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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Essex County, MA
How Essex County, MA 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,128 of 1,493 scored counties
#8 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 265
- 9 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 611
- +18.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $460.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,472 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.5
- 77% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 826,653
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in Essex County is 36 (lower middle), #1,128 of 1,493 scored counties and #8 of 14 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Essex County comes to about $460.8M a year: $1,472 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.7M per company, 41% 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 265 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Essex County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.5, 77% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 611 businesses with payroll in Essex County classed as landscaping services, up 18.0% from 2019. That is one for every 513 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 35 SBA-backed loans worth $7M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Essex County. Population estimates put the population change in Essex County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Essex County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Essex County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.5 | 7.4 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $2M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 513 | 611 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.0% | +9.4% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,472 | $1,491 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $101,883 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 518 → 611+18.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,956
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $138.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2659 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 157The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 35
- Amount
- $7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Essex 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 Essex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 826,653+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 313,147
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 493 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,651
- Median household income
- $101,883+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $140,108
- Median home value
- $619,100
- Jobs located here
- 329,644
- Daytime population
- 736,954Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Suffolk County, MA | 79 | 67 | 2.0 | $7M | +0.1% | #83 of 1,493 |
| 2Norfolk County, MA | 48 | 218 | 7.7 | $2.2M | +2.2% | #765 of 1,493 |
| 3Middlesex County, MA | 48 | 495 | 7.8 | $2.1M | +2.8% | #768 of 1,493 |
| 4Worcester County, MA | 46 | 220 | 6.6 | $2.2M | +3.7% | #831 of 1,493 |
| 5Bristol County, MA | 44 | 140 | 6.0 | $2.2M | +2.9% | #894 of 1,493 |
| 6Hampshire County, MA | 41 | 48 | 7.7 | $1.7M | +10.4% | #981 of 1,493 |
| 7Plymouth County, MA | 37 | 197 | 9.7 | $1.6M | +3.5% | #1,102 of 1,493 |
| 8Essex County, MA | 36 | 265 | 8.5 | $1.7M | +2.3% | #1,128 of 1,493 |
| 9Nantucket County, MA | 33 | 10 | 19.0 | $930K | +3.6% | #1,216 of 1,493 |
| 10Hampden County, MA | 31 | 113 | 6.1 | $2M | +0.2% | #1,244 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Essex 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
- Home repair trades62
- HVAC and plumbing65
- Electricians57
- Roofing and gutters74
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control35
- Landscaping and lawn care36
- House cleaning38
- Pest control73
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Essex County, MA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 265 landscaping and lawn care companies in Essex County. 9 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 611 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 18.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Essex County, MA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $460.8M a year, or $1,472 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 265 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 313,147 households in Essex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Essex County, MA compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Essex County has 8.5 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1.7M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Essex County would have about 157, against 265 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 513 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Essex County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Essex County at 826,653 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 313,147 households. Median household income in Essex County is $101,883, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. Essex County scores 36 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,128 of 1,493 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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