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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area
The landscaping and lawn care companies in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #106 of 385 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 22
- 1 chain location (5%)
- Official establishments
- 48
- +9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $88.5M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,113 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 37% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 208,796
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Joplin metro area. One of them (5%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That is 2.8 per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Joplin metro area comes to about $88.5M a year: $1,113 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. That is about $4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 37% above 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 48 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Joplin metro area in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,656 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $407K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Joplin metro area.
Population estimates show the Joplin metro area grew 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Joplin metro area has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #106 of 385 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the Joplin metro area 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 | Joplin metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $2.4M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,656 | 1,141 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.1% | +9.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,113 | $1,211 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $61,901 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 48+9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 153
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 221 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 30The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $407K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Joplin 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 Joplin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 208,796+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 79,505
- Median age
- 38.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,851 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 110
- Median household income
- $61,901
- Average household income
- $80,895
- Median home value
- $165,500
- Jobs located here
- 85,555
- Daytime population
- 203,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Joplin metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Joplin, MO-KS | 65 | 22 | 2.8 | $4M | +3.9% | #106 of 385 |
| 2Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 49 | 14 | 3.7 | $3.1M | +1.7% | #190 of 385 |
| 3Kansas City, MO-KS | 47 | 524 | 5.9 | $2.2M | +3.4% | #205 of 385 |
| 4St. Louis, MO-IL | 39 | 658 | 5.7 | $2.3M | −0.2% | #259 of 385 |
| 5Springfield, MO | 33 | 117 | 5.9 | $2M | +5.1% | #301 of 385 |
| 6St. Joseph, MO-KS | 30 | 23 | 4.9 | $2.3M | −2.0% | #323 of 385 |
| 7Columbia, MO | 27 | 66 | 7.6 | $1.6M | +3.9% | #347 of 385 |
| 8Jefferson City, MO | 23 | 37 | 6.3 | $1.9M | +2.2% | #357 of 385 |
Other business types in the Joplin 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 trades37
- HVAC and plumbing39
- Electricians44
- Roofing and gutters30
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control59
- Landscaping and lawn care65
- House cleaning36
- Pest control47
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area?
There are 22 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in the Joplin metro area as of September 2026. One of them (5%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 48 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $88.5M a year, or $1,113 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 79,505 households in the Joplin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Joplin, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Joplin metro area has 2.8 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $4M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Joplin metro area would have about 30, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,656 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Joplin, MO-KS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Joplin metro area at 208,796 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 79,505 households. The median household income in the Joplin metro area is $61,901 a year, 23% 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 Joplin metro area scores 65 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #106 of 385 scored metro areas.
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