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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Will County, IL

How Will 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 · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,051 of 1,493 scored counties
#14 of 50 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
195
12 chain locations (6%)
Official establishments
378
+3.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$360.3M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,475 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.0
67% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
712,253
+2.2% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 195 landscaping and lawn care companies in Will County. 12 of them (6%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 8.0 for every 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.

At $1,475 per household (4% above the U.S. average), households in Will County spend about $360.3M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each company on map listings, 37% 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 378 businesses with payroll in Will County classed as landscaping services, up 3.9% from 2019. That is one for every 646 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 17 SBA-backed loans worth $7.1M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Will County.

Population estimates put the population change in Will County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Will County scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #1,051 of 1,493 scored counties and #14 of 50 scored counties in Illinois.

How Will 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 Will County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureWill CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.04.94.8
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.7M$2.9M
Households per official establishment6461,0001,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.9%+7.6%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,475$1,322$1,414
Median household income$109,984$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score3938

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
364 → 378+3.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
3,411
Annual payroll, 2023
$261.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
19512 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
123The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
17
Amount
$7.1M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Will 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 Will County

Population, 2025 estimate
712,253+2.2% since 2020
Households
244,273
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
836 sq. mi.
People per square mile
839
Median household income
$109,984+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$134,183
Median home value
$319,600
Jobs located here
272,349
Daytime population
615,002Residents 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 Will 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
14Will County, IL391958.0$1.8M+2.2%#1,051 of 1,493

Other business types in Will 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 Will County, IL?

Will County has 195 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 378 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 3.9% from 2019.

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

About $360.3M a year, or $1,475 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 195 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 244,273 households in Will County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Will County has 8.0 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1.8M, 37% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Will County would have about 123, against 195 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 646 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Will County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Will County at 712,253 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 244,273 households. The median household income in Will County is $109,984 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Will County scores 39 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,051 of 1,493 scored counties.

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