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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Murray, KY area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Murray, KY area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #267 of 399 scored small-town markets
#11 of 11 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky

Listings
14
1 chain location (7%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.3M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,266 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
53% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.2
92% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
39,421
+4.9% 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

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Murray area comes to about $19.3M a year: $1,266 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $1.4M per company, 53% 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.

The Murray area has 14 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 9.2 per 10,000 households, 92% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in the Murray area classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 1,089 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Murray area grew 4.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Murray area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #267 of 399 scored small-town markets and #11 of 11 scored small-town markets based in Kentucky.

How the Murray area compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Murray, KY area compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureMurray areaKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.24.14.8
Spending per listing$1.4M$3.4M$2.9M
Households per official establishment1,0891,6061,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.9%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.9%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,266$1,381$1,414
Median household income$52,706$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market score4168

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
37
Annual payroll, 2023
$814K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
141 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 the Murray 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 Murray area

Population, 2025 estimate
39,421+4.9% since 2020
Households
15,239
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
385 sq. mi.
People per square mile
99
Median household income
$52,706+24.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,292
Median home value
$183,200
Jobs located here
15,172
Daytime population
39,043Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Kentucky

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Kentucky for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Kentucky, with the Murray area marked.

Top small-town markets in Kentucky

Small-town markets in Kentucky ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Richmond-Berea, KY85142.8$4.7M+7.0%#7 of 399
2Somerset, KY8162.3$5.5M+3.5%#12 of 399
3Glasgow, KY8073.2$4M+2.6%#17 of 399
4Mount Sterling, KY8063.3$3.8M+3.1%#18 of 399
5Frankfort, KY76154.6$3M+3.1%#36 of 399
6Corbin, KY75111.9$6.1M+0.1%#39 of 399
7Madisonville, KY6484.3$2.9M−0.5%#99 of 399
8Campbellsville, KY61106.8$1.9M+3.4%#114 of 399
9Franklin, KY5967.5$1.8M+5.9%#127 of 399
10Henderson, KY50135.5$2.4M−0.9%#185 of 399
11Murray, KY41149.2$1.4M+4.9%#267 of 399

Other business types in the Murray area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Murray, KY area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Murray area. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.

How much do households in the Murray, KY area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $19.3M a year, or $1,266 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 15,239 households in the Murray area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Murray, KY area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

The Murray area has 9.2 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 92% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1.4M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Murray area would have about 7, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,089 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

How fast is the Murray, KY area growing?

Population estimates put the Murray area at 39,421 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,239 households. Median household income in the Murray area is $52,706, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.7%, 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 Murray area scores 41 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #267 of 399 scored small-town markets.

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