8M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Sterling area would have about 9, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,651 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sterling, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Sterling area at 54,121 people in 2025, down 2.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,120 households. Median household income in the Sterling area is $67,500, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.5%, 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 Sterling area scores 55 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #150 of 399 scored small-town markets.
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