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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Sumner County, TN

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 80 out of 100: High

Ranked #75 of 1,493 scored counties
#5 of 43 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
36
1 chain location (3%)
Official establishments
65
+8.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$125.1M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,591 a household
Spending per listing
$3.5M
19% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.6
4% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
215,538
+9.2% since 2020

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What this means

For landscaping and lawn care companies, Sumner County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #75 of 1,493 scored counties and #5 of 43 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for landscaping and lawn care companies.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 landscaping and lawn care companies in Sumner County. One of them (3%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.

Households in Sumner County spend about $125.1M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,591 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each company on map listings, 19% above 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 Sumner County was 65 in 2023, up 8.3% from 2019. That is one for every 1,209 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $490K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in Sumner County. Population estimates put the population change in Sumner County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Sumner County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Sumner County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureSumner CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.64.74.8
Spending per listing$3.5M$3.1M$2.9M
Households per official establishment1,2091,4191,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.3%+17.7%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.2%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,591$1,445$1,414
Median household income$90,301$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score8072

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
60 → 65+8.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
502
Annual payroll, 2023
$25.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
361 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
43The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$490K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in Sumner 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 Sumner County

Population, 2025 estimate
215,538+9.2% since 2020
Households
78,582
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
530 sq. mi.
People per square mile
386
Median household income
$90,301+34.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$113,861
Median home value
$393,100
Jobs located here
61,310
Daytime population
168,009Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Tennessee

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Roane County, TN8973.1$4.6M+7.0%#11 of 1,493
2Montgomery County, TN82424.8$3M+13.0%#57 of 1,493
3Davidson County, TN811484.6$3.4M+4.2%#63 of 1,493
4Lawrence County, TN8052.9$4.3M+6.2%#69 of 1,493
5Sumner County, TN80364.6$3.5M+9.2%#75 of 1,493
6Anderson County, TN7961.8$7.7M+6.1%#82 of 1,493
7Robertson County, TN76124.2$3.5M+9.9%#124 of 1,493
8Bedford County, TN7694.6$3M+9.7%#128 of 1,493
9Bradley County, TN76204.7$2.9M+6.1%#129 of 1,493
10Hamblen County, TN75103.8$3.4M+6.7%#140 of 1,493

Other business types in Sumner 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 Sumner County, TN?

There are 36 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings in Sumner County as of September 2026. One of them (3%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 65 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 8.3% from 2019.

How much do households in Sumner County, TN spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $125.1M a year, or $1,591 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 78,582 households in Sumner County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sumner County has 4.6 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 4% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $3.5M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the national ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Sumner County would have about 43, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,209 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is Sumner County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Sumner County at 215,538 people in 2025, up 9.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 78,582 households. The median household income in Sumner County is $90,301 a year, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.4% 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. Sumner County scores 80 for landscaping and lawn care companies (high), #75 of 1,493 scored counties.

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