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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Steuben County, IN
How Steuben County, IN 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 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,315 of 1,493 scored counties
#51 of 63 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.9M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,199 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,799
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Steuben County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #1,315 of 1,493 scored counties and #51 of 63 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,199 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in Steuben County spend about $16.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $1.9M per company, 36% 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.
Steuben County has 9 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 33% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Steuben County classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 781 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Steuben County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Steuben 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 | Steuben County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $2.1M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 781 | 1,103 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.8% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,199 | $1,211 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $74,911 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Steuben 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 Steuben County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,799+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 14,058
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 309 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 112
- Median household income
- $74,911+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,356
- Median home value
- $216,200
- Jobs located here
- 15,877
- Daytime population
- 34,843Residents 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 Steuben 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 |
| 51Steuben County, IN | 28 | 9 | 6.4 | $1.9M | +1.0% | #1,315 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Steuben 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 trades41
- HVAC and plumbing32
- Electricians33
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control27
- Landscaping and lawn care28
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Steuben County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 landscaping and lawn care companies in Steuben County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Steuben County, IN spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $16.9M a year, or $1,199 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 14,058 households in Steuben County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Steuben County, IN compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Steuben County has 6.4 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1.9M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Steuben County would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 781 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Steuben County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Steuben County at 34,799 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,058 households. Median household income in Steuben County is $74,911, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. 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. Steuben County scores 28 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,315 of 1,493 scored counties.
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