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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Pella, IA area
The landscaping and lawn care companies in the Pella, IA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #184 of 399 scored small-town markets
#1 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Iowa
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.5M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,242 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 10% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 34,192
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Pella area. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
At $1,242 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in the Pella area spend about $16.5M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 19% 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 13 businesses with payroll in the Pella area classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 1,024 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Pella area.
Population estimates show the Pella area grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Pella area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #184 of 399 scored small-town markets and #1 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Iowa.
How the Pella area compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Pella area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.1M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,024 | 1,059 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,242 | $1,230 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $78,680 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 50
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- 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
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $35K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Pella 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 Pella area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 34,192+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,316
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 555 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $78,680+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,547
- Median home value
- $233,000
- Jobs located here
- 19,073
- Daytime population
- 36,093Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Iowa for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Iowa, with the Pella area marked.
Top small-town markets in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pella, IA | 50 | 7 | 5.3 | $2.4M | +2.3% | #184 of 399 |
| 2Clinton, IA | 47 | 8 | 4.1 | $2.9M | −0.9% | #213 of 399 |
| 3Marshalltown, IA | 46 | 9 | 5.8 | $2M | −0.5% | #225 of 399 |
| 4Burlington, IA-IL | 45 | 6 | 3.0 | $3.7M | −2.5% | #227 of 399 |
| 5Ottumwa, IA | 44 | 7 | 5.0 | $2.2M | −0.3% | #243 of 399 |
| 6Carroll, IA | 41 | 5 | 5.7 | $2.1M | −2.0% | #265 of 399 |
| 7Fort Madison, IA | 39 | 6 | 4.2 | $2.7M | −3.6% | #274 of 399 |
| 8Muscatine, IA | 33 | 9 | 5.2 | $2.2M | −3.0% | #323 of 399 |
| 9Fort Dodge, IA | 31 | 11 | 7.2 | $1.6M | −0.4% | #337 of 399 |
| 10Mason City, IA | 30 | 14 | 6.2 | $1.9M | −1.5% | #344 of 399 |
Other business types in the Pella 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 trades56
- HVAC and plumbing56
- Electricians68
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control36
- Landscaping and lawn care50
- House cleaning37
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Pella, IA area?
There are 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in the Pella area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in the Pella, IA area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $16.5M a year, or $1,242 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 13,316 households in the Pella area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pella, IA area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Pella area has 5.3 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 10% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.4M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Pella area would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,024 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pella, IA area growing?
Population estimates put the Pella area at 34,192 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,316 households. The median household income in the Pella area is $78,680 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.9% 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. 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 Pella area scores 50 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #184 of 399 scored small-town markets.
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