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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Houghton, MI area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Houghton, MI area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.4M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,129 a household
- Spending per listing
- $17.4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 40,028
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Houghton area comes to about $17.4M a year: $1,129 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $17.4M per company. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only landscaping and lawn care companies.
The Houghton area has 1 landscaping or lawn care company on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Houghton area in 2023. That is one for every 1,404 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $224K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Houghton area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Houghton area grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 landscaping or lawn care company on map listings, the Houghton area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Houghton area 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 | Houghton area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 6.4 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $17.4M | $1.9M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,404 | 1,074 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.4% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,129 | $1,230 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $58,128 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $224K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Houghton 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 Houghton area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 40,028+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 15,440
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,549 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $58,128+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,984
- Median home value
- $160,800
- Jobs located here
- 12,154
- Daytime population
- 38,592Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Houghton area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marquette, MI | 73 | 5 | 1.8 | $6.4M | +2.3% | #44 of 399 |
| 2Sault Ste. Marie, MI | 55 | 5 | 3.6 | $3.1M | −1.9% | #154 of 399 |
| 3Coldwater, MI | 53 | 8 | 4.7 | $2.4M | +2.5% | #164 of 399 |
| 4Iron Mountain, MI-WI | 52 | 6 | 4.3 | $2.6M | +0.4% | #169 of 399 |
| 5Big Rapids, MI | 51 | 9 | 5.4 | $2M | +4.7% | #179 of 399 |
| 6Escanaba, MI | 44 | 6 | 3.8 | $2.9M | −0.8% | #240 of 399 |
| Marinette, WI-MI | 42 | 15 | 5.1 | $2.2M | +0.3% | #255 of 399 |
| 7Holland, MI | 39 | 31 | 6.8 | $1.9M | +2.1% | #280 of 399 |
| 8Hillsdale, MI | 37 | 12 | 6.7 | $1.7M | 0.0% | #294 of 399 |
| 9Sturgis, MI | 34 | 20 | 8.5 | $1.3M | +0.1% | #321 of 399 |
| Houghton, MI | Not scored | 1 | 0.6 | $17.4M | +1.8% |
Other business types in the Houghton 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 trades54
- HVAC and plumbing71
- Electricians40
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control
- Landscaping and lawn care
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Houghton, MI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 landscaping or lawn care company in the Houghton area. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in the Houghton, MI area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $17.4M a year, or $1,129 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 landscaping or lawn care company on map listings, it comes to $17.4M 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 15,440 households in the Houghton area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Houghton, MI area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Houghton area has 1 landscaping or lawn care company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Houghton area would have about 6, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,404 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is the Houghton, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Houghton area at 40,028 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,440 households. Median household income in the Houghton area is $58,128, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.5%, 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. 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 Houghton area has no market score for landscaping and lawn care companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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