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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Custer County, SD
How Custer County, SD compares with other counties and the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.6M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,255 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 9,431
- +13.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Custer County spend about $5.6M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,255 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.8M per company. The spending figure covers all lawn care, cleaning and other household services, not only landscaping and lawn care companies.
There are 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Custer County as of September 2026. That is 4.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Custer County in 2023. That is one for every 556 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Custer County grew 13.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Custer 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.
| Measure | Custer County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.5M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 556 | 972 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.6% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +13.2% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,255 | $1,222 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $84,112 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $837K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Custer 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 Custer County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,431+13.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,451
- Median age
- 57.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 86%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 1,557 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 6
- Median household income
- $84,112
- Average household income
- $110,413
- Median home value
- $372,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,110
- Daytime population
- 7,755Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Minnehaha County, SD | 58 | 41 | 4.8 | $2.6M | +7.6% | #505 of 1,493 |
| 2Lawrence County, SD | 46 | 6 | 5.0 | $2.4M | +14.0% | #824 of 1,493 |
| 3Brookings County, SD | 45 | 8 | 5.8 | $2.1M | +9.6% | #869 of 1,493 |
| 4Pennington County, SD | 43 | 28 | 6.0 | $2M | +6.6% | #921 of 1,493 |
| 5Lincoln County, SD | 39 | 30 | 10.8 | $1.3M | +17.5% | #1,059 of 1,493 |
| 6Yankton County, SD | 38 | 6 | 6.2 | $1.9M | +1.5% | #1,074 of 1,493 |
| 7Meade County, SD | 35 | 7 | 5.8 | $2.1M | +2.7% | #1,145 of 1,493 |
| 8Brown County, SD | 30 | 9 | 5.5 | $2.2M | −1.7% | #1,267 of 1,493 |
| 9Davison County, SD | 29 | 6 | 6.7 | $1.7M | +0.6% | #1,301 of 1,493 |
| 10Codington County, SD | 24 | 9 | 7.2 | $1.6M | +4.3% | #1,394 of 1,493 |
| Custer County, SD | Not scored | 2 | 4.5 | $2.8M | +13.2% |
Other business types in Custer County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Custer County, SD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 landscaping and lawn care companies in Custer County. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Custer County, SD spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $5.6M a year, or $1,255 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 4,451 households in Custer County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Custer County, SD compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Custer County has 2 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 556 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Custer County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Custer County at 9,431 people in 2025, up 13.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,451 households. Median household income in Custer County is $84,112, 4% above 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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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