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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Grand Traverse County, MI
The landscaping and lawn care companies in Grand Traverse County, MI, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,442 of 1,493 scored counties
#55 of 64 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 49
- 2 chain locations (4%)
- Official establishments
- 75
- +15.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $51.2M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,272 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 64% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.2
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 96,729
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
For landscaping and lawn care companies, Grand Traverse County has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #1,442 of 1,493 scored counties and #55 of 64 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,272 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in Grand Traverse County spend about $51.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That works out to $1M per company, 64% 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.
Grand Traverse County has 49 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 4%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.2, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 4.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 75 businesses with payroll in Grand Traverse County classed as landscaping services, up 15.4% from 2019. That is one for every 537 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 7 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Grand Traverse County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grand Traverse County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Grand Traverse 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.
| Measure | Grand Traverse County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.2 | 6.4 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $1.9M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 537 | 1,074 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +15.4% | +15.4% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,272 | $1,230 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $81,647 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 65 → 75+15.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 321
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $24.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 492 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 7
- Amount
- $4.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Grand Traverse 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 Grand Traverse County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 96,729+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 40,287
- Median age
- 44.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 464 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 207
- Median household income
- $81,647+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,300
- Median home value
- $339,400
- Jobs located here
- 46,591
- Daytime population
- 102,841Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marquette County, MI | 69 | 5 | 1.8 | $6.4M | +2.3% | #257 of 1,493 |
| 2Wayne County, MI | 54 | 252 | 3.6 | $3.2M | −1.1% | #600 of 1,493 |
| 3Chippewa County, MI | 54 | 5 | 3.6 | $3.1M | −1.9% | #601 of 1,493 |
| 4Barry County, MI | 53 | 12 | 4.9 | $2.5M | +2.2% | #634 of 1,493 |
| 5Branch County, MI | 51 | 8 | 4.7 | $2.4M | +2.5% | #680 of 1,493 |
| 6Mecosta County, MI | 49 | 9 | 5.4 | $2M | +4.7% | #742 of 1,493 |
| 7Monroe County, MI | 48 | 36 | 5.7 | $2.2M | +0.7% | #764 of 1,493 |
| 8Dickinson County, MI | 46 | 6 | 5.0 | $2.2M | −0.3% | #830 of 1,493 |
| 9Ingham County, MI | 46 | 67 | 5.7 | $2M | +1.7% | #837 of 1,493 |
| 10Delta County, MI | 45 | 6 | 3.8 | $2.9M | −0.8% | #851 of 1,493 |
| 55Grand Traverse County, MI | 20 | 49 | 12.2 | $1M | +1.4% | #1,442 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Grand Traverse 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 trades32
- HVAC and plumbing59
- Electricians28
- Roofing and gutters29
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control19
- Landscaping and lawn care20
- House cleaning16
- Pest control27
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Grand Traverse County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 landscaping and lawn care companies in Grand Traverse County. 2 of them (4%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 75 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 15.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Grand Traverse County, MI spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $51.2M a year, or $1,272 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1M 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 40,287 households in Grand Traverse County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Grand Traverse County, MI compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Grand Traverse County has 12.2 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1M, 64% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Grand Traverse County would have about 18, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 537 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 Grand Traverse County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Grand Traverse County at 96,729 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,287 households. Median household income in Grand Traverse County is $81,647, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.4%, 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. Grand Traverse County scores 20 for landscaping and lawn care companies (low), #1,442 of 1,493 scored counties.
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