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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Christian County, MO
How Christian 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 · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,231 of 1,493 scored counties
#34 of 45 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 28
- 2 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 64
- +16.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $44.2M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,259 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 46% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.0
- 67% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 96,725
- +8.3% since 2020
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What this means
Christian County scores 32 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #1,231 of 1,493 scored counties and #34 of 45 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,259 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Christian County spend about $44.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 28 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $1.6M per company, 46% 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.
Christian County has 28 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 8.0 per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Official counts show 64 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Christian County in 2023, up 16.4% from 2019. That is one for every 549 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Christian County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Christian County grew 8.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Christian 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 | Christian County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.4M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 549 | 1,141 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +16.4% | +9.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,259 | $1,211 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $83,437 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 55 → 64+16.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 255
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 282 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Christian 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 Christian County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 96,725+8.3% since 2020
- Households
- 35,142
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 563 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 165
- Median household income
- $83,437+37.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,826
- Median home value
- $274,900
- Jobs located here
- 19,415
- Daytime population
- 71,598Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Christian County marked.
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 |
| 34Christian County, MO | 32 | 28 | 8.0 | $1.6M | +8.3% | #1,231 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Christian 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 trades37
- HVAC and plumbing35
- Electricians49
- Roofing and gutters56
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control32
- Landscaping and lawn care32
- House cleaning46
- Pest control35
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Christian County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 landscaping and lawn care companies in Christian County. 2 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 64 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 16.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Christian County, MO spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $44.2M a year, or $1,259 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 35,142 households in Christian County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Christian County, MO compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Christian County has 8.0 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 67% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1.6M, 46% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Christian County would have about 15, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 549 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 16.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Christian County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Christian County at 96,725 people in 2025, up 8.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 35,142 households. Median household income in Christian County is $83,437, 3% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.6%, 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. Christian County scores 32 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,231 of 1,493 scored counties.
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