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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Sunbury, PA area
How the Sunbury, PA 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #130 of 399 scored small-town markets
#1 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 15
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- +9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $52.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,150 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 107,788
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Sunbury area spend about $52.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,150 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $3.5M per company, 20% above 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.
There are 15 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in the Sunbury area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.
Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Sunbury area in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,906 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sunbury area declined 1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Sunbury area has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #130 of 399 scored small-town markets and #1 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Pennsylvania.
How the Sunbury area 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.
| Measure | Sunbury area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $2.3M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,906 | 1,019 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.1% | +5.0% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,150 | $1,286 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $62,262 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24+9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 41
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 150 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Sunbury 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 Sunbury area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 107,788−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 45,748
- Median age
- 44.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 588 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 185
- Median household income
- $62,262
- Average household income
- $83,829
- Median home value
- $174,900
- Jobs located here
- 45,171
- Daytime population
- 106,101Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sunbury, PA | 58 | 15 | 3.3 | $3.5M | −1.7% | #130 of 399 |
| 2Lock Haven, PA | 57 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.5M | +1.3% | #137 of 399 |
| 3Warren, PA | 54 | 5 | 3.1 | $3.6M | −3.8% | #160 of 399 |
| 4Hemlock Farms, PA | 53 | 19 | 7.8 | $1.6M | +7.2% | #166 of 399 |
| 5Oil City, PA | 50 | 8 | 3.7 | $2.9M | −2.0% | #181 of 399 |
| 6Lewistown, PA | 48 | 9 | 4.9 | $2.3M | 0.0% | #201 of 399 |
| 7Pottsville, PA | 48 | 33 | 5.7 | $2M | +1.5% | #203 of 399 |
| 8Indiana, PA | 46 | 12 | 3.7 | $3M | −0.3% | #222 of 399 |
| 9Selinsgrove, PA | 42 | 8 | 5.5 | $2.1M | −0.2% | #256 of 399 |
| 10Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA | 40 | 14 | 5.3 | $2.1M | +2.3% | #269 of 399 |
Other business types in the Sunbury 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 trades72
- HVAC and plumbing73
- Electricians74
- Roofing and gutters73
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control57
- Landscaping and lawn care58
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Sunbury, PA area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 15 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Sunbury area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Sunbury, PA area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $52.6M a year, or $1,150 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 45,748 households in the Sunbury area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sunbury, PA area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
The Sunbury area has 3.3 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $3.5M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Sunbury area would have about 18, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,906 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Sunbury, PA area growing?
Population estimates put the Sunbury area at 107,788 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,748 households. Median household income in the Sunbury area is $62,262, 23% below 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. 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 Sunbury area scores 58 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #130 of 399 scored small-town markets.
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