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Landscaping and lawn care companies in Austin County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for landscaping and lawn care companies in Austin County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #291 of 1,493 scored counties
#64 of 86 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.3M
- On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,512 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 22% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,625
- +11.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on lawn care, cleaning and other household services in Austin County comes to about $18.3M a year: $1,512 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each company on map listings, 22% 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.
Austin County has 8 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 38% above the U.S. rate of 4.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in Austin County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 1,213 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Austin County grew 11.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Austin County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for landscaping and lawn care companies, ranking #291 of 1,493 scored counties and #64 of 86 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Austin County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Austin County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $4.2M | $2.9M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,213 | 1,974 | 1,095 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.9% | +9.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services | $1,512 | $1,545 | $1,414 |
| Median household income | $75,789 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 91 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Austin 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 Austin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,625+11.6% since 2020
- Households
- 12,128
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 647 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $75,789+14.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,163
- Median home value
- $296,900
- Jobs located here
- 9,751
- Daytime population
- 24,003Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fort Bend County, TX | 97 | 81 | 2.8 | $6.6M | +17.4% | #1 of 1,493 |
| 2Brazoria County, TX | 96 | 41 | 3.1 | $5.6M | +12.2% | #2 of 1,493 |
| 3Kaufman County, TX | 91 | 16 | 3.1 | $5M | +42.2% | #3 of 1,493 |
| 4Midland County, TX | 90 | 23 | 3.4 | $4.9M | +10.0% | #4 of 1,493 |
| 5Harris County, TX | 90 | 569 | 3.2 | $4.7M | +6.6% | #5 of 1,493 |
| 6Denton County, TX | 90 | 153 | 4.2 | $4.3M | +16.9% | #6 of 1,493 |
| 7Collin County, TX | 90 | 206 | 4.9 | $3.8M | +20.6% | #7 of 1,493 |
| 8Ector County, TX | 89 | 12 | 1.9 | $7.8M | +5.0% | #9 of 1,493 |
| 9Galveston County, TX | 89 | 51 | 3.6 | $4.4M | +5.9% | #12 of 1,493 |
| 10Wise County, TX | 89 | 12 | 4.8 | $3.4M | +21.5% | #13 of 1,493 |
| 64Austin County, TX | 68 | 8 | 6.6 | $2.3M | +11.6% | #291 of 1,493 |
Other business types in Austin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades63
- HVAC and plumbing70
- Electricians
- Roofing and gutters
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control74
- Landscaping and lawn care68
- House cleaning
- Pest control
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in Austin County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 landscaping and lawn care companies in Austin County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023.
How much do households in Austin County, TX spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?
About $18.3M a year, or $1,512 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 12,128 households in Austin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Austin County, TX compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?
Austin County has 6.6 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $2.3M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, Austin County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,213 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S.
How fast is Austin County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Austin County at 33,625 people in 2025, up 11.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,128 households. Median household income in Austin County is $75,789, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.5%, 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. Austin County scores 68 for landscaping and lawn care companies (upper middle), #291 of 1,493 scored counties.
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