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Landscaping and lawn care companies in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for landscaping and lawn care companies in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #18 of 385 scored metro areas
#10 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
18
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
27
+8.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$174.5M
On lawn care, cleaning and other household services · $1,261 a household
Spending per listing
$9.7M
3.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
73% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
433,946
+3.0% since 2020

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What this means

For landscaping and lawn care companies, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has a Groundwork market score of 77 (high): #18 of 385 scored metro areas and #10 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for landscaping and lawn care companies.

Households in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area spend about $174.5M a year on lawn care, cleaning and other household services, or $1,261 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. Spread across 18 landscaping and lawn care companies, that is $9.7M per company, 3.3 times 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.

The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has 18 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 is 1.3 per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 4.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 27 businesses with payroll in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area classed as landscaping services, up 8.0% from 2019. That is one for every 5,127 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $375K have gone to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area. Population estimates show the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area 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.

Landscaping and lawn care in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureBrownsville-Harlingen metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.33.74.8
Spending per listing$9.7M$4.2M$2.9M
Households per official establishment5,1271,9741,095
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.0%+10.9%+9.2%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on lawn care, cleaning and other household services$1,261$1,545$1,414
Median household income$52,601$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score7791

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
27+8.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
153
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
180 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
60The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$375K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as landscaping services in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area, 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 the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
433,946+3.0% since 2020
Households
138,433
Median age
33.5
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
892 sq. mi.
People per square mile
478
Median household income
$52,601+35.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,931
Median home value
$136,500
Jobs located here
146,355
Daytime population
405,619Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Landscaping and lawn care across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for landscaping and lawn care companies, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for landscaping and lawn care companies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX949303.5$4.6M+10.3%#1 of 385
2Midland, TX92233.3$5.1M+9.8%#2 of 385
3Odessa, TX90121.9$7.8M+5.0%#3 of 385
4San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX903473.6$4.2M+9.5%#4 of 385
5Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX901,2104.2$3.9M+10.6%#5 of 385
6Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX894494.5$3.8M+14.0%#7 of 385
7Laredo, TX8591.1$12.1M+5.2%#8 of 385
8Killeen-Temple, TX85613.4$4.1M+7.2%#9 of 385
9McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX83331.2$10.5M+5.6%#10 of 385
10Brownsville-Harlingen, TX77181.3$9.7M+3.0%#18 of 385

Other business types in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area

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Questions

How many landscaping and lawn care companies are in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 landscaping and lawn care companies in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count landscapers, lawn care, tree services and gardeners. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as landscaping services in 2023, up 8.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area spend on lawn care, cleaning and other household services?

About $174.5M a year, or $1,261 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 landscaping and lawn care companies on map listings, it comes to $9.7M 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 138,433 households in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for landscaping and lawn care companies?

The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area has 1.3 landscaping and lawn care companies per 10,000 households, 73% below the U.S. rate of 4.8. Spending per company is $9.7M, 3.3 times the U.S. figure of $2.9M. At the U.S. ratio of landscaping and lawn care companies to household spending, the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area would have about 60, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,127 households, against one for every 1,095 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.2% for the U.S.

How fast is the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area at 433,946 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 138,433 households. Median household income in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area is $52,601, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.7%, 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. The Brownsville-Harlingen metro area scores 77 for landscaping and lawn care companies (high), #18 of 385 scored metro areas.

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