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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Aitkin County, MN

The landscaping and lawn care companies in Aitkin County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 17 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,465 of 1,493 scored counties
#44 of 46 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$7.9M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,094 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
61% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.7
Twice the U.S.
Population, 2025
16,252
+3.5% 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

For landscaping and lawn care companies, Aitkin County has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #1,465 of 1,493 scored counties and #44 of 46 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Aitkin County spend about $7.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,094 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per company, 61% 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.

Aitkin County has 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 9.7 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 4.8.

Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Aitkin County in 2023. That is one for every 556 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $18K has gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Aitkin County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Aitkin County grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Aitkin County compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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 Aitkin County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureAitkin CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.76.74.8
Spending per listing$1.1M$2M$2.9M
Households per official establishment5569631,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.4%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.5%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,094$1,352$1,414
Median household income$60,833$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score1731

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14 → 13
Employees, 2023
5
Annual payroll, 2023
$1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
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
1
Amount
$18K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
16,252+3.5% since 2020
Households
7,222
Median age
54.8
Homes lived in by their owners
85%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,821 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$60,833+23.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$77,208
Median home value
$255,800
Jobs located here
4,487
Daytime population
13,541Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Minnesota

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

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Ramsey County, MN61934.2$3.1M−1.8%#445 of 1,493
2Mower County, MN5585.1$2.4M+2.3%#584 of 1,493
3Hennepin County, MN533356.2$2.3M+0.2%#640 of 1,493
4Washington County, MN52807.6$2M+6.9%#664 of 1,493
5St. Louis County, MN51394.5$2.7M+0.2%#677 of 1,493
6Clay County, MN51155.7$2.2M+3.6%#683 of 1,493
7Anoka County, MN51906.5$2.1M+4.7%#685 of 1,493
8Olmsted County, MN50487.2$2M+2.3%#715 of 1,493
9Pine County, MN4964.9$2.4M+5.5%#729 of 1,493
10Dakota County, MN491216.9$2.1M+3.9%#738 of 1,493
44Aitkin County, MN1779.7$1.1M+3.5%#1,465 of 1,493

Other business types in Aitkin 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 Aitkin County, MN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 landscaping and lawn care companies in Aitkin County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.

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

About $7.9M a year, or $1,094 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 7,222 households in Aitkin County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Aitkin County has 9.7 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1.1M, 61% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Aitkin County would have about 3, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 556 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

How fast is Aitkin County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Aitkin County at 16,252 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,222 households. Median household income in Aitkin County is $60,833, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.3%, 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. Aitkin County scores 17 for landscaping and lawn care companies (low), #1,465 of 1,493 scored counties.

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