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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Lafayette County, MO

How Lafayette 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 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,141 of 1,493 scored counties
#31 of 45 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,235 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,531
+1.4% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Lafayette County scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #1,141 of 1,493 scored counties and #31 of 45 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 landscaping and lawn care companies in Lafayette County. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.6, 17% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Lafayette County comes to about $15.5M a year: $1,235 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $2.2M per company, 24% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Lafayette County classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 662 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $130K has gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Lafayette County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lafayette County grew 1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Lafayette 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.

Landscaping and lawn care in Lafayette County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureLafayette CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.65.04.8
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.4M$2.9M
Households per official establishment6621,1411,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+9.5%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,235$1,211$1,414
Median household income$80,612$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score3535

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 19
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$130K

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
33,531+1.4% since 2020
Households
12,576
Median age
41.4
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
628 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$80,612+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,896
Median home value
$216,500
Jobs located here
8,542
Daytime population
27,087Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Lafayette County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Newton County, MO7452.3$5.1M+6.1%#151 of 1,493
2Clay County, MO64454.4$3M+4.3%#371 of 1,493
3Jasper County, MO63153.0$3.6M+3.7%#396 of 1,493
4St. Louis city, MO58332.3$4.9M−7.4%#496 of 1,493
5Platte County, MO58245.5$2.6M+6.7%#507 of 1,493
6Lawrence County, MO5753.4$3.2M+3.7%#523 of 1,493
7Johnson County, MO5594.3$2.7M+4.9%#577 of 1,493
8Laclede County, MO5564.1$2.5M+2.5%#579 of 1,493
9Franklin County, MO54143.3$3.7M+3.1%#597 of 1,493
10Cape Girardeau County, MO52144.3$2.7M+2.7%#657 of 1,493
31Lafayette County, MO3575.6$2.2M+1.4%#1,141 of 1,493

Other business types in Lafayette County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Lafayette County, MO?

There are 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Lafayette County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.

How much do households in Lafayette County, MO spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $15.5M 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 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 12,576 households in Lafayette County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lafayette County, MO compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

Lafayette County has 5.6 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.2M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Lafayette County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 662 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

How fast is Lafayette County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Lafayette County at 33,531 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,576 households. The median household income in Lafayette County is $80,612 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.2% 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. Lafayette County scores 35 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,141 of 1,493 scored counties.

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