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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Lancaster County, PA

How Lancaster County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,009 of 1,493 scored counties
#29 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
140
3 chain locations (2%)
Official establishments
246
+7.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$282.2M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,326 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
38% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
563,159
+1.9% 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 Lancaster County spend about $282.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,326 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 140 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $2M per company, 31% 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.

Lancaster County has 140 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (2%) are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 38% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.

Official counts show 246 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Lancaster County in 2023, up 7.9% from 2019. That is one for every 865 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $609K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Lancaster County.

Population estimates put the population change in Lancaster County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies in Lancaster County is 40 (lower middle), #1,009 of 1,493 scored counties and #29 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania.

How Lancaster County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Lancaster County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureLancaster CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.65.54.8
Spending per listing$2M$2.3M$2.9M
Households per official establishment8651,0191,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+7.9%+5.0%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,326$1,286$1,414
Median household income$86,959$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score4031

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
228 → 246+7.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,412
Annual payroll, 2023
$64M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1403 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
96The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$609K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County

Population, 2025 estimate
563,159+1.9% since 2020
Households
212,748
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
944 sq. mi.
People per square mile
591
Median household income
$86,959+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,346
Median home value
$301,100
Jobs located here
258,003
Daytime population
553,680Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Lancaster County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Philadelphia County, PA65590.9$13.4M−1.6%#341 of 1,493
2Cumberland County, PA63605.6$2.4M+6.5%#415 of 1,493
3Northumberland County, PA56123.2$3.5M−1.8%#548 of 1,493
4Dauphin County, PA56635.2$2.4M+2.3%#557 of 1,493
5Clinton County, PA5553.2$3.5M+1.3%#570 of 1,493
6Warren County, PA5453.1$3.6M−3.8%#598 of 1,493
7Franklin County, PA54274.3$2.9M+3.0%#606 of 1,493
8Delaware County, PA521064.9$2.9M+0.8%#654 of 1,493
9Venango County, PA5083.7$2.9M−2.0%#695 of 1,493
10Pike County, PA49197.8$1.6M+7.2%#745 of 1,493
29Lancaster County, PA401406.6$2M+1.9%#1,009 of 1,493

Other business types in Lancaster County

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

Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Lancaster County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 140 landscaping and lawn care companies in Lancaster County. 3 of them (2%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 246 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 7.9% from 2019.

How much do households in Lancaster County, PA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $282.2M a year, or $1,326 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 140 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 212,748 households in Lancaster County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lancaster County, PA compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

Lancaster County has 6.6 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Lancaster County would have about 96, against 140 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 865 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Lancaster County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Lancaster County at 563,159 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 212,748 households. Median household income in Lancaster County is $86,959, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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. Lancaster County scores 40 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,009 of 1,493 scored counties.

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