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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Columbus County, NC
How Columbus County, NC compares with other counties and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,225 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.2M
- 2.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 69% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 50,487
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 landscaping and lawn care companies in Columbus County. That is 1.5 per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Households in Columbus County spend about $24.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,225 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $8.2M per company, 2.8 times 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.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Columbus County in 2023. That is one for every 1,823 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Columbus County from 2020 to 2025 at 0.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, Columbus County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Columbus County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Columbus County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $8.2M | $2.7M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,823 | 982 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.1% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,225 | $1,482 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $49,442 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 60 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 137
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Columbus 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 Columbus County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 50,4870.0% since 2020
- Households
- 20,048
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 938 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $49,442+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,260
- Median home value
- $146,000
- Jobs located here
- 15,101
- Daytime population
- 42,846Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hoke County, NC | 81 | 9 | 4.7 | $2.9M | +9.0% | #65 of 1,493 |
| 2Mecklenburg County, NC | 80 | 230 | 4.9 | $3.3M | +10.5% | #77 of 1,493 |
| 3Durham County, NC | 80 | 74 | 5.2 | $3.1M | +7.7% | #78 of 1,493 |
| 4Orange County, NC | 75 | 27 | 4.7 | $3.6M | +6.1% | #136 of 1,493 |
| 5Robeson County, NC | 74 | 8 | 1.9 | $6.2M | +3.4% | #147 of 1,493 |
| 6Wayne County, NC | 74 | 17 | 3.6 | $3.7M | +3.8% | #154 of 1,493 |
| 7Harnett County, NC | 74 | 24 | 4.8 | $2.9M | +12.3% | #160 of 1,493 |
| 8Cumberland County, NC | 73 | 38 | 2.9 | $4.6M | +0.4% | #174 of 1,493 |
| 9Pitt County, NC | 73 | 28 | 3.8 | $3.5M | +5.4% | #179 of 1,493 |
| 10Wake County, NC | 73 | 284 | 6.2 | $2.9M | +11.2% | #186 of 1,493 |
| Columbus County, NC | Not scored | 3 | 1.5 | $8.2M | 0.0% |
Other business types in Columbus 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 trades48
- HVAC and plumbing45
- Electricians
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control63
- Landscaping and lawn care
- House cleaning35
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Columbus County, NC?
Columbus County has 3 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Columbus County, NC spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $24.6M a year, or $1,225 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $8.2M 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 20,048 households in Columbus County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Columbus County, NC compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Columbus County has 1.5 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 69% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $8.2M, 2.8 times the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Columbus County would have about 8, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,823 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Columbus County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Columbus County at 50,487 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 20,048 households. The median household income in Columbus County is $49,442 a year, 39% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% 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. 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. Columbus County has no market score for landscaping and lawn care companies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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