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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Clinton County, MI

How Clinton County, MI 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,188 of 1,493 scored counties
#30 of 64 scored counties in Michigan

Listings
27
1 chain location (4%)
Official establishments
33
+13.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$42M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,328 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.5
77% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
80,432
+1.6% 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

Clinton County scores 34 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #1,188 of 1,493 scored counties and #30 of 64 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Clinton County comes to about $42M a year: $1,328 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per company, 47% 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.

Clinton County has 27 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (4%) is a chain location, 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 33 businesses with payroll in Clinton County classed as landscaping services, up 13.8% from 2019. That is one for every 959 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $58K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Clinton County. Population estimates show Clinton County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Clinton County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Clinton County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureClinton CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.56.44.8
Spending per listing$1.6M$1.9M$2.9M
Households per official establishment9591,0741,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+13.8%+15.4%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,328$1,230$1,414
Median household income$88,210$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score3422

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
29 → 33+13.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
238
Annual payroll, 2023
$12.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
271 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$58K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Clinton 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 Clinton County

Population, 2025 estimate
80,432+1.6% since 2020
Households
31,639
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
567 sq. mi.
People per square mile
140
Median household income
$88,210+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,690
Median home value
$259,500
Jobs located here
19,511
Daytime population
64,429Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Michigan

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The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Clinton County marked.

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Marquette County, MI6951.8$6.4M+2.3%#257 of 1,493
2Wayne County, MI542523.6$3.2M−1.1%#600 of 1,493
3Chippewa County, MI5453.6$3.1M−1.9%#601 of 1,493
4Barry County, MI53124.9$2.5M+2.2%#634 of 1,493
5Branch County, MI5184.7$2.4M+2.5%#680 of 1,493
6Mecosta County, MI4995.4$2M+4.7%#742 of 1,493
7Monroe County, MI48365.7$2.2M+0.7%#764 of 1,493
8Dickinson County, MI4665.0$2.2M−0.3%#830 of 1,493
9Ingham County, MI46675.7$2M+1.7%#837 of 1,493
10Delta County, MI4563.8$2.9M−0.8%#851 of 1,493
30Clinton County, MI34278.5$1.6M+1.6%#1,188 of 1,493

Other business types in Clinton County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Clinton County, MI?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 landscaping and lawn care companies in Clinton County. One of them (4%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 13.8% from 2019.

How much do households in Clinton County, MI spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $42M a year, or $1,328 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 31,639 households in Clinton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Clinton County, MI compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

Clinton 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 $1.6M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Clinton County would have about 14, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 959 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Clinton County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Clinton County at 80,432 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,639 households. Median household income in Clinton County is $88,210, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Clinton County scores 34 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,188 of 1,493 scored counties.

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