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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Lafayette County, MS
How Lafayette County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #249 of 1,493 scored counties
#7 of 19 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 9
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- −14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $27.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,451 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.1M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 2% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 59,597
- +6.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Lafayette County comes to about $27.6M a year: $1,451 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Spread across 9 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $3.1M per company, 5% above 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.
Lafayette County has 9 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.7, 2% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Lafayette County was 18 in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,058 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $475K has gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Lafayette County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lafayette County grew 6.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lafayette County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #249 of 1,493 scored counties and #7 of 19 scored counties in Mississippi. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Lafayette County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Lafayette County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 3.1 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.1M | $4.3M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,058 | 1,906 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.3% | +6.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.6% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,451 | $1,315 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $67,185 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 18−14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 90 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $475K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 59,597+6.6% since 2020
- Households
- 19,044
- Median age
- 34.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 632 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $67,185+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,704
- Median home value
- $315,400
- Jobs located here
- 26,887
- Daytime population
- 62,270Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Mississippi for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Mississippi, with Lafayette County marked.
Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pearl River County, MS | 82 | 5 | 2.3 | $5.7M | +5.6% | #50 of 1,493 |
| 2DeSoto County, MS | 81 | 30 | 4.2 | $3.6M | +6.3% | #60 of 1,493 |
| 3Jackson County, MS | 76 | 23 | 4.0 | $3.5M | +3.0% | #125 of 1,493 |
| 4Harrison County, MS | 74 | 38 | 4.6 | $2.9M | +4.0% | #159 of 1,493 |
| 5Lamar County, MS | 72 | 13 | 5.1 | $2.8M | +4.7% | #205 of 1,493 |
| 6Warren County, MS | 70 | 5 | 3.0 | $4.6M | −6.3% | #243 of 1,493 |
| 7Lafayette County, MS | 70 | 9 | 4.7 | $3.1M | +6.6% | #249 of 1,493 |
| 8Lauderdale County, MS | 66 | 6 | 2.1 | $6M | −3.2% | #314 of 1,493 |
| 9Alcorn County, MS | 65 | 5 | 3.5 | $3.6M | −0.5% | #346 of 1,493 |
| 10Madison County, MS | 65 | 25 | 5.7 | $2.8M | +6.5% | #351 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Lafayette 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 trades84
- HVAC and plumbing74
- Electricians
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control54
- Landscaping and lawn care70
- House cleaning51
- Pest control40
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Lafayette County, MS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 landscaping and lawn care companies in Lafayette County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Lafayette County, MS spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $27.6M a year, or $1,451 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 19,044 households in Lafayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette County, MS compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Lafayette County has 4.7 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 2% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $3.1M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,058 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette County at 59,597 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,044 households. Median household income in Lafayette County is $67,185, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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. Lafayette County scores 70 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #249 of 1,493 scored counties.
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