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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area
How the Duluth, MN-WI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #187 of 385 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota
- Listings
- 53
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 76
- +38.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $143.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,195 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 281,219
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 53 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Duluth metro area. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.
At $1,195 per household (15% below the U.S. average), households in the Duluth metro area spend about $143.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 53 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $2.7M per company, 7% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. That spending covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, which landscaping and lawn care companies share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Duluth metro area was 76 in 2023, up 38.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,584 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $825K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Duluth metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Duluth metro area grew 0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Duluth metro area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #187 of 385 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Minnesota.
How the Duluth metro area 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.
| Measure | Duluth metro area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 6.7 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $2M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,584 | 963 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +38.2% | +7.4% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,195 | $1,352 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $71,769 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 76+38.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 175
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 531 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $825K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Duluth metro 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 Duluth metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 281,219+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 120,365
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $71,769
- Average household income
- $93,302
- Median home value
- $222,400
- Jobs located here
- 128,505
- Daytime population
- 284,674Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Minnesota for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Minnesota (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Duluth metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Duluth, MN-WI | 50 | 53 | 4.4 | $2.7M | +0.2% | #187 of 385 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | 46 | 64 | 5.8 | $2.2M | +7.7% | #211 of 385 |
| Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 45 | 74 | 6.0 | $2.1M | +9.5% | #218 of 385 |
| 2Rochester, MN | 43 | 66 | 7.1 | $1.9M | +2.0% | #231 of 385 |
| 3Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 42 | 1,012 | 6.9 | $2.1M | +2.6% | #237 of 385 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 35 | 39 | 5.4 | $2.3M | +0.4% | #278 of 385 |
| 4St. Cloud, MN | 33 | 45 | 5.8 | $2.1M | +3.0% | #297 of 385 |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 28 | 24 | 5.5 | $2.2M | +0.8% | #338 of 385 |
| 5Mankato, MN | 18 | 36 | 8.9 | $1.4M | +1.2% | #378 of 385 |
Other business types in the Duluth metro 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 trades29
- HVAC and plumbing26
- Electricians35
- Roofing and gutters31
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control57
- Landscaping and lawn care50
- House cleaning46
- Pest control67
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area?
There are 53 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in the Duluth metro area as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 76 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 38.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Duluth, MN-WI metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $143.8M a year, or $1,195 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 53 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per company. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only landscaping and lawn care companies. It is estimated from the incomes of the 120,365 households in the Duluth metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Duluth, MN-WI metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Duluth metro area has 4.4 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.7M, 7% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Duluth metro area would have about 49, against 53 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,584 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 38.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Duluth, MN-WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Duluth metro area at 281,219 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 120,365 households. The median household income in the Duluth metro area is $71,769 a year, 11% below 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. 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 Duluth metro area scores 50 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #187 of 385 scored metro areas.
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