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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Benton County, MO
How Benton County, MO compares with other counties and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.8M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,023 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 20,536
- +5.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 landscaping or lawn care company in Benton County. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.
At $1,023 per household (28% below the U.S. average), households in Benton County spend about $8.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $8.8M of household spending for each company on map listings. 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 Benton County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 1,429 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Benton County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 landscaping or lawn care company on map listings, Benton County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Benton County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Benton County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $8.8M | $2.4M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,429 | 1,141 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.7% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,023 | $1,211 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $52,567 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- 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
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Benton 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 Benton County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,536+5.7% since 2020
- Households
- 8,573
- Median age
- 51.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 704 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $52,567+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,221
- Median home value
- $177,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,694
- Daytime population
- 16,868Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Newton County, MO | 74 | 5 | 2.3 | $5.1M | +6.1% | #151 of 1,493 |
| 2Clay County, MO | 64 | 45 | 4.4 | $3M | +4.3% | #371 of 1,493 |
| 3Jasper County, MO | 63 | 15 | 3.0 | $3.6M | +3.7% | #396 of 1,493 |
| 4St. Louis city, MO | 58 | 33 | 2.3 | $4.9M | −7.4% | #496 of 1,493 |
| 5Platte County, MO | 58 | 24 | 5.5 | $2.6M | +6.7% | #507 of 1,493 |
| 6Lawrence County, MO | 57 | 5 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +3.7% | #523 of 1,493 |
| 7Johnson County, MO | 55 | 9 | 4.3 | $2.7M | +4.9% | #577 of 1,493 |
| 8Laclede County, MO | 55 | 6 | 4.1 | $2.5M | +2.5% | #579 of 1,493 |
| 9Franklin County, MO | 54 | 14 | 3.3 | $3.7M | +3.1% | #597 of 1,493 |
| 10Cape Girardeau County, MO | 52 | 14 | 4.3 | $2.7M | +2.7% | #657 of 1,493 |
| Benton County, MO | Not scored | 1 | 1.2 | $8.8M | +5.7% |
Other business types in Benton 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
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Benton County, MO?
There is 1 landscaping or lawn care company on map listings in Benton County as of September 2026. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Benton County, MO spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $8.8M a year, or $1,023 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 landscaping or lawn care company on map listings, it comes to $8.8M 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 8,573 households in Benton County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Benton County, MO compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Benton County has 1 landscaping or lawn care company on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Benton County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,429 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Benton County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Benton County at 20,536 people in 2025, up 5.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,573 households. The median household income in Benton County is $52,567 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Benton County has no market score for landscaping and lawn care companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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