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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Spartanburg, SC metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Spartanburg, SC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #112 of 385 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina

Listings
77
2 chain locations (3%)
Official establishments
125
+25.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$196.8M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,373 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.4
13% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
407,656
+14.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 77 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Spartanburg metro area. Chain locations make up 3% of them, against 4% across the U.S. That is 5.4 per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.

Households in the Spartanburg metro area spend about $196.8M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,373 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 77 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $2.6M per company, 13% 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.

Official counts show 125 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in the Spartanburg metro area in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,146 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $630K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Spartanburg metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Spartanburg metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +14.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Spartanburg metro area has a Groundwork market score of 65 (upper middle): #112 of 385 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.

How the Spartanburg metro area compares

The same measures for South 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.

Landscaping and lawn care in Spartanburg, SC metro area compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureSpartanburg metro areaSouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.45.64.8
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.6M$2.9M
Households per official establishment1,1461,1091,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+25.0%+10.9%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,373$1,441$1,414
Median household income$64,382$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score6561

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
125+25.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
943
Annual payroll, 2023
$43.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
772 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
67The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$630K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Spartanburg metro 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 Spartanburg metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
407,656+14.3% since 2020
Households
143,283
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,322 sq. mi.
People per square mile
283
Median household income
$64,382
Average household income
$85,260
Median home value
$225,000
Jobs located here
167,419
Daytime population
371,898Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Spartanburg metro area marked.

Top metro areas in South Carolina

Metro areas in South Carolina ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Charleston-North Charleston, SC731935.7$2.8M+10.7%#53 of 385
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC715755.3$3M+10.1%#68 of 385
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC681195.1$2.8M+4.7%#89 of 385
2Columbia, SC662025.9$2.4M+6.0%#104 of 385
3Spartanburg, SC65775.4$2.6M+14.3%#112 of 385
4Sumter, SC64143.4$3.8M−0.3%#113 of 385
5Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC642396.2$2.3M+9.0%#117 of 385
6Florence, SC54384.8$2.7M+0.9%#158 of 385
7Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC53677.0$2.3M+12.0%#168 of 385
8Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC461106.9$2M+20.9%#212 of 385

Other business types in the Spartanburg metro 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 Spartanburg, SC metro area?

The Spartanburg metro area has 77 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (3%) are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 125 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 25.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Spartanburg, SC metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $196.8M a year, or $1,373 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 77 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 143,283 households in the Spartanburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Spartanburg, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

The Spartanburg metro area has 5.4 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.6M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Spartanburg metro area would have about 67, against 77 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,146 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Spartanburg, SC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Spartanburg metro area at 407,656 people in 2025, up 14.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 143,283 households. The median household income in the Spartanburg metro area is $64,382 a year, 20% 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. 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 Spartanburg metro area scores 65 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #112 of 385 scored metro areas.

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