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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area
The landscaping and lawn care companies in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #294 of 385 scored metro areas
#3 of 3 scored metro areas based in New Jersey
- Listings
- 86
- 3 chain locations (3%)
- Official establishments
- 256
- +4.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $202.1M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,309 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 372,047
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area is 33 (lower middle), #294 of 385 scored metro areas and #3 of 3 scored metro areas based in New Jersey. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 86 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 5.6 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area comes to about $202.1M a year: $1,309 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per company, 20% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area was 256 in 2023, up 4.5% from 2019. That is one for every 603 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $2.5M have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area grew 0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area compares
The same measures for New Jersey 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 | Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area | New Jersey | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.7M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 603 | 741 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +4.5% | +2.8% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | +3.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,309 | $1,489 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $82,105 | $103,556 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 256+4.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,245
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $56.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 863 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 69The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 12
- Amount
- $2.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Atlantic City-Hammonton 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 Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 372,047+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 154,441
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 807 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 460
- Median household income
- $82,105
- Average household income
- $110,931
- Median home value
- $331,700
- Jobs located here
- 158,202
- Daytime population
- 359,111Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New Jersey
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 61 | 2,584 | 3.5 | $4.2M | +0.6% | #127 of 385 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 52 | 1,284 | 5.2 | $2.7M | +1.4% | #175 of 385 |
| 1Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 42 | 97 | 6.7 | $2.2M | +3.3% | #236 of 385 |
| 2Vineland, NJ | 36 | 29 | 5.4 | $2.2M | +2.2% | #272 of 385 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 35 | 229 | 6.7 | $2M | +3.0% | #280 of 385 |
| 3Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 33 | 86 | 5.6 | $2.4M | +0.8% | #294 of 385 |
Other business types in the Atlantic City-Hammonton 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 trades44
- HVAC and plumbing39
- Electricians44
- Roofing and gutters64
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control26
- Landscaping and lawn care33
- House cleaning23
- Pest control39
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area?
There are 86 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 256 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 4.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $202.1M a year, or $1,309 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 86 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 154,441 households in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area 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 $2.4M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area would have about 69, against 86 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 603 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.5% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area at 372,047 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 154,441 households. The median household income in the Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area is $82,105 a year, 2% above 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 Atlantic City-Hammonton metro area scores 33 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #294 of 385 scored metro areas.
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