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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Moberly, MO area
How the Moberly, MO area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #250 of 399 scored small-town markets
#8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Missouri
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.9M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,071 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,513
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Moberly area. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Moberly area comes to about $9.9M a year: $1,071 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each company on map listings, 32% 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 4 businesses with payroll in the Moberly area classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 2,312 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Moberly area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Moberly area has a Groundwork market score of 43 (lower middle): #250 of 399 scored small-town markets and #8 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Missouri.
How the Moberly 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 | Moberly area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2.4M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,312 | 1,141 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.5% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,071 | $1,211 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $53,033 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $152K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 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 the Moberly 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 Moberly area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,513+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,247
- Median age
- 39.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 483 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $53,033+11.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,273
- Median home value
- $159,300
- Jobs located here
- 8,934
- Daytime population
- 23,270Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Missouri for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Moberly area marked.
Top small-town markets in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sikeston, MO | 56 | 5 | 2.5 | $4.3M | −0.3% | #145 of 399 |
| 2Lebanon, MO | 56 | 6 | 4.1 | $2.5M | +2.5% | #148 of 399 |
| 3Warrensburg, MO | 55 | 9 | 4.3 | $2.7M | +4.9% | #156 of 399 |
| 4West Plains, MO | 49 | 8 | 5.0 | $2M | +2.5% | #197 of 399 |
| 5Rolla, MO | 46 | 8 | 4.6 | $2.4M | +1.6% | #224 of 399 |
| 6Farmington, MO | 45 | 12 | 4.8 | $2.2M | +2.1% | #234 of 399 |
| 7Branson, MO | 44 | 8 | 3.5 | $3.1M | +1.7% | #239 of 399 |
| 8Moberly, MO | 43 | 5 | 5.4 | $2M | +0.2% | #250 of 399 |
| 9Fort Leonard Wood, MO | 31 | 10 | 5.9 | $1.9M | +0.8% | #335 of 399 |
| 10Kirksville, MO | 31 | 7 | 6.7 | $1.6M | +1.9% | #336 of 399 |
Other business types in the Moberly 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 plumbing33
- Electricians
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control34
- Landscaping and lawn care43
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Moberly, MO area?
There are 5 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in the Moberly area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in the Moberly, MO area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $9.9M a year, or $1,071 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $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 9,247 households in the Moberly area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Moberly, MO area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Moberly area has 5.4 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Moberly area would have about 3, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,312 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is the Moberly, MO area growing?
Population estimates put the Moberly area at 24,513 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,247 households. The median household income in the Moberly area is $53,033 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 11.1% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Moberly area scores 43 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #250 of 399 scored small-town markets.
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