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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Utica-Rome, NY metro area

How the Utica-Rome, NY metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #232 of 385 scored metro areas
#5 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York

Listings
51
1 chain location (2%)
Official establishments
97
+14.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$142.9M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,181 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
4% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
12% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
285,611
−2.0% 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

Households in the Utica-Rome metro area spend about $142.9M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,181 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per company, 4% 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.

The Utica-Rome metro area has 51 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. That is 4.2 per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Utica-Rome metro area was 97 in 2023, up 14.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,247 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $118K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Utica-Rome metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Utica-Rome metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Utica-Rome metro area is 42 (lower middle), #232 of 385 scored metro areas and #5 of 13 scored metro areas based in New York.

How the Utica-Rome metro area compares

The same measures for New York 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 Utica-Rome, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureUtica-Rome metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.23.64.8
Spending per listing$2.8M$3.8M$2.9M
Households per official establishment1,2479971,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.1%+3.6%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.0%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,181$1,372$1,414
Median household income$69,779$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score4251

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
97+14.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
216
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
511 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$118K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Utica-Rome 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 Utica-Rome metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
285,611−2.0% since 2020
Households
120,961
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
2,623 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$69,779+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,098
Median home value
$172,900
Jobs located here
118,874
Daytime population
283,084Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across New York

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The highest-scoring metro areas in New York for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in New York, with the Utica-Rome metro area marked.

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ612,5843.5$4.2M+0.6%#127 of 385
2Watertown-Fort Drum, NY50142.9$3.9M−3.9%#183 of 385
3Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY481995.2$2.6M+1.9%#196 of 385
4Elmira, NY45133.7$3.1M−3.9%#213 of 385
5Utica-Rome, NY42514.2$2.8M−2.0%#232 of 385
6Ithaca, NY41214.9$2.6M−1.4%#242 of 385
7Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY371776.9$2.1M+3.0%#266 of 385
8Binghamton, NY35535.2$2.3M−1.3%#277 of 385
9Glens Falls, NY34244.4$2.8M−1.9%#283 of 385
10Rochester, NY312495.6$2.2M−0.7%#313 of 385

Other business types in the Utica-Rome metro area

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

Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Utica-Rome, NY metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 51 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Utica-Rome metro area. One of them (2%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 97 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 14.1% from 2019.

How much do households in the Utica-Rome, NY metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $142.9M a year, or $1,181 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 51 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 120,961 households in the Utica-Rome metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Utica-Rome, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

The Utica-Rome metro area has 4.2 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.8M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Utica-Rome metro area would have about 49, against 51 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,247 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Utica-Rome, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Utica-Rome metro area at 285,611 people in 2025, down 2.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 120,961 households. Median household income in the Utica-Rome metro area is $69,779, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. The Utica-Rome metro area scores 42 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #232 of 385 scored metro areas.

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