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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area
How the Paducah, KY-IL metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #147 of 385 scored metro areas
#5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 21
- 4 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $56.2M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,346 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 4% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 102,259
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,346 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the Paducah metro area spend about $56.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 21 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $2.7M per company, 9% 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 Paducah metro area has 21 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 22 businesses with payroll in the Paducah metro area classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 1,897 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Paducah metro area declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Paducah metro area is 57 (upper middle), #147 of 385 scored metro areas and #5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Kentucky.
How the Paducah metro 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.
| Measure | Paducah metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $3.4M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,897 | 1,606 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,346 | $1,381 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $64,160 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 57 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 22
- Employees, 2023
- 105
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 214 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 Paducah metro 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 Paducah metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 102,259−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 41,735
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,236 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 83
- Median household income
- $64,160
- Average household income
- $88,236
- Median home value
- $168,700
- Jobs located here
- 48,716
- Daytime population
- 107,914Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Paducah metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 80 | 55 | 4.4 | $3.2M | +8.5% | #14 of 385 |
| 1Elizabethtown, KY | 76 | 18 | 3.6 | $4M | +2.4% | #27 of 385 |
| 2Bowling Green, KY | 76 | 31 | 4.2 | $3.2M | +9.5% | #30 of 385 |
| 3Lexington-Fayette, KY | 67 | 118 | 5.5 | $2.7M | +3.4% | #97 of 385 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 63 | 45 | 3.0 | $4.4M | −2.6% | #118 of 385 |
| 4Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 61 | 306 | 5.5 | $2.6M | +2.9% | #128 of 385 |
| 5Paducah, KY-IL | 57 | 21 | 5.0 | $2.7M | −1.2% | #147 of 385 |
| 6Owensboro, KY | 56 | 23 | 5.1 | $2.7M | +1.3% | #150 of 385 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 51 | 518 | 5.7 | $2.4M | +2.7% | #180 of 385 |
Other business types in the Paducah metro 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 trades17
- HVAC and plumbing16
- Electricians18
- Roofing and gutters26
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control58
- Landscaping and lawn care57
- House cleaning58
- Pest control36
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Paducah metro area. 4 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $56.2M a year, or $1,346 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 41,735 households in the Paducah metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Paducah, KY-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Paducah metro area has 5.0 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 4% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.7M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Paducah metro area would have about 19, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,897 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is the Paducah, KY-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Paducah metro area at 102,259 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,735 households. Median household income in the Paducah metro area is $64,160, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The Paducah metro area scores 57 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #147 of 385 scored metro areas.
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