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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Brown County, SD

The landscaping and lawn care companies in Brown County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,267 of 1,493 scored counties
#8 of 10 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
9
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$19.4M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,191 a household
Spending per listing
$2.2M
26% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
15% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,561
−1.7% 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

Brown County scores 30 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #1,267 of 1,493 scored counties and #8 of 10 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Households in Brown County spend about $19.4M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,191 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Spread across 9 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $2.2M per company, 26% 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.

Brown County has 9 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Brown County was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 857 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Brown County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Brown County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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 Brown County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureBrown CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.54.94.8
Spending per listing$2.2M$2.5M$2.9M
Households per official establishment8579721,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.6%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.7%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,191$1,222$1,414
Median household income$70,898$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score3040

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 19
Employees, 2023
59
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
90 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Brown 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 Brown County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,561−1.7% since 2020
Households
16,285
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,713 sq. mi.
People per square mile
22
Median household income
$70,898+21.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,772
Median home value
$221,100
Jobs located here
19,972
Daytime population
38,336Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across South Dakota

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

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Minnehaha County, SD58414.8$2.6M+7.6%#505 of 1,493
2Lawrence County, SD4665.0$2.4M+14.0%#824 of 1,493
3Brookings County, SD4585.8$2.1M+9.6%#869 of 1,493
4Pennington County, SD43286.0$2M+6.6%#921 of 1,493
5Lincoln County, SD393010.8$1.3M+17.5%#1,059 of 1,493
6Yankton County, SD3866.2$1.9M+1.5%#1,074 of 1,493
7Meade County, SD3575.8$2.1M+2.7%#1,145 of 1,493
8Brown County, SD3095.5$2.2M−1.7%#1,267 of 1,493
9Davison County, SD2966.7$1.7M+0.6%#1,301 of 1,493
10Codington County, SD2497.2$1.6M+4.3%#1,394 of 1,493

Other business types in Brown 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 Brown County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 landscaping and lawn care companies in Brown County. None of them are chain locations. 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 Brown County, SD spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $19.4M a year, or $1,191 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 16,285 households in Brown County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Brown County has 5.5 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 15% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.2M, 26% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Brown County would have about 7, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 857 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

How fast is Brown County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Brown County at 37,561 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,285 households. Median household income in Brown County is $70,898, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.8%, 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. Brown County scores 30 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,267 of 1,493 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for landscaping and lawn care companies · All 56 business types in Brown County

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