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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Stearns County, MN
The landscaping and lawn care companies in Stearns County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #941 of 1,493 scored counties
#17 of 46 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 36
- 1 chain location (3%)
- Official establishments
- 69
- +11.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $75.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,235 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 28% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.9
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 164,110
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 landscaping and lawn care companies in Stearns County. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.9 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Stearns County comes to about $75.8M a year: $1,235 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each company on map listings, 28% 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.
Official counts show 69 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Stearns County in 2023, up 11.3% from 2019. That is one for every 890 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $852K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Stearns County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stearns County grew 3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For landscaping and lawn care companies, Stearns County has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #941 of 1,493 scored counties and #17 of 46 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Stearns 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.
| Measure | Stearns County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.9 | 6.7 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 890 | 963 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +11.3% | +7.4% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,235 | $1,352 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $77,066 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 62 → 69+11.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 200
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 361 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $852K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Stearns 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 Stearns County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 164,110+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 61,403
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,343 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 120
- Median household income
- $77,066+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,367
- Median home value
- $273,400
- Jobs located here
- 83,579
- Daytime population
- 169,051Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Minnesota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Stearns County marked.
Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ramsey County, MN | 61 | 93 | 4.2 | $3.1M | −1.8% | #445 of 1,493 |
| 2Mower County, MN | 55 | 8 | 5.1 | $2.4M | +2.3% | #584 of 1,493 |
| 3Hennepin County, MN | 53 | 335 | 6.2 | $2.3M | +0.2% | #640 of 1,493 |
| 4Washington County, MN | 52 | 80 | 7.6 | $2M | +6.9% | #664 of 1,493 |
| 5St. Louis County, MN | 51 | 39 | 4.5 | $2.7M | +0.2% | #677 of 1,493 |
| 6Clay County, MN | 51 | 15 | 5.7 | $2.2M | +3.6% | #683 of 1,493 |
| 7Anoka County, MN | 51 | 90 | 6.5 | $2.1M | +4.7% | #685 of 1,493 |
| 8Olmsted County, MN | 50 | 48 | 7.2 | $2M | +2.3% | #715 of 1,493 |
| 9Pine County, MN | 49 | 6 | 4.9 | $2.4M | +5.5% | #729 of 1,493 |
| 10Dakota County, MN | 49 | 121 | 6.9 | $2.1M | +3.9% | #738 of 1,493 |
| 17Stearns County, MN | 42 | 36 | 5.9 | $2.1M | +3.6% | #941 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Stearns 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 trades46
- HVAC and plumbing56
- Electricians34
- Roofing and gutters64
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control46
- Landscaping and lawn care42
- House cleaning58
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Stearns County, MN?
There are 36 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Stearns County as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 69 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 11.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Stearns County, MN spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $75.8M a year, or $1,235 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 61,403 households in Stearns County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stearns County, MN compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Stearns County has 5.9 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.1M, 28% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Stearns County would have about 26, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 890 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Stearns County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Stearns County at 164,110 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 61,403 households. The median household income in Stearns County is $77,066 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Stearns County scores 42 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #941 of 1,493 scored counties.
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