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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Lake County, MT

How Lake County, MT 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 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,042 of 1,493 scored counties
#4 of 8 scored counties in Montana

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.9M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,188 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,392
+6.9% 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

Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Lake County comes to about $14.9M a year: $1,188 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $2.1M per company, 27% 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.

There are 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 19 businesses with payroll in Lake County classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 662 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Lake County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in Lake County is 39 (lower middle), #1,042 of 1,493 scored counties and #4 of 8 scored counties in Montana.

How Lake County compares

The same measures for Montana 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 Lake County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureLake CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.65.84.8
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.2M$2.9M
Households per official establishment6626611,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.8%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.9%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,188$1,258$1,414
Median household income$63,360$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market score3931

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17 → 19
Employees, 2023
55
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
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
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Lake 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 Lake County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,392+6.9% since 2020
Households
12,576
Median age
44.1
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
1,491 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$63,360+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,243
Median home value
$421,800
Jobs located here
9,693
Daytime population
30,848Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Montana

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

Top counties in Montana

Counties in Montana ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Lewis and Clark County, MT54165.1$2.6M+5.8%#611 of 1,493
2Ravalli County, MT4894.8$2.5M+9.4%#752 of 1,493
3Missoula County, MT41326.1$2.1M+4.4%#965 of 1,493
4Lake County, MT3975.6$2.1M+6.9%#1,042 of 1,493
5Cascade County, MT38215.9$2M+0.7%#1,073 of 1,493
6Gallatin County, MT345711.1$1.3M+7.7%#1,191 of 1,493
7Yellowstone County, MT33557.9$1.6M+4.5%#1,211 of 1,493
8Flathead County, MT30439.7$1.3M+10.1%#1,288 of 1,493

Other business types in Lake 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 Lake County, MT?

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 landscaping and lawn care companies in Lake County. 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 Lake County, MT spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $14.9M a year, or $1,188 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 12,576 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lake 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 $2.1M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Lake 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 Lake County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Lake County at 33,392 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,576 households. Median household income in Lake County is $63,360, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Lake County scores 39 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,042 of 1,493 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for landscaping and lawn care companies · All 56 business types in Lake County

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