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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Nantucket, MA area
How the Nantucket, MA area compares with other small-town markets 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 #302 of 399 scored small-town markets
#1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 105
- +15.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $9.3M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,770 a household
- Spending per listing
- $930K
- 68% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.0
- 4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,758
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Nantucket area is 36 (lower middle), #302 of 399 scored small-town markets and #1 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Massachusetts. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $1,770 per household (25% above the U.S. average), households in the Nantucket area spend about $9.3M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $930K of household spending for each company on map listings, 68% 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.
The Nantucket area has 10 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 19.0, 4 times the U.S. rate of 4.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Nantucket area was 105 in 2023, up 15.4% from 2019. That is one for every 50 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.6M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Nantucket area. Population estimates put the population change in the Nantucket area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Nantucket area 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 | Nantucket area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.0 | 7.4 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $930K | $2M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 50 | 611 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.4% | +9.4% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,770 | $1,491 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $139,688 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 105+15.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 531
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $58.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Nantucket 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 Nantucket area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,758+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,252
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 46 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 314
- Median household income
- $139,688
- Average household income
- $205,560
- Median home value
- $1,593,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,570
- Daytime population
- 13,667Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nantucket, MA | 36 | 10 | 19.0 | $930K | +3.6% | #302 of 399 |
| 2Vineyard Haven, MA | 35 | 17 | 22.4 | $708K | +3.1% | #313 of 399 |
| 3Greenfield, MA | 21 | 36 | 11.4 | $1.1M | −0.3% | #389 of 399 |
Other business types in the Nantucket area
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 trades64
- HVAC and plumbing
- Electricians
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control36
- Landscaping and lawn care36
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Nantucket, MA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Nantucket area. One of them (10%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 105 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 15.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Nantucket, MA area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $9.3M a year, or $1,770 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $930K 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 5,252 households in the Nantucket area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Nantucket, MA area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Nantucket area has 19.0 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 4 times the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $930K, 68% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Nantucket area would have about 3, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 50 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 15.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Nantucket, MA area growing?
Population estimates put the Nantucket area at 14,758 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,252 households. Median household income in the Nantucket area is $139,688, 73% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Nantucket area scores 36 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #302 of 399 scored small-town markets.
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