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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Starke County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for landscaping and lawn care companies in Starke County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,395 of 1,493 scored counties
#58 of 63 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.7M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,077 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 23,425
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in Starke County is 24 (low), #1,395 of 1,493 scored counties and #58 of 63 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 landscaping and lawn care companies in Starke County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 6.7 per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
At $1,077 per household (24% below the U.S. average), households in Starke County spend about $9.7M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 6 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $1.6M per company, 45% 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.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Starke County in 2023. That is one for every 1,123 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $16K has gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Starke County. Population estimates put the population change in Starke County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Starke County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Starke County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.1M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,123 | 1,103 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.8% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,077 | $1,211 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $63,960 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 15
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $797K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 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
- 1
- Amount
- $16K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Starke 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 Starke County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,425+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,983
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $63,960+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,205
- Median home value
- $157,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,099
- Daytime population
- 17,225Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Starke County marked.
Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hendricks County, IN | 70 | 33 | 4.9 | $2.9M | +10.2% | #252 of 1,493 |
| 2Clark County, IN | 64 | 23 | 4.5 | $2.7M | +7.5% | #377 of 1,493 |
| 3Harrison County, IN | 60 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.7M | +1.9% | #455 of 1,493 |
| 4Putnam County, IN | 60 | 7 | 4.9 | $2.4M | +3.2% | #473 of 1,493 |
| 5Hamilton County, IN | 59 | 96 | 7.0 | $2.3M | +10.9% | #494 of 1,493 |
| 6Montgomery County, IN | 53 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.7M | +2.7% | #626 of 1,493 |
| 7Morgan County, IN | 53 | 15 | 5.3 | $2.4M | +4.4% | #639 of 1,493 |
| 8Johnson County, IN | 53 | 38 | 6.1 | $2.2M | +7.4% | #642 of 1,493 |
| 9Clay County, IN | 50 | 5 | 4.7 | $2.5M | −0.1% | #701 of 1,493 |
| 10Lake County, IN | 50 | 95 | 4.9 | $2.5M | +1.1% | #702 of 1,493 |
| 58Starke County, IN | 24 | 6 | 6.7 | $1.6M | +0.1% | #1,395 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Starke 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 trades58
- HVAC and plumbing34
- Electricians
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control29
- Landscaping and lawn care24
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Starke County, IN?
Starke County has 6 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Starke County, IN spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $9.7M a year, or $1,077 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 8,983 households in Starke County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Starke County, IN compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Starke County has 6.7 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1.6M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Starke County would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,123 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Starke County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Starke County at 23,425 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,983 households. The median household income in Starke County is $63,960 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Starke County scores 24 for landscaping and lawn care companies (low), #1,395 of 1,493 scored counties.
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