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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Davison County, SD

How Davison 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 · out of 100

Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,301 of 1,493 scored counties
#9 of 10 scored counties in South Dakota

Listings
6
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$10.2M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,147 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.7
40% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,069
+0.6% 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

For landscaping and lawn care companies, Davison County has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #1,301 of 1,493 scored counties and #9 of 10 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $1,147 per household (19% below the U.S. average), households in Davison County spend about $10.2M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each company on map listings, 42% 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.

Davison County has 6 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 6.7 for every 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.

Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Davison County in 2023. That is one for every 1,112 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Davison County grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Davison 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 Davison County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureDavison CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.74.94.8
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.5M$2.9M
Households per official establishment1,1129721,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.6%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,147$1,222$1,414
Median household income$66,208$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market score2940

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8
Employees, 2023
44
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
60 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Davison 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 Davison County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,069+0.6% since 2020
Households
8,899
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
436 sq. mi.
People per square mile
46
Median household income
$66,208+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,188
Median home value
$205,800
Jobs located here
12,476
Daytime population
21,213Residents 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 Davison 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 Davison 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 Davison County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 landscaping and lawn care companies in Davison County. None of them are chain locations. 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 Davison County, SD spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $10.2M a year, or $1,147 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 8,899 households in Davison County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Davison County has 6.7 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $1.7M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Davison County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,112 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.

How fast is Davison County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Davison County at 20,069 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,899 households. Median household income in Davison County is $66,208, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Davison County scores 29 for landscaping and lawn care companies (lower middle), #1,301 of 1,493 scored counties.

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

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