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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Rapides Parish, LA
How Rapides 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #740 of 1,493 scored counties
#22 of 24 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 32
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $65.2M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,331 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 30% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.5
- 35% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Rapides Parish comes to about $65.2M a year: $1,331 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per company, 30% 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.
There are 32 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Rapides Parish as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 6.5 per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in Rapides Parish classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 3,497 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Rapides Parish declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For landscaping and lawn care companies, Rapides Parish has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #740 of 1,493 scored counties and #22 of 24 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Rapides 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $3.5M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,497 | 1,843 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +11.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,331 | $1,374 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 276
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $11.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 320 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 22Rapides Parish, LA | 49 | 32 | 6.5 | $2M | −2.9% | #740 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Rapides 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 trades40
- HVAC and plumbing38
- Electricians43
- Roofing and gutters31
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control38
- Landscaping and lawn care49
- House cleaning48
- Pest control12
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Rapides Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 32 landscaping and lawn care companies in Rapides Parish. None of them are chain locations. 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 Rapides Parish, LA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $65.2M a year, or $1,331 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Rapides Parish has 6.5 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 35% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2M, 30% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 22, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,497 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 49 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #740 of 1,493 scored counties.
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