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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Portsmouth, OH area

How the Portsmouth, OH area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #159 of 399 scored small-town markets
#4 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Ohio

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$30M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,041 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
47% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.4
50% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
71,365
−3.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Portsmouth area. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.

At $1,041 per household (26% below the U.S. average), households in the Portsmouth area spend about $30M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. Spread across 7 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $4.3M per company, 47% above 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 14 businesses with payroll in the Portsmouth area classed as landscaping services. That is one for every 2,062 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Portsmouth area declined 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Portsmouth area is 54 (upper middle), #159 of 399 scored small-town markets and #4 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.

How the Portsmouth area compares

The same measures for Ohio 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 Portsmouth, OH area compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasurePortsmouth areaOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.45.64.8
Spending per listing$4.3M$2.2M$2.9M
Households per official establishment2,0621,1501,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.9%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.4%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,041$1,218$1,414
Median household income$50,609$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market score5430

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
14
Employees, 2023
68
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.3M
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
10The 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 the Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth area

Population, 2025 estimate
71,365−3.4% since 2020
Households
28,864
Median age
41.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
610 sq. mi.
People per square mile
119
Median household income
$50,609+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,152
Median home value
$137,900
Jobs located here
24,365
Daytime population
67,429Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Ohio

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Portsmouth area marked.

Top small-town markets in Ohio

Small-town markets in Ohio ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chillicothe, OH5793.0$3.7M−0.8%#136 of 399
2Coshocton, OH5753.4$3.2M+1.6%#139 of 399
3Athens, OH56104.3$2.5M+1.3%#149 of 399
4Portsmouth, OH5472.4$4.3M−3.4%#159 of 399
5Salem, OH52122.9$3.8M−2.2%#167 of 399
6Sidney, OH52105.3$2.3M−0.2%#170 of 399
7Findlay, OH50134.1$2.9M+0.1%#182 of 399
8Bellefontaine, OH49115.6$2.1M+0.4%#196 of 399
9Greenville, OH4583.8$3M−0.7%#228 of 399
10Celina, OH4495.5$2.2M+0.5%#245 of 399

Other business types in the Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth, OH area?

There are 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in the Portsmouth area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.

How much do households in the Portsmouth, OH area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $30M a year, or $1,041 per household. That is 26% below the U.S. average (an index of 74, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 28,864 households in the Portsmouth area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Portsmouth, OH area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

The Portsmouth area has 2.4 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $4.3M, 47% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Portsmouth area would have about 10, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,062 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

How fast is the Portsmouth, OH area growing?

Population estimates put the Portsmouth area at 71,365 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 28,864 households. The median household income in the Portsmouth area is $50,609 a year, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.5% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Portsmouth area scores 54 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #159 of 399 scored small-town markets.

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