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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Ellis County, KS
How Ellis County, KS 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 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,368 of 1,493 scored counties
#17 of 20 scored counties in Kansas
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,124 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,075
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
For landscaping and lawn care companies, Ellis County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #1,368 of 1,493 scored counties and #17 of 20 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,124 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Ellis County spend about $13.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 33% 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.
There are 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Ellis County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.7, 19% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Ellis County in 2023. That is one for every 766 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $147K has gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Ellis County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ellis County grew 0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Ellis County compares
The same measures for Kansas 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 | Ellis County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.5M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 766 | 1,185 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.7% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,124 | $1,241 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $63,084 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 61
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- 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
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $147K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Ellis 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 Ellis County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,075+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,251
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 900 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $63,084+19.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,365
- Median home value
- $216,300
- Jobs located here
- 15,340
- Daytime population
- 30,752Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Kansas for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Kansas, with Ellis County marked.
Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leavenworth County, KS | 63 | 11 | 3.6 | $3.6M | +3.2% | #395 of 1,493 |
| 2Johnson County, KS | 60 | 155 | 6.2 | $2.4M | +4.2% | #472 of 1,493 |
| 3Geary County, KS | 54 | 5 | 3.5 | $3M | −1.2% | #602 of 1,493 |
| 4Butler County, KS | 54 | 14 | 5.5 | $2.3M | +3.1% | #613 of 1,493 |
| 5Crawford County, KS | 51 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.3M | +0.1% | #672 of 1,493 |
| 6Sedgwick County, KS | 50 | 105 | 5.1 | $2.4M | +2.6% | #703 of 1,493 |
| 7Shawnee County, KS | 48 | 39 | 5.2 | $2.3M | 0.0% | #759 of 1,493 |
| 8Cowley County, KS | 46 | 5 | 3.7 | $2.9M | −0.4% | #814 of 1,493 |
| 9Douglas County, KS | 45 | 28 | 5.6 | $2.2M | +1.8% | #865 of 1,493 |
| 10Riley County, KS | 44 | 12 | 4.3 | $2.6M | +0.8% | #885 of 1,493 |
| 17Ellis County, KS | 25 | 7 | 5.7 | $2M | +0.4% | #1,368 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Ellis 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 trades14
- HVAC and plumbing19
- Electricians15
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control28
- Landscaping and lawn care25
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Ellis County, KS?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 landscaping and lawn care companies in Ellis County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Ellis County, KS spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $13.8M a year, or $1,124 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 12,251 households in Ellis County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ellis County, KS compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Ellis County has 5.7 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Ellis County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 766 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Ellis County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Ellis County at 29,075 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,251 households. Median household income in Ellis County is $63,084, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.3%, 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. Ellis County scores 25 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,368 of 1,493 scored counties.
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