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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Lafayette Parish, LA
How Lafayette Parish, LA 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #339 of 1,493 scored counties
#13 of 24 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 60
- 4 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 82
- +28.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $144.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,433 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 257,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Lafayette Parish spend about $144.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,433 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per company, 18% 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.
Lafayette Parish has 60 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.9, 23% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 82 businesses with payroll in Lafayette Parish classed as landscaping services, up 28.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,231 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2.3M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Lafayette Parish.
Population estimates put the population change in Lafayette Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lafayette Parish scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #339 of 1,493 scored counties and #13 of 24 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lafayette Parish 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.
| Measure | Lafayette Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3.5M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,231 | 1,843 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +28.1% | +11.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,433 | $1,374 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $67,451 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 64 → 82+28.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 494
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $20.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 604 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $2.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Lafayette Parish, 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 Lafayette Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 257,949+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 100,903
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 922
- Median household income
- $67,451+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $242,900
- Jobs located here
- 135,780
- Daytime population
- 279,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Louisiana market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with Lafayette Parish marked.
Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ascension Parish, LA | 85 | 18 | 3.8 | $4.3M | +6.4% | #33 of 1,493 |
| 2Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 82 | 15 | 2.9 | $4.6M | +5.8% | #52 of 1,493 |
| 3Livingston Parish, LA | 79 | 27 | 5.0 | $2.9M | +8.5% | #95 of 1,493 |
| 4Bossier Parish, LA | 76 | 20 | 3.9 | $3.6M | +2.5% | #122 of 1,493 |
| 5Lafourche Parish, LA | 73 | 6 | 1.6 | $8.7M | −2.0% | #165 of 1,493 |
| 6St. Tammany Parish, LA | 72 | 65 | 6.2 | $2.5M | +5.3% | #210 of 1,493 |
| 7Orleans Parish, LA | 71 | 38 | 2.4 | $5.6M | −5.5% | #217 of 1,493 |
| 8Calcasieu Parish, LA | 68 | 25 | 3.2 | $4.5M | −3.7% | #275 of 1,493 |
| 9Vermilion Parish, LA | 68 | 7 | 3.2 | $4M | +1.3% | #276 of 1,493 |
| 10Jefferson Parish, LA | 67 | 70 | 4.0 | $3.6M | −1.9% | #299 of 1,493 |
| 13Lafayette Parish, LA | 66 | 60 | 5.9 | $2.4M | +6.5% | #339 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Lafayette Parish
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 trades41
- HVAC and plumbing43
- Electricians48
- Roofing and gutters43
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control56
- Landscaping and lawn care66
- House cleaning59
- Pest control53
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Lafayette Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 60 landscaping and lawn care companies in Lafayette Parish. 4 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 82 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 28.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Lafayette Parish, LA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $144.6M a year, or $1,433 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 60 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 100,903 households in Lafayette Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Lafayette Parish has 5.9 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.4M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Lafayette Parish would have about 49, against 60 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,231 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 28.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette Parish at 257,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 100,903 households. Median household income in Lafayette Parish is $67,451, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Lafayette Parish scores 66 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #339 of 1,493 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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