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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Merrimack County, NH
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for landscaping and lawn care companies in Merrimack County, NH, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,284 of 1,493 scored counties
#7 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire
- Listings
- 57
- 1 chain location (2%)
- Official establishments
- 115
- +7.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $84.5M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,388 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.4
- 96% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,078
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
For landscaping and lawn care companies, Merrimack County has a Groundwork market score of 30 (lower middle): #1,284 of 1,493 scored counties and #7 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Merrimack County comes to about $84.5M a year: $1,388 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 49% 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.
Merrimack County has 57 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (2%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.4, 96% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Merrimack County was 115 in 2023, up 7.5% from 2019. That is one for every 530 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 15 SBA-backed loans worth $4.4M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Merrimack County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Merrimack County grew 2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Merrimack County compares
The same measures for New Hampshire 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 | Merrimack County | New Hampshire | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.4 | 8.3 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.7M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 530 | 541 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +7.5% | +10.3% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,388 | $1,429 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $97,004 | $99,031 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 107 → 115+7.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 896
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $55.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 571 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 15
- Amount
- $4.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Merrimack 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 Merrimack County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,078+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 60,901
- Median age
- 43.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 933 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 167
- Median household income
- $97,004+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $123,673
- Median home value
- $367,600
- Jobs located here
- 83,058
- Daytime population
- 159,180Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New Hampshire
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hillsborough County, NH | 49 | 107 | 6.3 | $2.3M | +2.5% | #731 of 1,493 |
| 2Grafton County, NH | 40 | 23 | 6.2 | $2.2M | +2.2% | #1,002 of 1,493 |
| 3Sullivan County, NH | 38 | 9 | 5.4 | $2.3M | +2.1% | #1,065 of 1,493 |
| 4Strafford County, NH | 38 | 40 | 7.7 | $1.8M | +3.0% | #1,078 of 1,493 |
| 5Rockingham County, NH | 35 | 135 | 10.6 | $1.5M | +3.0% | #1,164 of 1,493 |
| 6Cheshire County, NH | 30 | 23 | 7.5 | $1.7M | +2.3% | #1,273 of 1,493 |
| 7Merrimack County, NH | 30 | 57 | 9.4 | $1.5M | +2.6% | #1,284 of 1,493 |
| 8Coos County, NH | 28 | 7 | 5.0 | $2.2M | +0.4% | #1,309 of 1,493 |
| 9Carroll County, NH | 27 | 26 | 11.9 | $1.1M | +5.0% | #1,350 of 1,493 |
| 10Belknap County, NH | 23 | 36 | 13.7 | $990K | +2.1% | #1,421 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Merrimack 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 trades45
- HVAC and plumbing49
- Electricians39
- Roofing and gutters74
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control36
- Landscaping and lawn care30
- House cleaning67
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Merrimack County, NH?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 landscaping and lawn care companies in Merrimack County. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 115 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 7.5% from 2019.
How much do households in Merrimack County, NH spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $84.5M a year, or $1,388 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 60,901 households in Merrimack County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Merrimack County, NH compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Merrimack County has 9.4 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 96% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1.5M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Merrimack County would have about 29, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 530 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is Merrimack County, NH growing?
Population estimates put Merrimack County at 158,078 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,901 households. Median household income in Merrimack County is $97,004, 20% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.1%, 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. Merrimack County scores 30 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,284 of 1,493 scored counties.
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