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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area

How the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #78 of 385 scored metro areas
#5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana

Listings
18
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
39
+25.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$109.4M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,370 a household
Spending per listing
$6.1M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.3
52% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
199,668
−3.5% 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

Households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area spend about $109.4M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,370 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $6.1M per company, 2.1 times 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has 18 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area was 39 in 2023, up 25.8% from 2019. That is one for every 2,048 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area is 69 (upper middle), #78 of 385 scored metro areas and #5 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureHouma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.33.94.8
Spending per listing$6.1M$3.5M$2.9M
Households per official establishment2,0481,8431,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+25.8%+11.5%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,370$1,374$1,414
Median household income$64,038$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score6960

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
39+25.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
191
Annual payroll, 2023
$8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
180 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
37The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$25K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux 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 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
199,668−3.5% since 2020
Households
79,889
Median age
39.5
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
2,300 sq. mi.
People per square mile
88
Median household income
$64,038+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,114
Median home value
$189,700
Jobs located here
82,319
Daytime population
199,758Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Louisiana for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Louisiana

Metro areas in Louisiana ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Hammond, LA82152.9$4.6M+5.8%#11 of 385
2Baton Rouge, LA721564.7$3.1M+2.1%#58 of 385
3Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA71656.2$2.5M+5.3%#69 of 385
4Lake Charles, LA70262.8$5M−3.8%#72 of 385
5Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA69182.3$6.1M−3.5%#78 of 385
6New Orleans-Metairie, LA691303.3$4.3M−3.4%#80 of 385
7Lafayette, LA65845.1$2.7M+3.8%#111 of 385
8Shreveport-Bossier City, LA54744.7$2.8M−2.3%#156 of 385
9Alexandria, LA49346.0$2.2M−2.5%#194 of 385
10Monroe, LA46394.5$2.9M−1.9%#208 of 385

Other business types in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area

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Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 25.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $109.4M a year, or $1,370 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $6.1M 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 79,889 households in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area has 2.3 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 52% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $6.1M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area would have about 37, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,048 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area at 199,668 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 79,889 households. Median household income in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area is $64,038, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. The Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metro area scores 69 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #78 of 385 scored metro areas.

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