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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Union County, PA
How Union 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 19 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,448 of 1,493 scored counties
#55 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 13
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,240 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 85% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,313
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Union County scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #1,448 of 1,493 scored counties and #55 of 57 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 landscaping and lawn care companies in Union County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 8.9 for every 10,000 households, 85% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
At $1,240 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Union County spend about $18M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each company on map listings, 53% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Union County was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 766 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Union County declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Union 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.
| Measure | Union County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $2.3M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 766 | 1,019 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.0% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,240 | $1,286 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $76,404 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 19 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 19
- Employees, 2023
- 96
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 131 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Union 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 Union County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,313−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 14,546
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 316 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 134
- Median household income
- $76,404+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,832
- Median home value
- $240,100
- Jobs located here
- 16,844
- Daytime population
- 42,387Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Philadelphia County, PA | 65 | 59 | 0.9 | $13.4M | −1.6% | #341 of 1,493 |
| 2Cumberland County, PA | 63 | 60 | 5.6 | $2.4M | +6.5% | #415 of 1,493 |
| 3Northumberland County, PA | 56 | 12 | 3.2 | $3.5M | −1.8% | #548 of 1,493 |
| 4Dauphin County, PA | 56 | 63 | 5.2 | $2.4M | +2.3% | #557 of 1,493 |
| 5Clinton County, PA | 55 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.5M | +1.3% | #570 of 1,493 |
| 6Warren County, PA | 54 | 5 | 3.1 | $3.6M | −3.8% | #598 of 1,493 |
| 7Franklin County, PA | 54 | 27 | 4.3 | $2.9M | +3.0% | #606 of 1,493 |
| 8Delaware County, PA | 52 | 106 | 4.9 | $2.9M | +0.8% | #654 of 1,493 |
| 9Venango County, PA | 50 | 8 | 3.7 | $2.9M | −2.0% | #695 of 1,493 |
| 10Pike County, PA | 49 | 19 | 7.8 | $1.6M | +7.2% | #745 of 1,493 |
| 55Union County, PA | 19 | 13 | 8.9 | $1.4M | −0.8% | #1,448 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Union 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 trades54
- HVAC and plumbing51
- Electricians
- Roofing and gutters42
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control36
- Landscaping and lawn care19
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Union County, PA?
Union County has 13 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Union County, PA spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $18M a year, or $1,240 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 14,546 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Union County, PA compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Union County has 8.9 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 85% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1.4M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Union County would have about 6, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 766 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Union County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Union County at 42,313 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,546 households. The median household income in Union County is $76,404 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. Union County scores 19 for landscaping and lawn care companies (low), #1,448 of 1,493 scored counties.
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