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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Whitley County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for landscaping and lawn care companies in Whitley County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,184 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 37,297
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 landscaping and lawn care companies in Whitley County. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households.
At $1,184 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Whitley County spend about $16M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $8M of household spending for each company on map listings. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which landscaping and lawn care companies share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Whitley County in 2023. That is one for every 3,385 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Whitley County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, Whitley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Whitley County 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 | Whitley County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $8M | $3.4M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,385 | 1,606 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,184 | $1,381 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $44,615 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $710K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 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 Whitley 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 Whitley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,297+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 13,541
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 438 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 84
- Median household income
- $44,615+14.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,305
- Median home value
- $131,800
- Jobs located here
- 13,221
- Daytime population
- 37,057Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kenton County, KY | 83 | 17 | 2.5 | $6.1M | +3.9% | #44 of 1,493 |
| 2Scott County, KY | 83 | 8 | 3.5 | $4.4M | +8.2% | #45 of 1,493 |
| 3Campbell County, KY | 80 | 14 | 3.6 | $4.3M | +2.5% | #70 of 1,493 |
| 4Hardin County, KY | 78 | 15 | 3.4 | $4.2M | +2.4% | #100 of 1,493 |
| 5Boone County, KY | 78 | 28 | 5.5 | $3M | +6.5% | #105 of 1,493 |
| 6Madison County, KY | 76 | 14 | 3.8 | $3.6M | +9.4% | #121 of 1,493 |
| 7Pulaski County, KY | 75 | 6 | 2.3 | $5.5M | +3.5% | #134 of 1,493 |
| 8Warren County, KY | 73 | 27 | 4.9 | $2.9M | +10.6% | #187 of 1,493 |
| 9Laurel County, KY | 72 | 8 | 3.3 | $3.8M | +1.6% | #199 of 1,493 |
| 10Barren County, KY | 72 | 6 | 3.3 | $3.8M | +2.6% | #200 of 1,493 |
| Whitley County, KY | Not scored | 2 | 1.5 | $8M | +1.6% |
Other business types in Whitley 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Whitley County, KY?
There are 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Whitley County as of September 2026. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Whitley County, KY spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $16M a year, or $1,184 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $8M 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 13,541 households in Whitley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Whitley County, KY compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Whitley County has 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Whitley County would have about 6, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,385 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Whitley County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Whitley County at 37,297 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,541 households. The median household income in Whitley County is $44,615 a year, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.4% 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. 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. Whitley County has no market score for landscaping and lawn care companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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